Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 2.1% in 2019. β² Rising
Latest (2019)
2.1%
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
64th
of 82 countries
All-time high
2.1%
in 2019
All-time low
1.4%
in 2013
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 2.1%. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 50.5% over ten years.
Uruguay ranks 64th of 82 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 61 Mexico 2.5% compare
- 62 Jordan 2.4%
- 63 Mali 2.1% compare
- 65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.0% compare
- 66 Palestine, State of 2.0% compare
- 67 North Macedonia, Republic of 2.0% 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 2.1% 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 2.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2013.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Uruguay ranks 64th out of 82 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 50.5%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release