Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.7811 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
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 rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 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% |
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
- 9 Malta 0.8868 LPIA compare
- 10 Canada 0.7971 LPIA compare
- 11 United States of America 0.7832 LPIA compare
- 13 Brunei Darussalam 0.7808 LPIA compare
- 14 Switzerland 0.7579 LPIA compare
- 15 Slovenia 0.7568 LPIA compare
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 0.7811 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