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INDICATORShare of population by educational attainment
Reference year2015
Age25-64 years
MeasureValue
FieldTotal
ISCED 2011 A education levelBelow upper secondary educationUpper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary educationTertiary education
GenderWomenMenWomenMenWomenMen
CountryUnit
Australia22.319.630.541.947.238.4
Austria19.311.351.556.729.132.0
Belgium24.226.435.740.040.133.6
Canada8.410.830.540.061.149.2
Chile35.334.942.242.622.522.5
Colombia48.651.728.228.923.219.4
Costa Rica59.961.416.016.424.122.2
Czechia8.75.067.874.023.421.0
Denmark18.921.639.147.142.031.2
Estonia8.414.644.257.147.428.3
Finland9.915.740.748.049.336.3
France23.121.840.446.736.531.5
GermanyInformation on item14.911.560.757.624.430.8
Greece28.031.641.940.430.128.0
Hungary18.415.154.363.927.321.0
Iceland26.726.529.243.644.229.9
Ireland17.523.036.038.146.538.9
IsraelInformation on item13.615.333.440.153.044.5
Italy38.242.042.042.719.815.3
JapanInformation on item
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Korea17.611.040.840.041.649.0
Latvia8.516.251.361.540.122.3
Lithuania5.911.648.856.845.331.5
Luxembourg26.024.834.035.640.039.6
Mexico65.163.519.619.115.317.4
Netherlands23.222.040.441.636.536.4
New Zealand26.324.236.844.936.930.9
Norway17.318.035.543.647.238.4
Poland9.09.458.467.832.622.8
Portugal51.458.621.722.926.918.4
Slovak Republic10.17.466.074.223.918.4
Slovenia14.512.048.863.936.724.0
Spain40.444.722.022.737.532.7
Sweden16.919.136.347.946.833.0
Switzerland14.211.350.644.535.344.2
Türkiye67.758.915.921.616.419.5
United KingdomInformation on item21.119.7Information on item34.0Information on item36.944.943.5
United States9.611.343.046.947.441.7
European Union 22 members in OECD19.821.244.650.335.628.5
OECD - Average24.024.439.744.836.631.2
G20
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Non-OECD EconomiesArgentina
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Brazil
(b) 48.3
(b) 54.2
(b) 34.9
(b) 33.2
(b) 16.8
(b) 12.6
China (People's Republic of)
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India
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Indonesia68.460.821.128.610.510.7
Russia5.47.434.948.559.744.1
South Africa57.256.830.331.712.511.5
Legend:
bSeries break
mMissing data
wIncludes data from another category
Data extracted on 06 May 2024 09:37 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat