Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland
Finland: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 78.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland, 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Finland recorded 78.4% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland peaked at 78.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 55.8%, in 1997.
Finland ranks 24th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.3% | 55.8% | 60.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 60.9% | 59.1% | 64.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 67.6% | 62.2% | 75.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.9% | 75.1% | 78.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 30,824 (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 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.87 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Finland was 78.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 78.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.8% in 1997.
- How does Finland rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Finland ranks 24th out of 113 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release