Doctors in the house Highest qualification obtained by elected lawmakers, 2015-17* Other postgraduate Undergraduate Some post-secondary Secondary or less PhD Highest share with postgraduate education, % 0 25 50 75 100 1 Ukraine 2 Poland 3 Czech Republic 4Taiwan 5 South Korea 6 United States 7 Ghana 8 Slovenia 9 Romania 10 Mongolia Highest share with secondary-school education or less, % 0 25 50 75 100 1 Italy 2 India 3 Tanzania 4 Norway 5Britain 6 Bangladesh 7 Brazil 8 Australia 9 Namibia 10 Pakistan *56 countries with population over 2m and more than 90% of legislators responding; where legislatures have two chambers, only members of the lower house are included Source: Global Legislators Database, by Nick Carnes et al.