Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 77.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 77.8% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium peaked at 77.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 33.3%, in 1994.
That places Belgium 22nd out of 109 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 40.8% | — |
| 1994 | 33.3% | -18.3% |
| 1995 | 36.0% | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 40.3% | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 42.1% | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 42.8% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 40.5% | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 43.1% | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 51.6% | +19.7% |
| 2006 | 53.6% | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 55.1% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 56.9% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 58.9% | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 59.9% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 60.2% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 62.1% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 60.9% | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 63.9% | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 62.1% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 64.7% | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 67.9% | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 73.4% | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 72.4% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 74.0% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 75.2% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 73.6% | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 77.8% | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.2% | 33.3% | 42.8% | 6 |
| 2000s | 51.4% | 40.5% | 58.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 64.8% | 59.9% | 73.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.2% | 73.6% | 77.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (2023)
- 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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.11 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium was 77.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 77.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.3% in 1994.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Belgium ranks 22nd out of 109 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release