Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland
Finland: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.6963 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland stood at 0.6963 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.1% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland peaked at 0.6963 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5773 LPIA, in 2007.
Finland ranks 19th of 93 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.6232 LPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.6228 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.6032 LPIA | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 0.6291 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6648 LPIA | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 0.6022 LPIA | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 0.5773 LPIA | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 0.5825 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.5872 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.5908 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.5955 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.5945 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.601 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.6035 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6062 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6579 LPIA | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6163 LPIA | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 0.6715 LPIA | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6167 LPIA | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 0.6722 LPIA | +9.0% |
| 2021 | 0.6441 LPIA | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 0.6384 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.6963 LPIA | +9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6102 LPIA | 0.5773 LPIA | 0.6648 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.6154 LPIA | 0.5908 LPIA | 0.6715 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6628 LPIA | 0.6384 LPIA | 0.6963 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 30,824 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland was 0.6963 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6963 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5773 LPIA in 2007.
- How does Finland rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Finland ranks 19th out of 93 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release