Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany
Germany: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9514 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany, 1993β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany is 0.9514 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany peaked at 0.9514 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7646 GPIA, in 1993.
Germany ranks 78th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7824 GPIA | 0.7646 GPIA | 0.7996 GPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8297 GPIA | 0.8093 GPIA | 0.8524 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8892 GPIA | 0.8593 GPIA | 0.922 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9425 GPIA | 0.9301 GPIA | 0.9514 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More education data for Germany
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 283,851 (2024)
- 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 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0034 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Germany was 0.9514 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9514 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7646 GPIA in 1993.
- How does Germany rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Germany ranks 78th out of 137 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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