Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Russia

Population with tertiary education in Russia in 2021 — 41.22%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 84. Since 2010, the indicator has fallen by 18.04 pp.

2021 41.22% −18.04 pp vs 2010
World rank 3of 84
Period maximum 59.26%2010
Period minimum 41.22%2021

Trend over time

2010–2021 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Russia, 2010–2021404550556020102012201420162018202020212010: 59.26%2021: 41.22%
Change over the period: −18.04 pp Annual average: -1.64 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Russia 41.22%
Europe & Central Asia computed 28.48%
Eastern Europe computed 34.49%
Population with tertiary education — Russia, by year Russia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 41.22
2010 59.26

Eastern Europe, 2021

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.