Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 94.2% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 94.2% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay peaked at 94.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 81.7%, in 2000.
That places Uruguay 54th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.2% | 81.7% | 86.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 89.6% | 86.1% | 91.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.5% | 92.8% | 94.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 51 Malaysia 94.8% compare
- 52 Palestine, State of 94.4% compare
- 53 Israel 94.4% compare
- 55 Spain 94.0% compare
- 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 93.5% compare
- 57 South Africa 93.2% compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,882 (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 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0056 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Uruguay was 94.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 94.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.7% in 2000.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Uruguay ranks 54th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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