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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Population with tertiary attainment (ISCED 5 and above), age group 25-64 , ratio women/men.
Year:	2023
Unit:	Ratio
Direction:	Deviation from optimum
Source 1:	Eurostat
Data for:
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: Population by educational attainment level, sex and age (%) - main indicators [edat_lfse_03] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted 2024/09/10.
Source 2:	OECD
Data for:
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Adults’ educational attainment distribution, by age group and gender. URL: https://data-explorer.oecd.o… extracted 2024/09/10. For years 2022 and earlier: Decomissioned OECD database stats.oecd.org, dataset: Educational attainment and labour-force status extracted 2023/09/23 (year 2022), 2021/10/26 (years 2019-2020), 2019/12/06 (year 2018), 2018/10/25 (year 2017), 2018/06/06 (up to 2016).

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	0.785
/	Optimum/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Optimum:	1
Distance:	Distance=(absolute value(optimum- value for calculation)-minimum)/ (maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Tertiary Education by Gender

Austria

9.8

1.02

Japan

9.3

1.06

9.2

1.07

Netherlands

9.1

1.08

Germany

8.9

0.90

Switzerland

8.9

0.90

Upper middle group

Greece

8.3

1.15

Ireland

8.3

1.15

France

8.1

1.17

USA

8.1

1.17

Spain

7.8

1.19

New Zealand

7.7

1.20

Belgium

7.4

1.23

Israel

7.4

1.23

Canada

7.2

1.24

Australia

7.1

1.25

Norway

6.6

1.30

Czechia

6.4

1.31

Sweden

6.1

1.34

Denmark

5.9

1.36

Italy

5.9

1.36

Slovakia

5.9

1.36

Portugal

5.8

1.37

Hungary

5.5

1.39

Lower middle group

Poland

5.2

1.42

Lithuania

5.1

1.43

Finland

5.0

1.44

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Latvia

3.0

1.61

Slovenia

2.7

1.64

Bottom group

Estonia

1.5

1.74

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