Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Georgia
Georgia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 99.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Georgia, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Georgia is 99.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Georgia peaked at 99.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 82.5%, in 2009.
That places Georgia 29th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Georgia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 96.0% | — |
| 2009 | 82.5% | -14.1% |
| 2012 | 96.0% | +16.4% |
| 2013 | 97.2% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 97.7% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 98.5% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 98.5% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 98.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 94.8% | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 98.3% | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 98.6% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 98.6% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 98.5% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 98.4% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 99.1% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.3% | 82.5% | 96.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 97.4% | 94.8% | 98.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 98.6% | 98.4% | 99.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
- 26 Republic of Moldova 99.5% compare
- 27 Latvia 99.3% compare
- 28 Luxembourg 99.2% compare
- 30 Lithuania 99.1% compare
- 31 Croatia 99.0% compare
- 32 Netherlands 98.8% compare
More education data for Georgia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 32,424 (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 2 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.36 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Georgia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Georgia was 99.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.5% in 2009.
- How does Georgia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Georgia ranks 29th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Georgia 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