Year-over-year change: -1.5 pp, trend down
5-year change: -1.4 pp, trend down
Georgia
Master's degree or higher: 24.9%
View MorePercentage of population 25+ with at least a master's degree
Global10.5%
20052024
2024
Rankings at a glance
Highest 10 · Percentage of population 25+ with at least a master's degree (2024)
Among the 17 countries with 2024 data, Georgia has the highest percentage of population 25+ with at least a master's degree, recording 24.94% in 2024, followed by Switzerland (19.13%) and the United States (15%). The United Arab Emirates (13.36%) and Australia (10.26%) close out the top 5. Next up, Greece (8.44%) and Portugal (6.32%). Bahrain (5.83%), South Korea (5.06%), and Colombia (4.6%) round out the top ten. The gap across the top ten is wide: Georgia has 5.4× the value of Colombia (4.6%). Four of the top ten are in Asia, with three from Western Asia. Among these countries, Portugal saw the largest year-over-year change at -10.0 pp.
Rank changes
How percentage of population 25+ with at least a master's degree changed between 2019 and 2024
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Historical trends
Key terms
- Literacy rate
- — Percentage of population who can read and write a short, simple statement about everyday life.
- Gross enrollment ratio
- — Total enrollment in a level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the eligible school-age population.
- Completion rate
- — Percentage of a cohort of children who complete a given level of education.
- Out-of-school rate
- — Percentage of children of official school age who are not enrolled in school.
- Pupil-teacher ratio
- — Enrolled pupils per TRAINED teacher at a given level of education. It measures how thinly trained teachers are spread, not average class size: the ratio rises when fewer teachers meet the training requirement, whatever happens to the number of pupils in a room.
- Educational attainment
- — Highest level of education completed by the population aged 25 and over.
Frequently asked questions
- Which country has the highest percentage of population 25+ with at least a master's degree?
- Georgia has the highest percentage of population 25+ with at least a master's degree among the 17 countries with 2024 data at 24.9% as of 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Which country has the lowest percentage of population 25+ with at least a master's degree?
- Honduras has the lowest percentage of population 25+ with at least a master's degree among the 17 countries with 2024 data at 0.4% as of 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the global percentage of population 25+ with at least a master's degree?
- Weighted by the population aged 25 and over, the global percentage of population 25+ with at least a master's degree is 10.5% as of 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
