Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9545 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden stood at 0.9545 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden peaked at 0.9545 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8761 LPIA, in 1998.
That places Sweden 17th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8761 LPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.8994 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8947 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9021 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9032 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9103 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9173 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.926 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9201 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9137 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9042 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9144 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9245 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9283 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9199 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9265 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9217 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9273 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9289 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9388 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9492 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9434 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9451 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9421 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9426 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9545 LPIA | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8877 LPIA | 0.8761 LPIA | 0.8994 LPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9106 LPIA | 0.8947 LPIA | 0.926 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9309 LPIA | 0.9199 LPIA | 0.9492 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9461 LPIA | 0.9421 LPIA | 0.9545 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 114.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden was 0.9545 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9545 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8761 LPIA in 1998.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Sweden ranks 17th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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