Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 85.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden stood at 85.4%. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden peaked at 85.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 31.1%, in 1970.
Sweden ranks 18th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 39.6% | 31.1% | 48.3% | 3 |
| 1980s | 53.4% | 51.3% | 55.5% | 4 |
| 1990s | 63.0% | 57.8% | 67.5% | 6 |
| 2000s | 79.7% | 76.6% | 82.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 76.9% | 72.8% | 83.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.6% | 83.4% | 85.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (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 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 114.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden was 85.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 85.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.1% in 1970.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Sweden ranks 18th out of 141 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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