Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway
Norway: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9832 LPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway, 1970–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2021, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway stood at 0.9832 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway peaked at 0.9832 LPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.4414 LPIA, in 1970.
That places Norway 13th out of 105 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4414 LPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.7786 LPIA | +76.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9139 LPIA | +17.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8695 LPIA | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 0.8787 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8821 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8861 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8897 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.896 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9002 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9433 LPIA | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9437 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9073 LPIA | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 0.9132 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9173 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9229 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9454 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9318 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9832 LPIA | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4414 LPIA | 0.4414 LPIA | 0.4414 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7786 LPIA | 0.7786 LPIA | 0.7786 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8866 LPIA | 0.8695 LPIA | 0.9139 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9221 LPIA | 0.896 LPIA | 0.9454 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9832 LPIA | 0.9832 LPIA | 0.9832 LPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 10 United States of America 1 LPIA compare
- 11 Czechia 0.9946 LPIA compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9908 LPIA compare
- 14 Kazakhstan 0.9779 LPIA compare
- 15 Azerbaijan 0.971 LPIA compare
- 16 Netherlands 0.9584 LPIA compare
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.54 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (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 0.9832 LPIA in 2021, 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 0.9832 LPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4414 LPIA in 1970.
- How does Norway rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Norway ranks 13th out of 105 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. 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, 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