# Countries by tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, 2025

All 36 values come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for 2025, so the places are comparable. 7 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_attainment_share_25_64`
- 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.
- 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/oecd
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- 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/rankings/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Canada | 63.9 |
| 2 | Ireland | 58.7 |
| 3 | South Korea | 58.2 |
| 4 | Japan | 57.9 |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 54.8 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 54.8 |
| 7 | Australia | 54.4 |
| 8 | United States | 52.2 |
| 9 | Israel | 51.2 |
| 10 | Sweden | 50.8 |
| 11 | Norway | 50.2 |
| 12 | Lithuania | 49.9 |
| 13 | Belgium | 47.5 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 46.2 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 46.1 |
| 16 | Denmark | 46 |
| 17 | France | 44.8 |
| 18 | New Zealand | 44.2 |
| 19 | Finland | 42.7 |
| 20 | Spain | 42.4 |
| 21 | Estonia | 42.1 |
| 22 | Latvia | 40.7 |
| 23 | Poland | 40 |
| 24 | Austria | 37.6 |
| 25 | Germany | 35.5 |
| 26 | Slovenia | 35.1 |
| 27 | Greece | 34.9 |
| 28 | Portugal | 32.7 |
| 29 | Hungary | 31.6 |
| 30 | Slovakia | 29.8 |
| 31 | Colombia | 29.5 |
| 32 | Czechia | 28.7 |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 28.2 |
| 34 | Türkiye | 28.1 |
| 35 | Italy | 22.3 |
| 36 | Mexico | 22.2 |