Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Slovenia
Slovenia: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 7.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Slovenia, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Slovenia is 7.6%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Slovenia peaked at 8.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 1999.
Slovenia ranks 12th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Slovenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3.0% | — |
| 2001 | 3.2% | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 4.2% | +30.8% |
| 2003 | 4.1% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 4.7% | +13.4% |
| 2006 | 4.9% | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 5.1% | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 5.2% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 7.4% | +43.4% |
| 2010 | 7.2% | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 6.5% | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 7.0% | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 5.9% | -14.6% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 6.1% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 7.1% | +17.2% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 7.7% | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 8.7% | +12.4% |
| 2021 | 8.3% | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 7.8% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 7.6% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 3.2% | 7.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 5.9% | 7.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 8.0% | 7.6% | 8.7% | 5 |
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More education data for Slovenia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 8,663 (2016)
- 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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Slovenia?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Slovenia was 7.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 1999.
- How does Slovenia rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Slovenia ranks 12th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Slovenia 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release