Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, immigrant background, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
34
Highest
100.0%
Finland
Lowest
62.9%
Honduras
Median
98.4%
Years covered
31
1994β2024
Data points
379
What the numbers show
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, immigrant background, male (%) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Finland; the lowest is 62.9% in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 98.4%, and the mean is 95.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 39.3%), and the largest decrease in Netherlands (down 10.5%).
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2018 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 100.0% | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Ireland | 99.9% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Slovenia | 99.9% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Serbia, Republic of | 99.8% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 13 | Norway | 99.3% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 14 | Lithuania | 99.2% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 15 | Switzerland | 99.2% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 16 | Portugal | 99.1% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 17 | Croatia | 98.4% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 18 | Poland | 98.3% | 2020 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 19 | Greece | 98.2% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 98.1% | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 21 | Italy | 97.8% | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 22 | Cyprus | 97.7% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 23 | Montenegro | 97.0% | 2018 | β | flat |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 96.9% | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 25 | United States | 96.4% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 26 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95.1% | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 92.8% | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 28 | Romania | 91.9% | 2014 | β | flat |
| 29 | Brunei Darussalam | 91.1% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 30 | Belgium | 90.0% | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 31 | Netherlands | 83.4% | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 32 | Ghana | 77.5% | 2024 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 73.8% | 2024 | β | rising |
| 34 | Honduras | 62.9% | 2016 | up 3.3% | flat |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release