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.

education global education/global/oecd-education-attainment education attainment tertiary secondary adults oecd global annual key-metrics EAG

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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

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Queries: Free
Max rows per query: 1000
Free sample: Yes

Temporal Coverage

end: 2023
start: 1997
frequency: annual

Geographic Coverage

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

Query Filters

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

ref_area Members (JSON)
year Members (JSON)

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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