Labor force with advanced education, male (% of male 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 Qatar 97.71 2020
2 Tanzania 97.14 2014
3 Solomon Islands 96.85 2013
4 United Arab Emirates 96.68 2018
5 Ethiopia 95.83 2013
6 San Marino 95.37 2019
7 Mauritius 94.19 2020
8 Macao SAR, China 93.36 2016
9 Singapore 93.25 2014
10 Saudi Arabia 92.79 2020
11 Paraguay 92.36 2017
12 Nicaragua 91.09 2014
13 Yemen 90.75 2014
14 Iceland 90.23 2020
15 Fiji 90.13 2016
16 Belize 90.10 2019
17 Bangladesh 89.68 2017
18 Tuvalu 89.62 2016
19 Lesotho 89.37 2019
20 Malta 89.08 2020
21 Kenya 88.88 2019
22 Cayman Islands 88.71 2015
23 Cuba 88.66 2010
24 Indonesia 88.39 2020
25 Kuwait 88.26 2016
26 Latvia 87.71 2020
27 United Kingdom 87.59 2019
28 Estonia 87.24 2020
29 Kyrgyz Republic 87.01 2018
30 Vietnam 86.62 2020
31 Australia 86.26 2017
32 New Zealand 86.25 2020
33 Eswatini 86.22 2016
34 Uruguay 86.03 2019
35 Honduras 86.02 2019
36 Belarus 85.98 2020
37 Mali 85.92 2018
38 Pakistan 85.65 2019
39 Sweden 85.59 2020
40 Sri Lanka 85.41 2019
41 Bolivia 85.28 2020
42 El Salvador 85.18 2020
43 Japan 85.14 2020
44 Guatemala 85.12 2019
45 Chile 85.11 2020
45 Panama 85.11 2021
47 Comoros 85.09 2014
48 Ireland 85.06 2020
49 Seychelles 84.92 2020
50 Palau 84.82 2014
51 Lithuania 84.79 2020
52 Brazil 84.63 2020
53 Suriname 84.34 2016
54 Brunei 84.19 2019
55 Dominican Republic 84.12 2020
56 Norway 84.07 2020
57 Cyprus 83.86 2020
58 Argentina 83.65 2020
59 Poland 83.47 2020
60 Turkey 83.23 2020
61 Romania 83.19 2020
62 Guinea 83.16 2019
63 Thailand 83.04 2020
64 Togo 82.80 2017
65 Ecuador 82.74 2019
66 Namibia 82.33 2018
66 Portugal 82.33 2020
68 St. Lucia 82.29 2019
69 Oman 82.27 2018
70 Guyana 81.96 2019
71 Switzerland 81.65 2020
71 Czech Republic 81.65 2020
73 Colombia 81.61 2019
74 India 81.55 2020
75 Peru 81.44 2020
76 South Africa 81.35 2020
77 Israel 81.08 2020
78 Venezuela 81.05 2017
79 Samoa 80.83 2017
80 Netherlands 80.67 2020
81 Malaysia 80.66 2020
82 North Macedonia 80.63 2020
83 Luxembourg 80.60 2020
84 Mozambique 80.49 2015
85 Cameroon 80.42 2014
86 Mauritania 80.38 2017
87 Myanmar 80.33 2019
88 Egypt 80.28 2020
89 Mexico 80.21 2020
90 Costa Rica 80.19 2020
91 Zambia 80.07 2019
92 Botswana 79.92 2020
93 The Gambia 79.53 2018
94 Vanuatu 79.52 2019
95 Korea 79.17 2020
96 Hong Kong SAR, China 79.16 2020
97 Rwanda 79.13 2020
98 Cambodia 78.93 2019
99 Spain 78.89 2020
100 Slovak Republic 78.86 2020
101 Slovenia 78.70 2020
102 Haiti 78.15 2012
103 Burundi 78.14 2014
104 Denmark 78.11 2020
105 Niger 78.10 2017
106 Bulgaria 78.03 2020
107 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.01 2020
108 Sierra Leone 78.00 2018
109 Tajikistan 77.99 2009
110 Tonga 77.70 2018
111 Guinea-Bissau 77.61 2018
112 Lao PDR 77.60 2017
113 Djibouti 77.47 2017
114 Barbados 77.40 2019
115 France 76.92 2020
116 Canada 76.87 2021
117 Iraq 76.86 2012
118 Mongolia 76.64 2020
119 Austria 76.59 2020
120 Hungary 76.56 2020
121 Jamaica 76.50 2020
122 Montenegro 76.39 2020
123 Timor-Leste 76.31 2016
124 Nigeria 76.14 2019
125 United States 75.83 2021
126 Madagascar 75.72 2015
126 Italy 75.72 2020
128 Georgia 75.66 2020
128 Belgium 75.66 2020
130 Burkina Faso 75.52 2018
131 Greece 75.34 2020
132 Kiribati 75.27 2019
133 Angola 75.03 2014
134 Armenia 74.60 2020
135 Ukraine 74.58 2020
136 Finland 74.53 2020
137 Nepal 73.87 2017
138 Germany 73.63 2020
139 Russia 73.51 2020
140 Chad 73.22 2018
141 Tunisia 72.57 2017
142 Trinidad and Tobago 72.44 2016
143 Albania 71.91 2019
144 Somalia 71.90 2019
145 Cabo Verde 71.68 2019
146 Philippines 71.53 2016
147 Lebanon 71.30 2019
148 Dem. Rep. Congo 70.39 2012
149 Croatia 70.26 2020
150 Serbia 69.89 2020
151 Sudan 69.52 2011
152 Iran 69.34 2020
153 Jordan 69.24 2020
154 Papua New Guinea 69.22 2010
155 Bhutan 69.14 2015
156 Nauru 68.32 2013
157 Puerto Rico 67.87 2015
158 Ghana 67.79 2017
159 Uganda 67.58 2017
160 Moldova 67.50 2020
161 Liberia 67.05 2017
162 Malawi 66.94 2020
163 Afghanistan 65.14 2020
164 Uzbekistan 65.12 2020
165 Monaco 62.97 2016
166 Algeria 61.22 2017
167 Senegal 56.61 2019
168 Zimbabwe 49.62 2019
169 Benin 47.95 2018
170 Côte d'Ivoire 47.18 2017
171 Congo 31.80 2009

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual