Share of expats living abroad, by educational attainment 2024

Published by S. Galan, Apr 23, 2025

82 percent of expats living abroad at some kind of university degree in 2024. The majority of these expats had a postgraduate degree, master's degree or similar. Only 7 percent of expats living abroad had a PhD and two percent had no degree at all.

Share of expats living abroad in 2024, by educational attainment

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July 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

February 2023

Number of respondents

12,543 respondents

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Expatriates representing 175 nationalities living in 174 countries or territories

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