Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Uruguay
Uruguay: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Uruguay, 2007–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Uruguay is 0.4%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 26.3% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Uruguay peaked at 0.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2009.
That places Uruguay 15th out of 121 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.4% | — |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +8.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -26.7% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +21.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +17.3% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -14.5% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +24.5% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -26.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 12 Costa Rica 0.5% compare
- 13 El Salvador 0.5% compare
- 14 Morocco 0.5% compare
- 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4% compare
- 17 Colombia 0.4% compare
- 18 Romania 0.4% compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -2.58 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18,882 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -3.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 173,668 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -3.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 164,140 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 112,435 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -8.13 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Uruguay?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Uruguay was 0.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2009.
- How does Uruguay rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Uruguay ranks 15th out of 121 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 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