Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Egypt
Egypt: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female was 16.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt stood at 16.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 46.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt peaked at 22.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 9.8%, in 2008.
Egypt ranks 88th of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 10.1% | — |
| 2008 | 9.8% | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 10.3% | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 11.7% | +13.0% |
| 2011 | 11.9% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 12.2% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 11.5% | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 12.7% | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 22.6% | +78.3% |
| 2020 | 15.1% | -33.2% |
| 2021 | 15.6% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 15.9% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 16.8% | +5.8% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 16.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9.2%, 1.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 16.8% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25.6%, 66% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +78.3% | 12.7% | 22.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.1% | 9.8% | 10.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 13.4% | 11.3% | 22.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 15.9% | 15.1% | 16.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.52 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.49 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 507,445 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 95,355 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 759,210 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 718,435 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 11.56 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.40 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt was 16.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 22.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.8% in 2008.
- How does Egypt rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Egypt ranks 88th out of 128 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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