Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt
Egypt: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 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.
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
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 483,053 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.71 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (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