Editing Tertiary education (section)

==Statistics==
The total expenditure on tertiary education ([[International Standard Classification of Education|ISCED]] levels 5 to 8) as a percentage of GDP for individual countries is shown in the following table
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Country !! Tertiary Education expenditure as % of GDP 2020<ref>[https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx OECD.stat Educational Finance Indicators Indicator C2: Total expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, 2020]</ref>
|-
| {{flaglist| Australia }}  || 1.9 
|-
| {{flaglist| Austria }}  || 1.8
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| {{flaglist| Belgium }}  || 1.6
|-
| {{flaglist| Bulgaria }}  || 1.2
|-
| {{flaglist| Canada }}  || 2.4
|-
| {{flaglist| Chile }}  || 2.7
|-
| {{flaglist| Colombia }}  || 1.5
|-
| {{flaglist| Costa Rica}}  || 1.6
|-
| {{flaglist| Croatia}}  || 1.2
|-
| {{flaglist| Czech Republic }}  || 1.1
|-
| {{flaglist| Denmark }}  || 1.9
|-
| {{flaglist| Estonia }}  || 1.5
|-
| {{flaglist| Finland }}  || 1.6
|-
| {{flaglist| France }}  || 1.6
|-
| {{flaglist| Germany }}  || 1.3
|-
| {{flaglist| Greece }}  || 0.9
|-
| {{flaglist| Hungary }}  || 0.9
|-
| {{flaglist| Iceland }}  || 1.4
|-
| {{flaglist| Ireland }}  || 0.8
|-
| {{flaglist| Israel }}  || 1.4
|-
| {{flaglist| Italy }}  || 1.0
|-
| {{flaglist| Japan }}  || 1.4
|-
| {{flaglist| Latvia }}  || 1.4
|-
| {{flaglist| Lithuania }}  || 1.2
|-
| {{flaglist| Luxembourg }}  || 0.5
|-
| {{flaglist| Mexico }}  || 1.2
|-
| {{flaglist| Netherlands }}  || 1.8
|-
| {{flaglist| New Zealand }}  || 1.6
|-
| {{flaglist| Norway }}  || 2.0
|-
| {{flaglist| Poland }}  || 1.3
|-
| {{flaglist| Portugal }}  || 1.3
|-
| {{flaglist| Romania }}  || 0.8
|-
| {{flaglist| Slovakia }}  || 1.1
|-
| {{flaglist| Slovenia }}  || 1.2
|-
| {{flaglist| South Korea}}  || 1.5
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| {{flaglist| Spain }}  || 1.5
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| {{flaglist| Sweden }}  || 1.6
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| {{flaglist| Turkey }}  || 1.5
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| {{flaglist| United Kingdom }}  || 1.5
|-
| {{flaglist| United States of America }}  || 2.5
|}

The percentage of adults who have attained individual tertiary education levels by country is shown in the following table.

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! rowspan="2" |Country
! colspan="4" |Ages 25–64: % attaining a tertiary degree course equivalent to at least:<ref>[https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx OECD.stat Educational attainment and labour-force status, Educational attainment of 2-64 year-olds, 2022]</ref>
|-
! data-sort-type="number" | Any tertiary
! data-sort-type="number" | Bachelor's
! data-sort-type="number" | Master's
! data-sort-type="number" | Doctoral
|-
| {{flaglist| Argentina }}  || 24.8 ||  ||  || 1.4 
|-
| {{flaglist| Australia }}  || 51.5 || 39.4 || 10.9 || 1.9 
|-
| {{flaglist| Austria }}  || 35.6 || 20.4 || 14.8 || 1.2
|-
| {{flaglist| Belgium }}  || 45.8 || 45.0 || 20.1 || 1.1
|-
| {{flaglist| Brazil }}  || 21.0 || 21.0 || 1.0 || 0.3
|-
| {{flaglist| Bulgaria }}  || 29.8 || 29.8 || 20.4 || 0.3
|-
| {{flaglist| Canada }}  || 62.7 || || ||
|-
| {{flaglist| Chile }}  || 31.4 || || ||
|-
| {{flaglist| China }}  || 18.5 || || ||
|-
| {{flaglist| Colombia }}  || 28.3 || || ||
|-
| {{flaglist| Costa Rica}}  || 25.3 || || ||
|-
| {{flaglist| Czech Republic }}  || 26.7 || 26.5 || 19.7 || 0.7
|-
| {{flaglist| Denmark }}  || 42.1 || 37.0 || 16.3 || 1.5
|-
| {{flaglist| Estonia }}  || 42.1 || 36.5 || 21.8 || 0.8
|-
| {{flaglist| Finland }}  || 42.6 || 35.1 || 17.3 || 1.3 
|-
| {{flaglist| France }}  || 41.6 || 27.2 || 15.2 || 1.0 
|-
| {{flaglist| Germany }}  || 32.5 || 31.9 || 13.6 || 1.9 
|-
| {{flaglist| Greece }}  || 35.1 || 34.7 || 9.3 || 0.9 
|-
| {{flaglist| Hungary }}  || 29.4 || 28.5 || 13.9 || 0.5 
|-
| {{flaglist| India }}  || 12.9 || 12.9 || 3.4 || 3.4 
|-
| {{flaglist| Indonesia }}  || 13.1 || 10.3 || 0.8 || 0.0 
|-
| {{flaglist| Iceland }}  || 43.6 || 39.4 || 18.1 || 1.2 
|-
| {{flaglist| Ireland }}  || 54.4 || 44.3 || 16.6 || 1.7  
|-
| {{flaglist| Israel }}  || 50.6 || 39.6 || 15.2 || 1.2  
|-
| {{flaglist| Italy }}  || 20.3 || 20.2 || 14.6 || 0.6  
|-
| {{flaglist| Japan }}  || 56.1  || || ||
|-
| {{flaglist| Latvia }}  || 39.5 || 35.1 || 18.4 || 0.4  
|-
| {{flaglist| Lithuania }}  || 46.5 || 46.5 || 16.5 || 0.8  
|-
| {{flaglist| Luxembourg }}  || 51.5 || 46.6 || 31.4 || 2.9  
|-
| {{flaglist| Mexico }}  || 20.6 || 20.1 || 1.9 || 0.1  
|-
| {{flaglist| Netherlands }}  || 44.7 || 42.4 || 18.2 || 1.2  
|-
| {{flaglist| New Zealand }}  || 39.8 || 35.8 || 6.3 || 1.1  
|-
| {{flaglist| Norway }}  || 48.1 || 36.5 || 15.4 || 1.5  
|-
| {{flaglist| Poland }}  || 33.9 || 33.8 || 26.2 || 0.8   
|-
| {{flaglist| Portugal }}  || 31.5 || 31.2 || 21.7 || 0.9  
|-
| {{flaglist| Romania }}  || 19.7  || || ||
|-
| {{flaglist| Slovakia }}  || 29.2 || 29.1 || 25.3 || 0.9  
|-
| {{flaglist| Slovenia }}  || 40.1 || 31.7 || 20.1 || 3.7  
|-
| {{flaglist| South Korea}}  ||  52.8 || || ||
|-
| {{flaglist| South Africa}}  ||  13.9 || || ||
|-
| {{flaglist| Spain }}  || 41.1 || 28.5 || 17.2 || 0.8  
|-
| {{flaglist| Sweden }}  || 48.5 || 38.7 || 18.7 || 2.0  
|-
| {{flaglist| Switzerland }}  || 44.7 || 44.7 || 20.0 || 3.2  
|-
| {{flaglist| Turkey }}  || 25.0 || 18.3 || 2.3 || 0.4  
|-
| {{flaglist| United Kingdom }}  || 51.3 || 42.3 || 15.8 || 1.7  
|-
| {{flaglist| United States of America }}  || 50.0 || 39.4 || 14.4 || 2.1  
|}

A 2014 report by the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] states that by 2014, 84 percent of young people were completing upper secondary education over their lifetimes, in high-income countries. Tertiary-educated individuals were earning twice as much as median workers. In contrast to historical trends in education, young women were more likely to complete upper secondary education than young men.  Additionally, access to education was expanding and growth in the number of people receiving university education was rising sharply. By 2014, close to 40 percent of people aged 25–34 (and around 25 percent of those aged 55–64), were being educated at university.<ref name="ReportOECD">{{cite news|author=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|author-link=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|date=September 2014|title=Higher levels of education paying off for young, says OECD|url=http://www.oecd.org/edu/eag.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=11 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628230324/http://www.oecd.org/edu/eag.htm|archive-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>