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Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2019

Figures for 2019, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2019 covers 113 countries on 3 measures. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 46.631; Cambodia is lowest, at 0.115. The middle country reads 15.722. Against 2018, 80 values changed (57 up, 23 down), 33 countries joined, 21 left.

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Bachelor's or Higher Attainment · Data for 2019

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

46.631

LowestCambodia

0.115

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, 2019, 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 113 countries · select a heading to sort

Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2019: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia46.63147.751945.8939Source: Labour Force Survey
2SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe39.55633.888645.3991UIS 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
3LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe37.32741.253132.5356UIS 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
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe37.12636.126338.1163UIS 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
5IsraelISRWestern Asia36.23139.361532.8981UIS 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
6IcelandISLNorthern Europe36.14342.457030.2543Qualifier: Data for population 25 to 74 years. Source: Labour force survey
7United StatesUSANorthern America36.05536.773635.2781UIS based on USA - LFS - Current Population Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 16 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
8IrelandIRLNorthern Europe35.46637.039233.8159UIS 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
9BelgiumBELWestern Europe35.30436.862033.6671Source: Labour Force Survey
10UkraineUKREastern Europe34.74834.133035.3295Source: Ukraine STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factor Survey, 2019.
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe34.28532.558036.0720UIS based on NLD - LFS - EU Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
12GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia33.66834.762932.3520Source: Labour Force Survey
13South KoreaKOREastern Asia33.60028.167639.1760UIS 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
14AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand33.09535.462030.6423Qualifier: Data for population 25 to 74 years. Source: Survey of Education and Work (May 2019)
15SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia32.37030.793434.0955Source: Household Survey
16MongoliaMNGEastern Asia31.54035.361727.2164Source: Mongolia Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2019.
17DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe31.52335.569627.3684UIS based on DNK - LFS - EU Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
18LatviaLVANorthern Europe30.93537.139823.8045Qualifier: Data for population 25 to 74 years. Source: Labour force survey
19CanadaCANNorthern America29.77130.872428.6246UIS 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
20NorwayNORNorthern Europe29.29034.351224.1572Source: Register information - The Register of the Population's Level of Education
21CyprusCYPWestern Asia28.87129.730727.9505UIS based on CYP - LFS - Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: None
22BelarusBLREastern Europe28.30429.872426.3371Source: Census
23ArmeniaARMWestern Asia27.48927.978526.9192UIS based on ARM - LFS - Household Labour Force Survey: ILO Harmonized Microdata, https://ilostat.ilo.org/ | Age coverage - minimum age: 15 years old | Age coverage - maximum age: 75 years old
24PolandPOLEastern Europe27.33130.257824.0668UIS 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
25GermanyDEUWestern Europe27.19822.826431.7532UIS based on DEU - 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 2019

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 Emirates46.631
  2. 2Switzerland39.556
  3. 3Lithuania37.327
  4. 4Luxembourg37.126
  5. 5Israel36.231

Lowest

  1. 113Cambodia0.115
  2. 112Sri Lanka0.746
  3. 111Niger1.232
  4. 110Chad1.757
  5. 109Central African Republic1.812

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 15.722. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +33 / −21countries joined / left
  • 80values changed, of 80 in both
  • 57 · 23rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Benin+ Bahamas+ Belarus+ Bolivia+ Botswana+ Central African Republic+ Cook Islands+ Cuba+ Dominican Republic+ Algeria+ Ethiopia+ Guatemala+ Iran+ Kenya+ Cambodia+ Liberia+ Maldives+ Marshall Islands+ Malaysia+ New Caledonia+ Panama+ Philippines+ El Salvador+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Turks and Caicos Islands+ Togo+ Turkmenistan+ Uganda+ Ukraine+ Vietnam+ Vanuatu+ Samoa+ Zimbabwe− Antigua and Barbuda− Bahrain− Brazil− Cameroon− DR Congo− Costa Rica− Guinea− Gambia− Guinea-Bissau− Iraq− Kazakhstan− Kyrgyzstan− Kuwait− Lesotho− Madagascar− Mexico− Papua New Guinea− San Marino− Suriname− Tanzania− Zambia

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.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 113 countries has every column.

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) (2019). Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/bachelors-attainment/2019

0611 held

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07Questions

Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adults with a bachelor's degree in Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2019?

United Arab Emirates, at 46.631, of the 113 countries in the file.

What year does Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2019 cover?

113.

Where can I download Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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