What is the difference in percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from between Portugal and United States of America?

0.4%, with United States of America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and United States of America?

14 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Portugal vs United States of America: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from

Portugal

6.1%

in 2017

United States of America

6.5%

in 2016

Portugal rank

23rd

United States of America rank

21st

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from over time

Portugal
United States of America

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 6.5% against 6.1% in Portugal, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 14 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 23rd and United States of America ranks 21st of 101 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
2000s	4.0%	5.4%	1.4%	United States of America
2010s	5.2%	6.7%	1.6%	United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from, Portugal or United States of America?: United States of America, at 6.5% against 6.1% in Portugal as of 2016.
What is the difference in percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from between Portugal and United States of America?: 0.4%, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and United States of America?: 14 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2016.
How do Portugal and United States of America rank globally for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?: Portugal ranks 23rd and United States of America ranks 21st of 101 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 101 places, 1,160 data points, 1998–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Share of all tertiary graduates who completed services programmes in the reference year.