Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Egypt
Egypt: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender was 0.7653 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.7653 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt peaked at 0.7653 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5497 GPIA, in 2006.
Egypt ranks 78th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.5497 GPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.5661 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.5782 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6168 GPIA | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 0.6351 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 0.6514 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.6618 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.6732 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.6897 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6808 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6874 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7134 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 0.7479 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7513 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.7653 GPIA | +1.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.7653 GPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7558 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.7653 GPIA is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9533 GPIA, 80% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5647 GPIA | 0.5497 GPIA | 0.5782 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.6677 GPIA | 0.6168 GPIA | 0.7134 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.7548 GPIA | 0.7479 GPIA | 0.7653 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.52 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.49 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 507,445 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 95,355 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 759,210 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 718,435 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 11.56 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.40 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt was 0.7653 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7653 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5497 GPIA in 2006.
- How does Egypt rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Egypt ranks 78th out of 107 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release