Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany
Germany: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9592 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany, 1993β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Germany recorded 0.9592 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany peaked at 0.9592 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.771 GPIA, in 1993.
That places Germany 58th out of 107 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7885 GPIA | 0.771 GPIA | 0.8061 GPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8356 GPIA | 0.8156 GPIA | 0.8571 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8997 GPIA | 0.8645 GPIA | 0.9299 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9501 GPIA | 0.9397 GPIA | 0.9592 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More education data for Germany
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 283,851 (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 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0034 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany was 0.9592 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9592 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.771 GPIA in 1993.
- How does Germany rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Germany ranks 58th out of 107 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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