Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland
Switzerland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 87.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland stood at 87.0%.
That represents a change of down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland peaked at 90.6% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 23.1%, in 1970.
Switzerland ranks 17th of 140 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 23.1% | — |
| 1993 | 90.6% | +293.1% |
| 1994 | 89.4% | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 88.0% | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 86.5% | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 86.2% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 86.0% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 85.2% | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 85.0% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 88.1% | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 87.6% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 87.5% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 87.9% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 87.9% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 88.0% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 88.2% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 89.1% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 88.7% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 87.5% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 87.1% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 87.7% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 88.4% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 88.8% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 88.9% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 88.5% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 88.7% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 89.0% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 89.7% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 89.8% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 87.5% | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 86.7% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 87.0% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 87.0% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23.1% | 23.1% | 23.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 87.4% | 85.2% | 90.6% | 7 |
| 2000s | 87.8% | 85.0% | 89.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.4% | 87.1% | 89.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.6% | 86.7% | 89.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More education data for Switzerland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 58,349 (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 64.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.21 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland was 87.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 90.6% in 1993.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.1% in 1970.
- How does Switzerland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Switzerland ranks 17th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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