Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Norway
Norway: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.682 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Norway, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Norway recorded 0.682 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.7% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Norway peaked at 0.7636 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3614 LPIA, in 1970.
That places Norway 24th out of 87 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3614 LPIA | 0.3614 LPIA | 0.3614 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.502 LPIA | 0.502 LPIA | 0.502 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6591 LPIA | 0.6431 LPIA | 0.6748 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7164 LPIA | 0.6836 LPIA | 0.7593 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.7228 LPIA | 0.682 LPIA | 0.7636 LPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 51,889 (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 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.54 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Norway?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Norway was 0.682 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7636 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3614 LPIA in 1970.
- How does Norway rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Norway ranks 24th out of 87 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release