Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Croatia
Croatia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender was 0.8984 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 0.8984 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia peaked at 0.8984 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7124 GPIA, in 2004.
That places Croatia 96th out of 137 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Croatia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.7209 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.7405 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.7163 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.7124 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7142 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.7345 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 0.7551 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.7751 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.7905 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7819 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7987 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8036 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.8153 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8192 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.8249 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.8366 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.845 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8563 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8528 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8601 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.8795 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.8849 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.8984 GPIA | +1.5% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 0.8984 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9872 GPIA, 91% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 0.8984 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.972 GPIA, 92% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7399 GPIA | 0.7124 GPIA | 0.7905 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8234 GPIA | 0.7819 GPIA | 0.8563 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8807 GPIA | 0.8601 GPIA | 0.8984 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More education data for Croatia
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.19 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 53,231 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 172 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 59,775 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 55,903 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 325,996 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 147,483 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Croatia was 0.8984 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8984 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7124 GPIA in 2004.
- How does Croatia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Croatia ranks 96th out of 137 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia 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