Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia
Croatia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 85.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 85.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia peaked at 85.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 69.0%, in 2002.
Croatia ranks 23rd of 140 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 72.3% | 69.0% | 75.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 80.6% | 76.8% | 83.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.0% | 84.1% | 85.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
- 20 Montenegro 86.5% compare
- 21 Japan 86.1% compare
- 22 Slovenia 86.0% compare
- 24 Seychelles 85.8% compare
- 25 Tajikistan 85.2% compare
- 26 Israel 85.1% compare
More education data for Croatia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13,441 (2023)
- 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 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.16 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia was 85.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 85.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.0% in 2002.
- How does Croatia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Croatia ranks 23rd out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia 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