Israel is the fifth-most educated country globally, with roughly half of the Jewish state's citizens achieving a higher education degree, according to a report from the education search platform Erudera.
The number one country in the world for higher education was Canada, with nearly 60 percent of its citizens completing a tertiary degree - referring to all post-secondary education, including universities, colleges and vocational schools.
Rounding out the top five were Japan, Luxembourg and South Korea.
"Each of these countries have a higher share of the population with a higher tertiary degree than the OECD average, which stands at 39 percent," the report noted.
The top countries share some common characteristics, the report continued, including relatively high GDP per capita, lower unemployment rates and higher spending on education. However, out of the top ten countries, Israel ranked ninth in terms of spending per student in higher education.
Erudera's report also pointed out a correlation between the top ten most educated populations and countries that rank high in happiness per the World Happiness Report, where Israel placed ninth in 2022.
In 2018, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, placed Israel as the third most educated country worldwide, only below Canada and Japan.
"In Israel, 88 percent of adults aged 25-64 have completed upper secondary education, higher than the OECD average of 79 percent," the OECD found.
Israel is the fifth-most educated country in the world, with half of its citizens (50.12 per cent) having completed their higher education. Canada came top, with nearly 60 per cent of its population completing a degree after secondary education, followed by Japan, Luxembourg, and South Korea.
In Israel, 51% of 25-64 year-olds have tertiary attainment, a larger share than those that have upper secondary attainment (38%). On average across OECD countries, 14.7% of young adults aged 18-24 are not in education, employment or training (NEET), while in Israel the corresponding figure is 17.5%.
Higher education in Israel is characterized by a public university system and significant government subsidies. The Israeli education is lauded for its high academic standards, particularly in science and technology, and for its role in driving the nation's economic growth.
Despite its overall drop, Israel is however ranked 10th among countries considered most powerful — the same as it was in 2022 and 2023 — as well as third in the perceived strength of its military, and 10th among those viewed as the “biggest leaders.”
In 2018, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, placed Israel as the third most educated country worldwide, only below Canada and Japan. "In Israel, 88 percent of adults aged 25-64 have completed upper secondary education, higher than the OECD average of 79 percent," the OECD found.
With an average of 13.4 years of schooling, Jews are the most highly educated of the world's major religious groups. Nearly all Jewish adults ages 25 and older around the world (99%) have at least some primary education, and a majority (61%) has post-secondary degrees.
The prosperity of Israel's advanced economy allows the country to have a sophisticated welfare state, a powerful modern military said to possess a nuclear-weapons capability with a full nuclear triad, modern infrastructure rivaling many Western countries, and a high-technology sector competitively on par with Silicon ...
Israel provides universal healthcare coverage to Israeli citizens and permanent residents via four independent health management organizations (HMOs) and a network of mandated benefit packages, including hospital, primary, specialty, mental health, and maternity care, as well as prescription drugs and other services.
In schools in the Hebrew-medium streams, English is taught as a first additional language1; in the Arabic-medium schools it is taught as a second additional language as Hebrew is considered the first additional language.
The most important economic sectors are technology, manufacturing, and diamond polishing and cutting. In 2022, Israel's GDP amounted to 501.4 billion U.S. dollars, and, according to estimates, it will increase to 611.8 billion U.S. dollars by 2026.
Israel was ranked 19th out of 189 countries on the 2019 UN Human Development Index, indicating "very high" development. It is considered a high-income country by the World Bank. Israel also has a very high life expectancy at birth. It is ranked 4th in UN's Global happiness index and second in index of young people.
The Hebrew University, widely considered Israel's premier research university, was ranked 81st in the world, up from 86th place in 2023. The Technion was ranked 85th, down from 79th place last year, and Weizmann came in at 69th, down from 68th in 2023.
With several universities ranked amongst the highest in the world, excellent colleges and research institutes, Israel offers you a high quality academic experience! Many institutions offer programs in English, providing a unique international learning environment designed for you to learn and succeed.
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