Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Egypt
Egypt: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender was 0.8388 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.8388 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt peaked at 0.8388 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6992 GPIA, in 2006.
Egypt ranks 104th of 137 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.6992 GPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.704 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.7054 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7438 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 0.7566 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7595 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.7643 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.7673 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.7888 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.7828 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.789 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8056 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8178 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8354 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.8388 GPIA | +0.4% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.8388 GPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7655 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.8388 GPIA is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.02 GPIA, 82% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7029 GPIA | 0.6992 GPIA | 0.7054 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.7731 GPIA | 0.7438 GPIA | 0.8056 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8307 GPIA | 0.8178 GPIA | 0.8388 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.52 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.49 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 507,445 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 95,355 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 759,210 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 718,435 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 11.56 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.40 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Egypt was 0.8388 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8388 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6992 GPIA in 2006.
- How does Egypt rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Egypt ranks 104th out of 137 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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