UIS: Percentage of population age 25+ whose highest level of education is short cycle tertiary, male by country

The percentage of male population (age 25 and over) with a completed short-cycle tertiary degree (ISCED 5) degree as the highest level of educational attainment. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of males aged 25 years and above who completed a short-cycle tertiary degree as the highest level of...

Countries reporting
29
Highest
47.3%
Uzbekistan
Lowest
0.1%
Slovakia
Median
6.9%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
213

What the numbers show

UIS: Percentage of population age 25+ whose highest level of education is short cycle tertiary, male is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 47.3% in Uzbekistan; the lowest is 0.1% in Slovakia.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.9%, and the mean is 8.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 361.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 112.4%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 94.3%).

UIS: Percentage of population age 25+ whose highest level of: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uzbekistan 47.3% 2018 up 20.3% rising
2 Macao 24.2% 2016 up 77.6% volatile
3 Austria 16.7% 2017 down 16.2% falling
4 Singapore 15.9% 2018 up 21.4% rising
5 Andorra 10.9% 2016 down 11.9% falling
6 France 10.8% 2017 down 52.1% falling
7 Spain 10.6% 2018 down 58.1% rising
8 Australia 9.8% 2018 up 8.6% rising
9 United States 9.2% 2018 up 3.6% flat
10 Finland 8.6% 2017 down 9.7% falling
11 Colombia 8.5% 2018 up 71.3% rising
12 Azerbaijan 8.3% 2017 flat
13 Sweden 7.7% 2017 rising
14 Cyprus 7.4% 2018 down 2.3% flat
15 Palestine 6.9% 2018 up 9.1% rising
16 Serbia 5.6% 2017 down 15.6% flat
17 Kuwait 5.6% 2018 up 36.2% rising
18 Malta 3.5% 2018 up 27.2% rising
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.3% 2018 down 20.3% falling
20 Paraguay 3.0% 2018 up 48.2% rising
21 Latvia 2.6% 2018 up 112.4% rising
22 Ecuador 2.0% 2017 up 71.4% rising
23 Uruguay 1.9% 2018 down 28.0% falling
24 Netherlands 1.7% 2018 down 32.8% falling
25 Bangladesh 0.5% 2019 up 20.7% rising
26 Belgium 0.4% 2017 rising
27 Mexico 0.4% 2018 down 71.1% volatile
28 Honduras 0.2% 2018 down 94.3% volatile
29 Slovakia 0.1% 2017 down 91.4% volatile

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Indicator
UIS: Percentage of population age 25+ whose highest level of education is short cycle tertiary, male
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 213 data points, 1970–2019
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The percentage of male population (age 25 and over) with a completed short-cycle tertiary degree (ISCED 5) degree as the highest level of educational attainment. This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of males aged 25 years and above who completed a short-cycle tertiary degree as the highest level of educational attainment by the total male population of the same age group and multiplying the result by 100. The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) educational attainment dataset shows the educational composition of the population aged 25 years and above and hence the stock and quality of human capital within a country. The dataset also reflects the structure and performance of the education system and its accumulated impact on human capital formation. For more information, visit the UNESCO Institute for Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/