Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway
Norway: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 1.02 GPIA in 2019. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway, 1970β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Norway recorded 1.02 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2019. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5738 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Norway 30th out of 107 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5738 GPIA | 0.5738 GPIA | 0.5738 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9415 GPIA | 0.9415 GPIA | 0.9415 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9668 GPIA | 0.9362 GPIA | 0.9939 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9882 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 51,889 (2024)
- 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 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0093 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway was 1.02 GPIA in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5738 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Norway rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Norway ranks 30th out of 107 countries with data for 2019.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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