Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Indonesia
Indonesia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 42.2% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Indonesia, 1980β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Indonesia stood at 42.2%.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Indonesia peaked at 42.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 1980.
That places Indonesia 100th out of 140 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.2% | 8.2% | 8.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 20.1% | 15.0% | 25.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 27.3% | 24.2% | 32.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.7% | 31.4% | 40.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.3% | 41.6% | 42.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 97 State of Palestine 43.0% compare
- 98 Democratic Republic of the Congo 42.8% compare
- 99 Fiji 42.3% compare
- 101 Costa Rica 42.1% compare
- 102 Belize 41.9% compare
- 103 Thailand 39.2% compare
More education data for Indonesia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.51 million (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0053 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Indonesia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Indonesia was 42.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 42.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 1980.
- How does Indonesia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Indonesia ranks 100th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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