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Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 15+ by highest level of educational attainment. Upper Secondary. Total by country

Share of the population of the stated age group that has completed upper secondary or incomplete post-secondary education as the highest level of educational attainment. Projections are based on collected census and survey data for the base year (around 2010) and the Medium Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP2)...

Countries reporting
166
Highest
0.7%
South Africa
Lowest
0.1%
Singapore
Median
0.4%
Years covered
91
2010–2100
Data points
3,173

What the numbers show

Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 15+ by highest level of educational attainment. Upper Secondary. Total is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 0.7% in South Africa; the lowest is 0.1% in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4%, and the mean is 0.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 27.8%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong (down 10.7%).

Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 15+ by: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 0.7% 2100 up 1.4% rising
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7% 2100 down 2.8% rising
2 Turkmenistan 0.7% 2100 down 4.2% falling
2 Zimbabwe 0.7% 2100 down 4.2% rising
5 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2100 down 2.9% flat
6 Albania 0.7% 2100 unchanged rising
6 Azerbaijan 0.7% 2100 down 2.9% rising
6 Kenya 0.7% 2100 unchanged rising
6 Tajikistan 0.7% 2100 down 2.9% rising
10 Romania 0.7% 2100 down 2.9% rising
11 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2100 down 1.5% rising
11 North Macedonia 0.7% 2100 down 1.5% rising
11 Mongolia 0.7% 2100 down 1.5% rising
11 Nepal 0.7% 2100 unchanged rising
15 Guinea-Bissau 0.6% 2100 up 8.6% rising
15 Guyana 0.6% 2100 unchanged rising
15 Serbia 0.6% 2100 down 3.1% rising
15 Slovakia 0.6% 2100 down 4.5% falling
19 Croatia 0.6% 2100 down 3.1% rising
19 Montenegro 0.6% 2100 down 3.1% rising
21 Hungary 0.6% 2100 down 4.7% rising
22 Czechia 0.6% 2100 down 4.8% falling
22 Malawi 0.6% 2100 up 7.1% rising
22 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6% 2100 up 3.4% rising
25 Ukraine 0.6% 2100 down 4.8% falling
26 Armenia 0.6% 2100 down 3.3% falling
26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6% 2100 up 5.5% rising
26 Cuba 0.6% 2100 down 3.3% rising
29 Haiti 0.6% 2100 up 3.6% rising
29 Russian Federation 0.6% 2100 down 5.0% falling
31 Mauritius 0.6% 2100 up 7.7% rising
31 Namibia 0.6% 2100 up 1.8% rising
31 Pakistan 0.6% 2100 up 1.8% rising
31 Timor-Leste 0.6% 2100 down 3.4% rising
35 Brazil 0.6% 2100 unchanged rising
35 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.6% 2100 up 7.8% rising
37 Belarus 0.5% 2100 down 5.3% falling
37 Cameroon 0.5% 2100 up 5.9% rising
37 Suriname 0.5% 2100 up 3.8% rising
37 Vanuatu 0.5% 2100 up 8.0% rising
41 Ghana 0.5% 2100 up 8.2% rising
41 Indonesia 0.5% 2100 down 1.9% rising
41 Italy 0.5% 2100 down 3.6% rising
41 Somalia 0.5% 2100 up 8.2% rising
41 Slovenia 0.5% 2100 down 5.4% falling
46 Equatorial Guinea 0.5% 2100 unchanged rising
46 Türkiye 0.5% 2100 unchanged rising
48 India 0.5% 2100 unchanged rising
49 Lesotho 0.5% 2100 up 6.4% rising
49 Poland 0.5% 2100 down 3.8% falling
49 Zambia 0.5% 2100 up 6.4% rising
52 Bulgaria 0.5% 2100 down 5.8% flat
52 Egypt 0.5% 2100 down 5.8% rising
52 Gabon 0.5% 2100 up 8.9% rising
52 Israel 0.5% 2100 down 2.0% rising
52 Rwanda 0.5% 2100 up 14.0% volatile
52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5% 2100 up 2.1% rising
58 Argentina 0.5% 2100 unchanged rising
58 Chile 0.5% 2100 down 4.1% rising
58 French Polynesia 0.5% 2100 down 4.1% rising
58 Sudan 0.5% 2100 up 2.2% rising
58 Eswatini 0.5% 2100 down 4.1% rising
63 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5% 2100 down 2.1% rising
63 Congo 0.5% 2100 up 9.5% volatile
63 Algeria 0.5% 2100 down 4.2% rising
63 Guatemala 0.5% 2100 up 7.0% rising
67 Gambia 0.5% 2100 up 7.1% rising
67 Saint Lucia 0.5% 2100 unchanged rising
67 Mali 0.5% 2100 up 15.4% volatile
70 United Arab Emirates 0.4% 2100 unchanged rising
71 Bahrain 0.4% 2100 down 2.3% rising
71 Central African Republic 0.4% 2100 up 16.2% volatile
71 Viet Nam 0.4% 2100 up 7.5% rising
74 Cape Verde 0.4% 2100 up 13.5% rising
74 Kazakhstan 0.4% 2100 down 4.5% falling
74 Cambodia 0.4% 2100 up 13.5% volatile
74 Nicaragua 0.4% 2100 up 2.4% rising
74 Portugal 0.4% 2100 unchanged rising
79 Benin 0.4% 2100 up 17.1% volatile
79 Switzerland 0.4% 2100 down 6.8% falling
79 Honduras 0.4% 2100 up 7.9% rising
79 Peru 0.4% 2100 down 4.7% rising
79 El Salvador 0.4% 2100 up 2.5% rising
84 Denmark 0.4% 2100 down 7.0% falling
84 Mozambique 0.4% 2100 up 14.3% volatile
84 Nigeria 0.4% 2100 down 4.8% rising
84 Chad 0.4% 2100 up 17.6% volatile
88 Colombia 0.4% 2100 down 2.5% rising
88 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.4% 2100 down 4.9% rising
88 Morocco 0.4% 2100 up 2.6% rising
88 Sierra Leone 0.4% 2100 up 14.7% rising
88 Tonga 0.4% 2100 up 2.6% rising
93 Dominican Republic 0.4% 2100 unchanged rising
93 Estonia 0.4% 2100 down 5.0% falling
93 Ethiopia 0.4% 2100 up 11.8% volatile
93 Netherlands 0.4% 2100 down 5.0% flat
93 Paraguay 0.4% 2100 unchanged rising
98 Bhutan 0.4% 2100 up 12.1% volatile
98 Costa Rica 0.4% 2100 unchanged rising
98 Greece 0.4% 2100 down 7.5% falling
98 Kuwait 0.4% 2100 unchanged rising
98 Liberia 0.4% 2100 up 19.4% volatile
98 Qatar 0.4% 2100 up 2.8% rising
98 United States of America 0.4% 2100 down 5.1% falling
105 Bahamas 0.4% 2100 up 9.1% rising
105 China 0.4% 2100 unchanged rising
105 Côte d'Ivoire 0.4% 2100 up 12.5% volatile
105 Latvia 0.4% 2100 down 5.3% falling
105 Mexico 0.4% 2100 unchanged rising
105 New Zealand 0.4% 2100 down 7.7% falling
105 Panama 0.4% 2100 down 2.7% rising
105 Thailand 0.4% 2100 down 2.7% rising
105 Samoa 0.4% 2100 up 5.9% rising
114 Australia 0.3% 2100 down 5.4% falling
114 Burkina Faso 0.3% 2100 up 16.7% volatile
114 New Caledonia 0.3% 2100 down 5.4% falling
114 Senegal 0.3% 2100 up 12.9% volatile
114 Uganda 0.3% 2100 up 16.7% volatile
119 Comoros 0.3% 2100 up 9.7% volatile
119 Finland 0.3% 2100 unchanged falling
119 Luxembourg 0.3% 2100 down 2.9% rising
119 Malaysia 0.3% 2100 down 8.1% falling
119 Sao Tome and Principe 0.3% 2100 up 13.3% volatile
124 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.3% 2100 up 3.1% rising
125 Austria 0.3% 2100 down 8.6% falling
125 Syria 0.3% 2100 up 6.7% rising
125 Uruguay 0.3% 2100 up 6.7% rising
128 Bangladesh 0.3% 2100 up 10.7% rising
128 Germany 0.3% 2100 down 6.1% falling
128 Spain 0.3% 2100 down 3.1% rising
128 Guinea 0.3% 2100 up 14.8% volatile
132 Jamaica 0.3% 2100 up 7.1% rising
132 Maldives 0.3% 2100 up 15.4% volatile
132 Philippines 0.3% 2100 down 6.2% flat
132 Puerto Rico 0.3% 2100 down 9.1% falling
132 Palestine, State of 0.3% 2100 down 6.2% rising
132 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2100 up 15.4% volatile
138 Ecuador 0.3% 2100 down 3.3% rising
138 France 0.3% 2100 down 6.5% falling
138 Iraq 0.3% 2100 down 3.3% rising
138 Jordan 0.3% 2100 down 3.3% flat
138 Tunisia 0.3% 2100 unchanged rising
143 Myanmar 0.3% 2100 up 3.7% rising
143 Sweden 0.3% 2100 down 3.4% falling
145 Burundi 0.3% 2100 up 22.7% volatile
145 Norway 0.3% 2100 down 3.6% falling
147 Belize 0.3% 2100 up 13.0% volatile
147 Cyprus 0.3% 2100 down 7.1% falling
147 Lebanon 0.3% 2100 down 3.7% rising
150 Belgium 0.2% 2100 down 7.4% falling
150 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2100 unchanged rising
150 Hong Kong 0.2% 2100 down 10.7% falling
150 Iceland 0.2% 2100 down 3.8% falling
150 Lithuania 0.2% 2100 down 7.4% falling
150 Niger 0.2% 2100 up 25.0% volatile
156 Macao 0.2% 2100 down 4.0% falling
157 Aruba 0.2% 2100 unchanged rising
157 Georgia 0.2% 2100 down 8.0% falling
157 Madagascar 0.2% 2100 up 27.8% volatile
157 Saudi Arabia 0.2% 2100 down 8.0% falling
161 Canada 0.2% 2100 down 8.7% falling
162 Malta 0.2% 2100 unchanged rising
163 Japan 0.2% 2100 down 10.0% falling
164 Ireland 0.2% 2100 down 5.6% falling
165 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2100 down 5.9% falling
166 Singapore 0.1% 2100 down 7.7% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 15+ by highest level of educational attainment. Upper Secondary. Total
Source
Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/dataexplorer/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
167 places, 3,173 data points, 2010–2100
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Share of the population of the stated age group that has completed upper secondary or incomplete post-secondary education as the highest level of educational attainment. Projections are based on collected census and survey data for the base year (around 2010) and the Medium Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP2) projection model. The SSP2 is a middle-of-the-road scenario that combines medium fertility with medium mortality, medium migration, and the Global Education Trend (GET) education scenario. For more information and other projection models, consult the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital's website: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/dataexplorer/