Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Indonesia
Indonesia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender was 0.937 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Indonesia, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Indonesia stood at 0.937 GPIA.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Indonesia peaked at 0.9408 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.4416 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Indonesia 97th out of 134 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4416 GPIA | — |
| 1980 | 0.5517 GPIA | +24.9% |
| 1991 | 0.7372 GPIA | +33.6% |
| 1992 | 0.74 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.7564 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.7605 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.8058 GPIA | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 0.8001 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.8173 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.83 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8468 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8866 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8549 GPIA | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8797 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.8707 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9081 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 0.88 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.891 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8957 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8936 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.901 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9114 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9098 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9137 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9257 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9275 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9408 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9352 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.937 GPIA | +0.2% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 0.937 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.994 GPIA, 94% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 0.937 GPIA is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.9741 GPIA, 96% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Indonesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +33.6% | 0.5517 GPIA | 0.7372 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4416 GPIA | 0.4416 GPIA | 0.4416 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.5517 GPIA | 0.5517 GPIA | 0.5517 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7809 GPIA | 0.7372 GPIA | 0.83 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.8678 GPIA | 0.8468 GPIA | 0.8866 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.903 GPIA | 0.88 GPIA | 0.9257 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9351 GPIA | 0.9275 GPIA | 0.9408 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 94 North Macedonia 0.9491 GPIA compare
- 95 Singapore 0.9465 GPIA compare
- 96 Vietnam 0.9398 GPIA compare
- 98 Bangladesh 0.9023 GPIA compare
- 99 Iran 0.9019 GPIA compare
- 100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9013 GPIA compare
More education data for Indonesia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 90.4 (2018)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.12 (2025)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2025)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.73 million (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.45 million (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 27.84 million (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 28.68 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.07 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Indonesia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Indonesia was 0.937 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9408 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4416 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Indonesia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Indonesia ranks 97th out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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