Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 40.1% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Belgium, 1992β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Belgium stood at 40.1%. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Belgium peaked at 40.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16.0%, in 1992.
Belgium ranks 28th of 128 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.0% | 16.0% | 21.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 24.8% | 21.8% | 28.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.9% | 29.9% | 37.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.4% | 38.6% | 40.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 25 Cayman Islands 42.3% compare
- 26 Israel 42.1% compare
- 27 Latvia 41.9% compare
- 29 Republic of Moldova 40.1% compare
- 30 Saudi Arabia 39.9% compare
- 31 Slovenia 39.4% compare
More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0069 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Belgium?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Belgium was 40.1% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 40.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.0% in 1992.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Belgium ranks 28th out of 128 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release