Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 100.0% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sweden, 1995–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 100.0% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 28 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 100.0% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 100.0%, in 1995.
Sweden ranks 1st of 105 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 |
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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 100.0% 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 100.0% in 1995.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 100.0% in 1995.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Sweden ranks 1st out of 105 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, urban, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release