Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Croatia
Croatia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender was 0.9645 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Croatia, 1991–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Croatia is 0.9645 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Croatia peaked at 0.9645 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6438 GPIA, in 1991.
That places Croatia 73rd out of 132 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 … lower gender in Croatia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.6438 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.8386 GPIA | +30.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9016 GPIA | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9114 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9194 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9289 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9082 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9279 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9361 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9486 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9523 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9474 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9417 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9427 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9487 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9555 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9606 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9598 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9645 GPIA | +0.5% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 0.9645 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9935 GPIA, 97% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 0.9645 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9903 GPIA, 97% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Croatia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +30.3% | 0.6438 GPIA | 0.8386 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6438 GPIA | 0.6438 GPIA | 0.6438 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8927 GPIA | 0.8386 GPIA | 0.9194 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9383 GPIA | 0.9082 GPIA | 0.9523 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9601 GPIA | 0.9555 GPIA | 0.9645 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More education data for Croatia
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.19 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 53,231 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 172 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 59,775 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 55,903 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 325,996 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 147,483 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Croatia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Croatia was 0.9645 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9645 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6438 GPIA in 1991.
- How does Croatia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Croatia ranks 73rd out of 132 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia 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