Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes in Uruguay
Uruguay: Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes was 99.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes in Uruguay, 2008–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes in Uruguay is 99.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes in Uruguay peaked at 99.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 88.5%, in 2013.
Uruguay ranks 3rd of 36 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 93.8% | — |
| 2009 | 94.5% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 95.2% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 95.4% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 95.6% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 88.5% | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 95.8% | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 96.2% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 96.4% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 97.1% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 97.5% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 98.0% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 97.9% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 99.2% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 98.8% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 99.2% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.2% | 93.8% | 94.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 95.6% | 88.5% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.8% | 97.9% | 99.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- 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 2,023 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 18,882 (2023)
- 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 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes in Uruguay?
- Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes in Uruguay was 99.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 99.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.5% in 2013.
- How does Uruguay rank for total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes?
- Uruguay ranks 3rd out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. 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 Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release