Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland
Iceland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8436 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland stood at 0.8436 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland peaked at 0.8436 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5457 LPIA, in 2000.
Iceland ranks 39th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5457 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.5565 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.6024 LPIA | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 0.7975 LPIA | +32.4% |
| 2010 | 0.7115 LPIA | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 0.7817 LPIA | +9.9% |
| 2015 | 0.7686 LPIA | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.7645 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.8165 LPIA | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 0.7896 LPIA | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8093 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7807 LPIA | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8056 LPIA | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.8436 LPIA | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6255 LPIA | 0.5457 LPIA | 0.7975 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.7774 LPIA | 0.7115 LPIA | 0.8165 LPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.81 LPIA | 0.7807 LPIA | 0.8436 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More education data for Iceland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,568 (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 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.22 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 98.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iceland was 0.8436 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8436 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5457 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Iceland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Iceland ranks 39th out of 103 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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