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Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2013

Figures for 2013, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2013 covers 60 countries on 3 measures. Georgia is highest, at 33.119; Sri Lanka is lowest, at 0.791. The middle country reads 14.791.

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Bachelor's or Higher Attainment · Data for 2013

HighestGeorgia

33.119

LowestSri Lanka

0.791

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2013, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 60 countries · select a heading to sort

Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2013: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia33.11933.44732.7201UIS based on GEO - HS - Integrated Household Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
2United StatesUSANorthern America31.66131.39131.9531Source: October and March Supplements of the Current Population Survey
3IsraelISRWestern Asia31.39433.42429.2092Source: Labour Force Survey
4BelgiumBELWestern Europe30.24830.64529.8240Source: Labour Force Survey
5South KoreaKOREastern Asia28.78422.61235.1927UIS based on KOR - LFS - Economically Active Population Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
6United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe28.38828.60728.1655Qualifier: Proportion of population with unknown educational attainment greater than 5%. Source: Labour Force Survey
7LatviaLVANorthern Europe27.69532.81821.6171Qualifier: Data for population 25 to 74 years. Source: Labour force survey
8SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia27.33825.16029.7189Source: Labour Force Survey
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe27.21924.56529.9769Source: Labour Force Survey
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand26.74428.98124.4685Qualifier: Data for population 25 to 74 years. Source: Survey of Education and Work
11MongoliaMNGEastern Asia26.51929.61723.0240UIS based on MNG - LFS - Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
12LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe26.38528.67523.4720Source: Labour Force Survey
13CanadaCANNorthern America25.38425.78424.9658UIS based on CAN - LFS - Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
14CyprusCYPWestern Asia24.88823.59826.3176Source: Labour Force Survey
15ArmeniaARMWestern Asia24.18924.22124.1479UIS based on ARM - HIES - Households Living Conditions Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: 75 years old
16BulgariaBGREastern Europe22.92026.22419.2977Source: Labour Force Survey
17PolandPOLEastern Europe22.63224.82320.1866Source: Labour Force Survey
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe22.04024.98519.0021Source: The Swedish Register of Education
19FinlandFINNorthern Europe21.89123.10620.5958Source: Statistics Finland's Register of Completed Education and Degrees
20QatarQATWestern Asia20.51434.48617.0741Source: Labour Force Survey
21Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia19.93620.39519.6493Source: Labour Force Survey
22HungaryHUNEastern Europe19.42620.94417.7589Qualifier: Data for population 25 to 74 years. Source: Labour force survey
23MoldovaMDAEastern Europe19.03620.31717.5419Source: Labour Force Survey
24PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia16.99519.23914.7103Source: 2013 Functional Literacy, Education & Mass Media Survey
25IranIRNSouthern Asia16.32016.16516.4558Source: Labor Force Survey

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Georgia33.119
  2. 2United States31.661
  3. 3Israel31.394
  4. 4Belgium30.248
  5. 5South Korea28.784

Lowest

  1. 60Sri Lanka0.791
  2. 59Ethiopia1.255
  3. 58DR Congo1.736
  4. 57Benin2.160
  5. 56Guatemala2.373

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 14.791. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • The position is ours

    UIS publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 60 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2013). Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/bachelors-attainment/2013

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06Questions

Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adults with a bachelor's degree in Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2013?

Georgia, at 33.119, of the 60 countries in the file.

What year does Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2013 cover?

60.

Where can I download Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2013?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2013 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2023.

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