Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Finland

Population with tertiary education in Finland in 2023 — 29.89%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 89. Since 2012, the indicator has risen by 8.75 pp.

2023 29.89% +1.02 pp vs 2022
World rank 25of 89
Period maximum 30.29%2020
Period minimum 21.14%2012

Trend over time

2012–2023 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Finland, 2012–20232022.52527.53032.520122014201620182020202220232012: 21.14%2013: 21.89%2014: 22.51%2015: 23.03%2016: 25.97%2017: 24.34%2018: 28.08%2019: 25.94%2020: 30.29%2021: 27.59%2022: 28.86%2023: 29.89%
Change over the period: +8.75 pp Annual average: 0.8 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Finland

Finland 29.89%
Europe & Central Asia computed 25.3%
Northern Europe computed 34.86%
Population with tertiary education — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 29.89 +1.02 pp
2022 28.86 +1.27 pp
2021 27.59 −2.7 pp
2020 30.29 +4.35 pp
2019 25.94 −2.15 pp
2018 28.08 +3.75 pp
2017 24.34 −1.63 pp
2016 25.97 +2.94 pp
2015 23.03 +0.53 pp
2014 22.51 +0.61 pp
2013 21.89 +0.75 pp
2012 21.14

Northern Europe, 2023

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.