Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania
Albania: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 98.6% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
98.6%
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
29th
of 40 countries
All-time high
98.6%
in 2023
All-time low
97.8%
in 2018
Years of data
7
2016–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania, 2016–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania is 98.6%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Albania ranks 29th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 97.8% | — |
| 2018 | 97.8% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 98.1% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 98.3% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 98.1% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 98.3% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 98.6% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 97.9% | 97.8% | 98.1% | 3 |
| 2020s | 98.3% | 98.1% | 98.6% | 4 |
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More education data for Albania
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 9,336 (2024)
- 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 16.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Albania was 98.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 98.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.8% in 2018.
- How does Albania rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Albania ranks 29th out of 40 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Albania 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, non-immigrant background, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release