Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Europeans, not Asians Dominate Most Educated Nations in the World


from http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-10-most-educated-countries-in-the-world.html


The 10 Most Educated Countries in the World



The countries with the most highly educated citizens are also some of the wealthiest in the world. The United States, Japan and Canada are on our list and also have among the largest GDPs. Norway and Australia, also featured, have the second and sixth-highest GDPs per capita, respectively. All these countries aggressively invest in education.

now skipping to the conclusions: 
My notes; One middle east - Israel
Two Asian - Japan #2, Korea #6
All 7 others European dominated, not counting Israel
US is now #4, just behind Japan despite complaints that not enough Americans are going to college.

This doesn't show that Asians,  Jews and LGBT are the highest educated groups within the US with about 50% with 4 year degrees, not just some college, but those rates aren't true of their respective Asian nations. 30 years ago America had a much higher college rate than Japan.

This also doesn't factor in the % of students in most countries that graduate in 10th grade, in the US, that's considered a "drop out", but normal for skilled trades in most other nations.

1. Canada
> Pct. population with postsecondary education: 50%

2. Israel
> Pct. population with postsecondary education: 45%

3. Japan
> Pct. population with postsecondary education: 44%

4. United States
> Pct. population with postsecondary education: 41%

5. New Zealand
> Pct. population with postsecondary education: 40


6. South Korea
> Pct. population with postsecondary education: 39%

7. Norway
> Pct. population with postsecondary education: 37%


8. United Kingdom
> Pct. population with postsecondary education: 37%


9. Australia
> Pct. population with postsecondary education: 37%


10. Finland
> Pct. population with postsecondary education: 37%

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