List of countries by tertiary education attainment
These are lists of countries by number of people who attained tertiary education.
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.
National Statistics
This is a list of the overall proportion of the population who have attained tertiary education in each country. Whenever possible, the proportion is calculated from only those aged 25 and above, as this largely excludes the people who are still in the process of attaining tertiary education and yields a more accurate percentage.2022 OECD data
This is a list of countries by the proportions of 25- to 64-year-olds having completed tertiary education as published by the OECD. This list includes non-OECD member countries: Argentina, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, and South Africa.| Country | Tertiary | Upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary | Below upper secondary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 India2019 OECD dataThis list includes non-OECD member countries: Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa.Countries by level of tertiary educationThis is a list of countries by the level of tertiary education completed by 25–64 year olds as of the year 2022.
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