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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
40
Highest
100.0%
Austria
Lowest
61.4%
Honduras
Median
99.7%
Years covered
31
1994–2024
Data points
505

What the numbers show

Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, male (%) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Austria; the lowest is 61.4% in Honduras.

The median across all reporting countries is 99.7%, and the mean is 97.5%.

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

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 25.3%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 2.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Austria 100.0% 2021 down 0.0% flat
1 Sweden 100.0% 2023 down 0.0% flat
1 Germany 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% flat
1 Denmark 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% flat
1 France 100.0% 2023 up 1.3% flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2023 down 0.0% flat
7 Iceland 99.9% 2023 down 0.0% flat
8 Switzerland 99.9% 2024 up 0.1% flat
9 Czechia 99.9% 2022 down 0.0% flat
10 Slovak Republic 99.8% 2022 up 0.0% flat
11 Netherlands 99.8% 2023 up 0.2% flat
12 Estonia 99.8% 2023 up 0.1% flat
13 Slovenia 99.8% 2023 down 0.1% flat
14 United States 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% flat
15 Hungary 99.8% 2023 down 0.2% flat
16 Croatia 99.7% 2023 up 0.2% flat
17 Latvia 99.7% 2023 up 0.0% flat
18 Ireland 99.7% 2020 up 0.4% flat
19 Malta 99.7% 2017 up 0.5% flat
20 Poland 99.7% 2023 up 0.3% flat
21 Luxembourg 99.6% 2023 down 0.3% flat
22 Armenia, Republic of 99.6% 2023 down 0.2% flat
23 Serbia 99.4% 2024 up 2.8% rising
24 Montenegro 99.4% 2018 β€” flat
25 Lithuania 99.4% 2023 up 0.2% flat
26 Bulgaria 99.3% 2023 down 0.0% flat
27 Romania 99.1% 2023 down 0.0% flat
28 Italy 98.7% 2023 up 1.9% flat
29 Albania 98.6% 2023 up 0.8% flat
30 Greece 98.5% 2024 up 1.7% flat
31 Cyprus 98.1% 2023 up 2.6% flat
32 Belgium 97.7% 2023 up 1.5% flat
33 Portugal 96.7% 2024 up 5.7% rising
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.3% 2023 up 8.7% rising
35 Spain 96.1% 2023 down 2.6% flat
36 Mongolia 94.8% 2024 down 0.8% flat
37 Brunei Darussalam 93.4% 2023 up 3.2% flat
38 Ghana 89.0% 2024 up 25.3% rising
39 Costa Rica 88.1% 2024 β€” rising
40 Honduras 61.4% 2023 up 5.8% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
40 places, 505 data points, 1994–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release