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The World's Most Educated Countries


This infographic shows countries with the highest share and number of people aged 25–64 who have a bachelor's degree or higher, highlighting the most educated populations.

The data comes from a report by CBRE Research.

Key Takeaways
Ireland ranks highest by education rate, with 52.4% of its working-age population holding a bachelor's degree or higher.

Switzerland, Singapore, and Belgium follow closely, all exceeding 44% in education rates.
India has the highest absolute number of educated individuals at 139.4 million, despite a low share of 14.2%.

The U.S. is one of the most educated countries in both percentage and absolute number .

China has the second-highest number of educated adults at 88.1 million, but the lowest percentage in the dataset (6.9%).
Europe dominates the list in of education rate, with more than half of the top 20 countries located in the region.

Dataset
Country Population Age 25–64 with Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Share of Population with Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Region
Ireland 🇮🇪 1.8M 52.4% Europe
Switzerland 🇨🇭2.7M 46.0% Europe
Singapore 🇸🇬1.9M 45.0% Asia
Belgium 🇧🇪 3.3M 44.1% Europe
United Kingdom 🇬🇧 19.1M 43.6% Europe
Netherlands 🇳🇱 4.8M 42.0% Europe
United States 🇺🇸 78.2M 40.3% North America
Australia 🇦🇺 6.9M 39.8% Oceania
Israel 🇮🇱 2.2M 39.7% Middle East
Sweden 🇸🇪 2.6M 39.6% Europe
South Korea 14.4M 39.4% Asia
Taiwan 🇹🇼 2.0M 38.9% Asia
Poland 🇵🇱 9.0M 37.9% Europe
Denmark 🇩🇰 1.4M 37.7% Europe
Canada 🇨🇦 14.8M 36.9% North America
Norway 🇳🇴 1.3M 36.9% Europe
Finland 🇫🇮 1.2M 35.6% Europe
Japan 🇯🇵 25.4M 34.8% Asia
Hong Kong 🇭🇰1.3M 34.8% Asia
🇩🇪 17.7M 32.9% Europe
Philippines 🇵🇭22.4M 29.5% Asia
Portugal 🇵🇹 2.0M 29.4% Europe
Spain 🇪🇸 9.2M 28.8% Europe
Hungary 🇭🇺 1.8M 28.5% Europe
🇫🇷 11.8M 28.1% Europe
Czechia 🇨🇿 1.9M 26.9% Europe
Argentina 🇦🇷 7.1M 23.7% South America
Chile 🇨🇱 3.1M 22.9% South America
Brazil 🇧🇷 31.6M 21.5% South America
Italy 🇮🇹 8.0M 21.5% Europe
Mexico 🇲🇽 17.8M 20.4% North America
Colombia 🇨🇴 6.9M 18.9% South America
Costa Rica 🇨🇷0.7M 18.9% North America
Romania 🇷🇴 2.3M 18.6% Europe
India 🇮🇳 139.4M 14.2% Asia
Mainland China 🇨🇳 88.1M 6.9% Asia

Data sources
https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/s/2025/05/1746449266997.pdf

https://www.voronoiapp.com/education/The-Worlds-Most-Educated-Countries-5219

Where's Nigeria?
Ranked highest in Corruption, Crime, Fraud, Prostitution, and all sort of bad things. We should be proud of ourselves

That's good to know.

autoez:
Where's Nigeria?

The gross total enrolment rate in Nigerian universities is 12%.

https://www.financialnigeria.com/the-burden-of-university-funding-shifts-to-students-blog-821.html

With the numerous students in Nigeria still we not among? I don't get it

Non Africa country mention?

Ok

thought nigeria would be on the list

columbus007:
With the numerous students in Nigeria still we not among? I don't get it

U nor dey hear 12m out-of-school children. There are more children out of school than in school.

Add Nigeria

even south africa wasn't on the list

NIGERIA SUPPOSE DEY NO 5 because we have a first class ant as president of Nigeria

Una no follow ooo🤭🫢

Fake list...












NO BIAFRA THERE

Education is relative. What you find educative is different from what others do.

Noted.

kajsa08:
thought nigeria would be on the list

yes we are on the other list- illitracy list

Sadly, no African Country.

😒😒😒

bolaji332:
even south africa wasn't on the list

Nobody mentioned Africa.

If it's No1 for superstitious ignorance and reli gious Charlatans we would have been tops.

Highly educated relative to population. Africa will never be there not to talk of Nigeria where some of our governors are more interested in getting people married so they can have more children to swell the numbers of illiterates who they will manipulate with religion and ethnicity to vote for them during elections.

azpekuliar:


U nor dey hear 12m out-of-school children. There are more children out of school than in school.

That's disastrous...

Wow my country is there

You all be looking out to see Nigeria?
Where adults can not choose a competent leader during an election?
Where adults pee and trash the roads with dirt

Where adults glorifies bad leaders

SatoshiX:
Education is relative. What you find educative is different from what others do.

Education is education Ogbeni.
Leave all these self serving talks.

These are diverse nations that are being judged by certain criteria,na your own go dey different?

This should be tagged... Western education. How do you look at China and claim there are more educated people in the US.

autoez:
Where's Nigeria?
Ranked highest in Corruption, Crime, Fraud, Prostitution, and all sort of bad things. We should be proud of ourselves

See how many billions they budgeted for about 1447 street light's

columbus007:
With the numerous students in Nigeria still we not among? I don't get it

The poverty and hardship in Nigeria is the problem....Degree no be small beans