Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany
Germany: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 79.9% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany, 1993β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Germany recorded 79.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany peaked at 81.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 64.3%, in 1996.
That places Germany 30th out of 141 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 66.0% | 64.3% | 67.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 71.3% | 68.4% | 74.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.0% | 75.2% | 81.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.8% | 79.2% | 80.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More education data for Germany
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 283,851 (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 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0034 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany was 79.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 81.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.3% in 1996.
- How does Germany rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Germany ranks 30th out of 141 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release