Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal
Portugal: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9721 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal is 0.9721 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal peaked at 0.9721 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5797 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Portugal 83rd out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5797 GPIA | — |
| 1981 | 0.6782 GPIA | +17.0% |
| 1991 | 0.8047 GPIA | +18.6% |
| 1998 | 0.8451 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8485 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8535 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8547 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8656 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8746 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.8814 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8828 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8929 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8991 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.902 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9111 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9198 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9142 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9128 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9176 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9242 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.929 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9337 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.937 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9336 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9415 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9476 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9659 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9634 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9656 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9721 GPIA | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5797 GPIA | 0.5797 GPIA | 0.5797 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.6782 GPIA | 0.6782 GPIA | 0.6782 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8328 GPIA | 0.8047 GPIA | 0.8485 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8818 GPIA | 0.8535 GPIA | 0.9111 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9263 GPIA | 0.9128 GPIA | 0.9415 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9629 GPIA | 0.9476 GPIA | 0.9721 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More education data for Portugal
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 52,131 (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 62.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Portugal was 0.9721 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9721 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5797 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Portugal rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Portugal ranks 83rd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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