Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Slovakia
Slovakia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 87.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Slovakia, 1991–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Slovakia is 87.0%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Slovakia peaked at 87.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7.6%, in 1991.
Slovakia ranks 15th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7.6% | — |
| 2001 | 42.9% | +465.8% |
| 2007 | 75.6% | +76.4% |
| 2008 | 76.9% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 78.5% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 79.2% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 80.3% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 80.6% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 81.3% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 81.1% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 82.6% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 83.4% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 83.3% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 84.3% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 84.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 86.0% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 87.0% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 87.3% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 87.0% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.6% | 7.6% | 7.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 68.5% | 42.9% | 78.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 82.0% | 79.2% | 84.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.8% | 86.0% | 87.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More education data for Slovakia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,530 (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 65.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.75 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 102.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Slovakia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Slovakia was 87.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 87.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6% in 1991.
- How does Slovakia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Slovakia ranks 15th out of 141 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovakia 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