List of countries by tertiary education attainment

This article presents lists of countries by tertiary education attainment rate, and the 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.