Labor force with advanced education, female (% of female 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 | 92.23 | 2013 |
| 2 | Nauru | 91.18 | 2013 |
| 3 | San Marino | 89.30 | 2019 |
| 4 | Macao SAR, China | 88.31 | 2016 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 88.19 | 2020 |
| 6 | Tanzania | 87.85 | 2014 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 87.83 | 2013 |
| 8 | Mauritius | 86.91 | 2020 |
| 9 | Iceland | 86.33 | 2020 |
| 10 | Lesotho | 85.57 | 2019 |
| 11 | Kiribati | 84.74 | 2019 |
| 12 | Singapore | 84.28 | 2014 |
| 13 | Cuba | 84.17 | 2010 |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 83.84 | 2019 |
| 15 | Malta | 83.82 | 2020 |
| 16 | Cayman Islands | 83.77 | 2015 |
| 17 | Seychelles | 83.61 | 2020 |
| 18 | Tuvalu | 83.45 | 2016 |
| 19 | Norway | 83.44 | 2020 |
| 20 | Paraguay | 82.75 | 2017 |
| 21 | Kenya | 82.26 | 2019 |
| 22 | Sweden | 82.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 81.77 | 2019 |
| 24 | Honduras | 81.75 | 2019 |
| 25 | Latvia | 81.66 | 2020 |
| 26 | Belarus | 81.65 | 2020 |
| 27 | Nicaragua | 81.63 | 2014 |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 81.53 | 2020 |
| 29 | Belize | 81.51 | 2019 |
| 30 | Barbados | 81.46 | 2019 |
| 31 | Portugal | 81.24 | 2020 |
| 32 | Cyprus | 81.13 | 2020 |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 81.11 | 2020 |
| 34 | Romania | 81.04 | 2020 |
| 35 | New Zealand | 81.02 | 2020 |
| 36 | Slovenia | 80.94 | 2020 |
| 36 | Lithuania | 80.94 | 2020 |
| 38 | St. Lucia | 80.85 | 2019 |
| 39 | Switzerland | 80.57 | 2020 |
| 39 | Thailand | 80.57 | 2020 |
| 41 | Netherlands | 80.04 | 2020 |
| 42 | Uruguay | 79.81 | 2019 |
| 42 | Suriname | 79.81 | 2016 |
| 44 | Palau | 79.50 | 2014 |
| 45 | Eswatini | 79.18 | 2016 |
| 46 | Estonia | 79.13 | 2020 |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 78.77 | 2019 |
| 48 | Brunei | 78.69 | 2019 |
| 49 | Montenegro | 78.66 | 2020 |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 78.32 | 2020 |
| 51 | Spain | 78.20 | 2020 |
| 51 | Australia | 78.20 | 2017 |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 78.08 | 2020 |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 77.88 | 2020 |
| 55 | Jamaica | 77.74 | 2020 |
| 56 | Guyana | 77.43 | 2019 |
| 57 | Guatemala | 77.40 | 2019 |
| 58 | Poland | 77.28 | 2020 |
| 59 | Austria | 77.14 | 2020 |
| 60 | Indonesia | 76.75 | 2020 |
| 61 | Ireland | 76.61 | 2020 |
| 62 | Namibia | 76.44 | 2018 |
| 63 | El Salvador | 75.70 | 2020 |
| 64 | Panama | 75.62 | 2021 |
| 65 | Comoros | 75.60 | 2014 |
| 66 | Denmark | 75.46 | 2020 |
| 67 | South Africa | 75.45 | 2020 |
| 68 | Chile | 75.44 | 2020 |
| 69 | Botswana | 75.02 | 2020 |
| 70 | Israel | 74.81 | 2020 |
| 71 | Rwanda | 74.73 | 2020 |
| 72 | Ecuador | 74.59 | 2019 |
| 72 | France | 74.59 | 2020 |
| 74 | Greece | 74.46 | 2020 |
| 75 | Belgium | 74.29 | 2020 |
| 76 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 74.26 | 2020 |
| 77 | Germany | 74.14 | 2020 |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 73.96 | 2020 |
| 79 | Brazil | 73.45 | 2020 |
| 80 | Colombia | 73.41 | 2019 |
| 81 | Argentina | 73.31 | 2020 |
| 82 | Finland | 73.13 | 2020 |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 73.08 | 2020 |
| 84 | Malaysia | 72.70 | 2020 |
| 85 | Papua New Guinea | 72.65 | 2010 |
| 86 | Bolivia | 72.28 | 2020 |
| 87 | Croatia | 72.23 | 2020 |
| 88 | Lao PDR | 72.20 | 2017 |
| 89 | Cameroon | 72.08 | 2014 |
| 90 | Japan | 71.94 | 2020 |
| 91 | Burundi | 71.84 | 2014 |
| 92 | Italy | 71.58 | 2020 |
| 93 | Slovak Republic | 71.51 | 2020 |
| 94 | Canada | 70.88 | 2021 |
| 95 | Serbia | 70.74 | 2020 |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.61 | 2016 |
| 97 | Fiji | 70.26 | 2016 |
| 98 | Czech Republic | 69.99 | 2020 |
| 99 | Nigeria | 69.93 | 2019 |
| 100 | Guinea | 69.73 | 2019 |
| 101 | Mali | 69.67 | 2018 |
| 102 | Venezuela | 69.25 | 2017 |
| 103 | The Gambia | 69.07 | 2018 |
| 104 | Mozambique | 69.04 | 2015 |
| 105 | Samoa | 68.38 | 2017 |
| 106 | Zambia | 68.27 | 2019 |
| 107 | Cabo Verde | 68.02 | 2019 |
| 108 | Hungary | 67.78 | 2020 |
| 109 | United States | 67.60 | 2021 |
| 110 | Mexico | 66.96 | 2020 |
| 111 | Peru | 66.95 | 2020 |
| 112 | Togo | 66.11 | 2017 |
| 113 | Cambodia | 65.59 | 2019 |
| 114 | Turkey | 65.38 | 2020 |
| 115 | Mauritania | 64.46 | 2017 |
| 116 | Mongolia | 64.16 | 2020 |
| 116 | Qatar | 64.16 | 2020 |
| 118 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.90 | 2018 |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | 62.87 | 2018 |
| 120 | Kyrgyz Republic | 62.56 | 2018 |
| 121 | Yemen | 62.45 | 2014 |
| 122 | Korea | 62.21 | 2020 |
| 123 | Ghana | 61.99 | 2017 |
| 124 | Tunisia | 61.92 | 2017 |
| 125 | Timor-Leste | 61.90 | 2016 |
| 126 | Madagascar | 61.37 | 2015 |
| 127 | Russia | 61.32 | 2020 |
| 128 | Georgia | 61.12 | 2020 |
| 129 | Ukraine | 61.11 | 2020 |
| 130 | Haiti | 61.08 | 2012 |
| 131 | Kuwait | 60.85 | 2016 |
| 132 | Tonga | 60.81 | 2018 |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 60.74 | 2018 |
| 134 | Angola | 59.57 | 2014 |
| 135 | Malawi | 58.48 | 2020 |
| 136 | Armenia | 57.97 | 2020 |
| 137 | Moldova | 57.89 | 2020 |
| 138 | Tajikistan | 57.55 | 2009 |
| 139 | Djibouti | 57.27 | 2017 |
| 140 | Bangladesh | 56.72 | 2017 |
| 141 | Philippines | 56.66 | 2016 |
| 142 | Sudan | 56.44 | 2011 |
| 143 | Nepal | 56.25 | 2017 |
| 144 | Liberia | 55.90 | 2017 |
| 145 | Bhutan | 54.48 | 2015 |
| 146 | Myanmar | 53.24 | 2019 |
| 147 | Monaco | 52.78 | 2016 |
| 148 | United Arab Emirates | 52.42 | 2018 |
| 148 | Puerto Rico | 52.42 | 2015 |
| 150 | Chad | 52.09 | 2018 |
| 151 | Uganda | 51.77 | 2017 |
| 152 | Saudi Arabia | 51.73 | 2020 |
| 153 | Lebanon | 51.64 | 2019 |
| 154 | Albania | 51.45 | 2019 |
| 155 | Congo | 49.00 | 2009 |
| 156 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 48.75 | 2012 |
| 157 | Jordan | 48.63 | 2020 |
| 158 | Iraq | 48.46 | 2012 |
| 159 | Niger | 47.26 | 2017 |
| 160 | Algeria | 42.22 | 2017 |
| 161 | Egypt | 41.78 | 2020 |
| 162 | Senegal | 40.85 | 2019 |
| 163 | Somalia | 39.82 | 2019 |
| 164 | Pakistan | 36.03 | 2019 |
| 165 | Oman | 35.60 | 2018 |
| 166 | India | 34.15 | 2020 |
| 167 | Iran | 34.06 | 2020 |
| 168 | Afghanistan | 34.03 | 2020 |
| 169 | Benin | 32.06 | 2018 |
| 170 | Zimbabwe | 31.70 | 2019 |
| 171 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.19 | 2017 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
