Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Seychelles
Seychelles: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 85.8% in 2020. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Seychelles, 1971β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 85.8% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2020. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Seychelles peaked at 85.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 1971.
That places Seychelles 24th out of 140 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.3% | 10.3% | 10.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 48.0% | 48.0% | 48.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 82.7% | 78.4% | 85.2% | 6 |
| 2020s | 85.8% | 85.8% | 85.8% | 1 |
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More education data for Seychelles
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 671 (2024)
- 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 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0055 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Seychelles?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Seychelles was 85.8% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 85.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 1971.
- How does Seychelles rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Seychelles ranks 24th out of 140 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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