Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Albania
Albania: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender was 0.9971 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Albania recorded 0.9971 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania peaked at 0.9971 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.928 GPIA, in 2001.
Albania ranks 62nd of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Albania, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.928 GPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.9486 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9739 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9792 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9704 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9728 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.985 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9748 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9805 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9879 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9851 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9865 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9876 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9915 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9941 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9903 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9971 GPIA | +0.7% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 0.9971 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.994 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Albania's 0.9971 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9997 GPIA, 100% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9502 GPIA | 0.928 GPIA | 0.9739 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.981 GPIA | 0.9704 GPIA | 0.9879 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9933 GPIA | 0.9903 GPIA | 0.9971 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More education data for Albania
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 86.17 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.51 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 23,080 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,024 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 34,654 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 32,057 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 208,738 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 141,089 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -4 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania was 0.9971 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9971 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.928 GPIA in 2001.
- How does Albania rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Albania ranks 62nd out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release