This is a list of countries by 25- to 64-year-olds having completed tertiary education as published by the

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. It includes some non-OECD nations.

Tertiary education Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...

is the educational level following the completion of a school providing a secondary education. The

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, 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.

2019 OECD data

This list includes non-OECD member countries: Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" , - style="background:#ececec; vertical-align:top;" ! rowspan="2" ,
Country ! rowspan="2" , Age
25–64
(%) ! colspan="4" , Age ! rowspan="2" ,
Year ! rowspan="2" ,
Non-OECD , - ! 25–34
(%)!!35–44
(%)!!45–54
(%)!!55–64
(%) , - , align=left, , , 42, , 48, , 46, , 38, , 33, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 30, , 38, , 33, , 27, , 21, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 37, , 44, , 42, , 34, , 26, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 14, , 15, , 14, , 14, , 11, , 2013, , Black check

, - , align=left, , , 54, , 58, , 61, , 51, , 45, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 21, , 27, , 24, , 17, , 14, , 2013, , , - , align=left, , , 17, , 27, , 15, , 7, , 2, , 2018, , Black check

, - , align=left, , , 22, , 28, , 23, , 18, , 16, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 18, , 21, , 19, , 17, , 17, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 22, , 30, , 21, , 20, , 15, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 36, , 42, , 41, , 33, , 29, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 38, , 40, , 39, , 35, , 36, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 42, , 40, , 50, , 44, , 34, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 32, , 44, , 39, , 26, , 20, , 2013, , , - , align=left, , , 27, , 28, , 29, , 26, , 25, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 28, , 39, , 27, , 26, , 21, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 23, , 32, , 25, , 20, , 17, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 37, , 41, , 42, , 36, , 29, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 8, , 10, , 9, , 8, , 4, , 2011, , Black check

, - , align=left, , , 41, , 51, , 49, , 34, , 24, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 49, , 46, , 53, , 48, , 47, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 17, , 24, , 19, , 13, , 12, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 48, , 59, , 53, , 47, , 35, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 30, , 39, , 31, , 27, , 23, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 37, , 53, , 38, , 30, , 28, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 46, , 53, , 56, , 40, , 32, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 19, , 25, , 17, , 16, , 13, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 34, , 44, , 38, , 30, , 27, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 36, , 40, , 41, , 32, , 29, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 42, , 49, , 49, , 36, , 32, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 27, , 43, , 32, , 18, , 14, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 22, , 31, , 26, , 17, , 13, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 54, , 58, , 55, , 53, , 50, , 2013, , Black check

, - , align=left, , , 22, , 26, , 22, , 18, , 14, , 2013, , Black check

, - , align=left, , , 20, , 30, , 21, , 15, , 14, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 29, , 38, , 35, , 24, , 18, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 7, , 5, , 7, , 8, , 7, , 2012, , Black check

, - , align=left, , , 45, , 68, , 56, , 33, , 17, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 35, , 41, , 43, , 30, , 21, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 39, , 46, , 46, , 32, , 30, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 40, , 46, , 45, , 38, , 31, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 17, , 25, , 16, , 10, , 10, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 45, , X, , X, , X, , X, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 42, , 49, , 46, , 38, , 35, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 44, , 46, , 47, , 43, , 41, , 2014, ,

Countries by level of tertiary education

This is a list of countries by the level of tertiary education completed by 25–34 year olds measured by the percent of the population. This list contains the percentage of 25–34 year olds that have obtained at least a 2-year tertiary degree or its equivalent (an associate degree in the United States); the percentage of 25–34 year olds that have completed a 4-year degree or higher (a bachelor's degree in the United States); and the percentage of 25–34 year olds that have completed a 6-year degree or higher (a master's degree in the United States). {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" , - style="background:#ececec; vertical-align:top;" ! rowspan="2" ,
Country ! colspan="3" , Age 25–34 ! rowspan="2" ,
Year ! rowspan="2" ,
Non-OECD , - ! data-sort-type="number" , Equivalent to a 2-year degree or higher (%) !! data-sort-type="number" , Equivalent to a 4-year degree or higher (%) !! data-sort-type="number" , Equivalent to a 6-year degree or higher (%) , - , align=left, , , 48, , 39, , 9, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 39, , 24, , 15, , , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 43, , 43, , 20, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 16, , 16, , NA, , 2014, , Black check

, - , align=left, , , 59, , 34, , 9, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 27, , 19, , 1, , 2013, , , - , align=left, , , 35.8, , 17.8, , 2.3, , 2020, , Black check

, - , align=left, , , 27, , 27, , NA, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 28, , 18, , 1, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 31, , 31, , 20, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 44, , 40, , 17, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 41, , 39, , 16, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 41, , 41, , 14, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 45, , 28, , 16, , 2014, , , - , align=left, , , 30, , 28, , 13, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 40, , 39, , 3, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 32, , 29, , 13, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 40, , 37, , 11, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 11, , 11, , NA, , 2013, , Black check

, - , align=left, , , 52, , 40, , 11, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 46, , 35, , 17, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 25, , 25, , 15, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 60, , 40, , NA, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 40, , 35, , 12, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 55, , 55, , 17, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 50, , 44, , 27, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 21, , 20, , 1, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 45, , 44, , 17, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 39, , 36, , 4, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 48, , 34, , 13, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 43, , 43, , 31, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 33, , 33, , 21, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 58, , 58, , NA, , 2013, , Black check

, - , align=left, , , 26, , 26, , NA, , 2014, , Black check

, - , align=left, , , 31, , 31, , 25, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 41, , 34, , 24, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 14, , 14, , NA, , 2014, , Black check

, - , align=left, , , 69, , 47, , NA, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 41, , 28, , 17, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 46, , 35, , 14, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 49, , 49, , 23, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 28, , 19, , 2, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 49, , 42, , 14, , 2015, , , - , align=left, , , 47, , 36, , 10, , 2015, ,

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2019 OECD data

Countries by level of tertiary education

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