Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.9453 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.9453 LPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
19th
of 105 countries
All-time high
0.9469 LPIA
in 2020
All-time low
0.8534 LPIA
in 1998
Years of data
26
1998–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 0.9453 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden peaked at 0.9469 LPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8534 LPIA, in 1998.
That places Sweden 19th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Sweden, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8534 LPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.8903 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8724 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8785 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.878 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8901 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8897 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9117 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9219 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9083 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.8935 LPIA | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9065 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9259 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9302 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9114 LPIA | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.923 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9163 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.9172 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9146 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9247 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9356 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9376 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9469 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9456 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.941 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9453 LPIA | +0.5% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 0.9453 LPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9002 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 0.9453 LPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9132 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8718 LPIA | 0.8534 LPIA | 0.8903 LPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8951 LPIA | 0.8724 LPIA | 0.9219 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9237 LPIA | 0.9114 LPIA | 0.9376 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9447 LPIA | 0.941 LPIA | 0.9469 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.43 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.43 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 77,813 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,302 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 235,975 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 222,360 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 987,895 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 859,847 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.8572 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden was 0.9453 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9469 LPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8534 LPIA in 1998.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Sweden ranks 19th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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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February 2026 Data Release