Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Sweden
Sweden: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted was 0.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Sweden, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 0.7% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.6% on the previous year and down 32.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Sweden peaked at 1.3% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2023.
Sweden ranks 58th of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Sweden, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.0% | — |
| 2000 | 0.9% | -11.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | +29.2% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | -14.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -15.6% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | +18.5% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | -18.4% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | -11.4% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -7.6% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 0.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.7%, 1.0× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 0.7% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6%, 1.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 55 Slovenia 0.7% compare
- 56 United States 0.7% compare
- 57 Colombia 0.7% compare
- 59 Puerto Rico 0.7% compare
- 60 Greece 0.7% compare
- 61 Switzerland 0.7% compare
More education data for Sweden
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.43 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.43 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 77,813 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,302 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 235,975 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 222,360 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 987,895 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 859,847 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.8572 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Sweden?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Sweden was 0.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2009.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2023.
- How does Sweden rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Sweden ranks 58th out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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