World Data Atlas Topics Education

Educational attainment in Switzerland

Education Level Advanced Education (% in 2019)
Tertiary Education 39.66 WB
Master's Degree 20.13 WB
Doctor Degree 2.96 WB
Education Level Basic Education (% in 2019)
Primary Education 99.59 WB
Lower Secondary Education 97.19 WB
Education Level Intermediate Education Secondary Education (%)
Upper Secondary Education 86.65 in 2019 WB
Post-Secondary Education 37.76 in 2012 WB
Gender (% in 2019)
Male 89.66 WB
Female 83.73 WB
Europe (%)
Belarus 93.87 in 2019 WB
Latvia 92.91 in 2019 WB
Russian Federation 92.02 in 2021 WB
Lithuania 89.03 in 2020 WB
Czech Republic 87.36 in 2019 WB
Estonia 86.11 in 2020 WB
Poland 85.95 in 2020 WB
Slovakia 84.35 in 2019 WB
Switzerland 83.73 in 2019 WB
Germany 80.74 in 2020 WB
Denmark 80.21 in 2020 WB
United Kingdom 80.07 in 2020 WB
Slovenia 79.42 in 2019 WB
Norway 78.78 in 2019 WB
Finland 78.47 in 2019 WB
Sweden 77.17 in 2019 WB
Bulgaria 76.86 in 2020 WB
Hungary 76.37 in 2020 WB
Austria 75.39 in 2019 WB
Iceland 73.83 in 2020 WB
Republic of Moldova 73.5 in 2019 WB
Ukraine 71.11 in 2001 WB
Belgium 70.56 in 2019 WB
France 69.98 in 2019 WB
Netherlands 69.8 in 2020 WB
Serbia 68.6 in 2019 WB
Luxembourg 68.17 in 2015 WB
Ireland 66.72 in 2007 WB
Romania 64.57 in 2019 WB
Croatia 63.2 in 2011 WB
Liechtenstein 62.5 in 2000 WB
Greece 62.29 in 2020 WB
North Macedonia 61.68 in 2020 WB
Andorra 60.34 in 2022 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 59.4 in 2020 WB
Montenegro 59.23 in 2018 WB
San Marino 56.04 in 2018 WB
Monaco 54.41 in 1975 WB
Spain 53.38 in 2020 WB
Italy 51.77 in 2020 WB
Malta 47.1 in 2020 WB
Portugal 44.39 in 2020 WB
Albania 42.22 in 2017 WB
Education Indicators
Completion Rate 96.39 % in 2021 WB
Duration 6 years in 2022 WB
Educational Attainment 83.73 % in 2019 WB
Enrollment Rate 71.89 % in 2021 WB
Intake Rate Primary Education 6 timeseries
Not in Education 9.27 % in 2022 WB
Pupil–Teacher Ratio 9.83 ratio in 2017 WB
School Life Expectancy 13.9 years in 2022 UNDP + 1 other
Starting Age 12 years in 2022 WB
Education Indicators