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Education Statistics > Educational attainment > Tertiary (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1     Canada: 42% 
# 2     United States: 37% 
# 3     Ireland: 36% 
# 4     Japan: 34% 
= 5     Sweden: 32% 
= 5     Finland: 32% 
= 7     New Zealand: 29% 
= 7     Australia: 29% 
# 9     Norway: 28% 
= 10     Denmark: 27% 
= 10     Belgium: 27% 
# 12     United Kingdom: 26% 
# 13     Switzerland: 25% 
= 14     France: 23% 
= 14     Germany: 23% 
# 16     Netherlands: 22% 
# 17     Austria: 14% 
# 18     Italy: 10% 
Weighted average: 27.6%  


DEFINITION: Percentage of adult population (aged 25-64) educated till tertiary level (year 2000).

SOURCE: OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003

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"Educational attainment > Tertiary by country", OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_edu_att_ter-education-educational-attainment-tertiary&int=-1

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Jack
8th May 2011 		Please can you find the educational attainment for Ghana i need it for revision
MOHAMED
20th January 2011 		HEY I am boy 22 year old in Somali. am finished my "O"level in 2003 and now don't have any study am just hanging in town so can someone help me in order I to build my feature assistance is highly appreciated contact me: phone number 0724962100 Email: xuseen_76@ Hotmail.com
Mike
27th July 2010 		Please collect data for developing countries. Who will care them?
Kait
5th June 2010 		This is great information! Do you have any more recent information on this? It says this was compiled from data that is now 10 years old.
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