Afghanistan vs India: Share of the population with tertiary education
Afghanistan
8.0%
in 2020
India
7.9%
in 2020
Afghanistan rank
72nd
India rank
73rd
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Afghanistan
- India
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 8.0% against 7.9% in India, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was India ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 72nd and India ranks 73rd of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 4 and India in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | India |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | India |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% | India |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | India |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.3% | India |
| 1960s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.1% | India |
| 1970s | 1.9% | 1.4% | 0.4% | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 4.2% | 3.1% | 1.1% | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 6.5% | 5.4% | 1.1% | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 8.9% | 0.7% | India |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 9.9% | 1.1% | India |
| 2020s | 8.0% | 7.9% | 0.1% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Afghanistan or India?
- Afghanistan, at 8.0% against 7.9% in India as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Afghanistan and India?
- 0.1%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and India?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Afghanistan and India rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Afghanistan ranks 72nd and India ranks 73rd of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.