Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 85.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden, 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 85.4% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden peaked at 85.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 77.1%, in 1997.
Sweden ranks 28th of 108 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 77.1% | — |
| 1998 | 78.3% | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 77.7% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 78.9% | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 81.8% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 82.5% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 82.3% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 82.8% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 82.7% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 79.8% | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 81.1% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 82.5% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 82.4% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 81.9% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 81.8% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 80.8% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 81.2% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 82.0% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 82.7% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 84.1% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 84.1% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 84.1% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 84.5% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 84.8% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 84.2% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 84.6% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 85.4% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.7% | 77.1% | 78.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 81.7% | 78.9% | 82.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.7% | 80.8% | 84.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.8% | 84.2% | 85.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 114.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden was 85.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 85.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.1% in 1997.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Sweden ranks 28th out of 108 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release