OECD Educational Attainment of Adults (25-64)

Share of adults aged 25-64 by highest level of educational attainment: below upper secondary (ISCED 0-2), upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary (ISCED 3-4), and tertiary (ISCED 5-8). One row per country per available year. Covers ~50 OECD and partner countries; most countries report their latest available year (typically 2022-2023). Source: OECD Education at a Glance - National Educational Attainment Classification (NEAC) via SDMX REST API.

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Source

Name
OECD - Education at a Glance (NEAC)
URL
https://data-explorer.oecd.org
License
CC BY 4.0

Size and Format

Rows
67
Columns
5
Size (bytes)
3,359
Formats
parquet, csv

Pricing

Per query (USD)
0.0100 USD
Max rows per query
1000
Free
No
Free sample
Yes

Temporal Coverage

end
2023
start
1997
frequency
annual

Geographic Coverage

level
country
coding
ISO Alpha-3
region
Global (50 countries)

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Columns you can use as query params in GET /api/datasets/oecd-education-attainment/query.

Schema (Columns)

Column Type Description Filterable
ref_area string ISO Alpha-3 country code (e.g. USA, DEU, BRA) Yes
year integer Reference year of the observation Yes
attain_below_secondary_pct float % of adults 25-64 whose highest attainment is below upper secondary (ISCED 0-2) No
attain_upper_secondary_pct float % of adults 25-64 whose highest attainment is upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary (ISCED 3-4) No
attain_tertiary_pct float % of adults 25-64 who have completed tertiary education (ISCED 5-8: short-cycle, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral) No

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