Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.7009 LPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden, 1995–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden is 0.7009 LPIA, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden peaked at 0.7009 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6292 LPIA, in 1999.
Sweden ranks 18th of 93 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6318 LPIA | 0.6292 LPIA | 0.6344 LPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.6685 LPIA | 0.6369 LPIA | 0.694 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6768 LPIA | 0.6435 LPIA | 0.6999 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6988 LPIA | 0.6976 LPIA | 0.7009 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (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 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 114.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden was 0.7009 LPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7009 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6292 LPIA in 1999.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Sweden ranks 18th out of 93 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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