The chart compares the proportion of adults with education at high school level in six different nations in the year 2010.
It is clear that the USA had the highest percentage of high-school-educated adults in total, while that of China was the lowest. Additionally, the rate of 25-to-34-year-old adults who graduated high school in Korea stood out from that of other countries.
In Germany, the percentage of adults from 55 to 64 years old with high school level was nearly 80%, which was lower than that of mature people from 25 to 34 years old – at roughly 90%. The same trend was seen in that proportion of Russia, South Korea, Brazil and China. In Russia, the proportion of adults from 55 to 64 years old was 70%, and that of the younger group was more than 90%. The percentage of younger group who had high school education in the USA was similar to that of Germany, and that of the older group in this country was 90% – the highest among six nations.
There was a high gap between the proportion of adults in two age groups in South Korea: The proportion of high-school-educated people from 25 to 34 years old was approximately 100%, which more than doubled that of the older group. Brazil and China shared the similar trend with South Korea. In Brazil, the percentage of adults who had high school level in two age group were 25% and more than 50%, respectively. In China, the proportion of high-school-educated people in the younger group was 20%, which was twice as much as that of the older group.