Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Rwanda
Rwanda: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.7948 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Rwanda, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Rwanda is 0.7948 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Rwanda peaked at 0.7948 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5991 GPIA, in 2012.
Rwanda ranks 107th of 137 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6643 GPIA | 0.5991 GPIA | 0.7369 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.7632 GPIA | 0.7294 GPIA | 0.7948 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 104 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.8388 GPIA compare
- 105 North Macedonia, Republic of 0.8269 GPIA compare
- 106 Mauritius 0.8179 GPIA compare
- 108 Vietnam 0.7943 GPIA compare
- 109 Bangladesh 0.7697 GPIA compare
- 110 Türkiye 0.769 GPIA compare
More education data for Rwanda
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 68,326 (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 59.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 149.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0048 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Rwanda?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Rwanda was 0.7948 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7948 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5991 GPIA in 2012.
- How does Rwanda rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Rwanda ranks 107th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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