Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in France
France: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.984 GPIA in 2020. ▬ Flat
Latest (2020)
0.984 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
25th
of 28 countries
All-time high
0.984 GPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.9677 GPIA
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 GPIA.
Analysis
In 2020, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in France stood at 0.984 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
That places France 25th out of 28 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 | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.9698 GPIA | — |
| 2015 | 0.9677 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9714 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.975 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9762 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9817 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.984 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.9736 GPIA | 0.9677 GPIA | 0.9817 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.984 GPIA | 0.984 GPIA | 0.984 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near France
- 22 Portugal 0.9883 GPIA compare
- 23 Serbia 0.9862 GPIA
- 24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9849 GPIA compare
- 26 Belgium 0.971 GPIA compare
- 27 Poland 0.9698 GPIA compare
- 28 Brunei Darussalam 0.9444 GPIA
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 0.984 GPIA 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 0.984 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9677 GPIA in 2015.
- How does France rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- France ranks 25th out of 28 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 1.5%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release