Education
branch Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64
As a percentage of total population in that age group
  2007
Russian Federation 44.5   44.50 
Israel 43.5   43.50 
Canada 38.9   38.90 
United States 38.5   38.50 
New Zealand 34.7   34.70 
Estonia 28.4   28.40 
Finland 28.2   28.20 
Australia 26.6   26.60 
Norway 26.5   26.50 
Sweden 25.9   25.90 
Netherlands 25.8   25.80 
Switzerland 25.6   25.60 
United Kingdom 25.1   25.10 
Denmark 24.2   24.20 
Japan 23.9   23.90 
Germany 23.1   23.10 
Iceland 22.6   22.60 
Belgium 22.3   22.30 
OECD average 20.1   20.10 
Luxembourg 18.9   18.90 
Ireland 17.5   17.50 
France 16.6   16.60 
Spain 15.9   15.90 
Hungary 15.7   15.70 
Slovenia 15.6   15.60 
Greece 14.1   14.10 
Austria 13.9   13.90 
Poland 12.3   12.30 
Korea 10.9   10.90 
Slovak Republic 10.8   10.80 
Czech Republic 10.7   10.70 
Italy 9.0   9.00 
Mexico 9.0   9.00 
Chile 8.7   8.70 
Brazil 8.2   8.20 
Turkey 7.9   7.90 
Portugal 7.4   7.40 

Definition

Educational attainment refers to the highest level of education completed by each person, shown as a percentage of all persons in that age group. Tertiary education includes both tertiary-type "A programmes", which are largely theoretically-based and designed to provide qualifications for entry to advanced research programmes and professions with high skill requirements; and tertiary-type "B programmes", which are more occupationally-oriented and lead to direct labour market access. Upper secondary education typically follows completion of lower secondary schooling. Lower secondary education completes provision of basic education, usually in a more subject-oriented way and with more specialised teachers.

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