Upper secondary completion in Uruguay

In Uruguay, 55.5% of young people had completed upper 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, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Uruguay, 2024 55.5% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2023 +3.8percentage points 2023: 51.7%

Upper 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2024
Period Uruguay
2024 55.5%
2023 51.7%
2022 49.2%
2021 49.1%
2019 41.0%
2018 40.3%
2017 38.9%
2016 36.3%
2015 35.1%
2014 35.3%
2013 33.1%
2012 34.4%
2011 36.5%
2010 33.5%
2009 34.0%
2008 33.2%
2005 36.9%
2004 36.8%
2003 36.7%
2002 36.4%
2001 35.6%
2000 34.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.8 percentage points from 51.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2013, when it was 33.1%, the figure has changed by +22.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · 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