Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
129
Highest
65.2%
Uzbekistan, Republic of
Lowest
2.0%
Niger
Median
21.8%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,126
What the numbers show
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%) is currently reported for 129 countries. The highest value is 65.2% in Uzbekistan, Republic of; the lowest is 2.0% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.8%, and the mean is 23.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of (up 440.2%), and the largest decrease in Fiji, Republic of (down 59.9%).
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan, Republic of | 65.2% | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 61.4% | 2021 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 3 | Singapore | 55.5% | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 4 | Korea | 54.7% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 53.3% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 47.6% | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 46.8% | 2021 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 46.8% | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 46.1% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 10 | Canada | 45.4% | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 11 | Ireland | 45.1% | 2022 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 44.6% | 2024 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 13 | Australia | 43.8% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 42.9% | 2021 | — | rising |
| 15 | Cyprus | 42.4% | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 16 | Armenia, Republic of | 41.7% | 2022 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 17 | Seychelles | 40.4% | 2020 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 18 | Netherlands | 39.2% | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 19 | Norway | 37.9% | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 37.6% | 2022 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 21 | Andorra, Principality of | 37.4% | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 22 | Bermuda | 35.9% | 2016 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 23 | Belgium | 35.6% | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 24 | France | 35.4% | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 25 | Lithuania | 35.3% | 2023 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 34.6% | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 34.5% | 2020 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 28 | Germany | 34.5% | 2022 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 29 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 34.3% | 2024 | up 89.2% | rising |
| 30 | Israel | 34.3% | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 31 | Finland | 34.1% | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 32 | Cayman Islands | 33.9% | 2015 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 33 | Denmark | 33.7% | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 34 | Georgia | 32.4% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 32.3% | 2020 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 36 | Iceland | 32.3% | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 37 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 31.5% | 2017 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 38 | Moldova, Republic of | 31.3% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 39 | Estonia | 30.7% | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 40 | Bolivia | 30.1% | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 41 | Slovenia | 30.0% | 2022 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 42 | Latvia | 29.5% | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 43 | Greece | 29.5% | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 44 | Poland | 29.3% | 2024 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 45 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 28.3% | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 46 | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 27.9% | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 47 | Malta | 27.4% | 2023 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 48 | Colombia | 25.5% | 2024 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 49 | Venezuela, República Bolivariana de | 25.3% | 2017 | up 111.4% | rising |
| 50 | Hungary | 24.7% | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 51 | Mongolia | 24.6% | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 52 | Jordan | 24.4% | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 53 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 24.3% | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 54 | Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 24.2% | 2016 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 55 | Serbia, Republic of | 23.7% | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 56 | Türkiye | 23.7% | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 57 | Croatia | 23.5% | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 58 | Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of | 23.3% | 2022 | up 440.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Slovak Republic | 23.2% | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 60 | Malaysia | 23.1% | 2022 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 61 | Chile | 22.9% | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 62 | Montenegro | 22.7% | 2020 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 22.1% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 64 | Philippines | 21.9% | 2022 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 65 | Portugal | 21.8% | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 66 | Czechia | 21.1% | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 67 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 20.8% | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 68 | Austria | 20.8% | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 69 | Tonga | 20.8% | 2023 | up 190.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Brazil | 20.7% | 2024 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 71 | Mexico | 20.6% | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 72 | Brunei Darussalam | 20.1% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 73 | Palestine, State of | 19.5% | 2024 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 74 | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 19.3% | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 19.2% | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 76 | Albania | 19.0% | 2023 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 77 | Zimbabwe | 16.9% | 2023 | up 274.4% | rising |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.1% | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 79 | South Africa | 16.1% | 2024 | up 112.4% | rising |
| 80 | Italy | 16.0% | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 81 | Argentina | 15.5% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 82 | Peru | 15.2% | 2024 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 83 | Belize | 15.2% | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 84 | Grenada | 15.2% | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 85 | Vietnam | 15.1% | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 86 | Kuwait | 15.0% | 2018 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 87 | India | 14.9% | 2021 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 88 | Romania | 14.6% | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 89 | Ecuador | 14.4% | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 90 | Thailand | 14.0% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 91 | Paraguay | 13.8% | 2020 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 92 | Tunisia | 13.8% | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 93 | Mauritius | 13.0% | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 94 | Ghana | 12.7% | 2022 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.4% | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 96 | Samoa | 12.2% | 2017 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Nigeria | 12.1% | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 98 | Uganda | 11.9% | 2021 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 99 | Zambia | 11.7% | 2023 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Panama | 11.6% | 2024 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 101 | Indonesia | 11.0% | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 10.8% | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 103 | Jamaica | 10.7% | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 104 | Namibia | 10.7% | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 105 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 10.5% | 2020 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 106 | Uruguay | 10.5% | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 107 | Togo | 10.4% | 2022 | up 262.5% | rising |
| 108 | Pakistan | 10.2% | 2021 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 109 | Dominican Republic | 10.1% | 2015 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 110 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 8.3% | 2021 | up 328.6% | volatile |
| 111 | El Salvador | 8.2% | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 112 | Cambodia | 8.1% | 2023 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Rwanda | 8.0% | 2024 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 114 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.9% | 2009 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 115 | Benin | 7.8% | 2022 | up 129.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Myanmar | 7.8% | 2019 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Senegal | 7.7% | 2022 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 118 | Honduras | 7.4% | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 119 | Kenya | 7.1% | 2022 | up 141.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Mali | 5.9% | 2022 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 121 | Fiji, Republic of | 5.4% | 2017 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 5.2% | 2024 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 123 | Guatemala | 4.5% | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 124 | Burundi | 4.5% | 2020 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Burkina Faso | 4.2% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 126 | Mozambique, Republic of | 3.5% | 2022 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 127 | Malawi | 3.1% | 2020 | up 111.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.0% | 2014 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Niger | 2.0% | 2022 | down 27.6% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release