Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 50.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Afghanistan, 2014–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 50.0% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2022. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Afghanistan peaked at 50.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 41.8%, in 2014.
Afghanistan ranks 105th of 108 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 41.8% | — |
| 2015 | 49.4% | +18.2% |
| 2020 | 47.0% | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 47.4% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 50.0% | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 45.6% | 41.8% | 49.4% | 2 |
| 2020s | 48.2% | 47.0% | 50.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More education data for Afghanistan
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 163,167 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 6 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Afghanistan?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Afghanistan was 50.0% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 50.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.8% in 2014.
- How does Afghanistan rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Afghanistan ranks 105th out of 108 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release