Education · Attainment

Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–64)

% of population ages 25–64 · Annual · 189 of 218 countries (87 %) · 1970–2025

World average (population-weighted): 28.6 %; across 73 countries, 2024
Latest observation: 2025
Source updated: 10 Sep 2026
CountryAtlas refreshed: 11 Sep 2026; Snapshot 20260911T072322Z

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One value per country for the selected year. Hatched = no data.

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Trend

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Highest and lowest

The five leaders and the five trailing countries, 2024.

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Top 5

1Canada
64.7 %
2Ireland
57.5 %
3Japan
57.0 %
4South Korea
56.2 %
5Luxembourg
54.4 %

Source: OECD — OECD.EDU.IMEP,DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA · *._T.Y25T64.ISCED11A_5T8._T.POP._Z._T._Z.ED_NED.POP._Z.PT_POP_SEX_AGE.OBS._Z.NEAC.A

Bottom 5

69Guatemala
5.1 %
70Uganda
4.2 %
71Zambia
3.2 %
72Burkina Faso
2.5 %
73Kiribati
1.9 %

Source: World Bank — WDI · SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS

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Definition

Definition
Unit: % of population ages 25–64 (%)
Frequency: Annual
Aggregation: none · Higher is better
Valid range: 0 – 100

Sources & provenance

Every value on this page comes from one of these series, chosen per country by priority.

Priority #1
OECDOECD.EDU.IMEP,DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA*._T.Y25T64.ISCED11A_5T8._T.POP._Z._T._Z.ED_NED.POP._Z.PT_POP_SEX_AGE.OBS._Z.NEAC.Aok
48 countries · 1,204 obs. · → 2025 · CC BY 4.0
OECD — Adults' educational attainment distribution, by age group and gender
Open at source
Priority #2
Eurostatedat_lfse_03T.Y25-64.ED5-8.PCok
36 countries · 1,000 obs. · → 2025 · CC BY 4.0
Eurostat edat_lfse_03 — Population in private households by educational attainment level
Open at source
Priority #3
World BankWDISE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZSok
188 countries · 1,403 obs. · → 2024 · CC BY 4.0
The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Bachelor's or equivalent. Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Detailed documentation is available at: https://api.uis.unesco.org/api/public/documentation/, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), type: Bulk file (csv), date accessed: 2026-03-19, date published: 2026-02
Open at source

Series-level selection: for each country the whole series comes from the highest-priority source that has any non-forecast value for it. If a lower-priority source is more than three years fresher, the freshest source wins instead. Non-chosen values are kept as alternatives, never discarded.

Countries without data

Typical reasons: the source does not survey small territories or micro-states; the statistical office reports with a lag of one to three years; the series is only compiled for member countries of the source organisation (OECD, EU, Eurostat); or a value exists but failed validation and is quarantined rather than shown.

Downloads & API

Every observation for this indicator, all countries and years, with provenance columns.

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API example

One country, full history. Replace CAN by any ISO3 code or slug.

bash

curl -s "https://www.countryatlas.co/api/v1/series?country=CAN&indicator=tertiary-attainment-25-64" | jq '.series[0] | {country: .country.name, unit, last: .stats.last, source: .provenance.source_name}'

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