Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.6158 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
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay stood at 0.6158 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay peaked at 0.6158 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.273 LPIA, in 2009.
That places Uruguay 60th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3364 LPIA | 0.273 LPIA | 0.3844 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.4607 LPIA | 0.4019 LPIA | 0.5116 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6158 LPIA | 0.6158 LPIA | 0.6158 LPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 57 Dominican Republic 0.6562 LPIA compare
- 58 Philippines 0.6445 LPIA compare
- 59 Romania 0.6366 LPIA compare
- 61 Costa Rica 0.6085 LPIA compare
- 62 Greece 0.6078 LPIA compare
- 63 South Africa 0.5792 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 0.6158 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 0.6158 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.273 LPIA in 2009.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Uruguay ranks 60th out of 103 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 36.4%. 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, 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