Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.971 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 0.971 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Belgium peaked at 0.9774 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.9272 GPIA, in 2009.
Belgium ranks 26th of 28 countries on this measure, 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 | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.9285 GPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.9324 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9274 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9272 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.94 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9353 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9308 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.939 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.95 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9522 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9541 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9625 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9764 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9686 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9754 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9499 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9774 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.971 GPIA | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9289 GPIA | 0.9272 GPIA | 0.9324 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9509 GPIA | 0.9308 GPIA | 0.9764 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9684 GPIA | 0.9499 GPIA | 0.9774 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 23 Serbia 0.9862 GPIA
- 24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9849 GPIA compare
- 25 France 0.984 GPIA compare
- 27 Poland 0.9698 GPIA compare
- 28 Brunei Darussalam 0.9444 GPIA 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 0.971 GPIA 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 0.9774 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9272 GPIA in 2009.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Belgium ranks 26th out of 28 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 3.4%. 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, immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release