Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Sweden

Population with tertiary education in Sweden in 2023 — 34.88%. Ranked 12 in the world out of 89. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 12.84 pp.

2023 34.88% +1.22 pp vs 2022
World rank 12of 89
Period maximum 34.88%2023
Period minimum 22.04%2013

Trend over time

2013–2023 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Sweden, 2013–202320253035201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232013: 22.04%2014: 22.54%2015: 23%2016: 23.48%2017: 23.94%2018: 30.99%2019: 25.08%2020: 32.54%2021: 32.62%2022: 33.66%2023: 34.88%
Change over the period: +12.84 pp Annual average: 1.28 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Sweden 34.88%
Europe & Central Asia computed 25.3%
Northern Europe computed 34.86%
Population with tertiary education — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 34.88 +1.22 pp
2022 33.66 +1.05 pp
2021 32.62 +0.07 pp
2020 32.54 +7.46 pp
2019 25.08 −5.91 pp
2018 30.99 +7.06 pp
2017 23.94 +0.46 pp
2016 23.48 +0.48 pp
2015 23 +0.46 pp
2014 22.54 +0.5 pp
2013 22.04

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.