Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 86.2% 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 86.2% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sweden peaked at 86.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 77.2%, in 1997.
That places Sweden 19th out of 108 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.5% | 77.2% | 77.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 81.2% | 78.0% | 84.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 82.4% | 80.1% | 85.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.8% | 84.8% | 86.2% | 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 86.2% 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 86.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.2% in 1997.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Sweden ranks 19th 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 6.4%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release