Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland
Finland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9324 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Finland recorded 0.9324 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland peaked at 0.9324 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8143 LPIA, in 1998.
That places Finland 23rd out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8143 LPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.8492 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 0.83 LPIA | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8165 LPIA | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8225 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8562 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8506 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8238 LPIA | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8327 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8405 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8465 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8523 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8561 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.864 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.8681 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.8722 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8833 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8849 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8854 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8882 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8903 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.8786 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9086 LPIA | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9324 LPIA | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8143 LPIA | 0.8143 LPIA | 0.8143 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8358 LPIA | 0.8165 LPIA | 0.8562 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8701 LPIA | 0.8465 LPIA | 0.8882 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9025 LPIA | 0.8786 LPIA | 0.9324 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 30,824 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland was 0.9324 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9324 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8143 LPIA in 1998.
- How does Finland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Finland ranks 23rd out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release