Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in France
France: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.975 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in France, 1990–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in France is 0.975 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in France peaked at 0.975 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8431 GPIA, in 1990.
France ranks 66th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in France, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.8431 GPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.9074 GPIA | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9098 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.928 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9273 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9429 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9279 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9332 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9375 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9318 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9315 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9398 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.9384 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9436 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9495 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9505 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9504 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9669 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9697 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.975 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8431 GPIA | 0.8431 GPIA | 0.8431 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9231 GPIA | 0.9074 GPIA | 0.9429 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9384 GPIA | 0.9279 GPIA | 0.9505 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9655 GPIA | 0.9504 GPIA | 0.975 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near France
More education data for France
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 229,471 (2013)
- 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 61.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 103.44 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 103.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in France?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in France was 0.975 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 0.975 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8431 GPIA in 1990.
- How does France rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- France ranks 66th out of 131 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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