Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Rwanda
Rwanda: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.5991 GPIA | — |
| 2014 | 0.603 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.6256 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 0.7156 GPIA | +14.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7056 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7369 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 0.7618 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.7294 GPIA | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 0.7386 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.7913 GPIA | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 0.7948 GPIA | +0.4% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 0.7948 GPIA is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.4806 GPIA, 1.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 0.7948 GPIA is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5973 GPIA, 1.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
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
More education data for Rwanda
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.15 (2019)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.03 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34,324 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 795,920 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 305,636 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 299,593 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 901,617 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.01 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 5.93 % change on previous year (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