Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway
Norway: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 82.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Norway recorded 82.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway peaked at 86.8% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 75.1%, in 2006.
Norway ranks 11th of 38 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 75.1% | — |
| 2007 | 77.9% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 82.2% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 77.4% | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 81.5% | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 82.1% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 84.3% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 84.5% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 83.0% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 84.0% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 85.0% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 85.1% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 86.8% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 84.1% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 86.3% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 85.0% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 84.4% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 82.9% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.2% | 75.1% | 82.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 84.0% | 81.5% | 86.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.7% | 82.9% | 86.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 51,889 (2024)
- 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 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.54 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway was 82.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 86.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.1% in 2006.
- How does Norway rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Norway ranks 11th out of 38 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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, immigrant background, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release