Percentage of people with higher education completed
Dimension: Response capacity
Area: Institutional capacity
Category: Education
Definition: UNESCO’s guide for measuring higher education considers all people that have finished an education program in a university, College, or other institutions that provide tertiary education programs (like research centers). Tertiary education is understood as the education process that aims to teach a high level of complexity and specialization knowledge (UNESCO, n.d.).
- Unit of measure: People with higher education completed.
- Formula:
Numerator: # of people with basic education completed in a territory.
Denominator: Total population that lives in the territory.
Data sources:
- National census
- Official population projections.
- Data from the national education office.
Comments and limitations: The data collected for this indicator will depend on the definition of higher education used by the national education office.
- UNESCO (n.d.). Glossary. https://uis.unesco.org/en/glossary#slideoutsearch