Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex in Uruguay

Uruguay: Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex was 75.0% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
75.0%
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
16th
of 29 countries
All-time high
90.5%
in 2013
All-time low
67.8%
in 2008
Years of data
11
2008–2018

Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex in Uruguay, 2008–2018

0204060801002008201320182008: 67.8 %2009: 71.3 %2010: 70.6 %2011: 73.5 %2012: 68.8 %2013: 90.5 %2014: 71.2 %2015: 70.7 %2016: 73.3 %2017: 73.8 %2018: 75 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 75.0% for completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex in 2018.

That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex in Uruguay peaked at 90.5% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 67.8%, in 2008.

Uruguay ranks 16th of 29 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 69.5% 67.8% 71.3% 2
2010s 74.1% 68.8% 90.5% 9

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 13 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 81.8% compare
  2. 14 Mexico 80.5% compare
  3. 15 Dominican Republic 79.0% compare
  4. 17 Guatemala 74.2% compare
  5. 18 Ghana 72.6% compare
  6. 19 Honduras 67.4% compare

See the full ranking of 29 places →

More reference data data for Uruguay

All data for Uruguay →

Frequently asked questions

What is completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex in Uruguay?
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex in Uruguay was 75.0% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 90.5% in 2013.
What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 67.8% in 2008.
How does Uruguay rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex?
Uruguay ranks 16th out of 29 countries with data for 2018.
Is completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. 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 Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex in Uruguay. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/completion-rate-upper-secondary-education-richest-quintile-both-sexes-percent/uruguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/completion-rate-upper-secondary-education-richest-quintile-both-sexes-percent/uruguay/">Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sex in Uruguay</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 309 data points, 1999–2019
Last refreshed

The number of persons in the relevant age group who have completed the last grade of the given level of education is expressed as a percentage of the total population (in the survey sample) of the same age group. The primary completion rate is the percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3-5 years above the intended age for the last grade of primary education who have completed that grade. The intended age for the last grade of primary education is the age at which pupils would enter the grade if they had started school at the official primary entrance age, had studied full-time and had progressed without repeating or skipping a grade. For example, if the official age of entry into primary education is 6 years, and if primary education has 6 grades, the intended age for the last grade of primary education is 11 years. In this case, 14-16 years (11 + 3 = 14 and 11 + 5 = 16) would be the reference age group for calculation of the primary completion rate. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/