Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uganda
Uganda: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 10.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uganda, 1991–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 10.1% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
The figure is up 51.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uganda peaked at 10.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1991.
Uganda ranks 125th of 141 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 6.3% | 3.9% | 8.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 7.6% | 5.4% | 10.5% | 6 |
| 2020s | 10.1% | 10.1% | 10.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 207,238 (2017)
- 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 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.2% (2017)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0052 units per person (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uganda?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uganda was 10.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 10.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1991.
- How does Uganda rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Uganda ranks 125th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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