Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal
Portugal: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9622 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 0.9622 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal peaked at 1 LPIA in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.8775 LPIA, in 2000.
That places Portugal 51st out of 99 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 education or higher in Portugal, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 LPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8798 LPIA | -12.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8796 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.8775 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.8919 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9036 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9044 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9073 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9131 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.915 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9234 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.9328 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9389 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9356 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9402 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9401 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9478 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9605 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9584 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9739 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9317 LPIA | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9455 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9411 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9501 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9603 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9576 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9622 LPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9198 LPIA | 0.8796 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.9108 LPIA | 0.8775 LPIA | 0.9389 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9475 LPIA | 0.9317 LPIA | 0.9739 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9576 LPIA | 0.9501 LPIA | 0.9622 LPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Portugal
- 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)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.7% (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 0.9622 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 1 LPIA in 1992.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8775 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Portugal rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Portugal ranks 51st out of 99 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 1.5%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release