Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Albania
Albania: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 20.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Albania, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Albania recorded 20.4% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 58.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Albania peaked at 20.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.4%, in 2001.
Albania ranks 74th of 129 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.8% | 7.4% | 9.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 14.0% | 10.0% | 17.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.4% | 18.2% | 20.4% | 4 |
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More education data for Albania
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 9,336 (2024)
- 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 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 111.51 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 111.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Albania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Albania was 20.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 20.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4% in 2001.
- How does Albania rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Albania ranks 74th out of 129 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release