Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA in Egypt
Egypt: Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA was 0.7781 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt stood at 0.7781 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt peaked at 0.7781 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5592 LPIA, in 2006.
Egypt ranks 44th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA in Egypt, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.5592 LPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.5755 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.5689 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.6257 LPIA | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 0.6402 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6528 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6727 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6695 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.6831 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7057 LPIA | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.7005 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.7061 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.758 LPIA | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 0.7681 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.7781 LPIA | +1.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.7781 LPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.4097 LPIA, 1.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.7781 LPIA is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.8177 LPIA, 95% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5678 LPIA | 0.5592 LPIA | 0.5755 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.6729 LPIA | 0.6257 LPIA | 0.7061 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.7681 LPIA | 0.758 LPIA | 0.7781 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.52 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.49 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 507,445 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 95,355 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 759,210 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 718,435 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 11.56 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.40 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt was 0.7781 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7781 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5592 LPIA in 2006.
- How does Egypt rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Egypt ranks 44th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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