Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong, China: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
34th
of 133 countries
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2013
All-time low
0.4856 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
19
1971–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Hong Kong, China, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Hong Kong, China stood at 1 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Hong Kong, China peaked at 1 GPIA in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.4856 GPIA, in 1971.
Hong Kong, China ranks 34th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Hong Kong, China, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4856 GPIA | — |
| 1981 | 0.6813 GPIA | +40.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9298 GPIA | +36.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9364 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9408 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9448 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9481 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9537 GPIA | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9556 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9597 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 1 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9614 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 1 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9673 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4856 GPIA | 0.4856 GPIA | 0.4856 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.6813 GPIA | 0.6813 GPIA | 0.6813 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9357 GPIA | 0.9298 GPIA | 0.9408 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.9693 GPIA | 0.9448 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9935 GPIA | 0.9673 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hong Kong, China
- 31 Trinidad and Tobago 1 GPIA compare
- 32 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA compare
- 33 Lithuania 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Austria 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Germany 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Denmark 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Finland 1 GPIA compare
- 34 France 1 GPIA compare
- 34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Iceland 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Russian Federation 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Sweden 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Ukraine 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA compare
More education data for Hong Kong, China
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 329,780 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0438 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 329,780 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -2.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0438 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 158,048 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Hong Kong, China?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Hong Kong, China was 1 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Hong Kong, China?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2013.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Hong Kong, China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4856 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Hong Kong, China rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Hong Kong, China ranks 34th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Hong Kong, China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hong Kong, China 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