Labor force with advanced education, male (% of male working-age population with advanced education) - Country Ranking - Africa

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.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Tanzania 97.14 2014
2 Ethiopia 95.83 2013
3 Mauritius 94.19 2020
4 Lesotho 89.37 2019
5 Kenya 88.88 2019
6 Eswatini 86.22 2016
7 Mali 85.92 2018
8 Comoros 85.09 2014
9 Seychelles 84.92 2020
10 Guinea 83.16 2019
11 Togo 82.80 2017
12 Namibia 82.33 2018
13 South Africa 81.35 2020
14 Mozambique 80.49 2015
15 Cameroon 80.42 2014
16 Mauritania 80.38 2017
17 Egypt 80.28 2020
18 Zambia 80.07 2019
19 Botswana 79.92 2020
20 The Gambia 79.53 2018
21 Rwanda 79.13 2020
22 Burundi 78.14 2014
23 Niger 78.10 2017
24 Sierra Leone 78.00 2018
25 Guinea-Bissau 77.61 2018
26 Djibouti 77.47 2017
27 Nigeria 76.14 2019
28 Madagascar 75.72 2015
29 Burkina Faso 75.52 2018
30 Angola 75.03 2014
31 Chad 73.22 2018
32 Tunisia 72.57 2017
33 Somalia 71.90 2019
34 Cabo Verde 71.68 2019
35 Dem. Rep. Congo 70.39 2012
36 Sudan 69.52 2011
37 Ghana 67.79 2017
38 Uganda 67.58 2017
39 Liberia 67.05 2017
40 Malawi 66.94 2020
41 Algeria 61.22 2017
42 Senegal 56.61 2019
43 Zimbabwe 49.62 2019
44 Benin 47.95 2018
45 Côte d'Ivoire 47.18 2017
46 Congo 31.80 2009

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual