Education
Bachelor's or higher (25+)
SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS · %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Canada, South Sudan. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, United Kingdom
- 39.59%2021
- Period covered
- 2013 - 20215 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 39.59%United Kingdom, 2021
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 3.77%South Sudan, 2008
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
United Kingdom39.59%2021
United States39.06%2024
Netherlands36.56%2023
Canada34.66%2024
Spain25.04%2023
Italy17.58%2023
China7.68%2020
South Sudan3.77%2008
Year by year values
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| United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | Canada | South Sudan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39.06% | 34.66% | ||||||
| 2023 | 17.58% | 25.04% | 36.56% | 38.6% | 32.89% | |||
| 2022 | 16.49% | 24.15% | 36.39% | 37.66% | 32.35% | |||
| 2021 | 39.59% | 16.3% | 24.9% | 35.43% | 35.05% | 29.33% | ||
| 2020 | 37.28% | 16.55% | 23.58% | 34.77% | 37.52% | 7.68% | 30.97% | |
| 2019 | 16.46% | 23.08% | 34.28% | 36.06% | 29.77% | |||
| 2018 | 16.18% | 21.94% | 31.09% | 34.99% | 28.52% | |||
| 2017 | 33.92% | 15.55% | 22.12% | 31.6% | 32.02% | 27.94% | ||
| 2016 | 14.67% | 20.94% | 29.41% | 33.44% | 25.75% | |||
| 2015 | 14.5% | 21.26% | 28.87% | 32.5% | 26.58% | |||
| 2014 | 29.33% | 13.98% | 20.88% | 28.01% | 31.96% | 25.69% | ||
| 2013 | 28.39% | 27.22% | 31.66% | 25.38% | ||||
| 2012 | 31.06% | 24.76% | ||||||
| 2011 | 30.42% | 24.06% | ||||||
| 2010 | 30% | 3.58% | 23.55% | |||||
| 2009 | 29.72% | 22.68% | ||||||
| 2008 | 29.53% | 22.42% | 3.77% | |||||
| 2007 | 29.12% | 21.97% | ||||||
| 2006 | 28.44% | 21.48% | ||||||
| 2005 | 27.91% | 20.7% | ||||||
| 2004 | 27.74% | 19.78% | ||||||
| 2003 | 27.47% | 19.69% | ||||||
| 2002 | 26.9% | 18.8% | ||||||
| 2001 | 26.27% | 18.3% | ||||||
| 2000 | 25.87% | 1.47% | 17.75% | |||||
| 1999 | 25.61% | 16.98% | ||||||
| 1998 | 24.9% | 16.24% | ||||||
| 1997 | 24.18% | 15.91% | ||||||
| 1996 | 23.76% | 15.4% | ||||||
| 1995 | 23.16% | 15.1% | ||||||
| 1994 | 22.51% | 14.93% | ||||||
| 1993 | 14.36% | |||||||
| 1992 | 13.56% | |||||||
| 1991 | 12.84% | |||||||
| 1990 | 12.54% |
World Bank definition
Educational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Bachelor's or equivalent.
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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia
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