Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America
United States of America: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 1.01 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 1.01 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America peaked at 1.01 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.95 LPIA, in 2004.
United States of America ranks 9th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.95 LPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.9516 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9624 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9656 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9706 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9669 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9683 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.968 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9649 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9723 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9717 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9704 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9731 LPIA | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 1 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9815 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 1 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9832 LPIA | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 1 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 1.01 LPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.96 LPIA | 0.95 LPIA | 0.9706 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9757 LPIA | 0.9649 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9955 LPIA | 0.9815 LPIA | 1.01 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 6 Switzerland 1.03 LPIA compare
- 7 Luxembourg 1.01 LPIA compare
- 8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.01 LPIA compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 1 LPIA compare
- 11 Austria 0.9962 LPIA compare
- 12 Kazakhstan 0.9803 LPIA compare
More education data for United States of America
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.78 million (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 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America was 1.01 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.95 LPIA in 2004.
- How does United States of America rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- United States of America ranks 9th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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