Lower secondary completion in Uruguay

In Uruguay, 88.7% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Uruguay, 2024 88.7% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2023 +4.7percentage points 2023: 84.0%

Lower secondary completion in Uruguay over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2024
Period Uruguay
2024 88.7%
2023 84.0%
2022 82.7%
2021 81.8%
2019 76.9%
2018 73.2%
2017 72.4%
2016 69.6%
2015 68.6%
2014 67.2%
2013 63.2%
2012 65.7%
2011 64.7%
2010 63.6%
2009 65.9%
2008 65.9%
2005 74.2%
2004 73.3%
2003 72.3%
2002 71.2%
2001 70.3%
2000 69.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.7 percentage points from 84.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2013, when it was 63.2%, the figure has changed by +25.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Uruguay
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org