Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal
Portugal: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9447 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.9447 LPIA
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
51st
of 100 countries
All-time high
0.9692 LPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.8529 LPIA
in 1998
Years of data
26
1998–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal stood at 0.9447 LPIA.
That represents a change of up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal peaked at 0.9692 LPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8529 LPIA, in 1998.
That places Portugal 51st out of 100 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8529 LPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.8591 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8542 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8663 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.8774 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8781 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8886 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8945 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8928 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.896 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9124 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.9235 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9239 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9207 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9204 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9288 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9394 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9469 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9692 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9004 LPIA | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9183 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9149 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9275 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9472 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9451 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9447 LPIA | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.856 LPIA | 0.8529 LPIA | 0.8591 LPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8884 LPIA | 0.8542 LPIA | 0.9235 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9283 LPIA | 0.9004 LPIA | 0.9692 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9411 LPIA | 0.9275 LPIA | 0.9472 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More education data for Portugal
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 52,131 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal was 0.9447 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9692 LPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8529 LPIA in 1998.
- How does Portugal rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Portugal ranks 51st out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release