Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Switzerland
Switzerland: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 15.9% in 2024. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Switzerland, 2014β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Switzerland stood at 15.9%.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Switzerland peaked at 18.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 13.9%, in 2022.
That places Switzerland 2nd out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 17.2% | 16.4% | 18.2% | 6 |
| 2020s | 15.3% | 13.9% | 17.0% | 5 |
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More education data for Switzerland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 58,349 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0065 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Switzerland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Switzerland was 15.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 18.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.9% in 2022.
- How does Switzerland rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Switzerland ranks 2nd out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release