Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt
Egypt: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.7424 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt stood at 0.7424 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt peaked at 0.7424 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4583 LPIA, in 2006.
Egypt ranks 74th of 100 countries on this measure, 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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.4583 LPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.4721 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4768 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5545 LPIA | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 0.5712 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5976 LPIA | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 0.6002 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6133 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.6353 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 0.6324 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.6613 LPIA | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 0.692 LPIA | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 0.7361 LPIA | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 0.7296 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.7424 LPIA | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4691 LPIA | 0.4583 LPIA | 0.4768 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.6082 LPIA | 0.5545 LPIA | 0.6613 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.725 LPIA | 0.692 LPIA | 0.7424 LPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Egypt
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 483,053 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Egypt was 0.7424 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7424 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4583 LPIA in 2006.
- How does Egypt rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Egypt ranks 74th out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release