Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 1 GPIA in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
1 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
34th
of 133 countries
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 1995
All-time low
1 GPIA
in 1995
Years of data
21
1995–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sweden, 1995–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 1 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sweden peaked at 1 GPIA in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1 GPIA, in 1995.
Sweden ranks 34th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sweden, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 2004 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 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 Hong Kong (China) 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Iceland 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Russia 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Ukraine 1 GPIA compare
- 34 Uzbekistan 1 GPIA compare
More education data for Sweden
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 114.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sweden?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sweden was 1 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 1995.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 1995.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Sweden ranks 34th out of 133 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sweden 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