Based on a comparison of 32 countries in 2016, United Kingdom ranked the highest in Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total with 16,703 '000 followed by Germany and France. On the other end of the scale was Malta with 57.7 '000, Iceland with 75.0 '000 and Luxembourg with 138 '000.
Data for more countries are available at Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total indicator page.
| Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Austria | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,011 | 1,017 | 1,059 | 1,111 | 1,705 | ||||||||
| Belgium | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,370 | 2,368 | 2,451 | 2,474 | 2,582 | ||||||||
| Czechia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,179 | 1,269 | 1,349 | 1,426 | 1,482 | ||||||||
| France | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11,062 | 11,378 | 11,848 | 12,417 | 13,223 | ||||||||
| Germany | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13,824 | 14,245 | 14,622 | 14,871 | 14,153 | ||||||||
| Italy | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,439 | 5,512 | 5,855 | 6,122 | 6,355 | ||||||||
| Netherlands | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,303 | 3,316 | 3,416 | 3,478 | 3,564 | ||||||||
| Poland | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,334 | 5,569 | 5,882 | 6,157 | 6,467 | ||||||||
| Portugal | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,024 | 1,150 | 1,235 | 1,287 | 1,418 | ||||||||
| Romania | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,728 | 1,860 | 1,939 | 1,985 | 2,029 | ||||||||
| Spain | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,269 | 9,567 | 9,734 | 9,985 | 10,211 | ||||||||
| Sweden | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,923 | 2,002 | 2,071 | 2,171 | 2,292 | ||||||||
| Switzerland | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,717 | 1,739 | 1,828 | 1,968 | 2,069 | ||||||||
| Turkey | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,107 | 5,603 | 6,278 | 6,682 | 7,135 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13,191 | 13,670 | 14,590 | 15,049 | 15,571 |
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