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Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Canada

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Canada was 63.9% in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is down 0.7 pts from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 36 countries in 2025.

202563.9%
Change on 2024-0.7 pts
Rank1st of 36Countries ranked
Series high64.72024
Series low23.21981
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Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Canada, 1981 to 2025

20304050607019811995200120072013201920251981: 23.2 %1990: 28 %1991: 28.3 %1992: 29 %1993: 30.4 %1994: 33.5 %1995: 34.5 %1996: 35.6 %1997: 37.4 %1998: 38.3 %1999: 39.4 %2000: 40.1 %2001: 41.9 %2002: 42.9 %2003: 44.1 %2004: 44.5 %2005: 46 %2006: 46.9 %2007: 48.2 %2008: 48.7 %2009: 49.3 %2010: 50.3 %2011: 51 %2012: 52.2 %2013: 52.8 %2014: 53.4 %2015: 55 %2016: 56 %2017: 56.3 %2018: 57.6 %2019: 59 %2020: 59.8 %2021: 61.9 %2022: 62.7 %2023: 63.2 %2024: 64.7 %2025: 63.9 %
%. Source: OECD, OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-12.
All 37 values
Period%
202563.9
202464.7
202363.2
202262.7
202161.9
202059.8
201959
201857.6
201756.3
201656
201555
201453.4
201352.8
201252.2
201151
201050.3
200949.3
200848.7
200748.2
200646.9
200546
200444.5
200344.1
200242.9
200141.9
200040.1
199939.4
199838.3
199737.4 Series break
199635.6 Series break
199534.5 Series break
199433.5 Series break
199330.4 Series break
199229 Series break
199128.3 Series break
199028 Series break
198123.2 Series break

Rankings

Definition

People aged 25 to 64 whose highest completed level of education is tertiary (ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8: short-cycle tertiary, bachelor's or equivalent, master's or equivalent, and doctoral), as a percentage of all people aged 25 to 64. Measured by national labour force surveys.

Includes short-cycle tertiary programmes such as US associate degrees, so it is higher than the US bachelors_degree_share, which also covers everyone aged 25 and over.

How to cite

OECD. OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EAG_LSO_EA%40DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA&df[ag]=OECD.EDU.IMEP. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html

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APA 7

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2026). OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA) (Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, Canada, 1981 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EAG_LSO_EA%40DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA&df[ag]=OECD.EDU.IMEP

MLA 9

OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA), Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, Canada, 1981 to 2025. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 12 Oct. 2026, https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EAG_LSO_EA%40DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA&df[ag]=OECD.EDU.IMEP. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/canada. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2026. OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA). Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, Canada, 1981 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EAG_LSO_EA%40DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA&df[ag]=OECD.EDU.IMEP. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/canada.

Harvard

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2026) OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA), Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, Canada, 1981 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EAG_LSO_EA%40DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA&df[ag]=OECD.EDU.IMEP, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/canada (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development}},
  title = {{OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD\_EAG\_LSO\_EA@DF\_LSO\_NEAC\_DISTR\_EA): Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, Canada, 1981 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/canada. Publisher attribution: OECD. OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD\_EAG\_LSO\_EA@DF\_LSO\_NEAC\_DISTR\_EA). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ\&df[id]=DSD\_EAG\_LSO\_EA\%40DF\_LSO\_NEAC\_DISTR\_EA\&df[ag]=OECD.EDU.IMEP. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html.},
}
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What is the tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Canada?

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Canada was 63.9% in 2025, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is down 0.7 pts from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 36 countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. OECD Education at a Glance: share of 25 to 64 year-olds with tertiary education, ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8 (DSD_EAG_LSO_EA@DF_LSO_NEAC_DISTR_EA). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Canada?

64.7% in 2024, the highest value since 1981 in this series.

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