Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Croatia
Croatia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 95.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Croatia, 1991–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Croatia stood at 95.7%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Croatia peaked at 95.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 46.0%, in 1991.
Croatia ranks 22nd of 134 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 46.0% | — |
| 2001 | 78.3% | +70.2% |
| 2007 | 88.3% | +12.7% |
| 2008 | 89.0% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 89.5% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 91.0% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 89.2% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 91.1% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 92.2% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 94.0% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 94.3% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 93.6% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 93.2% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 93.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 93.7% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 94.6% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 95.2% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 95.5% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 95.7% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.0% | 46.0% | 46.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 86.3% | 78.3% | 89.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 92.5% | 89.2% | 94.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.3% | 94.6% | 95.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
- 19 Canada 96.4% compare
- 20 Montenegro 96.1% compare
- 21 Bahamas 96.1% compare
- 23 Kazakhstan 95.7% compare
- 24 Sweden 95.4% compare
- 25 Cayman Islands 95.3% compare
More education data for Croatia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13,441 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.16 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Croatia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Croatia was 95.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.0% in 1991.
- How does Croatia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Croatia ranks 22nd out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release