Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in France
France: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8929 LPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in France, 1993–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
France recorded 0.8929 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2020.
That represents a change of down 10.6% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in France peaked at 1 LPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7774 LPIA, in 1993.
France ranks 33rd of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in France, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.7774 LPIA | — |
| 1994 | 0.8007 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 0.806 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.8003 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.809 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8132 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8205 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8212 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8339 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8416 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8523 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9087 LPIA | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 0.934 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8231 LPIA | -11.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9336 LPIA | +13.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9557 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9523 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9462 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9616 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9719 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9743 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9715 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9899 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 0.9946 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8978 LPIA | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9989 LPIA | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8929 LPIA | -10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8039 LPIA | 0.7774 LPIA | 0.8205 LPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.8857 LPIA | 0.8212 LPIA | 0.9557 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9709 LPIA | 0.8978 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8929 LPIA | 0.8929 LPIA | 0.8929 LPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near France
More education data for France
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 229,471 (2013)
- 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 61.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 103.44 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 103.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in France?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in France was 0.8929 LPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 1 LPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7774 LPIA in 1993.
- How does France rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- France ranks 33rd out of 105 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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