Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
38
Highest
100.0%
France
Lowest
62.5%
Honduras
Median
99.6%
Years covered
31
1994–2024
Data points
474

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in France; the lowest is 62.5% in Honduras.

The median across all reporting countries is 99.6%, and the mean is 96.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 31.1%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 3.1%).

Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 100.0% 2023 up 1.4% flat
1 Austria 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2023 down 0.0% flat
1 Germany 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% flat
7 Iceland 100.0% 2023 up 0.1% flat
8 Switzerland 99.9% 2024 up 0.1% flat
9 Czechia 99.9% 2023 up 0.0% flat
10 Netherlands 99.8% 2023 up 0.4% flat
11 Slovenia 99.8% 2023 up 0.0% flat
12 Slovak Republic 99.8% 2023 up 0.1% flat
13 United States 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% flat
14 Ireland 99.8% 2020 up 0.4% flat
15 Hungary 99.7% 2023 up 0.2% flat
16 Poland 99.7% 2023 up 0.7% flat
17 Armenia, Republic of 99.7% 2023 down 0.1% flat
18 Luxembourg 99.7% 2023 down 0.3% flat
19 Latvia 99.6% 2023 down 0.1% flat
20 Malta 99.6% 2017 up 0.3% flat
21 Croatia 99.6% 2023 up 0.7% flat
22 Lithuania 99.4% 2023 up 0.6% flat
23 Bulgaria 99.2% 2023 up 0.2% flat
24 Romania 98.9% 2023 up 0.3% flat
25 Albania 98.2% 2023 up 1.0% flat
26 Montenegro 98.2% 2018 β€” flat
27 Italy 98.0% 2023 up 3.1% rising
28 Belgium 97.8% 2023 up 2.4% flat
29 Greece 97.5% 2024 up 2.6% flat
30 Cyprus 96.7% 2023 up 4.5% flat
31 Mongolia 95.8% 2024 up 0.2% flat
32 Portugal 95.2% 2024 up 8.9% rising
33 Spain 94.9% 2023 down 3.1% falling
34 Brunei Darussalam 92.3% 2023 up 4.7% flat
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 91.3% 2023 up 14.7% rising
36 Costa Rica 87.6% 2024 β€” rising
37 Ghana 78.6% 2024 up 31.1% rising
38 Honduras 62.5% 2023 up 6.9% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
38 places, 474 data points, 1994–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release