Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Rwanda
Rwanda: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8023 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Latest (2024)
0.8023 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
37th
of 40 countries
All-time high
0.8023 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.7203 GPIA
in 2017
Years of data
5
2017β2024
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Rwanda, 2017β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 0.8023 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Rwanda ranks 37th of 40 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.7203 GPIA | 0.7203 GPIA | 0.7203 GPIA | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.7739 GPIA | 0.7303 GPIA | 0.8023 GPIA | 4 |
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More education data for Rwanda
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 68,326 (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 59.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 149.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0048 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Rwanda?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Rwanda was 0.8023 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8023 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7203 GPIA in 2017.
- How does Rwanda rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Rwanda ranks 37th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release