Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — G7

Population with tertiary education in the G7 in 2023 — 33.3%. Since 2014, the indicator has risen by 6.35 pp.

2023 33.3% +0.93 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 33.3%2023
Period minimum 26.95%2014

Trend over time

2014–2023 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — G7, 2014–2023262830323420142015201620172018201920202021202220232014: 26.95%2015: 27.35%2016: 27.96%2017: 28.19%2018: 29.36%2019: 30.44%2020: 31.17%2021: 31.47%2022: 32.37%2023: 33.3%
Change over the period: +6.35 pp Annual average: 0.71 pp
Population with tertiary education — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 33.3 +0.93 pp
2022 32.37 +0.89 pp
2021 31.47 +0.3 pp
2020 31.17 +0.73 pp
2019 30.44 +1.08 pp
2018 29.36 +1.17 pp
2017 28.19 +0.23 pp
2016 27.96 +0.61 pp
2015 27.35 +0.4 pp
2014 26.95

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.