Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.8292 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in North Macedonia, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in North Macedonia is 0.8292 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in North Macedonia peaked at 0.8292 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7223 GPIA, in 2002.
That places North Macedonia 100th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.7223 GPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.7399 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7405 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.7436 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.7408 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.7522 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.7457 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.7649 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.7667 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.791 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.7994 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8035 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8004 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.7927 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8214 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.8119 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.824 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.816 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8252 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.8292 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7399 GPIA | 0.7223 GPIA | 0.7522 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7898 GPIA | 0.7457 GPIA | 0.8214 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8236 GPIA | 0.816 GPIA | 0.8292 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for North Macedonia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 7,723 (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 64.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in North Macedonia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in North Macedonia was 0.8292 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8292 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7223 GPIA in 2002.
- How does North Macedonia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- North Macedonia ranks 100th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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