Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Portugal
Portugal: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 6.8% in 2024. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Portugal, 2014β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 6.8% for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 62.5% on the previous year and down 56.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Portugal peaked at 18.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2024.
That places Portugal 40th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16.3% | 15.6% | 17.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 15.9% | 6.8% | 18.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More education data for Portugal
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 52,131 (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 62.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 111.0% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0049 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Portugal?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Portugal was 6.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 18.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2024.
- How does Portugal rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Portugal ranks 40th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release