sc94597 on 02 February 2018
| Dark_Lord_2008 said: Americans can learn a lot from European nations... universal education. |
The U.S actually has a higher tertiary education attainment rate than all European countries except for Russia and Luxembourg. What it's lacking is a robust skilled labor-force (like Germany's.) Academia isn't everything. Secondary education is pretty lackluster in the U.S despite being universal. There are many reasons why, but no easy solutions unfortunately.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tertiary_education_attainment
"This is a list of countries by 25- to 64-year-olds having completed tertiary education as published by the OECD."
Country | Age 25-64 (%) | Age | Year | Non-OECD |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-34 (%) | 35-44 (%) | 45-54 (%) | 55-64 (%) |
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 Canada |
54 | 58 | 61 | 51 | 45 | 2014 | |
 Russia |
54 | 58 | 55 | 53 | 50 | 2013 |  |
 Israel |
49 | 46 | 53 | 48 | 47 | 2014 | |
 Japan |
48 | 59 | 53 | 47 | 35 | 2014 | |
 Luxembourg |
46 | 53 | 56 | 40 | 32 | 2014 | |
 South Korea |
45 | 68 | 56 | 33 | 17 | 2014 | |
 United States |
44 | 46 | 47 | 43 | 41 | 2014 | |
 Australia |
42 | 48 | 46 | 38 | 33 | 2014 | |
 Finland |
42 | 40 | 50 | 44 | 34 | 2014 | |
 Norway |
42 | 49 | 49 | 36 | 32 | 2014 | |
 United Kingdom |
42 | 49 | 46 | 38 | 35 | 2014 | |
 Ireland |
41 | 51 | 49 | 34 | 24 | 2014 | |
 Switzerland |
40 | 46 | 45 | 38 | 31 | 2014 | |
 Sweden |
39 | 46 | 46 | 32 | 30 | 2014 | |
 Estonia |
38 | 40 | 39 | 35 | 36 | 2014 | |
 Belgium |
37 | 44 | 42 | 34 | 26 | 2014 | |
 Iceland |
37 | 41 | 42 | 36 | 29 | 2014 | |
 Lithuania |
37 | 53 | 38 | 30 | 28 | 2014 | |
 Denmark |
36 | 42 | 41 | 33 | 29 | 2014 | |
 New Zealand |
36 | 40 | 41 | 32 | 29 | 2014 | |
 Spain |
35 | 41 | 43 | 30 | 21 | 2014 | |
 Netherlands |
34 | 44 | 38 | 30 | 27 | 2014 | |
 France |
32 | 44 | 39 | 26 | 20 | 2013 | |
 Austria |
30 | 38 | 33 | 27 | 21 | 2014 | |
 Latvia |
30 | 39 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 2014 | |
 Slovenia |
29 | 38 | 35 | 24 | 18 | 2014 | |
 Greece |
28 | 39 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 2014 | |
 Germany |
27 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 2014 | |
 Poland |
27 | 43 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 2014 | |
 Hungary |
23 | 32 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 2014 | |
 Colombia |
22 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 2014 | |
 Czech Republic |
22 | 30 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 2014 | |
 Portugal |
22 | 31 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 2014 | |
 Saudi Arabia |
22 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 2013 | |
 Chile |
21 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 2013 | |
 Slovakia |
20 | 30 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 2014 | |
 Mexico |
19 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 2014 | |
 Costa Rica |
18 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 2014 | |
 Italy |
17 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 2014 | |
 Turkey |
17 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2014 | |
 Brazil |
14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2013 | |
 China |
10 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2010 | |
 Indonesia |
8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2011 | |
 South Africa |
7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2012 | |
