South Korea Has the World's Largest Population of Highly Educated People
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) notes that 69.8% of the 25-34 year-old population in South Korea had completed higher education in 2019. This percentage is the highest in the world.
Canada, Russia, and Japan follow in the next positions, ranging from 61-62%. Ireland and Lithuania are around 55%, Luxembourg at 54.09%, Switzerland and Australia around 52%, and the UK at 51.81%.
Meanwhile, only 16.13% of the population in that age group in Indonesia have completed higher education, the lowest among the countries compared.
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