Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary location LPIA in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed … male primary location LPIA was 0.9143 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay, 2006–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay is 0.9143 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay peaked at 0.9143 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8198 LPIA, in 2006.
That places Uruguay 57th out of 99 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 … male primary location LPIA in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.8198 LPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.8461 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8213 LPIA | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.862 LPIA | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8493 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8417 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8726 LPIA | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.864 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.867 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8889 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8889 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8958 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.8929 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.8886 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9143 LPIA | +2.9% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.9143 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9994 LPIA, 91% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.9143 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7905 LPIA, 1.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8291 LPIA | 0.8198 LPIA | 0.8461 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.8723 LPIA | 0.8417 LPIA | 0.8958 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9015 LPIA | 0.8886 LPIA | 0.9143 LPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.38 (2015)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.96 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,390 (2010)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2,520 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 57,513 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,922 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay was 0.9143 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9143 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8198 LPIA in 2006.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Uruguay ranks 57th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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