Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary both in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary both was 93.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay, 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 93.8% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay peaked at 94.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 53.4%, in 1975.
Uruguay ranks 69th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary both in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 53.4% | — |
| 1998 | 94.4% | +76.8% |
| 1999 | 94.1% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 94.7% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 91.2% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 82.4% | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 82.9% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 85.5% | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 86.0% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 85.6% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 87.6% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 88.4% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 88.6% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 88.9% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 89.4% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 89.9% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 90.3% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 91.2% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 91.3% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 92.1% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 92.9% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 92.8% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 93.8% | +1.1% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 93.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 99.1%, 95% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 93.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 87.4%, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary both in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +76.8% | 53.4% | 94.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 53.4% | 53.4% | 53.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 94.3% | 94.1% | 94.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 87.1% | 82.4% | 94.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 89.1% | 85.6% | 91.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.9% | 92.1% | 93.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.38 (2015)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.96 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,390 (2010)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2,520 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 57,513 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,922 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay was 93.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 94.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.4% in 1975.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Uruguay ranks 69th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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