Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt
Egypt: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.7056 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt stood at 0.7056 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt peaked at 0.7056 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4412 LPIA, in 2006.
Egypt ranks 49th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.4412 LPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.4663 LPIA | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 0.4702 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.5204 LPIA | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5391 LPIA | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 0.5611 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 0.5825 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 0.5876 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.5939 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.6088 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6055 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.6196 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.6919 LPIA | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 0.6862 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.7056 LPIA | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4592 LPIA | 0.4412 LPIA | 0.4702 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.5798 LPIA | 0.5204 LPIA | 0.6196 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.6946 LPIA | 0.6862 LPIA | 0.7056 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 483,053 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.71 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt was 0.7056 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7056 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4412 LPIA in 2006.
- How does Egypt rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Egypt ranks 49th out of 103 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release