Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
129
Highest
64.1%
Russia
Lowest
1.3%
Niger
Median
22.5%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,142
What the numbers show
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 129 countries. The highest value is 64.1% in Russia; the lowest is 1.3% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 22.5%, and the mean is 24.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 51.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 617.9%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 58.0%).
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 64.1% | 2021 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 61.5% | 2022 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 55.7% | 2024 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 4 | Singapore | 53.2% | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 51.2% | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 49.8% | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 7 | Korea | 49.6% | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 8 | Canada | 49.3% | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 48.7% | 2021 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 10 | Ukraine | 47.8% | 2021 | — | rising |
| 11 | Australia | 47.5% | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 46.4% | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 46.4% | 2022 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 14 | Sweden | 45.2% | 2023 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 15 | Cyprus | 43.9% | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 16 | Norway | 43.3% | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 43.0% | 2024 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 18 | Switzerland | 41.6% | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 19 | Lithuania | 41.3% | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 20 | Bermuda | 40.8% | 2016 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 21 | Iceland | 40.1% | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 22 | Estonia | 39.9% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 23 | Bahrain | 39.8% | 2024 | up 106.7% | rising |
| 24 | Netherlands | 38.9% | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 25 | Finland | 38.9% | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 26 | Seychelles | 38.8% | 2020 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 27 | Puerto Rico | 38.6% | 2020 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 28 | Israel | 38.3% | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 38.3% | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 30 | Cayman Islands | 38.2% | 2015 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium | 37.9% | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 32 | Andorra | 37.6% | 2022 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 33 | France | 37.2% | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 34 | New Zealand | 36.6% | 2020 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 35 | Latvia | 36.4% | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 36 | Moldova | 36.2% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 37 | Spain | 35.4% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 38 | Slovenia | 34.7% | 2022 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 39 | Georgia | 33.7% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 40 | Poland | 33.3% | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 41 | Mongolia | 31.2% | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 42 | Bolivia | 30.7% | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 43 | Germany | 30.2% | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 44 | Venezuela | 30.2% | 2017 | up 116.4% | rising |
| 45 | Greece | 29.6% | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 46 | Malta | 29.5% | 2023 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 27.7% | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 48 | Hungary | 27.4% | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 49 | Colombia | 27.2% | 2024 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 26.4% | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 51 | Croatia | 25.6% | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 52 | Serbia | 25.4% | 2024 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 53 | Slovak Republic | 25.4% | 2023 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 54 | Hong Kong (China) | 25.3% | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 55 | Portugal | 25.1% | 2024 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 56 | Philippines | 24.8% | 2022 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 57 | Macau (China) | 23.9% | 2016 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 58 | Montenegro | 23.7% | 2020 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 59 | Brunei Darussalam | 23.4% | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 60 | Malaysia | 23.3% | 2022 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 22.9% | 2017 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 62 | Palestinian Authority or West Bank and Gaza Strip | 22.8% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 63 | Brazil | 22.7% | 2024 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 64 | Timor-Leste | 22.7% | 2022 | up 617.9% | volatile |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 22.5% | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 66 | Iran | 22.5% | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 67 | Chile | 22.3% | 2024 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 68 | Czechia | 22.0% | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 69 | Jordan | 22.0% | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 70 | Türkiye | 21.9% | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 71 | Tonga | 21.7% | 2023 | up 248.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Samoa | 21.5% | 2022 | up 200.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Austria | 21.3% | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 74 | Albania | 20.4% | 2023 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 20.4% | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 76 | Mexico | 19.7% | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 77 | Argentina | 19.6% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.2% | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 79 | Kuwait | 18.5% | 2018 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 80 | Grenada | 18.5% | 2023 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 81 | Egypt | 18.1% | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 82 | Italy | 17.7% | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 83 | Zimbabwe | 17.4% | 2023 | up 412.3% | volatile |
| 84 | South Africa | 17.3% | 2024 | up 142.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Belize | 17.1% | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 86 | Thailand | 16.7% | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 87 | Paraguay | 15.9% | 2020 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 88 | Romania | 15.3% | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 89 | Jamaica | 15.2% | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 90 | Tunisia | 15.0% | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 91 | Panama | 15.0% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 92 | Ecuador | 15.0% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 93 | Peru | 14.9% | 2024 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 94 | Viet Nam | 14.8% | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 95 | Uruguay | 13.5% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.8% | 2023 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 97 | Mauritius | 12.5% | 2022 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 12.4% | 2015 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 99 | India | 12.4% | 2021 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 100 | Namibia | 11.9% | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 101 | Indonesia | 11.7% | 2023 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Zambia | 10.1% | 2023 | up 85.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Uganda | 9.5% | 2021 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 104 | Myanmar | 9.4% | 2019 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Ghana | 9.1% | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 106 | Nigeria | 9.1% | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 107 | Pakistan | 8.6% | 2021 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 108 | El Salvador | 8.5% | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 109 | Bangladesh | 8.1% | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 110 | Honduras | 7.9% | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 111 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 7.1% | 2020 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Rwanda | 6.5% | 2024 | up 95.6% | rising |
| 113 | Togo | 6.4% | 2022 | up 312.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Cambodia | 6.4% | 2023 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Ethiopia | 6.3% | 2021 | up 475.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.2% | 2009 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 5.5% | 2024 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 118 | Kenya | 5.5% | 2022 | up 153.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Senegal | 5.2% | 2022 | up 74.9% | rising |
| 120 | Fiji | 5.2% | 2017 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Benin | 5.0% | 2022 | up 130.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Guatemala | 4.2% | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 123 | Mali | 3.9% | 2022 | up 100.2% | rising |
| 124 | Burundi | 3.1% | 2020 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Burkina Faso | 3.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 126 | Mozambique | 2.7% | 2022 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 127 | Malawi | 2.0% | 2020 | up 96.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Tanzania | 1.3% | 2014 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Niger | 1.3% | 2022 | down 26.5% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release