Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 39.0% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 39.0% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay peaked at 39.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 23.5%, in 2000.
That places Uruguay 83rd out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.5% | 23.5% | 31.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 32.8% | 30.6% | 36.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.3% | 37.5% | 39.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 80 Jordan 41.5% compare
- 81 El Salvador 41.4% compare
- 82 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 41.0% compare
- 84 Bangladesh 38.4% compare
- 85 Pakistan 36.3% compare
- 86 Rwanda 34.0% compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,882 (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 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0056 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Uruguay was 39.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 39.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.5% in 2000.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Uruguay ranks 83rd out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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