Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 74.9% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium, 1970β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 74.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
That represents a change of up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium peaked at 75.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 17.4%, in 1970.
Belgium ranks 54th of 140 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17.4% | 17.4% | 17.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 50.6% | 46.9% | 53.3% | 8 |
| 2000s | 58.1% | 51.8% | 64.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.6% | 63.8% | 72.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.4% | 72.9% | 75.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0069 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium was 74.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 75.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.4% in 1970.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Belgium ranks 54th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release