Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — China

Population with tertiary education in China in 2020 — 7.68%. Ranked 73 in the world out of 87. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.21 pp.

2020 7.68% +4.1 pp vs 2010
World rank 73of 87
Period maximum 7.68%2020
Period minimum 1.47%2000

Trend over time

2000–2020 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — China, 2000–202002468200020022004200620082010201220142016201820202000: 1.47%2010: 3.58%2020: 7.68%
Change over the period: +6.21 pp Annual average: 0.31 pp
Population with tertiary education — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 7.68
2010 3.58
2000 1.47

Eastern Asia, 2020

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.