Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Belgium
Belgium: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted was 0.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Belgium, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Belgium stood at 0.6%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Belgium peaked at 1.2% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2023.
Belgium ranks 67th of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Belgium, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.1% | — |
| 2001 | 1.2% | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | -20.4% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | +18.9% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -25.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -13.9% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | -1.7% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.7%, 87% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 0.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6%, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More education data for Belgium
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.32 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.34 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 137,795 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 17,384 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 221,494 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 210,503 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.18 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 814,388 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1356 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Belgium?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Belgium was 0.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2001.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2023.
- How does Belgium rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Belgium ranks 67th out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services 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