Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 87.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 87.3% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium peaked at 87.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 74.3%, in 2006.
That places Belgium 42nd out of 97 countries with data for 2023, 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 education or in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 74.3% | — |
| 2007 | 74.9% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 75.2% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 76.3% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 78.2% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 77.3% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 77.4% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 79.3% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 79.9% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 82.1% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 82.4% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 84.5% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 85.5% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 86.8% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 86.5% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 86.3% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 86.8% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 87.3% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.2% | 74.3% | 76.3% | 4 |
| 2010s | 81.3% | 77.3% | 86.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.7% | 86.3% | 87.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.11 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium was 87.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 87.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.3% in 2006.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Belgium ranks 42nd out of 97 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release