List of countries by tertiary education attainment

This is a list of countries by the proportions of 25- to 64-year-olds having completed tertiary education as published by the OECD. It includes some non-OECD nations.

Tertiary education is the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including universities as well as institutions that teach specific capacities of higher learning such as colleges, technical training institutes, community colleges, nursing schools, research laboratories, centers of excellence, and distance learning centers.[1]

2019 OECD data[edit]

Tertiary education attainment by age group

This list includes non-OECD member countries: Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa.[2]


Country 		Age
25–64
(%) 		Age
Year
Non-OECD
25–34
(%)		 35–44
(%)		 45–54
(%)		 55–64
(%)
 Australia 42 48 46 38 33 2014
 Austria 30 38 33 27 21 2014
 Belgium 37 44 42 34 26 2014
 Brazil 14 15 14 14 11 2013
 Canada 54 58 61 51 45 2014
 Chile 36 38 34 28 26 2014
 China 17 27 15 7 2 2018
 Colombia 22 28 23 18 16 2014
 Costa Rica 18 21 19 17 17 2014
 Czech Republic 22 30 21 20 16 2014
 Denmark 36 42 41 33 29 2014
 Estonia 38 40 39 35 36 2014
 Finland 42 40 50 44 34 2014
 France 32 44 39 26 20 2013
 Germany 27 28 29 26 25 2014
 Greece 28 39 27 26 21 2014
 Hungary 23 32 25 20 17 2014
 Iceland 37 41 42 36 29 2014
 Indonesia 12 16 9 8 4 2018 [3]
 Ireland 41 51 49 34 24 2014
 Israel 49 46 53 48 47 2014
 Italy 17 24 19 13 12 2014
 Japan 48 59 53 47 35 2014
 Latvia 30 39 31 27 23 2014
 Lithuania 37 53 38 30 28 2014
 Luxembourg 46 53 56 40 32 2014
 Mexico 19 25 17 16 13 2014
 Netherlands 34 44 38 30 27 2014
 New Zealand 36 40 41 32 29 2014
 Norway 42 49 49 36 32 2014
 Poland 27 43 32 18 14 2014
 Portugal 22 31 26 17 13 2014
 Russia 54 58 55 53 50 2013
 Saudi Arabia 22 26 22 18 14 2013
 Slovakia 20 30 21 15 14 2014
 Slovenia 29 38 35 24 18 2014
 South Africa 7 5 7 8 7 2012
 South Korea 45 68 56 33 17 2014
 Spain 35 41 43 30 21 2014
 Sweden 39 46 46 32 30 2014
  Switzerland 40 46 45 38 31 2014
 Turkey 17 25 16 10 10 2014
 Taiwan[4] 45 X X X X 2015
 United Kingdom 42 49 46 38 35 2014
 United States 44 46 47 43 41 2014

Countries by level of tertiary education[edit]

This is a list of countries by the level of tertiary education completed by 25–64 year olds as of the year 2022.[5]

Short-cycle tertiary Bachelor's or equivalent Master's or equivalent Doctoral or equivalent Total
Australia 12 29 9 2 51
Austria 15 6 14 1 36
Belgium 1 25 19 1 46
Canada 26 24 12 63
Chile 10 19 2 31
Colombia 28 28
Costa Rica 7 16 3 25
Czech Republic 0 7 19 1 27
Denmark 5 21 15 2 42
Estonia 6 15 21 1 42
Finland 8 18 16 1 43
France 14 12 14 1 42
Germany 1 18 12 2 33
Greece 0 25 8 1 35
Hungary 1 15 13 0 29
Iceland 4 21 17 1 44
Ireland 10 28 15 2 54
Israel 11 24 14 1 51
Italy 0 6 14 1 20
Japan 21 35 56
Korea 15 34 4 53
Latvia 4 17 18 0 39
Lithuania 30 16 1 47
Luxembourg 5 15 29 3 51
Mexico 1 18 2 0 21
Netherlands 2 24 17 1 45
New Zealand 4 30 5 1 40
Norway 12 21 14 1 48
Poland 0 8 25 1 34
Portugal 0 10 21 1 31
Slovak Republic 0 4 24 1 29
Slovenia 8 12 16 4 40
Spain 13 11 16 1 41
Sweden 10 20 17 2 49
Switzerland 25 17 3 45
Türkiye 7 16 2 0 25
United Kingdom 9 26 14 2 51
United States 11 25 12 2 50

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Tertiary Education (Higher Education)". The World Bank.
  2. ^ "OECD.Stat Education and Training > Education at a Glance > Educational attainment and labor-force status > Educational attainment of 25-64 year-olds". OECD.
  3. ^ "Education at a Glance Indonesia" (PDF). OECD.
  4. ^ "Higher Education Crisis in Taiwan | The World View".
  5. ^ "Home".

References[edit]

  • Brick, Jean (2006). "What is academic culture?". Academic Culture: A Student's Guide to Studying at University. Sydney, N.S.W: National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research. pp. 1–10. ISBN 978-1-74138-135-1.

External links[edit]

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