Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9641 LPIA in 2023. ▬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden is 0.9641 LPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden peaked at 0.9641 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8993 LPIA, in 1998.
That places Sweden 12th out of 103 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8993 LPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.9087 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.9175 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9263 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9288 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9305 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9453 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9405 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9189 LPIA | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9148 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.9219 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9227 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.926 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9287 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9301 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9273 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9378 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9438 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9538 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9638 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9496 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9434 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9386 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9447 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9641 LPIA | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.904 LPIA | 0.8993 LPIA | 0.9087 LPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9272 LPIA | 0.9148 LPIA | 0.9453 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9383 LPIA | 0.9227 LPIA | 0.9638 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9477 LPIA | 0.9386 LPIA | 0.9641 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 9 Uzbekistan 0.9989 LPIA compare
- 10 Kazakhstan 0.9817 LPIA compare
- 11 Azerbaijan 0.9692 LPIA compare
- 13 Norway 0.9637 LPIA compare
- 14 Belarus 0.9631 LPIA compare
- 15 Canada 0.963 LPIA compare
More education data for Sweden
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 114.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden was 0.9641 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9641 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8993 LPIA in 1998.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Sweden ranks 12th out of 103 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sweden 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