Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway
Norway: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9637 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway is 0.9637 LPIA, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway peaked at 0.9774 LPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3871 LPIA, in 1970.
That places Norway 13th out of 103 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3871 LPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.8372 LPIA | +116.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9289 LPIA | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8985 LPIA | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9094 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9131 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9212 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9212 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9288 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9314 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9448 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9544 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9496 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9449 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9473 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9513 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9703 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9564 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9774 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9561 LPIA | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 0.9637 LPIA | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3871 LPIA | 0.3871 LPIA | 0.3871 LPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8372 LPIA | 0.8372 LPIA | 0.8372 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9154 LPIA | 0.8985 LPIA | 0.9289 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9479 LPIA | 0.9288 LPIA | 0.9703 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9657 LPIA | 0.9561 LPIA | 0.9774 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 51,889 (2024)
- 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 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.54 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway was 0.9637 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9774 LPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3871 LPIA in 1970.
- How does Norway rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Norway ranks 13th out of 103 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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