Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania
Albania: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9885 NPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.9885 NPIA
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
23rd
of 33 countries
All-time high
1.01 NPIA
in 2019
All-time low
0.8735 NPIA
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 NPIA.
Analysis
Albania recorded 0.9885 NPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2022.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Albania ranks 23rd of 33 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania, year by year
| Year | NPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.8735 NPIA | — |
| 2018 | 0.9533 NPIA | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 1.01 NPIA | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 1.01 NPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9885 NPIA | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.9454 NPIA | 0.8735 NPIA | 1.01 NPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.9985 NPIA | 0.9885 NPIA | 1.01 NPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 20 Montenegro 0.9942 NPIA
- 21 Switzerland 0.9908 NPIA compare
- 22 Croatia 0.9898 NPIA compare
- 24 Romania 0.9855 NPIA
- 25 Spain 0.9855 NPIA compare
- 26 Luxembourg 0.9765 NPIA 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 0.9885 NPIA 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 1.01 NPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8735 NPIA in 2016.
- How does Albania rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Albania ranks 23rd out of 33 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 13.2%. 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, adjusted native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release