Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.4034 LPIA in 2024. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Uruguay, 1996β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 0.4034 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024.
The figure is up 33.8% on the previous year and up 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Uruguay peaked at 0.5408 LPIA in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.0767 LPIA, in 2009.
That places Uruguay 51st out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5408 LPIA | 0.5408 LPIA | 0.5408 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2161 LPIA | 0.0767 LPIA | 0.2891 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.3297 LPIA | 0.2914 LPIA | 0.3851 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3524 LPIA | 0.3015 LPIA | 0.4034 LPIA | 2 |
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More education data for Uruguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,882 (2023)
- 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 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0056 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Uruguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Uruguay was 0.4034 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5408 LPIA in 1996.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0767 LPIA in 2009.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Uruguay ranks 51st out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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