Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Slovakia
Slovakia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 99.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Slovakia, 1991–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Slovakia is 99.4%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Slovakia peaked at 99.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 61.0%, in 1991.
Slovakia ranks 5th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 61.0% | — |
| 2006 | 98.8% | +62.0% |
| 2008 | 99.0% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 99.0% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.0% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 99.3% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 99.3% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.3% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.3% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.3% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.3% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.0% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 99.1% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.2% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 99.4% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.0% | 61.0% | 61.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 98.9% | 98.8% | 99.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 99.2% | 99.0% | 99.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.2% | 99.1% | 99.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More education data for Slovakia
- 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 18,530 (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 65.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Slovakia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Slovakia was 99.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.0% in 1991.
- How does Slovakia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Slovakia ranks 5th out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia 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