3   Percentage of the population that has attained a specific level of education, by age group and gender
Country At least upper secondary education At least tertiary education
25-64 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 25-64 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64
Australia Men 63 69 66 61 54 17 17 19 17 11
  Women 49 60 50 43 35 17 21 18 14 9
Austria Men 80 87 84 76 68 8 8 9 8 7
  Women 66 80 71 60 46 5 6 6 3 2
Belgium Men 57 71 60 53 37 14 17 15 14 10
  Women 56 76 61 49 31 9 15 10 6 3
Canada Men 78 86 81 77 62 20 22 19 21 16
  Women 79 88 84 77 59 17 23 17 16 8
Czech Republic Men 91 93 92 90 86 12 11 15 12 11
  Women 80 91 84 78 63 8 10 10 8 6
Denmark Men 81 85 80 83 73 6 8 6 7 5
  Women 76 86 79 72 60 4 6 5 4 2
France Men 64 75 66 61 47 12 14 11 12 9
  Women 58 76 61 51 35 9 15 9 8 4
Finland Men 67 82 76 61 43 14 15 16 14 10
  Women 69 86 80 63 40 12 14 14 11 7
Germany Men 89 89 90 89 86 17 15 19 20 15
  Women 79 86 84 78 66 11 13 14 11 5
Greece Men 45 63 51 39 27 13 14 16 13 9
  Women 43 68 52 33 17 10 16 12 8 3
Hungary Men 68 79 77 72 34 13 12 12 15 13
  Women 58 76 68 57 28 13 16 16 13 8
Iceland Men 63 61 65 65 55 17 19 20 17 13
  Women 48 60 50 42 27 15 22 18 13 ..
Ireland Men 48 63 52 39 30 12 17 13 9 6
  Women 54 71 60 42 32 9 15 9 6 4
Italy Men 43 52 50 40 23 9 8 12 10 7
  Women 40 57 49 30 16 8 10 11 8 3
Japan Men 80 92 90 77 60 27 33 34 24 16
  Women 80 95 93 78 54 8 14 11 6 3
Korea Men 74 93 79 59 42 23 27 26 17 14
  Women 57 91 61 30 13 11 20 11 5 2
Mexico Men 21 24 24 18 10 16 17 19 14 7
  Women 21 28 23 14 7 9 12 10 5 2
Netherlands Men 69 73 70 68 61 27 28 29 29 22
  Women 60 75 65 51 39 21 27 23 18 12
New Zealand Men 75 79 78 74 64 14 16 14 14 9
  Women 70 79 76 64 53 11 16 12 9 5
Norway Men 84 92 88 79 69 24 24 23 24 21
  Women 82 93 88 78 61 24 31 26 20 13
Poland Men 57 63 61 56 43 10 10 9 11 11
  Women 51 61 56 50 32 11 14 11 11 9
Portugal Men 18 25 18 14 10 6 7 6 6 5
  Women 22 32 21 15 13 7 10 7 5 4
Spain Men 35 50 39 27 17 14 18 15 13 9
  Women 31 56 36 18 8 14 24 16 9 4
Sweden Men 74 87 77 70 59 13 9 14 15 12
  Women 78 88 83 76 61 13 11 13 15 11
Switzerland Men 87 92 86 87 83 19 20 19 20 18
  Women 76 85 79 72 60 9 11 11 7 4
Turkey Men 23 30 26 18 10 8 9 9 9 5
  Women 12 19 13 8 3 4 6 4 3 1
United Kingdom Men 70 68 72 72 64 17 18 18 17 12
  Women 50 55 51 47 39 14 16 15 13 9
United States Men 86 87 87 87 80 28 26 27 32 26
  Women 87 89 89 88 79 25 29 26 26 18
                       
Country mean Men 64 72 67 61 50 15 16 17 16 12
  Women 58 72 63 52 38 12 16 13 10 6
Source: OECD.

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