Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 1.04 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 1.04 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium peaked at 1.08 LPIA in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.827 LPIA, in 2001.
That places Belgium 4th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.08 LPIA | — |
| 1994 | 0.8346 LPIA | -22.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8358 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8938 LPIA | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9094 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8491 LPIA | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 0.827 LPIA | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8617 LPIA | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9392 LPIA | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9501 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9705 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9815 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9792 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.02 LPIA | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9872 LPIA | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 1.01 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9676 LPIA | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9985 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 0.954 LPIA | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9926 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 1.02 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 1.06 LPIA | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 1.03 LPIA | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 1.03 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.03 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.02 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 1.04 LPIA | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9105 LPIA | 0.8346 LPIA | 1.08 LPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.9198 LPIA | 0.827 LPIA | 0.9815 LPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 1 LPIA | 0.954 LPIA | 1.06 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 LPIA | 1.02 LPIA | 1.04 LPIA | 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 1.04 LPIA 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 1.08 LPIA in 1992.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.827 LPIA in 2001.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Belgium ranks 4th out of 105 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 7.9%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release