Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland
Finland: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.9033 NPIA in 2023. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland, 2006β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in NPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland stood at 0.9033 NPIA.
That represents a change of up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland peaked at 0.9556 NPIA in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.7423 NPIA, in 2018.
That places Finland 23rd out of 32 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9274 NPIA | 0.9137 NPIA | 0.9357 NPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8419 NPIA | 0.7423 NPIA | 0.9556 NPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8754 NPIA | 0.8426 NPIA | 0.9033 NPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
- 20 Armenia, Republic of 0.9733 NPIA compare
- 21 Costa Rica 0.9629 NPIA
- 22 Lithuania 0.9282 NPIA compare
- 24 Germany 0.8824 NPIA compare
- 25 Belgium 0.8785 NPIA compare
- 26 United States 0.8777 NPIA compare
More education data for Finland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 30,824 (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 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0055 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Finland was 0.9033 NPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9556 NPIA in 2010.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7423 NPIA in 2018.
- How does Finland rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Finland ranks 23rd out of 32 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland 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 native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release