Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, immigrant background, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
36
Highest
98.2%
Slovakia
Lowest
30.5%
Ghana
Median
78.4%
Years covered
31
1994–2024
Data points
403
What the numbers show
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, immigrant background, male (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 98.2% in Slovakia; the lowest is 30.5% in Ghana.
The median across all reporting countries is 78.4%, and the mean is 74.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 68.6%), and the largest decrease in Brunei (down 15.6%).
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … immigrant upper male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia | 98.2% | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 2 | Lithuania | 96.2% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 3 | Poland | 94.8% | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 4 | Ireland | 91.9% | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 5 | Estonia | 91.7% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 88.7% | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 7 | Hungary | 88.0% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 8 | Serbia | 87.5% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 9 | Romania | 87.4% | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 10 | Czechia | 85.8% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 11 | Armenia | 85.8% | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 12 | Montenegro | 84.3% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 13 | Norway | 83.7% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 14 | Finland | 82.8% | 2022 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 15 | Slovenia | 79.9% | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 16 | Cyprus | 79.8% | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 17 | Croatia | 79.1% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 18 | United States | 78.6% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 19 | Iceland | 78.2% | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 20 | Austria | 76.8% | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 76.1% | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 22 | Portugal | 73.3% | 2024 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 23 | Switzerland | 73.2% | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 24 | Denmark | 72.7% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 25 | Sweden | 71.9% | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 26 | France | 68.1% | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 27 | Belgium | 65.4% | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 28 | Germany | 63.0% | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 29 | Netherlands | 62.5% | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 30 | Brunei | 62.1% | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 31 | Greece | 61.2% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 32 | Malta | 56.0% | 2015 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 33 | Spain | 53.2% | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 34 | Italy | 50.4% | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 34.4% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 36 | Ghana | 30.5% | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release