Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9838 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium stood at 0.9838 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium peaked at 0.9838 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8283 GPIA, in 1994.
Belgium ranks 44th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.8429 GPIA | — |
| 1993 | 0.8289 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.8283 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8286 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8449 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8605 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.889 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9145 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.9324 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8848 GPIA | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9121 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9163 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8937 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9146 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9273 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.923 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9134 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9201 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9115 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9399 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.947 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9546 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9416 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9533 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9507 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9579 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9694 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9745 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9759 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9596 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9679 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9838 GPIA | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8547 GPIA | 0.8283 GPIA | 0.9145 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.9138 GPIA | 0.8848 GPIA | 0.9324 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.95 GPIA | 0.9115 GPIA | 0.9745 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9718 GPIA | 0.9596 GPIA | 0.9838 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 41 Paraguay 0.9883 GPIA compare
- 42 Uzbekistan 0.9859 GPIA compare
- 43 Brunei Darussalam 0.9859 GPIA compare
- 45 Azerbaijan 0.9833 GPIA compare
- 46 Cyprus 0.982 GPIA compare
- 47 Bulgaria 0.9816 GPIA compare
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 0.9838 GPIA 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 0.9838 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8283 GPIA in 1994.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Belgium ranks 44th out of 107 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 3.1%. 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, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release