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Collection Methodology for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities

Dimension Society and Culture
Sub-Dimension Education, Health and Culture
Category Education
KPI Name Higher Education Degrees
KPI No. SC: EH: ED: 3C Type: Core Type: Structural

Definition / Higher level education degrees per 100,000 inhabitants
Description

Rationale / Higher-level education broadly refers to all post-secondary education, including but
Interpretation / not limited to universities. Universities are clearly a key part of all higher-level
Benchmarking education systems. Additionally, the diverse and growing set of public and private
institutions in every country—colleges, technical training institutes, community
colleges, nursing schools, research laboratories, centres of excellence, online
distance learning centres, and many more—forms a network of institutions that
support the production of higher-order capacity necessary for development. (World
Bank)
Higher education can also be divided into post-secondary non-tertiary. This often
directly prepares students for the labour market. Tertiary level education includes
what is commonly understood as academic education and advanced vocational or
professional education such as Bachelor’s or equivalent level, Master’s or
equivalent level, and Doctoral or equivalent level. (ISCED, 2011)
An improving trend and higher values are considered positive.

Source(s) World Bank. Tertiary Education. Retrieved from
<http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/tertiaryeducation#what_why>
International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011. Retrieved from
<http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Documents/isced-2011-en.pdf>
Methodology Calculate as:
Numerator: Number of city inhabitants holding at least one higher-level education
degree.
th
Denominator: One 100,000 of the city’s population.
Unit Degrees / 100,000 inhabitants
Data Sources / Data can be collected from local or regional departments of education or through
Relevant national census data.
Databases

SDG Reference(s) SDG Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable
and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university.

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