Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Israel
Israel: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 89.0% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Latest (2015)
89.0%
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
40th
of 97 countries
All-time high
89.0%
in 2015
All-time low
84.9%
in 2010
Years of data
6
2010–2015
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Israel, 2010–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Israel recorded 89.0% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2015. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
That places Israel 40th out of 97 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Israel, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 84.9% | — |
| 2011 | 85.5% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 85.9% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 88.2% | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 88.7% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 89.0% | +0.4% |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 37 South Africa 90.1% compare
- 38 Luxembourg 90.1% compare
- 39 Chile 89.8% compare
- 41 Brunei Darussalam 88.9% compare
- 42 Sri Lanka 88.6% compare
- 43 Belgium 88.3% compare
More education data for Israel
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 92,770 (2024)
- 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 60.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 27.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Israel?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Israel was 89.0% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 89.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.9% in 2010.
- How does Israel rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Israel ranks 40th out of 97 countries with data for 2015.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release