Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 20-39 by highest level of educational attainment. Post Secondary. Female by country
Share of the population of the stated age group that has completed post-secondary or tertiary 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...
What the numbers show
Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 20-39 by highest level of educational attainment. Post Secondary. Female is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Singapore; the lowest is 0.1% in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 0.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 160 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 33.3%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 1.6%).
Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 20-39 by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 0.9% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Ireland | 0.8% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Georgia | 0.8% | 2100 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 3 | Japan | 0.8% | 2100 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 5 | Canada | 0.8% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Lebanon | 0.8% | 2100 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 5 | Malaysia | 0.8% | 2100 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 8 | Belgium | 0.8% | 2100 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 8 | Philippines | 0.8% | 2100 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 10 | Malta | 0.8% | 2100 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 11 | Hong Kong, China | 0.7% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Cyprus | 0.7% | 2100 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Korea | 0.7% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Macau, China | 0.7% | 2100 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 15 | Iceland | 0.7% | 2100 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 16 | New Caledonia | 0.7% | 2100 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 17 | France | 0.7% | 2100 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 17 | New Zealand | 0.7% | 2100 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 19 | Austria | 0.7% | 2100 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.7% | 2100 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 20 | Puerto Rico | 0.7% | 2100 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 0.7% | 2100 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 23 | Australia | 0.7% | 2100 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 0.7% | 2100 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 0.7% | 2100 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 0.7% | 2100 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 0.7% | 2100 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 26 | Tunisia | 0.7% | 2100 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 29 | Ecuador | 0.7% | 2100 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 29 | Jordan | 0.7% | 2100 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 31 | China | 0.6% | 2100 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 31 | Lithuania | 0.6% | 2100 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 31 | Netherlands | 0.6% | 2100 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 31 | Norway | 0.6% | 2100 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 31 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.6% | 2100 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 36 | Algeria | 0.6% | 2100 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 36 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.6% | 2100 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 38 | Greece | 0.6% | 2100 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 38 | Iraq | 0.6% | 2100 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 38 | Luxembourg | 0.6% | 2100 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 38 | Latvia | 0.6% | 2100 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 38 | Thailand | 0.6% | 2100 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 43 | Germany | 0.6% | 2100 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 43 | Egypt | 0.6% | 2100 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 43 | Palestine, State of | 0.6% | 2100 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 43 | United States of America | 0.6% | 2100 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 47 | Chile | 0.6% | 2100 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 47 | Mexico | 0.6% | 2100 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 47 | Myanmar | 0.6% | 2100 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 47 | Peru | 0.6% | 2100 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 47 | French Polynesia | 0.6% | 2100 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 52 | Aruba | 0.6% | 2100 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 0.6% | 2100 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 52 | Panama | 0.6% | 2100 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 0.6% | 2100 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 56 | Estonia | 0.6% | 2100 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 56 | Jamaica | 0.6% | 2100 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 56 | Saint Lucia | 0.6% | 2100 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 59 | Nigeria | 0.6% | 2100 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 60 | Switzerland | 0.5% | 2100 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 60 | Paraguay | 0.5% | 2100 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 62 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.5% | 2100 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 63 | Poland | 0.5% | 2100 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 0.5% | 2100 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 64 | El Salvador | 0.5% | 2100 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 64 | Tonga | 0.5% | 2100 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 64 | Türkiye | 0.5% | 2100 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 68 | Denmark | 0.5% | 2100 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 68 | Finland | 0.5% | 2100 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 68 | Portugal | 0.5% | 2100 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 71 | Armenia | 0.5% | 2100 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 71 | Bangladesh | 0.5% | 2100 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 71 | Bahrain | 0.5% | 2100 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 71 | Indonesia | 0.5% | 2100 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 71 | Israel | 0.5% | 2100 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 71 | Nicaragua | 0.5% | 2100 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 77 | Belarus | 0.5% | 2100 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 77 | India | 0.5% | 2100 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 77 | Morocco | 0.5% | 2100 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 77 | Samoa | 0.5% | 2100 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 81 | Belize | 0.5% | 2100 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 81 | Italy | 0.5% | 2100 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 81 | Russian Federation | 0.5% | 2100 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 81 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.5% | 2100 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 85 | Czechia | 0.5% | 2100 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 85 | Kuwait | 0.5% | 2100 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 85 | Uruguay | 0.5% | 2100 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 88 | Ukraine | 0.5% | 2100 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 88 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.5% | 2100 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 90 | Argentina | 0.4% | 2100 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 90 | Eswatini | 0.4% | 2100 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4% | 2100 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 92 | Slovakia | 0.4% | 2100 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 92 | Slovenia | 0.4% | 2100 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 95 | Croatia | 0.4% | 2100 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 95 | Hungary | 0.4% | 2100 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 95 | Maldives | 0.4% | 2100 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 95 | Qatar | 0.4% | 2100 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 95 | Sudan | 0.4% | 2100 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 0.4% | 2100 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 100 | Brazil | 0.4% | 2100 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 100 | Bhutan | 0.4% | 2100 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Cuba | 0.4% | 2100 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 104 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4% | 2100 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 105 | Montenegro | 0.4% | 2100 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 106 | Bahamas | 0.4% | 2100 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 106 | Honduras | 0.4% | 2100 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 106 | Romania | 0.4% | 2100 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 106 | Serbia | 0.4% | 2100 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 106 | Timor-Leste | 0.4% | 2100 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 111 | North Macedonia | 0.4% | 2100 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 0.4% | 2100 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3% | 2100 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 113 | Guyana | 0.3% | 2100 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 113 | Nepal | 0.3% | 2100 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Viet Nam | 0.3% | 2100 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 117 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.3% | 2100 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Pakistan | 0.3% | 2100 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 0.3% | 2100 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 120 | Guatemala | 0.3% | 2100 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3% | 2100 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 120 | Mongolia | 0.3% | 2100 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 123 | Albania | 0.3% | 2100 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 124 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.3% | 2100 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Haiti | 0.3% | 2100 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Suriname | 0.3% | 2100 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3% | 2100 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 0.3% | 2100 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Gambia | 0.3% | 2100 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Namibia | 0.3% | 2100 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 131 | Comoros | 0.3% | 2100 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Lesotho | 0.3% | 2100 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 133 | Ethiopia | 0.3% | 2100 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Somalia | 0.3% | 2100 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Cameroon | 0.3% | 2100 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Cambodia | 0.3% | 2100 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Senegal | 0.3% | 2100 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Uganda | 0.2% | 2100 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Gabon | 0.2% | 2100 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Congo | 0.2% | 2100 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Ghana | 0.2% | 2100 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 140 | Kenya | 0.2% | 2100 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Zambia | 0.2% | 2100 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.2% | 2100 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 144 | Mauritius | 0.2% | 2100 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 0.2% | 2100 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.2% | 2100 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 147 | South Africa | 0.2% | 2100 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 149 | Guinea | 0.2% | 2100 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 0.2% | 2100 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Cape Verde | 0.2% | 2100 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Burundi | 0.2% | 2100 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.2% | 2100 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Malawi | 0.1% | 2100 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Benin | 0.1% | 2100 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Central African Republic | 0.1% | 2100 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Madagascar | 0.1% | 2100 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Chad | 0.1% | 2100 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Burkina Faso | 0.1% | 2100 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Rwanda | 0.1% | 2100 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1% | 2100 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Liberia | 0.1% | 2100 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Mozambique | 0.1% | 2100 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Mali | 0.1% | 2100 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Niger | 0.1% | 2100 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1% | 2100 | up 28.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.5%
About this data
Share of the population of the stated age group that has completed post-secondary or tertiary 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/