Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2014

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Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2014: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Adults 25+ who completed a bachelor's degree or higher (%)	Female	Male	Source (UIS footnote)
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	34.083	27.314	—	UIS based on CHE - LFS - Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
2	IsraelISRWestern Asia	32.791	35.016	30.41	Source: Labour Force Survey
3	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	32.478	29.408	35.59	UIS based on LUX - LFS - EU Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
4	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	32.158	33.398	30.78	Source: Labour Force Survey
5	United StatesUSANorthern America	31.956	32.001	31.91	Source: October and March Supplements of the Current Population Survey (CPS)
6	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	31.495	34.489	27.69	Source: Labour Force Survey
7	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	31.336	34.743	27.92	UIS based on ISL - LFS - EU Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
8	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	31.259	31.521	30.98	Source: Labour Force Survey
9	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	31.061	32.654	29.38	UIS based on IRL - LFS - EU Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
10	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	30.864	30.915	30.80	Source: Integrated Household Survey
11	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	30.087	23.953	36.44	UIS 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
12	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	29.333	29.822	28.83	Qualifier: Proportion of population with unknown educational attainment greater than 5%. Source: Labour Force Survey
13	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	28.978	24.477	33.57	Qualifier: Data for population 25 to 74 years. Source: Labour force survey
14	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	28.615	30.313	26.88	Qualifier: Data for population 25 to 74 years. Source: Survey of Education and Work
15	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	28.012	25.617	30.50	Source: Labour Force Survey
16	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	27.742	25.474	30.21	Source: Labour Force Survey
17	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	26.716	29.963	23.07	UIS 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
18	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	26.634	31.850	20.49	Qualifier: Data for population 25 to 74 years. Source: Labour force survey
19	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	26.146	27.295	24.90	Source: Household Labour Force Survey
20	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	25.966	25.999	25.93	Source: Labour Force Survey
21	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	25.727	29.694	21.67	Source: The Register of the Population's Level of Education
22	CanadaCANNorthern America	25.687	26.184	25.17	UIS 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
23	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	24.183	19.126	29.57	Source: Labour Force Survey (Microcensus)
24	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	24.063	27.630	20.15	Source: Labour Force Survey
25	PolandPOLEastern Europe	23.700	25.951	21.19	Source: Labour Force Survey

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 16.279. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Female

  HighestQatar36.101

  LowestBurkina Faso0.000

  Middle country: 15.702

• Male

  HighestSouth Korea36.44

  LowestBurkina Faso0.00

  Middle country: 16.29

• +38 / −15countries joined / left
• 45values changed, of 45 in both
• 37 · 8rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ Afghanistan+ Angola+ Andorra+ Austria+ Burundi+ Burkina Faso+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Brunei+ Switzerland+ Cameroon+ Comoros+ Costa Rica+ Cayman Islands+ Czechia+ Germany+ Denmark+ Spain+ France+ Micronesia+ Guinea+ Greece+ Croatia+ Ireland+ Iceland+ Italy+ Luxembourg+ Maldives+ Myanmar+ Montenegro+ Niger+ Norway+ New Zealand+ Palau+ Romania+ Rwanda+ Slovenia+ Uganda+ Yemen− Armenia− Benin− Bolivia− Côte d’Ivoire− DR Congo− Ethiopia− Ghana− Guatemala− Kuwait− Mauritania− Philippines− Saudi Arabia− Senegal− El Salvador− Thailand

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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