Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA was 0.5288 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay, 2006–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay is 0.5288 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.2% on the previous year and up 42.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay peaked at 0.5288 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1605 LPIA, in 2009.
Uruguay ranks 68th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.3277 LPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.3161 LPIA | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1605 LPIA | -49.2% |
| 2010 | 0.4004 LPIA | +149.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3416 LPIA | -14.7% |
| 2012 | 0.3621 LPIA | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3908 LPIA | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 0.3706 LPIA | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 0.3664 LPIA | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.4217 LPIA | +15.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4085 LPIA | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3789 LPIA | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 0.4066 LPIA | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 0.4653 LPIA | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 0.4972 LPIA | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 0.4473 LPIA | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5288 LPIA | +18.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.5288 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9018 LPIA, 59% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.5288 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4691 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate … Educational upper location LPIA in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +149.4% | 0.1605 LPIA | 0.4004 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2681 LPIA | 0.1605 LPIA | 0.3277 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.3848 LPIA | 0.3416 LPIA | 0.4217 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4846 LPIA | 0.4473 LPIA | 0.5288 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.38 (2015)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.96 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,390 (2010)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2,520 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 57,513 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,922 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay was 0.5288 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5288 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1605 LPIA in 2009.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Uruguay ranks 68th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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