Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia
Croatia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 65.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 65.6% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia peaked at 65.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32.2%, in 2001.
Croatia ranks 35th of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 32.2% | — |
| 2011 | 48.4% | +50.5% |
| 2013 | 50.0% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 53.0% | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 52.7% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 53.4% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 55.5% | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 56.4% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 58.2% | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 59.5% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 62.1% | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 64.6% | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 65.6% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.2% | 32.2% | 32.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 53.4% | 48.4% | 58.2% | 8 |
| 2020s | 62.9% | 59.5% | 65.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More education data for Croatia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13,441 (2023)
- 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 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.16 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia was 65.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 65.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.2% in 2001.
- How does Croatia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Croatia ranks 35th out of 109 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia 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