Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uganda
Uganda: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.5931 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uganda, 1991β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uganda is 0.5931 GPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uganda peaked at 0.9926 GPIA in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.2051 GPIA, in 1991.
Uganda ranks 124th of 137 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2051 GPIA | 0.2051 GPIA | 0.2051 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.708 GPIA | 0.4234 GPIA | 0.9926 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.5203 GPIA | 0.4509 GPIA | 0.625 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.5931 GPIA | 0.5931 GPIA | 0.5931 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 207,238 (2017)
- 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 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.2% (2017)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0052 units per person (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uganda?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uganda was 0.5931 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9926 GPIA in 2008.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2051 GPIA in 1991.
- How does Uganda rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Uganda ranks 124th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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