Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Belgium
Belgium: Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG was 85.71 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Belgium, 1990–2023
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 85.71 for upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Belgium peaked at 85.71 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 73.7, in 1990.
Belgium ranks 30th of 62 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 76.48 | 73.7 | 78.73 | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.22 | 78.79 | 79.98 | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.41 | 80.13 | 84.56 | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.25 | 84.81 | 85.71 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.11 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Belgium?
- Upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Belgium was 85.71 in 2023, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 85.71 in 2023.
- What is the lowest upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.7 in 1990.
- How does Belgium rank for upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg?
- Belgium ranks 30th out of 62 countries with data for 2023.
- Is upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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