Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary was 52.5% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Sweden, 2006β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Sweden stood at 52.5%. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Sweden peaked at 52.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 39.6%, in 2012.
That places Sweden 11th out of 75 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.2% | 39.8% | 42.3% | 4 |
| 2010s | 44.4% | 39.6% | 47.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.2% | 48.8% | 52.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 8 Australia 55.1% compare
- 9 New Zealand 55.0% compare
- 10 Luxembourg 53.2% compare
- 12 Latvia 50.8% compare
- 13 United States 50.0% compare
- 14 Switzerland 47.2% compare
More education data for Sweden
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0068 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Sweden?
- Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Sweden was 52.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 52.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.6% in 2012.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary?
- Sweden ranks 11th out of 75 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release