Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in United States
United States: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 1 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States is 1 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States peaked at 1 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9431 LPIA, in 2004.
United States ranks 10th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in United States, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.9431 LPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.9433 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9511 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.9523 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9625 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9615 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9563 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9605 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9622 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9641 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9623 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.962 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9626 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9956 LPIA | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9775 LPIA | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9984 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9793 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 1 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 1 LPIA | +0.3% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 1 LPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9002 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9505 LPIA | 0.9431 LPIA | 0.9625 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9652 LPIA | 0.9563 LPIA | 0.9956 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9918 LPIA | 0.9775 LPIA | 1 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States
- 7 Austria 1.01 LPIA compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 1.01 LPIA compare
- 9 Luxembourg 1 LPIA compare
- 11 Czechia 0.9946 LPIA compare
- 12 United Kingdom 0.9908 LPIA compare
- 13 Norway 0.9832 LPIA compare
More education data for United States
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.21 (2022)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.02 (2022)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.74 million (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 419,732 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4.34 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.14 million (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 25.35 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 23.83 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States was 1 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 1 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9431 LPIA in 2004.
- How does United States rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- United States ranks 10th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States 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