Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 41.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden, 1995–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 41.8% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2022. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden peaked at 41.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 29.6%, in 2001.
That places Sweden 20th out of 102 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.1% | 33.1% | 34.9% | 4 |
| 2000s | 31.7% | 29.6% | 34.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.9% | 31.0% | 39.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.0% | 40.3% | 41.8% | 3 |
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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 41.8% in 2022, 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 41.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.6% in 2001.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Sweden ranks 20th out of 102 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. 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, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release