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Earnings of people with a tertiary education in OECD countries relative to people with an upper secondary education or similar in 2021

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Release date

September 2023

Region

Worldwide, OECD

Survey time period

2021

Age group

25-64 years

Special properties

ISCED level 3=100 or 3+4=100 if data for level 3 is unavailable

Supplementary notes

ISCED stands for International Standard Classification of Education.

ISCED level 3 refers to upper secondary education or similar.

*Numbers from 2020.

**Numbers from 2019.

***Numbers from 2018.

****Numbers from 2017.

Numbers from 2012.

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Relative earnings of people with a higher education in OECD 2021, by country

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Oct 9, 2024

In all OECD member countries, people with a tertiary education earned more than those with an upper secondary education. In detail, the gap was highest in the Latin American countries, with earnings reaching as much as *** percent of those with an upper secondary education in 2021, underlining the high level of income inequality in these countries. On the other hand, the gap was smallest in the Scandinavian countries and Australia and New Zealand, reaching *** percent in Sweden.

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