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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
38
Highest
100.0%
Austria
Lowest
39.6%
Uganda
Median
99.4%
Years covered
31
1994–2024
Data points
463

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, female (%) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Austria; the lowest is 39.6% in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 99.4%, and the mean is 94.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 41.0%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 3.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Austria 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Germany 100.0% 2023 down 0.0% flat
1 Denmark 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 France 100.0% 2023 up 1.5% flat
7 Iceland 100.0% 2023 up 0.2% flat
8 Switzerland 100.0% 2024 up 0.1% flat
9 Czechia 99.9% 2022 up 0.0% flat
10 Netherlands 99.9% 2023 up 0.5% flat
11 Slovenia 99.9% 2023 up 0.1% flat
12 Ireland 99.9% 2020 up 0.5% flat
13 United States 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% flat
14 Slovak Republic 99.8% 2023 down 0.0% flat
15 Hungary 99.7% 2023 up 0.3% flat
16 Armenia 99.7% 2023 down 0.0% flat
17 Poland 99.7% 2023 up 1.1% flat
18 Malta 99.5% 2017 up 0.2% flat
19 Croatia 99.5% 2023 up 1.1% flat
20 Luxembourg 99.4% 2023 down 0.6% flat
21 Lithuania 99.4% 2023 up 0.9% flat
22 Bulgaria 99.2% 2023 up 0.4% flat
23 Romania 98.8% 2023 up 0.6% flat
24 Albania 97.9% 2023 up 1.3% flat
25 Belgium 97.8% 2023 up 3.3% rising
26 Italy 97.3% 2023 up 4.3% rising
27 Montenegro 96.9% 2018 β€” flat
28 Mongolia 96.7% 2024 up 1.1% flat
29 Greece 96.5% 2024 up 3.3% flat
30 Cyprus 95.4% 2023 up 6.5% rising
31 Portugal 93.8% 2024 up 11.9% rising
32 Spain 93.7% 2023 down 3.7% falling
33 Brunei Darussalam 91.2% 2023 up 2.4% flat
34 Costa Rica 87.1% 2024 β€” rising
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86.7% 2023 up 21.6% rising
36 Ghana 71.5% 2024 up 41.0% rising
37 Honduras 63.3% 2023 up 8.0% rising
38 Uganda 39.6% 2024 up 17.8% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
38 places, 463 data points, 1994–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release