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education2023

Adults with at least a Bachelor's degree

Compare adults with at least a bachelor's degree across 89 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2023 official-source slice.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•89 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
20.2% of population ages 25+
Median: 19.6% of population ages 25+
Countries Covered
89
with available data
Highest
United Arab Emirates
52.7% of population ages 25+
Lowest
Zimbabwe
1.1% of population ages 25+
Top 5 Countries
1United Arab Emirates52.7% of population ages 25+
2Ireland41.9% of population ages 25+
3Luxembourg41.9% of population ages 25+
4Lithuania41.3% of population ages 25+
5Switzerland41.3% of population ages 25+
By Region
Key Findings
  • •89 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2023 observation.
  • •United Arab Emirates has the highest published value (52.7169189453125 % of population ages 25+).
  • •Zimbabwe has the lowest published value (1.13487348253901 % of population ages 25+).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.1% of population ages 25+)High (52.7% of population ages 25+)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 20.2% of population ages 25+)

About This Statistic

The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Bachelor's or equivalent.

MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.

Methodology

The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Bachelor's or equivalent.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1United Arab Emirates52.7% of population ages 25+
2Ireland41.9% of population ages 25+
3Luxembourg41.9% of population ages 25+
4Lithuania41.3% of population ages 25+
5Switzerland41.3% of population ages 25+
6United States of America38.6% of population ages 25+
7Israel38.3% of population ages 25+
8Belgium37.4% of population ages 25+
9Netherlands36.6% of population ages 25+
10Australia35.8% of population ages 25+
11South Korea35.6% of population ages 25+
12Sweden34.9% of population ages 25+
13Cyprus34.7% of population ages 25+
14Iceland34.5% of population ages 25+
15Georgia34.2% of population ages 25+
16Denmark33.6% of population ages 25+
17Latvia33.2% of population ages 25+
18Estonia32.9% of population ages 25+
19Canada32.9% of population ages 25+
20Norway32.2% of population ages 25+
21Mongolia31.2% of population ages 25+
22Saudi Arabia30.9% of population ages 25+
23Puerto Rico30.8% of population ages 25+
24Germany30.5% of population ages 25+
25Finland29.9% of population ages 25+
26Bahrain29.6% of population ages 25+
27Greece28.0% of population ages 25+
28Bulgaria26.4% of population ages 25+
29Hungary26.4% of population ages 25+
30Malta26.3% of population ages 25+
31Armenia25.9% of population ages 25+
32Slovakia25.3% of population ages 25+
33Spain25.0% of population ages 25+
34France24.4% of population ages 25+
35Kyrgyzstan23.9% of population ages 25+
36Portugal23.5% of population ages 25+
37Jordan23.2% of population ages 25+
38Slovenia22.0% of population ages 25+
39Croatia22.0% of population ages 25+
40Czech Republic22.0% of population ages 25+
41Türkiye21.9% of population ages 25+
42Chile21.5% of population ages 25+
43Moldova, Republic of21.0% of population ages 25+
44Bolivia20.1% of population ages 25+
45Aruba19.6% of population ages 25+
46Serbia18.7% of population ages 25+
47Brunei Darussalam18.5% of population ages 25+
48Egypt18.1% of population ages 25+
49Islamic Republic of Iran17.9% of population ages 25+
50Azerbaijan17.7% of population ages 25+
51Italy17.6% of population ages 25+
52Albania17.5% of population ages 25+
53Colombia16.5% of population ages 25+
54Tajikistan16.3% of population ages 25+
55Panama16.1% of population ages 25+
56India14.9% of population ages 25+
57Antigua and Barbuda14.7% of population ages 25+
58Romania14.6% of population ages 25+
59Tunisia12.8% of population ages 25+
60Mauritius11.7% of population ages 25+
61Tonga11.4% of population ages 25+
62Vietnam11.3% of population ages 25+
63Bosnia and Herzegovina11.3% of population ages 25+
64Seychelles9.5% of population ages 25+
65Indonesia9.3% of population ages 25+
66Democratic Republic of the Congo9.2% of population ages 25+
67Namibia8.6% of population ages 25+
68Grenada7.9% of population ages 25+
69Bangladesh7.5% of population ages 25+
70Botswana7.4% of population ages 25+
71El Salvador7.3% of population ages 25+
72South Africa7.0% of population ages 25+
73Angola6.6% of population ages 25+
74Honduras6.5% of population ages 25+
75Lao People's Democratic Republic6.3% of population ages 25+
76Cambodia5.8% of population ages 25+
77Sri Lanka5.4% of population ages 25+
78Rwanda5.1% of population ages 25+
79Ghana4.5% of population ages 25+
80Guatemala4.2% of population ages 25+
81Senegal3.8% of population ages 25+
82Nigeria3.8% of population ages 25+
83Vanuatu3.3% of population ages 25+
84Zambia2.8% of population ages 25+
85Republic of The Gambia2.5% of population ages 25+
86Burkina Faso2.3% of population ages 25+
87Nauru2.1% of population ages 25+
88Kiribati1.8% of population ages 25+
89Zimbabwe1.1% of population ages 25+
Showing 89 of 89 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).

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