Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iran
Iran: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 54.8% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Latest (2016)
54.8%
Change on year
up 2.6%
World rank
71st
of 108 countries
All-time high
54.8%
in 2016
All-time low
48.6%
in 2010
Years of data
5
2010–2016
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iran, 2010–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Iran recorded 54.8% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2016. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
That places Iran 71st out of 108 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Iran
- 68 Ecuador 55.7% compare
- 69 Viet Nam 55.7% compare
- 70 South Africa 54.8% compare
- 72 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 53.3% compare
- 73 Dominican Republic 52.8% compare
- 74 Portugal 51.0% compare
More education data for Iran
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 372,396 (2023)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.4% (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.96 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iran?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Iran was 54.8% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 54.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.6% in 2010.
- How does Iran rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Iran ranks 71st out of 108 countries with data for 2016.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release