Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Indonesia
Indonesia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender was 0.9154 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Indonesia, 1980–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Indonesia stood at 0.9154 GPIA.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Indonesia peaked at 0.9206 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.4981 GPIA, in 1980.
That places Indonesia 69th 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 27 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.4981 GPIA | — |
| 1991 | 0.6931 GPIA | +39.1% |
| 1992 | 0.6926 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.7088 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.7187 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.7641 GPIA | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 0.7584 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.7924 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 0.8109 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8622 GPIA | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8183 GPIA | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8486 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.837 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9038 GPIA | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8516 GPIA | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8642 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8665 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8647 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8745 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8879 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8811 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8872 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9021 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9035 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9206 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9141 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.9154 GPIA | +0.1% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 0.9154 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 92% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 0.9154 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9456 GPIA, 97% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Indonesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +39.1% | 0.4981 GPIA | 0.6931 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4981 GPIA | 0.4981 GPIA | 0.4981 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7326 GPIA | 0.6926 GPIA | 0.7924 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.8354 GPIA | 0.8109 GPIA | 0.8622 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8783 GPIA | 0.8516 GPIA | 0.9038 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9134 GPIA | 0.9035 GPIA | 0.9206 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 66 South Korea 0.9238 GPIA compare
- 67 Vietnam 0.922 GPIA compare
- 68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9211 GPIA compare
- 70 Ecuador 0.9148 GPIA compare
- 71 Bangladesh 0.9065 GPIA compare
- 72 Jordan 0.8836 GPIA compare
More education data for Indonesia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 90.4 (2018)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.12 (2025)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.73 million (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.45 million (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 27.84 million (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 28.68 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.07 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Indonesia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Indonesia was 0.9154 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9206 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4981 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Indonesia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Indonesia ranks 69th out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release