Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Finland
Finland: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Finland, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Finland recorded 0.3% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2023. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Finland peaked at 0.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1998.
Finland ranks 82nd of 121 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Finland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.1% | — |
| 1999 | 0.2% | +23.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 360,117 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0641 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 360,117 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0641 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 176,004 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Finland?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Finland was 0.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1998.
- How does Finland rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Finland ranks 82nd out of 121 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release