Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA was 0.9477 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
Uruguay recorded 0.9477 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay peaked at 0.9653 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8974 LPIA, in 2006.
That places Uruguay 50th out of 100 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 … female primary location LPIA in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.8974 LPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.9198 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9158 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9259 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9135 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9268 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9244 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9093 LPIA | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9104 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9204 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9256 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9308 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.944 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9653 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9477 LPIA | -1.8% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.9477 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9988 LPIA, 95% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.9477 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7729 LPIA, 1.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.911 LPIA | 0.8974 LPIA | 0.9198 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.9231 LPIA | 0.9093 LPIA | 0.944 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9565 LPIA | 0.9477 LPIA | 0.9653 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 0.9477 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 0.9653 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8974 LPIA in 2006.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Uruguay ranks 50th out of 100 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 4.2%. 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, 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