Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.4467 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay, 2006β2024
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.
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
- 76 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.4673 LPIA compare
- 77 Ghana 0.4575 LPIA compare
- 78 Ecuador 0.4558 LPIA compare
- 80 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4456 LPIA compare
- 81 Brazil 0.4332 LPIA compare
- 82 Afghanistan 0.4223 LPIA compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,882 (2023)
- 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 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0056 units per person (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