Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Switzerland
Switzerland: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 1 LPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Switzerland, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 1 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Switzerland peaked at 1 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1 LPIA, in 2000.
That places Switzerland 8th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 LPIA | — |
| 2005 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 LPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 1 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More education data for Switzerland
- 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 58,349 (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 64.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (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 Switzerland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Switzerland was 1 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Switzerland rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Switzerland ranks 8th out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Switzerland 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