Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America
United States of America: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 95.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America is 95.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America peaked at 95.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 85.7%, in 2006.
United States of America ranks 6th of 108 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 86.6% | — |
| 2005 | 85.8% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 85.7% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 92.3% | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 86.6% | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 86.8% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 87.1% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 87.7% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 87.8% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 88.2% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 88.2% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 88.5% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 89.0% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 94.3% | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 89.9% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 94.7% | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 90.8% | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 95.0% | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 90.8% | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 95.1% | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 95.2% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.3% | 85.7% | 92.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 89.5% | 87.1% | 94.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.4% | 90.8% | 95.2% | 5 |
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More education data for United States of America
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.78 million (2023)
- 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 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in United States of America was 95.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 95.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.7% in 2006.
- How does United States of America rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- United States of America ranks 6th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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