# Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in New Zealand

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in New Zealand was 44.2% in 2025. Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_attainment_share_25_64`
- Place id: `nz`
- Unit: %
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: 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) (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)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: 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
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/new-zealand
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=tertiary_attainment_share_25_64&place=nz

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 44.2 |
| 2024 | 44 |
| 2023 | 41.6 |
| 2022 | 39.8 |
| 2021 | 40.5 |
| 2020 | 40.1 |
| 2019 | 39.1 |
| 2018 | 39.3 |
| 2017 | 37.7 |
| 2016 | 36.3 |
| 2015 | 34.4 |
| 2014 | 35.6 |