Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9871 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium stood at 0.9871 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium peaked at 0.9871 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6263 GPIA, in 1970.
Belgium ranks 55th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6263 GPIA | 0.6263 GPIA | 0.6263 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8542 GPIA | 0.826 GPIA | 0.9147 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.9139 GPIA | 0.8908 GPIA | 0.9317 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9529 GPIA | 0.9359 GPIA | 0.9749 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9747 GPIA | 0.9639 GPIA | 0.9871 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 52 Georgia 0.9909 GPIA compare
- 53 Timor-Leste 0.9906 GPIA compare
- 54 Chile 0.9872 GPIA compare
- 56 New Zealand 0.9851 GPIA compare
- 57 Malaysia 0.9847 GPIA compare
- 58 Uzbekistan 0.9833 GPIA compare
More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (2023)
- 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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.11 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Belgium was 0.9871 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9871 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6263 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Belgium ranks 55th out of 137 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release