Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban both in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban both was 36.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 36.0% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay peaked at 36.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21.8%, in 2000.
That places Uruguay 89th out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban both in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.8% | — |
| 2001 | 22.3% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 22.6% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 22.7% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 23.7% | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 24.0% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 25.9% | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 28.3% | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 29.2% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 28.2% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 28.2% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 28.6% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 28.6% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 29.5% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 29.8% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 29.6% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 30.9% | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 31.4% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 32.6% | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 34.6% | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 35.8% | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 35.1% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 36.0% | +2.6% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 36.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 81.8%, 44% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 36.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 56.7%, 63% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.5% | 21.8% | 29.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 29.8% | 28.2% | 32.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.4% | 34.6% | 36.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.38 (2015)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.96 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,390 (2010)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2,520 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 57,513 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,922 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay was 36.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 36.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.8% in 2000.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Uruguay ranks 89th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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