| Australia | 2012 | Less than tertiary | | 30 | 2.3 | 67 | 1.5 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 11 | 1.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 59 | 2.3 | 24 | 1.4 |
| Austria | Less than tertiary | | 57 | 2.8 | 84 | 0.7 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 0.6 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 32 | 2.6 | 10 | 0.6 |
| Canada | Less than tertiary | | 26 | 1.5 | 50 | 1.4 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 21 | 1.3 | 25 | 1.1 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 54 | 1.5 | 25 | 1 |
| Chile | 2015 | Less than tertiary | | 24 | 3.4 | 76 | 3 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 32 | 7.1 | 16 | 2.4 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 44 | 6 | 9 | 1.4 |
| Czech Republic | 2012 | Less than tertiary | | 39 | 4.4 | 85 | 1.1 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 56 | 4.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Denmark | Less than tertiary | | 32 | 2.2 | 65 | 1.3 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 29 | 1.8 | 19 | 1.2 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 39 | 1.9 | 15 | 0.9 |
| Estonia | Less than tertiary | | 40 | 1.7 | 64 | 1.3 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 17 | 1.6 | 18 | 1.1 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 43 | 1.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Finland | Less than tertiary | | 33 | 3.1 | 52 | 1.4 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 11 | 1.7 | 15 | 1.1 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 57 | 3.4 | 32 | 1.3 |
| France | Less than tertiary | | 23 | 1.9 | 69 | 0.9 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 16 | 1.9 | 15 | 0.8 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 62 | 2.4 | 16 | 0.7 |
Germany | Less than tertiary | | 40 | 2.2 | 75 | 1.1 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 20 | 1.7 | 11 | 0.9 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 40 | 2.2 | 14 | 1.1 |
| Greece | 2015 | Less than tertiary | | 32 | 3.9 | 76 | 1.2 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 11 | 2.4 | 10 | 0.8 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 57 | 4.2 | 14 | 1.1 |
| Ireland | 2012 | Less than tertiary | | 25 | 2.1 | 65 | 1.1 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 20 | 1.9 | 16 | 0.7 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 55 | 2.3 | 19 | 0.9 |
| Israel | 2015 | Less than tertiary | | 21 | 1.8 | 59 | 1.9 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 15 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.2 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 64 | 1.9 | 27 | 1.5 |
| Italy | 2012 | Less than tertiary | | 32 | 5.1 | 86 | 0.8 |
| Tertiary-type B | | | | 0 | 0.1 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 68 | 5.1 | 14 | 0.8 |
| Japan | Less than tertiary | | 25 | 1.8 | 59 | 1.3 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 29 | 1.9 | 21 | 1.1 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 45 | 2.2 | 20 | 1 |
| Korea | Less than tertiary | | 21 | 2.3 | 52 | 0.6 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 25 | 2.4 | 23 | 1 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 54 | 3.2 | 25 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 2015 | Less than tertiary | | 49 | 2.2 | 86 | 1.8 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 8 | 1.3 | 5 | 0.9 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 44 | 1.9 | 8 | 1.4 |
| Netherlands | 2012 | Less than tertiary | | 38 | 2.6 | 68 | 1.5 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 58 | 2.6 | 28 | 1.3 |
| New Zealand | 2015 | Less than tertiary | | 29 | 2.2 | 54 | 2 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 13 | 1.7 | 14 | 1.4 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 58 | 2.7 | 32 | 1.8 |
| Norway | 2012 | Less than tertiary | | 33 | 2.1 | 63 | 1.5 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 6 | 1.1 | 4 | 0.7 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 61 | 2.1 | 33 | 1.4 |
| Poland | Less than tertiary | | 21 | 2.9 | 71 | 1.3 |
| Tertiary-type B | | | | | |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 79 | 2.9 | 29 | 1.3 |
| Slovak Republic | Less than tertiary | | 33 | 4.4 | 83 | 1.1 |
| Tertiary-type B | | | | | |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 67 | 4.4 | 17 | 1.1 |
| Slovenia | 2015 | Less than tertiary | | 40 | 3.5 | 73 | 1 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 17 | 2.2 | 11 | 0.7 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 44 | 3.7 | 16 | 0.9 |
| Spain | 2012 | Less than tertiary | | 27 | 3 | 68 | 1.1 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 9 | 2 | 12 | 0.8 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 63 | 3.4 | 20 | 1 |
| Sweden | Less than tertiary | | 44 | 1.9 | 72 | 1.5 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 10 | 1.3 | 7 | 1 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 46 | 2 | 22 | 1.4 |
| Türkiye | 2015 | Less than tertiary | | 33 | 5.8 | 88 | 0.7 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 9 | 3.1 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 58 | 5.9 | 8 | 0.6 |
| United Kingdom | England | 2012 | Less than tertiary | | 22 | 2.4 | 62 | 1.7 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 14 | 2.1 | 13 | 1.4 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 64 | 2.6 | 25 | 1.3 |
| Northern Ireland | Less than tertiary | | 26 | 3.5 | 69 | 1.6 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 13 | 2.1 | 10 | 1.1 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 61 | 3.4 | 20 | 1.3 |
| United States | Less than tertiary | | 35 | 2.2 | 73 | 1.5 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 10 | 1.3 | 8 | 1.1 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 56 | 1.9 | 19 | 1.2 |
| Non-OECD Economies | Russia | Less than tertiary | | 16 | 3.1 | 38 | 2.5 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 21 | 3.1 | 32 | 1.5 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 62 | 4.3 | 30 | 2.5 |
| Singapore | 2015 | Less than tertiary | | 7 | 1.5 | 40 | 1.1 |
| Tertiary-type B | | 12 | 1.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 81 | 2.4 | 37 | 1.1 |
| Unweighted average (Unitary countries) | 2012 | Less than tertiary | | 31 | | 69 | |
| Tertiary-type B | | 16 | | 12 | |
| Tertiary-type A or advanced research programmes | | 55 | | 20 | |