Educational attainment … education short-cycle tertiary location in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment … education short-cycle tertiary location was 0.7811 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.7811 LPIA
Change on year
up 4.4%
World rank
12th
of 87 countries
All-time high
0.7811 LPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.6391 LPIA
in 1998
Years of data
27
1995–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden, 1995–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 0.7811 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden peaked at 0.7811 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6391 LPIA, in 1998.
Sweden ranks 12th of 87 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Educational attainment … education short-cycle tertiary location in Sweden, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.6723 LPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.6391 LPIA | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 0.6579 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6801 LPIA | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.7126 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.688 LPIA | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.6902 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.7188 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 0.7539 LPIA | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 0.7629 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.7464 LPIA | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.7442 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.7505 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.7397 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.7548 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.7295 LPIA | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.7127 LPIA | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7152 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7441 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7622 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.7664 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.7692 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7665 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.7776 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.771 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.7481 LPIA | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.7811 LPIA | +4.4% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 0.7811 LPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.682 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 0.7811 LPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6297 LPIA, 1.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6564 LPIA | 0.6391 LPIA | 0.6723 LPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.7248 LPIA | 0.6801 LPIA | 0.7629 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.746 LPIA | 0.7127 LPIA | 0.7692 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7695 LPIA | 0.7481 LPIA | 0.7811 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.43 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.43 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 77,813 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,302 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 235,975 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 222,360 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 987,895 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 859,847 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.8572 % change on previous year (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 0.7811 LPIA in 2023, 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 0.7811 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6391 LPIA in 1998.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Sweden ranks 12th out of 87 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. 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, 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