Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Finland
Finland: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender was 0.9963 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland, 1985–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Finland recorded 0.9963 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2021. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland peaked at 0.9963 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.8917 GPIA, in 1985.
That places Finland 43rd out of 132 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Finland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.8917 GPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.9183 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9714 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 0.9725 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9685 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9737 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9747 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9713 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9768 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9805 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9758 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.982 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9841 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9797 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9827 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9799 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9794 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9963 GPIA | +1.7% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 0.9963 GPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9935 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Finland's 0.9963 GPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9903 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8917 GPIA | 0.8917 GPIA | 0.8917 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9183 GPIA | 0.9183 GPIA | 0.9183 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9715 GPIA | 0.9685 GPIA | 0.9737 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9788 GPIA | 0.9713 GPIA | 0.9841 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9879 GPIA | 0.9794 GPIA | 0.9963 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.25 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.23 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 42,938 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,144 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 94,036 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 89,318 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 543,350 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 360,117 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland was 0.9963 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9963 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8917 GPIA in 1985.
- How does Finland rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Finland ranks 43rd out of 132 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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