Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 48.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Palestine, State of, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Palestine, State of recorded 48.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Palestine, State of peaked at 49.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 24.5%, in 2000.
Palestine, State of ranks 82nd of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 24.5% | — |
| 2001 | 24.6% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 25.5% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 25.4% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 25.4% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 27.0% | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 26.8% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 27.6% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 29.0% | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 31.6% | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 32.0% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 33.2% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 35.7% | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 36.8% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 36.5% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 38.3% | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 39.6% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 41.0% | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 43.2% | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 49.0% | +13.4% |
| 2020 | 47.1% | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 48.2% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 49.3% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 48.9% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.7% | 24.5% | 31.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.5% | 32.0% | 49.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.4% | 47.1% | 49.3% | 4 |
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More education data for Palestine, State of
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 514,700 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0996 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 514,700 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0996 units per person (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 251,063 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Palestine, State of?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Palestine, State of was 48.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 49.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.5% in 2000.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Palestine, State of ranks 82nd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine, State of 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