Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 0.1978 LPIA in 2019. β² Rising
Latest (2019)
0.1978 LPIA
Change on year
up 35.2%
World rank
48th
of 56 countries
All-time high
0.1978 LPIA
in 2019
All-time low
0.0912 LPIA
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 LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Uruguay is 0.1978 LPIA, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is up 35.2% on the previous year and up 37.3% over ten years.
Uruguay ranks 48th of 56 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 45 Serbia, Republic of 0.2165 LPIA compare
- 46 Bangladesh 0.2038 LPIA compare
- 47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2004 LPIA compare
- 49 Romania 0.1881 LPIA compare
- 50 Mexico 0.1825 LPIA compare
- 51 Moldova, Republic of 0.1364 LPIA compare
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 0.1978 LPIA 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 0.1978 LPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0912 LPIA in 2017.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Uruguay ranks 48th out of 56 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 37.3%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release