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.^[1]

2014 OECD data

Tertiary education attainment by age group

Source: OECD^[2]

• 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 44

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 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  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  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

Notes

References

• 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

• 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)