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United States - Educational Attainment Levels 99.09

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 199 economies tracked

Latest value

99.09 (2024)

Global rank

#n/a of 199 economies

Share of global total

2.5%

Growth since 1970

1.05×

Ranking Race — Educational Attainment Levels

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#14#27#40#53#66#791970198019902000201020202025#4#92022 overtook Trinidad and Tobago2024 overtook Sweden
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Real annual global ranks, 1970 - 2025. United States climbed from #4 to #9 (overtook Trinidad and Tobago). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United States ↓

Key Events — United States

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1971
Nixon shock: end of gold convertibility curated

US suspends dollar-gold convertibility, Bretton Woods system ends.

1987
Black Monday stock crash curated

Dow falls 22.6% in a single day, triggering global market turbulence.

2008
Global financial crisis curated

Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

2022
Overtook Trinidad and Tobago in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Sweden in global rank auto
2024
Climbed 25 places in global rank auto

Educational Attainment Levels, 1970-2024

World Bank WDI · % of total population ages 25+ · linear scale · ranking in the race above
197020002015202494.4996.2197.9399.65
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