Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in Uruguay
Uruguay: Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted was 0.978 WPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in Uruguay, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in WPIA.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 0.978 WPIA for total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in Uruguay peaked at 0.99 WPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8583 WPIA, in 2013.
Uruguay ranks 9th of 23 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | WPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.88 WPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.9314 WPIA | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9168 WPIA | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.9194 WPIA | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9404 WPIA | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.932 WPIA | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.927 WPIA | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9372 WPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9354 WPIA | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9476 WPIA | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9422 WPIA | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.8583 WPIA | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9513 WPIA | +10.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9516 WPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9508 WPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9656 WPIA | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.9659 WPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9787 WPIA | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.964 WPIA | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.99 WPIA | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.978 WPIA | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.923 WPIA | 0.88 WPIA | 0.9404 WPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.9447 WPIA | 0.8583 WPIA | 0.9787 WPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9773 WPIA | 0.964 WPIA | 0.99 WPIA | 3 |
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More education data for Uruguay
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 16,363 (1997)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 506 (1997)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 125,890 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.76 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 76,456 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.23 % change on previous year (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in Uruguay?
- Total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted in Uruguay was 0.978 WPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.99 WPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8583 WPIA in 2013.
- How does Uruguay rank for total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted?
- Uruguay ranks 9th out of 23 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total net attendance rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. 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 education, urban, adjusted wealth parity index (WPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release