Labor force with advanced education (% of total working-age population with advanced education) - Country Ranking
Definition: The percentage of the working age population with an advanced level of education who are in the labor force. Advanced education comprises short-cycle tertiary education, a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education level, a master’s degree or equivalent education level, or doctoral degree or equivalent education level according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).
Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 94.66 | 2013 |
| 2 | Tanzania | 94.33 | 2014 |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 93.59 | 2013 |
| 4 | Macao SAR, China | 90.79 | 2016 |
| 5 | Mauritius | 90.60 | 2020 |
| 6 | San Marino | 90.00 | 2019 |
| 7 | Singapore | 88.90 | 2014 |
| 8 | Iceland | 88.07 | 2020 |
| 9 | Qatar | 88.02 | 2020 |
| 10 | Vietnam | 87.42 | 2020 |
| 11 | Lesotho | 87.36 | 2019 |
| 12 | Tuvalu | 87.33 | 2016 |
| 13 | Paraguay | 86.78 | 2017 |
| 14 | Malta | 86.46 | 2020 |
| 15 | Cuba | 86.23 | 2010 |
| 16 | Kenya | 86.19 | 2019 |
| 17 | Cayman Islands | 85.95 | 2015 |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 85.64 | 2014 |
| 19 | Belize | 85.43 | 2019 |
| 20 | Yemen | 85.36 | 2014 |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 84.51 | 2019 |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 84.50 | 2019 |
| 23 | Seychelles | 84.25 | 2020 |
| 24 | Latvia | 83.86 | 2020 |
| 25 | Norway | 83.73 | 2020 |
| 26 | Sweden | 83.53 | 2020 |
| 27 | Honduras | 83.44 | 2019 |
| 28 | New Zealand | 83.42 | 2020 |
| 29 | Belarus | 83.37 | 2020 |
| 30 | Eswatini | 82.56 | 2016 |
| 31 | Lithuania | 82.50 | 2020 |
| 32 | Cyprus | 82.34 | 2020 |
| 33 | Indonesia | 82.26 | 2020 |
| 34 | Estonia | 82.16 | 2020 |
| 35 | Uruguay | 82.15 | 2019 |
| 36 | Palau | 82.13 | 2014 |
| 37 | Romania | 82.06 | 2020 |
| 38 | Australia | 81.80 | 2017 |
| 39 | Mali | 81.72 | 2018 |
| 40 | Portugal | 81.66 | 2020 |
| 41 | Suriname | 81.64 | 2016 |
| 42 | Thailand | 81.57 | 2020 |
| 43 | St. Lucia | 81.45 | 2019 |
| 44 | Guatemala | 81.43 | 2019 |
| 45 | Brunei | 81.38 | 2019 |
| 46 | Comoros | 81.20 | 2014 |
| 47 | Switzerland | 81.17 | 2020 |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 81.10 | 2020 |
| 49 | Fiji | 80.73 | 2016 |
| 50 | Kiribati | 80.62 | 2019 |
| 51 | Ireland | 80.47 | 2020 |
| 52 | Netherlands | 80.36 | 2020 |
| 53 | El Salvador | 80.30 | 2020 |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 80.24 | 2018 |
| 55 | Chile | 80.23 | 2020 |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 80.08 | 2020 |
| 57 | Slovenia | 79.96 | 2020 |
| 58 | Barbados | 79.91 | 2019 |
| 59 | Poland | 79.81 | 2020 |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79.67 | 2020 |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 79.64 | 2017 |
| 62 | Guinea | 79.51 | 2019 |
| 63 | Luxembourg | 79.49 | 2020 |
| 64 | Panama | 79.38 | 2021 |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 79.21 | 2019 |
| 66 | Guyana | 79.14 | 2019 |
| 67 | Namibia | 79.01 | 2018 |
| 68 | Japan | 78.63 | 2020 |
| 69 | Spain | 78.53 | 2020 |
| 70 | Bolivia | 78.41 | 2020 |
| 71 | Brazil | 78.33 | 2020 |
| 72 | Ecuador | 78.32 | 2019 |
| 73 | Togo | 78.29 | 2017 |
| 74 | Nauru | 78.11 | 2013 |
| 75 | South Africa | 78.07 | 2020 |
| 76 | Montenegro | 77.62 | 2020 |
| 77 | Israel | 77.60 | 2020 |
| 78 | Botswana | 77.39 | 2020 |
| 79 | Cameroon | 77.36 | 2014 |
| 80 | Jamaica | 77.28 | 2020 |
| 81 | Rwanda | 77.27 | 2020 |
| 82 | Argentina | 77.24 | 2020 |
| 83 | Colombia | 77.10 | 2019 |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 76.93 | 2020 |
| 85 | Austria | 76.86 | 2020 |
| 86 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 76.67 | 2020 |
| 87 | Denmark | 76.65 | 2020 |
| 88 | Malaysia | 76.62 | 2020 |
| 89 | Mozambique | 76.31 | 2015 |
| 90 | Burundi | 76.08 | 2014 |
| 91 | Mauritania | 75.82 | 2017 |
| 92 | France | 75.65 | 2020 |
| 93 | Czech Republic | 75.50 | 2020 |
| 94 | The Gambia | 75.46 | 2018 |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 75.43 | 2020 |
| 96 | Lao PDR | 75.22 | 2017 |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 75.08 | 2020 |
| 98 | Belgium | 74.91 | 2020 |
| 99 | Greece | 74.89 | 2020 |
| 100 | Turkey | 74.88 | 2020 |
| 101 | Zambia | 74.65 | 2019 |
| 102 | Slovak Republic | 74.64 | 2020 |
| 103 | Peru | 74.21 | 2020 |
| 104 | Venezuela | 74.14 | 2017 |
| 105 | Germany | 73.85 | 2020 |
| 106 | Samoa | 73.82 | 2017 |
| 107 | Canada | 73.78 | 2021 |
| 108 | Finland | 73.73 | 2020 |
| 109 | Kyrgyz Republic | 73.66 | 2018 |
| 110 | Nigeria | 73.60 | 2019 |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 73.47 | 2018 |
| 112 | Mexico | 73.43 | 2020 |
| 113 | Italy | 73.40 | 2020 |
| 114 | Cambodia | 72.80 | 2019 |
| 115 | Kuwait | 72.73 | 2016 |
| 116 | Uzbekistan | 72.69 | 2020 |
| 117 | Guinea-Bissau | 72.34 | 2018 |
| 118 | Hungary | 71.55 | 2020 |
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.39 | 2016 |
| 120 | United States | 71.38 | 2021 |
| 121 | Croatia | 71.37 | 2020 |
| 122 | Korea | 71.36 | 2020 |
| 123 | Burkina Faso | 71.11 | 2018 |
| 124 | Haiti | 70.92 | 2012 |
| 125 | Timor-Leste | 70.83 | 2016 |
| 126 | Djibouti | 70.78 | 2017 |
| 127 | Serbia | 70.36 | 2020 |
| 128 | Papua New Guinea | 70.31 | 2010 |
| 129 | Cabo Verde | 69.77 | 2019 |
| 130 | Niger | 69.58 | 2017 |
| 131 | Madagascar | 69.24 | 2015 |
| 132 | Mongolia | 68.77 | 2020 |
| 133 | Angola | 68.66 | 2014 |
| 134 | Tonga | 67.93 | 2018 |
| 135 | Oman | 67.85 | 2018 |
| 136 | Chad | 67.77 | 2018 |
| 137 | Georgia | 67.44 | 2020 |
| 138 | Nepal | 67.39 | 2017 |
| 139 | Russia | 66.73 | 2020 |
| 140 | Tunisia | 66.58 | 2017 |
| 141 | Ukraine | 66.55 | 2020 |
| 142 | Tajikistan | 65.77 | 2016 |
| 143 | Myanmar | 65.50 | 2019 |
| 144 | Ghana | 65.43 | 2017 |
| 145 | Iraq | 64.98 | 2012 |
| 146 | Pakistan | 64.67 | 2019 |
| 147 | Armenia | 64.51 | 2020 |
| 148 | Malawi | 63.94 | 2020 |
| 149 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 63.71 | 2012 |
| 150 | Sudan | 63.67 | 2011 |
| 151 | Liberia | 63.47 | 2017 |
| 152 | Philippines | 63.30 | 2016 |
| 153 | Bhutan | 63.04 | 2015 |
| 154 | Somalia | 62.92 | 2019 |
| 155 | Egypt | 62.82 | 2020 |
| 156 | Uganda | 62.78 | 2017 |
| 157 | Albania | 62.70 | 2019 |
| 158 | Moldova | 61.80 | 2020 |
| 159 | India | 61.16 | 2020 |
| 160 | Lebanon | 60.78 | 2019 |
| 161 | Jordan | 59.04 | 2020 |
| 162 | Puerto Rico | 58.99 | 2015 |
| 163 | Monaco | 57.98 | 2016 |
| 164 | Afghanistan | 57.75 | 2020 |
| 165 | Iran | 52.61 | 2020 |
| 166 | Senegal | 51.46 | 2019 |
| 167 | Algeria | 50.17 | 2017 |
| 168 | Benin | 42.43 | 2018 |
| 169 | Côte d'Ivoire | 42.01 | 2017 |
| 170 | Zimbabwe | 39.97 | 2019 |
| 171 | Congo | 36.48 | 2009 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
