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
