Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9073 NPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in NPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium is 0.9073 NPIA, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium peaked at 0.9195 NPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.8441 NPIA, in 2012.
That places Belgium 30th out of 33 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium, year by year
| Year | NPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.8578 NPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.8489 NPIA | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8572 NPIA | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8614 NPIA | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8667 NPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8507 NPIA | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8441 NPIA | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8498 NPIA | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8808 NPIA | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8961 NPIA | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9001 NPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9095 NPIA | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9195 NPIA | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9068 NPIA | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9192 NPIA | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9173 NPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9085 NPIA | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9073 NPIA | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8563 NPIA | 0.8489 NPIA | 0.8614 NPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8824 NPIA | 0.8441 NPIA | 0.9195 NPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9131 NPIA | 0.9073 NPIA | 0.9192 NPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 27 United States 0.9651 NPIA compare
- 28 Brunei Darussalam 0.9636 NPIA compare
- 29 Honduras 0.9201 NPIA compare
- 31 Ghana 0.8715 NPIA compare
- 32 Costa Rica 0.849 NPIA compare
- 33 Netherlands 0.8465 NPIA compare
More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (2023)
- 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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.11 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium was 0.9073 NPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9195 NPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8441 NPIA in 2012.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Belgium ranks 30th out of 33 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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