Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland
Finland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9449 NPIA in 2023. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland, 2006β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in NPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland stood at 0.9449 NPIA.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland peaked at 1.06 NPIA in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.8742 NPIA, in 2018.
Finland ranks 22nd of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.03 NPIA | 0.9816 NPIA | 1.06 NPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9596 NPIA | 0.8742 NPIA | 0.9999 NPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9776 NPIA | 0.9379 NPIA | 1.04 NPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 30,824 (2024)
- 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 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (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 Finland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland was 0.9449 NPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 NPIA in 2007.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8742 NPIA in 2018.
- How does Finland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Finland ranks 22nd out of 37 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland 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, adjusted native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release