Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master gender in Switzerland
Switzerland: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master gender was 0.752 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Switzerland, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 0.752 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Switzerland peaked at 0.752 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6419 GPIA, in 2014.
That places Switzerland 62nd out of 77 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master gender in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.6419 GPIA | — |
| 2015 | 0.6574 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6514 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.6465 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.6855 GPIA | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 0.7028 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7338 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 0.7362 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.7054 GPIA | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 0.7283 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 0.752 GPIA | +3.2% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 0.752 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.05 GPIA, 72% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 0.752 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.09 GPIA, 69% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6643 GPIA | 0.6419 GPIA | 0.7028 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.7311 GPIA | 0.7054 GPIA | 0.752 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More education data for Switzerland
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.87 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.86 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 68,266 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 5,583 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 94,990 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 89,549 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 636,381 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 556,945 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (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 0.752 GPIA 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 0.752 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6419 GPIA in 2014.
- How does Switzerland rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Switzerland ranks 62nd out of 77 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 up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release