University graduates: Annual graduates

University graduates provide the foundation for IT and high value added BPO and knowledge process outsourcing (KPO).  Summarized below are the annual volumes of university graduates by country. China is the clear leader with over double that of United States, India and Russia. In Europe Ukraine and Poland are leaders and in Latin America, Brazil and Mexico are at the top.

Data on university graduates is sourced from the OECD 2009 Global Education Digest. The population is formally defined as those with tertiary/ ISCED 5-6 education.