Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania
Albania: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9707 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania stood at 0.9707 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania peaked at 0.9707 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8812 GPIA, in 2001.
That places Albania 69th out of 131 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.8812 GPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.9262 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9292 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9529 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9571 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9358 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9491 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9551 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9548 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9585 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9582 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9607 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9633 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9642 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9707 GPIA | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9037 GPIA | 0.8812 GPIA | 0.9262 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9501 GPIA | 0.9292 GPIA | 0.9585 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9647 GPIA | 0.9607 GPIA | 0.9707 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More education data for Albania
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 9,336 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 111.51 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 111.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania was 0.9707 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9707 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8812 GPIA in 2001.
- How does Albania rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Albania ranks 69th out of 131 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release