Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9794 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium stood at 0.9794 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium peaked at 0.9794 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7998 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Belgium 59th 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 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.7998 GPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.9274 GPIA | +16.0% |
| 2007 | 0.926 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9194 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9242 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9357 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9351 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9348 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9471 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9464 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9482 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9486 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9586 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.97 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9722 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9745 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9599 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9706 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9794 GPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7998 GPIA | 0.7998 GPIA | 0.7998 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9243 GPIA | 0.9194 GPIA | 0.9274 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9497 GPIA | 0.9348 GPIA | 0.9722 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9711 GPIA | 0.9599 GPIA | 0.9794 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (2023)
- 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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.11 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium was 0.9794 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9794 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7998 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Belgium ranks 59th out of 131 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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