Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 54.4% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden, 1995β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 54.4% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Sweden peaked at 54.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32.8%, in 1995.
Sweden ranks 8th of 101 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.2% | 32.8% | 35.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 37.6% | 32.9% | 41.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.2% | 41.7% | 51.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.3% | 52.1% | 54.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
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)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0068 units per person (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 54.4% in 2023, 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 54.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.8% in 1995.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Sweden ranks 8th out of 101 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release