Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt
Egypt: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.9285 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt is 0.9285 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt peaked at 0.9285 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.707 GPIA, in 2009.
Egypt ranks 69th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.7208 GPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.7256 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.707 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 0.776 GPIA | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 0.7834 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7719 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.7812 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8861 GPIA | +13.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8954 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9028 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9111 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9285 GPIA | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7178 GPIA | 0.707 GPIA | 0.7256 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.7997 GPIA | 0.7719 GPIA | 0.8861 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9094 GPIA | 0.8954 GPIA | 0.9285 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 483,053 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.71 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt was 0.9285 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9285 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.707 GPIA in 2009.
- How does Egypt rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Egypt ranks 69th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release