Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway
Norway: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9965 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway, 1970–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Norway recorded 0.9965 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway peaked at 1 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6559 GPIA, in 1970.
Norway ranks 47th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6751 GPIA | 0.6559 GPIA | 0.6943 GPIA | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.7418 GPIA | 0.7418 GPIA | 0.7418 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.9426 GPIA | 0.8957 GPIA | 0.9624 GPIA | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.9494 GPIA | 0.9221 GPIA | 0.9662 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.9867 GPIA | 0.9649 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9965 GPIA | 0.9965 GPIA | 0.9965 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 44 South Africa 1 GPIA compare
- 45 Israel 1 GPIA compare
- 46 Brunei Darussalam 1 GPIA compare
- 48 Russian Federation 0.9959 GPIA compare
- 49 Thailand 0.9959 GPIA compare
- 50 Italy 0.9945 GPIA compare
More education data for Norway
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 51,889 (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 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.54 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Norway was 0.9965 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6559 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Norway rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Norway ranks 47th out of 137 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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