Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway
Norway: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9268 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway stood at 0.9268 LPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway peaked at 0.9683 LPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.4274 LPIA, in 1970.
That places Norway 24th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4274 LPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.8091 LPIA | +89.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9233 LPIA | +14.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8855 LPIA | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 0.895 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8984 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.904 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9059 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9128 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9161 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9433 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9487 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.9282 LPIA | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9289 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9321 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9368 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9576 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9437 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9683 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9378 LPIA | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9268 LPIA | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4274 LPIA | 0.4274 LPIA | 0.4274 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8091 LPIA | 0.8091 LPIA | 0.8091 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.902 LPIA | 0.8855 LPIA | 0.9233 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9348 LPIA | 0.9128 LPIA | 0.9576 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9443 LPIA | 0.9268 LPIA | 0.9683 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 51,889 (2024)
- 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 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.54 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway was 0.9268 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9683 LPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4274 LPIA in 1970.
- How does Norway rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Norway ranks 24th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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