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Educational attainment among young adults — Human capital

Name: Educational attainment among young adults — Human capital
Creator: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Keywords: trend-research-500, oecd, health-systems-mental-health, educational, attainment, among, young, adults, human, capital

Compare educational attainment among young adults — human capital across 38 countries or territories using one fixed 2024 OECD reference slice.

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)•38 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

86.5Percentage of population aged 25-34 years

Median: 89.0Percentage of population aged 25-34 years

Countries Covered

with available data

Highest

South Korea

98.6Percentage of population aged 25-34 years

Lowest

South Africa

57.2Percentage of population aged 25-34 years

Top 5 Countries

1South Korea98.6Percentage of population aged 25-34 years

2Croatia96.3Percentage of population aged 25-34 years

3Ireland95.7Percentage of population aged 25-34 years

4Canada95.4Percentage of population aged 25-34 years

5Poland95.0Percentage of population aged 25-34 years

By Region

Asia94.8Percentage of population aged 25-34 years(2 countries)

Oceania90.6Percentage of population aged 25-34 years(2 countries)

Europe88.6Percentage of population aged 25-34 years(28 countries)

South America83.1Percentage of population aged 25-34 years(1 countries)

North America77.3Percentage of population aged 25-34 years(2 countries)

Key Findings

•38 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of population aged 25-34 years observation in the fixed 2024 slice.
•South Korea has the highest published value (98.6339 Percentage of population aged 25-34 years).
•South Africa has the lowest published value (57.2227 Percentage of population aged 25-34 years).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (57.2Percentage of population aged 25-34 years)High (98.6Percentage of population aged 25-34 years)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 86.5Percentage of population aged 25-34 years)

Asia (2)

Oceania (2)

Europe (28)

South America (1)

North America (2)

Other (2)

Africa (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Future well-being: Educational attainment among young adults — Human capital. Unit: Percentage of population aged 25-34 years. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2024 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Future well-being: Educational attainment among young adults — Human capital. Unit: Percentage of population aged 25-34 years. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	South Korea	98.6Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
2	Croatia	96.3Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
3	Ireland	95.7Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
4	Canada	95.4Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
5	Poland	95.0Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
6	Lithuania	94.2Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
7	Slovakia	93.0Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
8	Slovenia	92.6Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
9	Greece	92.6Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
10	Australia	92.5Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
11	Czech Republic	92.3Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
12	Israel	91.0Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
13	Luxembourg	91.0Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
14	Switzerland	90.9Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
15	Netherlands	90.4Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
16	Austria	90.2Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
17	Finland	89.9Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
18	Latvia	89.6Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
19	France	89.4Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
20	New Zealand	88.7Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
21	United Kingdom	88.5Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
22	Bulgaria	88.3Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
23	Hungary	87.7Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
24	Sweden	87.7Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
25	Estonia	87.6Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
26	Belgium	87.1Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
27	Norway	85.7Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
28	Denmark	84.6Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
29	Germany	84.5Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
30	Portugal	83.8Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
31	Colombia	83.1Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
32	Italy	80.7Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
33	Romania	75.8Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
34	Spain	75.8Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
35	Türkiye	72.1Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
36	Costa Rica	66.1Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
37	Mexico	59.2Percentage of population aged 25-34 years
38	South Africa	57.2Percentage of population aged 25-34 years

Showing 38 of 38 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2024).

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