Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in France
France: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8848 GPIA in 2020. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in France, 1993β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
France recorded 0.8848 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2020.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in France peaked at 0.936 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.776 GPIA, in 1993.
France ranks 65th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7884 GPIA | 0.776 GPIA | 0.7956 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.8499 GPIA | 0.8088 GPIA | 0.8953 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9093 GPIA | 0.8855 GPIA | 0.936 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8848 GPIA | 0.8848 GPIA | 0.8848 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near France
More education data for France
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 229,471 (2013)
- 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 61.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0035 units per person (2013)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in France?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in France was 0.8848 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 0.936 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.776 GPIA in 1993.
- How does France rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- France ranks 65th out of 107 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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