Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 95.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 95.8% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium peaked at 100.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 92.5%, in 2007.
That places Belgium 60th out of 136 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 94.5% | 94.5% | 94.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 8 |
| 2000s | 97.1% | 92.5% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.5% | 92.5% | 96.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.2% | 95.8% | 96.7% | 4 |
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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 95.8% 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 100.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.5% in 2007.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Belgium ranks 60th out of 136 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 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release