Population with tertiary education in the United Kingdom in 2021 — 39.59%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 84. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 11.21 pp.
2013–2021 · % of population aged 25+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Kingdom
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 39.59 | +2.32 pp |
| 2020 | 37.28 | — |
| 2017 | 33.92 | — |
| 2014 | 29.33 | +0.94 pp |
| 2013 | 28.39 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
United Kingdom
39.59
Ireland
38.49
Lithuania
36.25
Norway
33.59
Denmark
32.72
Sweden
32.62
Latvia
32.2
Estonia
31.87
Finland
27.59
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.
How many university students there are relative to the population of the corresponding age.
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