Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Egypt
Egypt: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender was 0.8738 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.8738 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Egypt peaked at 0.9808 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6201 GPIA, in 2009.
That places Egypt 95th out of 127 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 gender in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.6284 GPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.6285 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6201 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6873 GPIA | +10.8% |
| 2011 | 0.7026 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.7012 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.6969 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.6931 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.755 GPIA | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9808 GPIA | +29.9% |
| 2020 | 0.822 GPIA | -16.2% |
| 2021 | 0.8451 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.857 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.8738 GPIA | +2.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.8738 GPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7133 GPIA, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.8738 GPIA is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.11 GPIA, 79% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender 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 | +29.9% | 0.755 GPIA | 0.9808 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6257 GPIA | 0.6201 GPIA | 0.6285 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.7453 GPIA | 0.6873 GPIA | 0.9808 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.8495 GPIA | 0.822 GPIA | 0.8738 GPIA | 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 0.8738 GPIA 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 0.9808 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6201 GPIA in 2009.
- How does Egypt rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Egypt ranks 95th out of 127 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 25.4%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release