Table 4 Comparing GFS estimates of educational attainment (proportion of Tertiary or 16 + years of education) with OECD.

From: A cross-national analysis of sociodemographic variation in educational attainment

 

GFS Data

OECD Report (25–64 yr-olds)

Country/Territory

Full sample

(18–85 + yr-olds)

25–64

yr-olds

Total Tertiary

Exclude Short Cycle

Argentina

9

11

25‡

25‡

Australia

35

42

51

40

Brazil

18

20

21‡

21‡

Egypt

14

15

†

†

Germany

33

37

33

32

Hong Kong (S.A.R. of China)

18

20

†

†

India

1

1

13‡

13‡

Indonesia

6

6

13‡

11‡

Israel

53

59

51

39

Japan

25

19

56

35

Kenya

7

8

†

†

Mexico

23

25

21

20

Nigeria

2

2

†

†

Philippines

7

8

†

†

Poland

29

31

34

34

South Africa

7

8

14‡

12‡

Spain

21

25

41

28

Sweden

27

32

49

39

Tanzania

1

2

†

†

Turkey

22

25

25

18

United Kingdom

37

44

51

42

United States

33

35

50

39

  1. Note †Estimate not available; ‡Estimate comes from “Partner and/or accession countries” (OECD 11, p. 50). The OECD report also covers several countries not currently covered by the GFS, which were omitted for simplicity of presentation.
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