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: 2015

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Country	Associate's degree (short-cycle tertiary)															Bachelor's or equivalent degree															Master's or equivalent degree															Doctoral 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			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
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			14			15			16			17			18			19			20			21
OECD average1	7.6		(0.02)	7.8		(0.05)	8.8		(0.05)	8.0		(0.05)	6.9		(0.05)	15.8		(0.03)	21.5		(0.10)	17.5		(0.07)	13.0		(0.06)	10.7		(0.05)	11.4		(0.03)	13.5		(0.09)	13.6		(0.07)	10.1		(0.06)	8.2		(0.06)	1.0		(0.01)	0.7		(0.02)	1.3		(0.02)	1.1		(0.02)	0.9		(0.02)
Australia	11.1		(0.19)	9.8		(0.35)	11.8		(0.38)	12.0		(0.38)	10.9		(0.39)	24.3		(0.26)	30.1		(0.54)	28.2		(0.53)	19.8		(0.47)	17.4		(0.48)	6.2		(0.14)	7.8		(0.32)	7.2		(0.30)	5.0		(0.26)	4.2		(0.25)	1.3		(0.07)	0.8		(0.10)	1.7		(0.15)	1.5		(0.14)	1.5		(0.15)
Austria	15.1		(0.20)	16.3		(0.44)	16.4		(0.39)	15.1		(0.35)	12.5		(0.37)	2.8		(0.10)	7.5		(0.34)	2.1		(0.16)	1.3		(0.11)	0.6		(0.09)	11.6		(0.20)	14.1		(0.46)	14.7		(0.41)	10.1		(0.32)	7.7		(0.31)	1.0		(0.06)	0.7		(0.11)	1.2		(0.12)	1.0		(0.11)	1.0		(0.14)
Belgium	0.4		(0.03)	0.5		(0.09)	0.5		(0.06)	0.3		(0.05)	0.3		(0.05)	20.8		(0.18)	22.9		(0.54)	23.8		(0.37)	20.5		(0.33)	16.0		(0.31)	15.1		(0.15)	19.2		(0.51)	17.5		(0.33)	13.3		(0.28)	10.2		(0.26)	0.6		(0.03)	0.6		(0.10)	0.7		(0.08)	0.6		(0.06)	0.4		(0.05)
Canada2	25.7		(0.16)	24.8		(0.30)	27.7		(0.31)	26.8		(0.27)	23.3		(0.28)	20.2		(0.16)	24.9		(0.32)	23.1		(0.32)	18.2		(0.28)	14.5		(0.26)	9.4		(0.12)	9.5		(0.23)	11.5		(0.25)	8.8		(0.20)	7.8		(0.19)	[2 ]		(†)	[2 ]		(†)	[2 ]		(†)	[2 ]		(†)	[2 ]		(†)
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)	1.3		(0.03)	1.1		(0.06)	1.6		(0.08)	1.2		(0.06)	1.2		(0.07)	[2 ]		(†)	[2 ]		(†)	[2 ]		(†)	[2 ]		(†)	[2 ]		(†)
Czech Republic	0.2		(0.01)	0.2		(0.04)	0.2		(0.03)	0.1		(0.02)	0.2		(0.02)	5.4		(0.07)	11.2		(0.30)	5.6		(0.13)	3.0		(0.10)	1.6		(0.07)	16.0		(0.11)	19.0		(0.37)	16.3		(0.21)	16.3		(0.22)	12.2		(0.18)	0.6		(0.02)	0.6		(0.07)	0.7		(0.05)	0.6		(0.05)	0.5		(0.04)
Denmark	4.4		(†)	3.5		(†)	5.2		(†)	5.0		(†)	3.7		(†)	20.2		(†)	24.3		(†)	20.8		(†)	18.6		(†)	17.7		(†)	11.4		(†)	15.6		(†)	14.5		(†)	9.2		(†)	6.7		(†)	1.1		(†)	1.1		(†)	1.7		(†)	1.0		(†)	0.4		(†)
Estonia	7.1		(0.22)	1.1		(0.26)	6.6		(0.42)	9.1		(0.48)	12.5		(0.58)	10.2		(0.26)	23.3		(1.08)	11.4		(0.54)	4.1		(0.33)	0.7		(0.15)	20.0		(0.35)	15.4		(0.92)	20.9		(0.68)	22.3		(0.69)	21.8		(0.73)	0.7		(0.07)	0.7		(0.22)	1.0		(0.17)	0.5		(0.12)	0.4		(0.11)
Finland	12.1		(0.20)	0.3	!	(0.11)	9.4		(0.37)	19.9		(0.45)	17.7		(0.45)	15.4		(0.22)	26.0		(0.82)	20.1		(0.51)	8.9		(0.32)	7.9		(0.32)	13.9		(0.21)	13.7		(0.65)	19.0		(0.50)	13.9		(0.39)	9.5		(0.34)	1.4		(0.07)	0.5		(0.13)	1.9		(0.17)	1.9		(0.16)	1.3		(0.13)
France4	14.6		(0.07)	17.0		(0.24)	18.9		(0.16)	12.7		(0.13)	9.7		(0.12)	9.3		(0.06)	11.9		(0.20)	12.6		(0.14)	6.9		(0.10)	6.0		(0.09)	9.0		(0.06)	15.3		(0.23)	9.5		(0.12)	6.2		(0.10)	5.3		(0.09)	0.7		(0.02)	0.6		(0.05)	0.9		(0.04)	0.8		(0.03)	0.6		(0.03)
Germany	0.6		(0.01)	0.4		(0.02)	0.6		(0.02)	0.8		(0.02)	0.7		(0.03)	14.7		(0.06)	15.1		(0.14)	14.7		(0.14)	14.8		(0.12)	14.0		(0.14)	11.0		(0.06)	13.1		(0.13)	12.3		(0.16)	9.5		(0.13)	9.5		(0.11)	1.3		(0.02)	0.9		(0.04)	1.7		(0.04)	1.4		(0.05)	1.3		(0.04)
Greece	1.6		(0.04)	1.3		(0.10)	1.0		(0.06)	2.3		(0.08)	2.0		(0.08)	24.7		(0.12)	35.1		(0.43)	25.0		(0.25)	21.8		(0.22)	16.9		(0.21)	2.2		(0.04)	3.3		(0.16)	2.8		(0.09)	1.7		(0.07)	0.9		(0.05)	0.6		(0.02)	0.3		(0.05)	0.7		(0.05)	0.8		(0.05)	0.3		(0.03)
Hungary	1.3		(0.06)	2.9		(0.17)	1.6		(0.12)	0.6		(0.07)	0.2		(0.05)	13.2		(0.18)	16.1		(0.36)	14.5		(0.33)	11.9		(0.34)	10.3		(0.33)	9.0		(0.17)	12.3		(0.36)	9.9		(0.29)	7.5		(0.30)	6.2		(0.28)	0.8		(0.06)	0.8		(0.11)	0.7		(0.07)	0.8		(0.10)	0.8		(0.12)
Iceland	4.1		(0.22)	3.1		(0.54)	4.5		(0.47)	3.9		(0.41)	4.8		(0.46)	21.3		(0.45)	25.3		(1.34)	24.5		(0.96)	20.4		(0.86)	14.2		(0.75)	12.3		(0.36)	11.5		(0.98)	15.2		(0.81)	13.9		(0.74)	8.4		(0.59)	1.1		(0.12)	‡		(†)	1.7		(0.29)	1.1		(0.22)	1.6		(0.27)
Ireland	13.0		(0.11)	12.0		(0.29)	16.0		(0.22)	13.0		(0.21)	9.9		(0.20)	21.2		(0.13)	29.5		(0.41)	24.0		(0.26)	16.7		(0.24)	12.2		(0.22)	7.7		(0.09)	9.7		(0.27)	9.6		(0.18)	6.3		(0.15)	4.2		(0.14)	0.9		(0.03)	0.8		(0.08)	1.2		(0.07)	0.9		(0.06)	0.6		(0.05)
Israel	13.8		(—)	11.4		(—)	13.8		(—)	15.2		(—)	15.8		(—)	22.3		(—)	27.2		(—)	24.7		(—)	17.8		(—)	16.5		(—)	11.5		(—)	6.9		(—)	13.7		(—)	13.3		(—)	13.1		(—)	1.3		(—)	0.4		(—)	1.4		(—)	1.6		(—)	1.8		(—)
Italy	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	3.6		(0.03)	9.7		(0.18)	3.2		(0.06)	1.8		(0.04)	1.1		(0.04)	13.5		(0.06)	15.1		(0.22)	16.7		(0.13)	11.4		(0.10)	11.0		(0.11)	0.4		(0.01)	0.4		(0.04)	0.7		(0.03)	0.4		(0.02)	0.1		(0.01)
Japan5,6	20.6		(0.16)	20.4		(0.33)	24.9		(0.33)	21.3		(0.34)	15.2		(0.33)	28.9		(0.18)	39.2		(0.40)	29.0		(0.34)	26.0		(0.37)	23.0		(0.39)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)
Korea, Republic of6	13.1		(0.17)	22.3		(0.40)	17.8		(0.36)	8.0		(0.26)	3.8		(0.24)	32.4		(0.24)	46.7		(0.48)	40.0		(0.46)	27.1		(0.43)	14.5		(0.45)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)	[6 ]		(†)
Latvia	2.4		(0.12)	5.0		(0.38)	2.3		(0.20)	1.7		(0.17)	0.6		(0.09)	17.2		(0.35)	22.9		(0.84)	19.3		(0.63)	14.8		(0.52)	11.6		(0.57)	11.4		(0.32)	11.5		(0.58)	10.8		(0.53)	11.5		(0.51)	11.9		(0.59)	0.5		(0.08)	0.5	!	(0.17)	0.7		(0.18)	0.4		(0.10)	0.6		(0.12)
Luxembourg	7.0		(0.19)	5.6		(0.52)	8.4		(0.42)	7.8		(0.38)	5.9		(0.36)	13.1		(0.26)	17.4		(0.86)	14.2		(0.53)	10.9		(0.44)	9.4		(0.45)	17.8		(0.29)	25.5		(0.98)	21.8		(0.63)	12.9		(0.48)	9.2		(0.45)	1.8		(0.10)	1.4		(0.27)	2.2		(0.22)	2.0		(0.20)	1.7		(0.20)
Mexico	0.5		(0.01)	0.6		(0.02)	0.6		(0.02)	0.4		(0.02)	0.3		(0.02)	14.3		(0.05)	19.2		(0.09)	13.5		(0.08)	12.1		(0.09)	10.0		(0.11)	1.4		(0.02)	1.1		(0.03)	1.5		(0.03)	1.4		(0.03)	1.6		(0.04)	0.1		(‡)	#		(†)	0.1		(0.01)	0.1		(0.01)	0.2		(0.01)
Netherlands	2.3		(0.07)	1.4		(0.19)	2.6		(0.16)	2.8		(0.14)	2.4		(0.14)	20.5		(0.19)	27.4		(0.74)	22.5		(0.43)	17.2		(0.32)	15.9		(0.32)	11.9		(0.16)	15.8		(0.60)	13.8		(0.36)	10.4		(0.26)	8.1		(0.24)	0.6		(0.04)	0.5		(0.12)	0.9		(0.10)	0.7		(0.07)	0.5		(0.06)
New Zealand	4.1		(0.16)	3.2		(0.31)	3.7		(0.31)	4.5		(0.33)	5.0		(0.36)	25.3		(0.36)	31.7		(0.82)	29.6		(0.75)	21.5		(0.66)	17.9		(0.64)	3.9		(0.16)	3.8		(0.34)	4.5		(0.34)	3.6		(0.30)	3.8		(0.32)	0.8		(0.07)	0.4		(0.11)	1.1		(0.17)	0.8		(0.14)	0.8		(0.15)
Norway	12.3		(0.14)	14.0		(0.45)	13.0		(0.29)	12.0		(0.27)	9.8		(0.26)	19.2		(0.17)	21.1		(0.52)	22.3		(0.35)	17.3		(0.32)	15.6		(0.32)	10.2		(0.13)	12.6		(0.43)	12.4		(0.28)	8.9		(0.24)	6.3		(0.21)	1.0		(0.04)	0.5		(0.09)	1.5		(0.10)	0.9		(0.08)	1.2		(0.10)
Poland	0.1		(0.01)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	0.2		(0.02)	0.2		(0.02)	5.9		(0.06)	11.5		(0.22)	5.9		(0.12)	3.0		(0.08)	2.5		(0.07)	21.2		(0.10)	31.3		(0.31)	26.5		(0.22)	15.7		(0.18)	10.5		(0.13)	0.5		(0.02)	0.3		(0.04)	0.8		(0.04)	0.5		(0.03)	0.4		(0.03)
Portugal	†		(†)	†		(†)	†		(†)	†		(†)	†		(†)	5.0		(0.07)	11.8		(0.36)	4.0		(0.13)	2.7		(0.10)	2.5		(0.10)	17.3		(0.13)	21.1		(0.45)	24.5		(0.28)	13.4		(0.21)	9.7		(0.19)	0.6		(0.03)	0.3		(0.06)	0.6		(0.05)	1.0		(0.06)	0.6		(0.05)
Slovak Republic	0.3		(0.05)	0.5		(0.13)	0.3	!	(0.10)	0.2	!	(0.09)	0.2	!	(0.07)	2.9		(0.15)	5.7		(0.44)	2.8		(0.29)	1.5		(0.22)	1.0		(0.16)	17.3		(0.33)	24.4		(0.81)	18.4		(0.69)	13.5		(0.60)	11.7		(0.52)	0.7		(0.07)	0.8		(0.17)	0.9		(0.17)	0.5		(0.12)	0.5		(0.11)
Slovenia	7.5		(0.14)	6.8		(0.41)	6.7		(0.28)	8.3		(0.28)	8.2		(0.28)	5.7		(0.12)	9.9		(0.48)	7.4		(0.30)	4.1		(0.20)	1.8		(0.13)	14.5		(0.19)	21.9		(0.67)	18.5		(0.44)	10.3		(0.31)	7.9		(0.27)	2.4		(0.08)	2.1		(0.23)	3.8		(0.22)	2.7		(0.16)	1.0		(0.10)
Spain	11.0		(0.14)	12.8		(0.30)	14.4		(0.31)	10.1		(0.22)	5.6		(0.14)	9.3		(0.12)	11.1		(0.22)	10.7		(0.25)	7.8		(0.20)	7.4		(0.18)	14.1		(0.33)	16.8		(0.48)	17.5		(0.46)	12.3		(0.38)	9.0		(0.32)	0.6		(0.03)	0.3		(0.04)	0.7		(0.07)	0.7		(0.04)	0.8		(0.05)
Sweden	9.9		(0.07)	10.6		(0.23)	9.0		(0.14)	9.6		(0.14)	10.5		(0.15)	16.0		(0.09)	22.4		(0.31)	19.7		(0.20)	11.8		(0.16)	9.5		(0.14)	12.4		(0.08)	12.8		(0.25)	17.1		(0.19)	11.1		(0.15)	8.4		(0.13)	1.5		(0.03)	0.6		(0.06)	1.9		(0.07)	1.9		(0.07)	1.5		(0.06)
Switzerland7	[7 ]		(†)	[7 ]		(†)	[7 ]		(†)	[7 ]		(†)	[7 ]		(†)	20.4		(0.18)	25.7		(0.46)	21.4		(0.34)	18.9		(0.29)	15.4		(0.28)	18.3		(0.17)	20.7		(0.42)	20.9		(0.34)	17.2		(0.28)	13.8		(0.28)	3.0		(0.07)	2.2		(0.15)	3.8		(0.15)	3.1		(0.12)	2.9		(0.13)
Turkey	5.2		(0.05)	7.8		(0.16)	4.5		(0.08)	3.4		(0.08)	4.1		(0.09)	10.9		(0.07)	17.3		(0.22)	10.4		(0.12)	6.0		(0.10)	5.3		(0.10)	1.5		(0.03)	2.3		(0.09)	1.7		(0.05)	0.8		(0.04)	0.6		(0.04)	0.3		(0.01)	0.1		(0.02)	0.5		(0.03)	0.4		(0.03)	0.3		(0.03)
United Kingdom	10.1		(0.14)	7.6		(0.35)	9.9		(0.27)	12.0		(0.28)	11.1		(0.29)	21.5		(0.19)	28.1		(0.59)	25.0		(0.39)	17.2		(0.32)	15.2		(0.33)	10.6		(0.14)	12.5		(0.44)	12.8		(0.30)	9.1		(0.25)	7.9		(0.25)	1.2		(0.05)	1.0		(0.13)	1.4		(0.11)	1.3		(0.10)	1.2		(0.10)
United States	10.5		(0.12)	10.4		(0.22)	10.5		(0.23)	10.7		(0.21)	10.5		(0.26)	21.9		(0.18)	25.2		(0.34)	22.5		(0.38)	21.2		(0.32)	18.5		(0.30)	10.6		(0.13)	9.6		(0.25)	11.8		(0.26)	10.3		(0.25)	10.6		(0.24)	1.6		(0.06)	1.2		(0.09)	2.0		(0.11)	1.6		(0.09)	1.8		(0.11)

—Not available.

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

!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 https://www.oecd.org/education/skills-beyond-school/EAG2016-Annex3.pdf.)

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

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 2015.

4 Data from 2014 reported for 2015.

5 Associate's degree columns include postsecondary non-higher-education.

6 Master's or equivalent degree data and doctoral or equivalent degree data are included in columns for bachelor's or equivalent degree.

7 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, 2016; and Online Education Database, retrieved October 18, 2016, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared October 2016.)