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College degrees

Share of adults 25+ holding a bachelor's degree or higher. Same bachelor's-or-higher concept; some countries' latest survey year is several years old — the year shows next to each value.

Darker = better (higher), by rank · 180 countries · World Bank / UNESCO · tap a country to pin it here

Countries

180 · World Bank / UNESCO
  1. 1stUnited Arab Emirates52.72024
  2. 2ndIreland41.92023
  3. 3rdLuxembourg41.92023
  4. 4thSwitzerland41.62024
  5. 5thLithuania41.32023
  6. 6thRussia41.22021
  7. 7thUnited Kingdom39.62021
  8. 8thUnited States39.12024
  9. 9thIsrael38.32023
  10. 10thBelgium37.42023
  11. 11thAustralia36.82024
  12. 12thNetherlands36.62023
  13. 13thSouth Korea36.52024
  14. 14thSingapore36.22022
  15. 15thSaudi Arabia362024
  16. 16thMongolia35.52024
  17. 17thSweden34.92023
  18. 18thUkraine34.72019
  19. 19thCyprus34.72023
  20. 20thCanada34.72024
  21. 21stIceland34.52023
  22. 22ndGeorgia33.72024
  23. 23rdDenmark33.62023
  24. 24thLatvia33.22023
  25. 25thKazakhstan332024
  26. 26thEstonia32.92023
  27. 27thNew Zealand32.32020
  28. 28thNorway32.22023
  29. 29thGermany30.52023
  30. 30thQatar30.42022
  31. 31stFinland29.92023
  32. 32ndBahrain29.22024
  33. 33rdGreece28.92024
  34. 34thBelarus28.32019
  35. 35thPoland27.72021
  36. 36thBulgaria26.42023
  37. 37thHungary26.42023
  38. 38thMalta26.32023
  39. 39thArmenia25.92023
  40. 40thJapan25.52020
  41. 41stSlovakia25.32023
  42. 42ndSpain252023
  43. 43rdAndorra252022
  44. 44thPortugal24.92024
  45. 45thFrance24.42023
  46. 46thKyrgyzstan23.92023
  47. 47thJordan23.22023
  48. 48thMoldova22.62024
  49. 49thChile22.32024
  50. 50thVenezuela22.32017
  51. 51stLebanon22.12019
  52. 52ndSlovenia222023
  53. 53rdCroatia222023
  54. 54thCzechia222023
  55. 55thTürkiye21.92023
  56. 56thTimor-Leste20.42022
  57. 57thNorth Macedonia202024
  58. 58thSerbia202024
  59. 59thMontenegro19.62020
  60. 60thDominican Republic19.22024
  61. 61stOman19.12022
  62. 62ndBolivia18.82024
  63. 63rdBrunei18.52023
  64. 64thSan Marino18.42022
  65. 65thMexico18.42024
  66. 66thPhilippines18.12022
  67. 67thEgypt18.12023
  68. 68thIran17.92023
  69. 69thColombia17.72024
  70. 70thAzerbaijan17.72023
  71. 71stItaly17.62023
  72. 72ndAlbania17.52023
  73. 73rdThailand17.42022
  74. 74thBrazil17.22024
  75. 75thBahamas16.92022
  76. 76thUzbekistan16.92022
  77. 77thCosta Rica16.82024
  78. 78thSamoa16.52022
  79. 79thTajikistan16.32023
  80. 80thParaguay16.22024
  81. 81stCuba15.32019
  82. 82ndIndia14.92023
  83. 83rdAustria14.92021
  84. 84thAntigua and Barbuda14.72023
  85. 85thPalau14.72020
  86. 86thRomania14.62023
  87. 87thPanama14.62024
  88. 88thMalaysia14.62022
  89. 89thSouth Africa14.42024
  90. 90thComoros14.12022
  91. 91stUruguay12.92024
  92. 92ndTunisia12.82023
  93. 93rdMauritius11.72023
  94. 94thAlgeria11.42019
  95. 95thTonga11.42023
  96. 96thVietnam11.32023
  97. 97thBosnia and Herzegovina11.32023
  98. 98thKuwait11.12018
  99. 99thSaint Lucia11.12020
  100. 100thMaldives112019
  101. 101stJamaica10.92022
  102. 102ndIraq10.92021
  103. 103rdArgentina10.92022
  104. 104thNigeria10.62024
  105. 105thSolomon Islands10.52015
  106. 106thTrinidad and Tobago10.12022
  107. 107thFiji102021
  108. 108thPakistan9.92021
  109. 109thTurkmenistan9.62022
  110. 110thSeychelles9.52023
  111. 111thMyanmar9.32019
  112. 112thIndonesia9.32023
  113. 113thCape Verde9.22024
  114. 114thDR Congo9.22023
  115. 115thSuriname8.92022
  116. 116thNamibia8.62023
  117. 117thBhutan8.52022
  118. 118thTuvalu8.42017
  119. 119thSudan8.12022
  120. 120thEcuador82024
  121. 121stGrenada7.92023
  122. 122ndRepublic of the Congo7.82015
  123. 123rdChina7.72020
  124. 124thBangladesh7.52023
  125. 125thBotswana7.42023
  126. 126thHonduras7.42024
  127. 127thEl Salvador7.32023
  128. 128thDjibouti7.12017
  129. 129thBelize72022
  130. 130thMicronesia72014
  131. 131stDominica6.82021
  132. 132ndKenya6.82024
  133. 133rdAngola6.62023
  134. 134thRwanda6.52024
  135. 135thCameroon6.42018
  136. 136thEswatini6.42022
  137. 137thLaos6.32023
  138. 138thGuinea6.22018
  139. 139thNepal5.82017
  140. 140thCambodia5.82023
  141. 141stSri Lanka5.42023
  142. 142ndGhana5.22024
  143. 143rdMauritania5.22015
  144. 144thGuatemala5.12024
  145. 145thLiberia5.12019
  146. 146thYemen52014
  147. 147thIvory Coast52021
  148. 148thSão Tomé and Príncipe4.82019
  149. 149thHaiti4.52017
  150. 150thGuyana4.52019
  151. 151stTogo4.42022
  152. 152ndSomalia4.32022
  153. 153rdUganda4.22024
  154. 154thMarshall Islands4.22021
  155. 155thAfghanistan42022
  156. 156thLesotho3.92018
  157. 157thBenin3.92022
  158. 158thSenegal3.82023
  159. 159thEthiopia3.82022
  160. 160thSouth Sudan3.82008
  161. 161stVanuatu3.32023
  162. 162ndZambia3.22024
  163. 163rdPapua New Guinea3.12022
  164. 164thMozambique32022
  165. 165thMadagascar2.92021
  166. 166thGuinea-Bissau2.62022
  167. 167thGambia2.52023
  168. 168thBurkina Faso2.52024
  169. 169thMali2.32022
  170. 170thTanzania2.32022
  171. 171stNauru2.12023
  172. 172ndSierra Leone22019
  173. 173rdKiribati1.92024
  174. 174thCentral African Republic1.82019
  175. 175thChad1.82019
  176. 176thMalawi1.32020
  177. 177thZimbabwe1.12023
  178. 178thBarbados1.12000
  179. 179thNiger12022
  180. 180thBurundi0.92017

US states

51 · US Census ACS (S1501)
  1. 1stDistrict of Columbia65.5
  2. 2ndMassachusetts48.3
  3. 3rdColorado47.8
  4. 4thVermont45.1
  5. 5thMaryland44.7
  6. 6thNew Jersey44.5
  7. 7thVirginia43.3
  8. 8thConnecticut42.6
  9. 9thNew Hampshire41.5
  10. 10thNew York41.2
  11. 11thWashington41
  12. 12thMinnesota40
  13. 13thIllinois39.2
  14. 14thUtah39.1
  15. 15thRhode Island39
  16. 16thCalifornia38.1
  17. 17thHawaii37.8
  18. 17thOregon37.8
  19. 19thMaine37.1
  20. 19thNorth Carolina37.1
  21. 21stPennsylvania36.4
  22. 22ndGeorgia36.3
  23. 22ndMontana36.3
  24. 24thDelaware36
  25. 24thKansas36
  26. 26thFlorida35.8
  27. 27thNebraska35.4
  28. 28thTexas35.2
  29. 29thArizona34.7
  30. 30thWisconsin34.6
  31. 31stSouth Dakota34.2
  32. 32ndNorth Dakota34
  33. 33rdMissouri33.5
  34. 34thMichigan33.3
  35. 34thSouth Carolina33.3
  36. 36thIdaho33
  37. 37thAlaska32.8
  38. 38thOhio32.4
  39. 38thTennessee32.4
  40. 40thWyoming32.3
  41. 41stIowa32.1
  42. 42ndNew Mexico31.8
  43. 43rdIndiana30.7
  44. 44thAlabama29.9
  45. 45thOklahoma29.3
  46. 46thNevada28.5
  47. 47thKentucky27.9
  48. 48thLouisiana27.8
  49. 49thArkansas27.1
  50. 50thMississippi27
  51. 51stWest Virginia24.4

180 countries ranked and 51 US states.

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