Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland
Switzerland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9415 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 0.9415 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland peaked at 0.9415 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8208 GPIA, in 1995.
That places Switzerland 82nd out of 137 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8372 GPIA | — |
| 1993 | 0.8283 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8322 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.8208 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.83 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 0.837 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8451 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.8592 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8661 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8923 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8842 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8885 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8881 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8924 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8993 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8996 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8684 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8732 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8774 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.8843 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9285 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9077 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9179 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9115 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9148 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9275 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9338 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9356 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9334 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9357 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9386 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9415 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8372 GPIA | 0.8372 GPIA | 0.8372 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8361 GPIA | 0.8208 GPIA | 0.8592 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.8865 GPIA | 0.8661 GPIA | 0.8996 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9077 GPIA | 0.8732 GPIA | 0.9338 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.937 GPIA | 0.9334 GPIA | 0.9415 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More education data for Switzerland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 58,349 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.21 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Switzerland was 0.9415 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9415 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8208 GPIA in 1995.
- How does Switzerland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Switzerland ranks 82nd out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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