Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt
Egypt: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 55.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 55.0% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 56.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt peaked at 55.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 25.3%, in 2008.
Egypt ranks 78th of 103 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 26.1% | — |
| 2008 | 25.3% | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 26.6% | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 33.0% | +23.7% |
| 2012 | 34.8% | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 35.2% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 35.8% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 39.4% | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 42.2% | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 42.2% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 46.2% | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 49.6% | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 53.3% | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 52.2% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 55.0% | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.0% | 25.3% | 26.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 38.6% | 33.0% | 46.2% | 8 |
| 2020s | 52.5% | 49.6% | 55.0% | 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 55.0% 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 55.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.3% in 2008.
- How does Egypt rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Egypt ranks 78th out of 103 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 56.3%. 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, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release