Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 0.5% in 2019. β² Rising
Latest (2019)
0.5%
Change on year
up 42.1%
World rank
55th
of 57 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2019
All-time low
0.2%
in 2017
Years of data
7
2013β2019
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Uruguay, 2013β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Uruguay stood at 0.5%. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 42.1% on the previous year and up 122.3% over ten years.
That places Uruguay 55th out of 57 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,882 (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 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0056 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Uruguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Uruguay was 0.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2017.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Uruguay ranks 55th out of 57 countries with data for 2019.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 122.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release