Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Belgium, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6263 GPIA | — |
| 1992 | 0.8397 GPIA | +34.1% |
| 1993 | 0.8278 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.826 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.829 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.8452 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8605 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8904 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9147 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9317 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8908 GPIA | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9137 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9145 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.897 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9155 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9218 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9234 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9087 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9221 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9359 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9401 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9473 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9546 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9459 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.9539 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9499 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9561 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9707 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9749 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9799 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9639 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9681 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9871 GPIA | +2.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0.9871 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9872 GPIA, 100% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 0.9871 GPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.972 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +34.1% | 0.6263 GPIA | 0.8397 GPIA |
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 East Timor 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
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.32 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.34 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 137,795 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 17,384 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 221,494 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 210,503 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.18 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 814,388 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1356 % change on previous year (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