Uruguay's adult literacy rose from 93.9 % in 1975 to 98.9 % in 2024.
Uruguay's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 110.1 % in 1994 to 104.5 % in 2023.
Uruguay · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Uruguay's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 98.3 % in 1975 to 99.0 % in 2024.
Uruguay's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 82.5 % in 1993 to 119.1 % in 2023.
Uruguay's tertiary enrolment rose from 30.1 % in 1990 to 80.0 % in 2023.
Uruguay's children out of school, primary fell from 43,983 in 1984 to 97.5 in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +0.9 pts24th of 137
- Tertiary attainmentup +1.1 pts60th of 73
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +1.0 pts64th of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs21st of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.1 yrs89th of 145
- Learning povertyup +2.0 pts9th of 41*
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- Education spendingup +0.3 pts35th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.7 pts41st of 113
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −1.0 %15th of 135
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