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Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2018

Figures for 2018, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2018 covers 101 countries on 3 measures. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 47.293; Sri Lanka is lowest, at 0.684. The middle country reads 16.303. Against 2017, 68 values changed (54 up, 14 down), 33 countries joined, 28 left.

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Bachelor's or Higher Attainment · Data for 2018

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

47.293

LowestSri Lanka

0.684

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, 2018, 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 101 countries · select a heading to sort

Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2018: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia47.29345.206448.03Source: Labour Force Survey
2IcelandISLNorthern Europe39.03946.532331.97UIS 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
3SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe38.98532.868945.34UIS 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
4LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe35.95239.686331.32UIS based on LTU - LFS - EU Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
5IsraelISRWestern Asia35.79838.465332.94UIS based on ISR - LFS - Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe35.30233.3395—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
7IrelandIRLNorthern Europe35.15337.040033.17UIS 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
8United StatesUSANorthern America34.99235.317234.64Source: October 2017 and March 2018 Supplements of the Current Population Survey (CPS)
9GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia34.85035.168834.47Source: Georgia MICS 2018.
10KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia34.08135.886632.03Source: Sample survey of employment of the population (sample survey of households. Form T-001)
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.78935.310932.20UIS based on BEL - LFS - EU Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
12South KoreaKOREastern Asia33.02227.353338.86UIS 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
13DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe32.35937.492827.21Qualifier: Data for population 25 to 74 years. Source: Labour force survey
14AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand31.74934.782428.63Qualifier: Data for population 25 to 74 years. Source: Survey of Education and Work
15SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia31.59629.354134.04Source: Labour Force Survey
16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe31.09329.524132.72Source: Labour Force Survey
17SwedenSWENorthern Europe30.992—25.78UIS based on SWE - LFS - EU Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
18NorwayNORNorthern Europe30.44835.816025.27UIS based on NOR - LFS - EU Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
19LatviaLVANorthern Europe30.02836.297722.81Qualifier: Data for population 25 to 74 years. Source: Labour force survey
20MongoliaMNGEastern Asia29.28233.775024.17Source: Mongolia MICS 2018.
21CyprusCYPWestern Asia28.56129.090627.99Source: Labour Force Survey
22CanadaCANNorthern America28.52029.584327.41UIS 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
23FinlandFINNorthern Europe28.08530.137125.94UIS based on FIN - LFS - EU Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
24PolandPOLEastern Europe26.53329.491623.23UIS based on POL - LFS - Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
25BulgariaBGREastern Europe25.64929.365321.57UIS based on BGR - LFS - EU Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1United Arab Emirates47.293
  2. 2Iceland39.039
  3. 3Switzerland38.985
  4. 4Lithuania35.952
  5. 5Israel35.798

Lowest

  1. 101Sri Lanka0.684
  2. 100Niger1.083
  3. 99Gambia1.398
  4. 98Tanzania1.419
  5. 97Zambia1.815

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 16.303. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +33 / −28countries joined / left
  • 68values changed, of 68 in both
  • 54 · 14rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Burkina Faso+ Belize+ Cameroon+ DR Congo+ Colombia+ Costa Rica+ Guinea+ Gambia+ Guinea-Bissau+ Grenada+ Guyana+ India+ Iraq+ Kazakhstan+ Kyrgyzstan+ Kiribati+ Lebanon+ Lesotho+ Luxembourg+ Latvia+ Madagascar+ Nigeria+ Papua New Guinea+ Paraguay+ San Marino+ Suriname+ Chad+ Thailand+ Tonga+ Tunisia+ Tanzania+ Uzbekistan− Afghanistan− Burundi− Benin− Bolivia− Bhutan− Djibouti− Ecuador− Fiji− United Kingdom− Ghana− Haiti− Cambodia− Laos− Liberia− Maldives− Mozambique− Malawi− Nepal− Philippines− Puerto Rico− Qatar− El Salvador− Togo− Tajikistan− Tuvalu− Uganda− Venezuela− Zimbabwe

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.

04Caveats

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.

  • 3 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The 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.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2018). Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/bachelors-attainment/2018

0611 held

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07Questions

Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adults with a bachelor's degree in Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2018?

United Arab Emirates, at 47.293, of the 101 countries in the file.

What year does Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2018 cover?

101.

Where can I download Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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