Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.4467 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay, 2006–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 0.4467 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and up 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay peaked at 0.4467 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0541 LPIA, in 2009.
Uruguay ranks 79th of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.2916 LPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.2908 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0541 LPIA | -81.4% |
| 2010 | 0.3516 LPIA | +550.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3002 LPIA | -14.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2896 LPIA | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 0.3411 LPIA | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 0.3064 LPIA | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2926 LPIA | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.3534 LPIA | +20.8% |
| 2017 | 0.3602 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.307 LPIA | -14.8% |
| 2019 | 0.3458 LPIA | +12.6% |
| 2022 | 0.3952 LPIA | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 0.4129 LPIA | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 0.4467 LPIA | +8.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.4467 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9002 LPIA, 50% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.4467 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4467 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Uruguay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +550.0% | 0.0541 LPIA | 0.3516 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2122 LPIA | 0.0541 LPIA | 0.2916 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.3248 LPIA | 0.2896 LPIA | 0.3602 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4183 LPIA | 0.3952 LPIA | 0.4467 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.38 (2015)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.96 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,390 (2010)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2,520 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 57,513 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,922 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay was 0.4467 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4467 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0541 LPIA in 2009.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Uruguay ranks 79th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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