Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iran
Iran: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.4388 LPIA in 2016. ▲ Rising
Latest (2016)
0.4388 LPIA
Change on year
up 3.3%
World rank
77th
of 105 countries
All-time high
0.4388 LPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.3935 LPIA
in 2010
Years of data
5
2010–2016
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iran, 2010–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2016, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iran stood at 0.4388 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
That places Iran 77th out of 105 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Iran
More education data for Iran
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 372,396 (2023)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.4% (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.96 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iran?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iran was 0.4388 LPIA in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4388 LPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3935 LPIA in 2010.
- How does Iran rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Iran ranks 77th out of 105 countries with data for 2016.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran 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