Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania
Albania: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 96.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
96.7%
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
27th
of 37 countries
All-time high
98.7%
in 2020
All-time low
84.9%
in 2016
Years of data
5
2016–2022
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania, 2016–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Albania recorded 96.7% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2022.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
That places Albania 27th out of 37 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 84.9% | — |
| 2018 | 92.6% | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 98.4% | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 98.7% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 96.7% | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 92.0% | 84.9% | 98.4% | 3 |
| 2020s | 97.7% | 96.7% | 98.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 24 Montenegro 97.6%
- 25 Luxembourg 97.3% compare
- 26 Romania 97.2%
- 28 United States of America 96.3% compare
- 29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95.5% compare
- 30 Panama 94.0% compare
More education data for Albania
- 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 9,336 (2024)
- 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 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania was 96.7% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 98.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.9% in 2016.
- How does Albania rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Albania ranks 27th out of 37 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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, immigrant background, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release