Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Switzerland
Switzerland: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9947 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Switzerland, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 0.9947 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Switzerland peaked at 0.9971 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7063 GPIA, in 1980.
Switzerland ranks 45th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.7063 GPIA | — |
| 2009 | 0.985 GPIA | +39.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9862 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9855 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9849 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9881 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9926 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9906 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9879 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9912 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9931 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9925 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9951 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9956 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9971 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9947 GPIA | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7063 GPIA | 0.7063 GPIA | 0.7063 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.985 GPIA | 0.985 GPIA | 0.985 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9889 GPIA | 0.9849 GPIA | 0.9931 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.995 GPIA | 0.9925 GPIA | 0.9971 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More education data for Switzerland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 58,349 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.21 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Switzerland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Switzerland was 0.9947 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9971 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7063 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Switzerland rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Switzerland ranks 45th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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