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| Table 603.30. | Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who attained a postsecondary degree, by highest degree attained, age group, and country: 2014 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Associate's degree (short-cycle tertiary) | Bachelor's or equivalent degree | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total, 25 to 64 years old |
25 to 34 years old |
35 to 44 years old |
45 to 54 years old |
55 to 64 years old |
Total, 25 to 64 years old |
25 to 34 years old |
35 to 44 years old |
45 to 54 years old |
55 to 64 years old |
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| OECD average1 | 7.6 | (0.02) | 7.4 | (0.05) | 9.0 | (0.05) | 7.9 | (0.05) | 7.8 | (0.05) | 15.1 | (0.03) | 20.7 | (0.07) | 16.6 | (0.06) | 12.3 | (0.05) | 10.4 | (0.05) | ||
| Australia | 11.4 | (0.19) | 9.9 | (0.35) | 12.9 | (0.39) | 12.2 | (0.39) | 10.5 | (0.39) | 23.8 | (0.25) | 30.2 | (0.54) | 25.3 | (0.51) | 19.9 | (0.47) | 18.0 | (0.48) | ||
| Austria | 15.5 | (0.19) | 17.4 | (0.44) | 16.8 | (0.39) | 15.1 | (0.35) | 12.5 | (0.32) | 2.1 | (0.08) | 5.3 | (0.25) | 1.7 | (0.16) | 0.9 | (0.09) | 0.5 | (0.07) | ||
| Belgium | 0.4 | (0.03) | 0.4 | (0.06) | 0.5 | (0.06) | 0.3 | (0.05) | ‡ | (†) | 20.2 | (0.19) | 23.1 | (0.41) | 22.5 | (0.39) | 19.7 | (0.35) | 15.4 | (0.33) | ||
| Canada2 | 25.1 | (0.17) | 24.5 | (0.32) | 27.0 | (0.32) | 26.0 | (0.28) | 22.9 | (0.29) | 19.4 | (0.19) | 24.1 | (0.35) | 22.6 | (0.36) | 17.0 | (0.27) | 14.0 | (0.28) | ||
| Chile2,3 | 7.2 | (0.08) | 8.6 | (0.17) | 8.7 | (0.17) | 6.8 | (0.14) | 4.1 | (0.13) | 12.6 | (0.10) | 17.6 | (0.23) | 13.9 | (0.21) | 9.0 | (0.16) | 9.2 | (0.19) | ||
| Czech Republic | 0.1 | (0.01) | 0.2 | (0.03) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 5.1 | (0.06) | 10.6 | (0.20) | 5.1 | (0.12) | 2.8 | (0.10) | 1.5 | (0.07) | ||
| Denmark | 4.5 | (0.08) | 4.1 | (0.18) | 5.2 | (0.18) | 4.7 | (0.15) | 3.9 | (0.15) | 19.5 | (0.16) | 22.4 | (0.39) | 20.2 | (0.33) | 17.9 | (0.27) | 18.0 | (0.29) | ||
| Estonia | 7.0 | (0.22) | 1.0 | (0.18) | 7.0 | (0.43) | 9.0 | (0.48) | 12.0 | (0.56) | 10.0 | (0.26) | 23.0 | (0.76) | 11.0 | (0.52) | 3.0 | (0.29) | 1.0 | (0.17) | ||
| Finland | 12.5 | (0.11) | 0.5 | (0.05) | 11.5 | (0.23) | 19.8 | (0.26) | 17.1 | (0.24) | 14.7 | (0.12) | 25.8 | (0.33) | 18.3 | (0.28) | 8.6 | (0.18) | 7.2 | (0.17) | ||
| France3 | 14.0 | (0.07) | 17.5 | (0.17) | 17.4 | (0.15) | 12.4 | (0.12) | 8.9 | (0.11) | 8.9 | (0.06) | 12.1 | (0.14) | 11.9 | (0.13) | 6.2 | (0.09) | 5.8 | (0.09) | ||
| Germany | 0.7 | (0.01) | 0.4 | (0.02) | 0.6 | (0.03) | 0.8 | (0.03) | 0.7 | (0.03) | 14.3 | (0.06) | 14.3 | (0.14) | 14.4 | (0.14) | 14.7 | (0.12) | 13.8 | (0.13) | ||
| Greece | 1.7 | (0.04) | 1.2 | (0.07) | 0.9 | (0.05) | 2.6 | (0.09) | 2.2 | (0.08) | 23.4 | (0.12) | 33.7 | (0.30) | 22.0 | (0.23) | 20.4 | (0.22) | 17.5 | (0.21) | ||
| Hungary | 1.3 | (0.03) | 3.0 | (0.10) | 1.3 | (0.06) | 0.6 | (0.04) | ‡ | (†) | 12.8 | (0.09) | 15.7 | (0.22) | 13.4 | (0.18) | 12.0 | (0.18) | 10.3 | (0.15) | ||
| Iceland | 3.5 | (0.20) | 2.6 | (0.34) | 4.1 | (0.44) | 3.6 | (0.40) | 3.9 | (0.42) | 20.1 | (0.43) | 25.7 | (0.94) | 21.5 | (0.91) | 17.9 | (0.82) | 14.5 | (0.77) | ||
| Ireland | 11.8 | (0.12) | 11.8 | (0.22) | 14.9 | (0.24) | 11.1 | (0.21) | 8.4 | (0.19) | 20.8 | (0.19) | 28.7 | (0.39) | 23.7 | (0.31) | 16.4 | (0.27) | 11.4 | (0.26) | ||
| Israel | 14.0 | (0.14) | 11.4 | (0.24) | 14.1 | (0.27) | 15.3 | (0.29) | 16.5 | (0.32) | 22.0 | (0.17) | 26.9 | (0.34) | 24.6 | (0.34) | 17.6 | (0.31) | 16.2 | (0.32) | ||
| Italy | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 3.3 | (0.04) | 8.8 | (0.14) | 2.7 | (0.07) | 1.7 | (0.06) | 1.0 | (0.05) | ||
| Japan | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | ||
| Korea, Republic of4 | 13.3 | (0.17) | 23.2 | (0.41) | 17.8 | (0.36) | 7.8 | (0.26) | 3.3 | (0.23) | 31.3 | (0.23) | 44.5 | (0.48) | 38.6 | (0.45) | 25.5 | (0.42) | 14.0 | (0.44) | ||
| Luxembourg | 9.3 | (0.33) | 9.9 | (0.81) | 10.5 | (0.69) | 8.3 | (0.58) | 8.3 | (0.60) | 15.0 | (0.41) | 16.6 | (1.01) | 17.7 | (0.86) | 13.5 | (0.72) | 11.3 | (0.69) | ||
| Mexico4 | 0.6 | (0.01) | 0.7 | (0.02) | 0.7 | (0.02) | 0.5 | (0.02) | 0.3 | (0.02) | 17.9 | (0.05) | 23.8 | (0.10) | 16.8 | (0.09) | 15.2 | (0.10) | 12.9 | (0.10) | ||
| Netherlands | 2.5 | (0.03) | 1.8 | (0.10) | 2.6 | (0.07) | 2.9 | (0.06) | 2.4 | (0.06) | 19.7 | (0.08) | 26.4 | (0.21) | 21.1 | (0.17) | 16.5 | (0.13) | 15.8 | (0.14) | ||
| New Zealand | 5.3 | (0.19) | 3.7 | (0.33) | 4.7 | (0.35) | 5.6 | (0.36) | 7.4 | (0.45) | 25.6 | (0.36) | 32.0 | (0.82) | 30.2 | (0.76) | 22.1 | (0.66) | 17.5 | (0.65) | ||
| Norway | 11.9 | (0.14) | 14.0 | (0.32) | 13.5 | (0.29) | 10.9 | (0.25) | 8.9 | (0.25) | 19.1 | (0.17) | 22.3 | (0.38) | 21.6 | (0.35) | 16.2 | (0.30) | 15.8 | (0.32) | ||
| Poland | 0.1 | (0.01) | 0.1 | (0.01) | 0.1 | (0.01) | 0.1 | (0.02) | 0.2 | (0.02) | 5.6 | (0.05) | 11.3 | (0.15) | 5.7 | (0.11) | 2.5 | (0.07) | 2.4 | (0.06) | ||
| Portugal | † | (†) | † | (†) | † | (†) | † | (†) | † | (†) | 4.6 | (0.07) | 10.1 | (0.24) | 3.6 | (0.12) | 2.5 | (0.10) | 3.0 | (0.11) | ||
| Slovak Republic | 0.3 | (0.02) | 0.3 | ! | (0.05) | ‡ | (†) | 0.4 | ! | (0.05) | ‡ | (†) | 3.2 | (0.08) | 6.0 | (0.22) | 3.3 | (0.15) | 1.8 | (0.11) | 1.3 | (0.09) |
| Slovenia | 6.8 | (0.13) | 6.0 | (0.26) | 6.5 | (0.28) | 7.4 | (0.26) | 7.2 | (0.26) | 6.4 | (0.13) | 12.5 | (0.37) | 7.3 | (0.29) | 4.0 | (0.19) | 2.0 | (0.14) | ||
| Spain | 10.7 | (0.05) | 13.0 | (0.13) | 13.8 | (0.11) | 9.5 | (0.09) | 5.3 | (0.08) | 9.4 | (0.05) | 11.2 | (0.12) | 11.2 | (0.10) | 7.8 | (0.08) | 6.9 | (0.09) | ||
| Sweden | 9.8 | (0.07) | 10.3 | (0.15) | 8.9 | (0.14) | 9.4 | (0.14) | 10.6 | (0.14) | 15.5 | (0.09) | 22.2 | (0.21) | 18.9 | (0.19) | 11.1 | (0.15) | 9.4 | (0.14) | ||
| Switzerland5 | [5] | (†) | [5] | (†) | [5] | (†) | [5] | (†) | [5] | (†) | 19.8 | (0.14) | 24.4 | (0.35) | 20.9 | (0.27) | 18.3 | (0.24) | 15.2 | (0.24) | ||
| Turkey | 4.9 | (0.04) | 7.1 | (0.10) | 4.2 | (0.07) | 3.3 | (0.07) | 3.9 | (0.09) | 10.1 | (0.06) | 15.5 | (0.13) | 9.9 | (0.11) | 5.6 | (0.09) | 5.3 | (0.10) | ||
| United Kingdom | 11.2 | (0.07) | 7.8 | (0.12) | 14.7 | (0.15) | 11.7 | (0.13) | 10.9 | (0.14) | 21.8 | (0.09) | 30.5 | (0.21) | 22.2 | (0.18) | 17.9 | (0.16) | 15.9 | (0.16) | ||
| United States | 10.8 | (0.16) | 10.3 | (0.29) | 11.3 | (0.27) | 10.9 | (0.27) | 10.5 | (0.32) | 21.6 | (0.23) | 24.9 | (0.46) | 22.5 | (0.36) | 20.8 | (0.42) | 18.1 | (0.39) | ||
| —Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. Country indicated that this value fell below a specified reliability threshold, which varies from country to country. (For more information, see http://www.oecd.org/edu/EAG2015-Annex3-ChapterA.pdf.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases for a reliable estimate). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, to which each country reporting data contributes equally. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Doctoral or equivalent degree data are included in columns for master's or equivalent degree. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Data from 2013 reported for 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Master's or equivalent degree data and doctoral or equivalent degree data are included in columns for bachelor's or equivalent degree. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Associate's degree data are included in columns for bachelor's or equivalent, master's or equivalent, and doctoral or equivalent degrees. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: All data in this table were calculated using the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011 classification of tertiary degrees. Includes degrees at ISCED 2011 level 5 (short-cycle tertiary, which corresponds to the associate's degree in the United States), level 6 (bachelor's or equivalent degree), level 7 (master's or equivalent degree), and level 8 (doctoral or equivalent degree). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2015. (This table was prepared January 2016.) |