Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in France
France: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 91.5% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
91.5%
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
27th
of 31 countries
All-time high
91.5%
in 2020
All-time low
88.4%
in 2015
Years of data
7
2014–2020
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in France, 2014–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
France recorded 91.5% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2020. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
That places France 27th out of 31 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in France, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 88.6% | — |
| 2015 | 88.4% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 89.1% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 89.4% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 89.3% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 90.2% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 91.5% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 89.2% | 88.4% | 90.2% | 6 |
| 2020s | 91.5% | 91.5% | 91.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near France
- 24 Poland 95.3% compare
- 25 Spain 94.0% compare
- 26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 93.6% compare
- 28 Belgium 87.4% compare
- 29 Brunei Darussalam 86.0%
- 30 Netherlands 85.5% compare
More education data for France
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 229,471 (2013)
- 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 61.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 103.44 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 103.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in France?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in France was 91.5% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 91.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.4% in 2015.
- How does France rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- France ranks 27th out of 31 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this France 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release