Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt
Egypt: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9175 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt is 0.9175 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt peaked at 0.9175 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7982 GPIA, in 2009.
Egypt ranks 78th of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.8183 GPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.7988 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.7982 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8304 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.84 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8446 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8359 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.839 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.8649 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8707 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.8838 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8945 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9038 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8925 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9128 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9175 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8051 GPIA | 0.7982 GPIA | 0.8183 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.856 GPIA | 0.8304 GPIA | 0.8945 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9066 GPIA | 0.8925 GPIA | 0.9175 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 483,053 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt was 0.9175 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9175 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7982 GPIA in 2009.
- How does Egypt rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Egypt ranks 78th out of 104 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release