Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland
Iceland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8794 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland is 0.8794 LPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland peaked at 0.8794 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6184 LPIA, in 1999.
That places Iceland 34th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.6184 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.6322 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 0.62 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.6747 LPIA | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8043 LPIA | +19.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7103 LPIA | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7667 LPIA | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 0.7844 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8051 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7973 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7865 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8067 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.7996 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.7974 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.7908 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.859 LPIA | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 0.8794 LPIA | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6184 LPIA | 0.6184 LPIA | 0.6184 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6828 LPIA | 0.62 LPIA | 0.8043 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.7838 LPIA | 0.7103 LPIA | 0.8067 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8431 LPIA | 0.7908 LPIA | 0.8794 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More education data for Iceland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,568 (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 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.22 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 98.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland was 0.8794 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8794 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6184 LPIA in 1999.
- How does Iceland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Iceland ranks 34th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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