Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Germany

Population with tertiary education in Germany in 2023 — 30.53%. Ranked 24 in the world out of 89. Since 2014, the indicator has risen by 6.35 pp.

2023 30.53% +0.95 pp vs 2022
World rank 24of 89
Period maximum 30.53%2023
Period minimum 24.18%2014

Trend over time

2014–2023 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Germany, 2014–2023242628303220142015201620172018201920202021202220232014: 24.18%2015: 24.74%2016: 25.58%2017: 26.03%2018: 25.15%2019: 27.2%2020: 28.35%2021: 29.4%2022: 29.58%2023: 30.53%
Change over the period: +6.35 pp Annual average: 0.71 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Germany 30.53%
Europe & Central Asia computed 25.3%
Western Europe computed 29.85%
Population with tertiary education — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 30.53 +0.95 pp
2022 29.58 +0.17 pp
2021 29.4 +1.06 pp
2020 28.35 +1.15 pp
2019 27.2 +2.05 pp
2018 25.15 −0.88 pp
2017 26.03 +0.45 pp
2016 25.58 +0.84 pp
2015 24.74 +0.56 pp
2014 24.18

Western 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.