List of countries by tertiary education attainment

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

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.

2014 OECD data

Tertiary education attainment by age group

Source: OECD

• Data of Japan is not available
• Including non-OECD member countries: Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa

No. (rank) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43

Country Age 25-64 (%) Age Year 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 21 27 24 17 14 2013 China 10 18 9 6 4 2010 Colombia 22 28 23 18 16 2014 Costa Rica 18 21 19 17 17 2014 Czech Republic 22 30 21 20 15 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 8 10 9 8 4 2011 Ireland 41 51 49 34 24 2014 Israel 49 46 53 48 47 2014 Italy 17 24 19 13 12 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 Slovak Republic 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 United Kingdom 42 49 46 38 35 2014 United States 44 46 47 43 41 2014

See also

• Tertiary education
• List of countries by graduates in natural sciences and engineering
• Education by country
• List of universities and colleges by country

External links

• Tertiary education statistics, UNESCO
• Master of Tertiary Education Management, LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Management, The University of Melbourne
• Quality Research International – (Glossary)