Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 81.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden, 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden is 81.9%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden peaked at 81.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 66.7%, in 1997.
Sweden ranks 17th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68.3% | 66.7% | 70.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 74.0% | 70.2% | 77.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.9% | 74.0% | 80.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.7% | 79.6% | 81.9% | 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 81.9% 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 81.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.7% in 1997.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Sweden ranks 17th out of 113 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 9.0%. 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, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release