Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.5288 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay, 2006β2024
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.
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 |
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More education data for Uruguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,882 (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 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0056 units per person (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