Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Norway
Norway: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender was 1.02 GPIA in 2019. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway, 1970–2019
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.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Norway, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5738 GPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.9415 GPIA | +64.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9362 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.944 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9674 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9732 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.9939 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9858 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9913 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9933 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9882 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 1 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.5% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 1.02 GPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 1 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Norway's 1.02 GPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9674 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural gender in Norway changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +64.1% | 0.5738 GPIA | 0.9415 GPIA |
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
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.62 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.62 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 59,473 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (1993)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 85,282 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 80,636 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 469,508 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 434,422 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.7841 % change on previous year (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