Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland
Finland: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 91.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland, 1985–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Finland recorded 91.7% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland peaked at 91.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 44.4%, in 1985.
That places Finland 38th out of 134 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 44.4% | — |
| 1990 | 50.6% | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 78.3% | +54.6% |
| 2007 | 79.3% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 79.4% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 79.9% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 81.1% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 82.4% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 83.5% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 84.3% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 85.5% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 85.6% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 86.5% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 87.5% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 88.3% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 88.8% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 89.7% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 90.3% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 91.2% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 91.7% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 44.4% | 44.4% | 44.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 50.6% | 50.6% | 50.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 79.2% | 78.3% | 79.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 85.4% | 81.1% | 88.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.7% | 89.7% | 91.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 30,824 (2024)
- 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 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland was 91.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 91.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.4% in 1985.
- How does Finland rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Finland ranks 38th out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release