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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.
The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with OECD and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (March 2022) |
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]
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 |
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 |
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