Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education) - Country Ranking

Definition: The percentage of the labor force with an advanced level of education who are unemployed. 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 Sudan 35.18 2011
2 Morocco 30.28 2003
3 Tunisia 29.12 2017
4 Jordan 27.35 2020
5 Haiti 26.80 2012
6 Congo 25.77 2009
7 Somalia 19.11 2019
8 Mali 18.83 2018
9 Rwanda 18.71 2020
10 Botswana 18.01 2020
11 Algeria 17.75 2017
12 Guinea 17.52 2019
13 Mauritania 17.33 2017
14 Armenia 17.24 2020
15 Nigeria 17.15 2019
16 Senegal 17.06 2019
17 Zimbabwe 16.45 2019
18 Djibouti 16.29 2017
19 India 15.68 2020
20 Albania 14.86 2019
21 Burundi 14.83 2014
22 Yemen 14.79 2014
23 Georgia 14.76 2020
24 South Africa 14.66 2020
25 Egypt 14.50 2020
26 Lebanon 14.49 2019
27 Afghanistan 14.38 2020
28 Iran 14.35 2020
29 North Macedonia 13.83 2020
30 Lesotho 13.74 2019
30 Bhutan 13.74 2015
32 Togo 13.49 2017
33 Cameroon 13.30 2014
34 Montenegro 13.20 2020
35 Bolivia 13.03 2020
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.66 2020
37 Turkey 12.63 2020
38 Côte d'Ivoire 12.39 2017
39 Kenya 12.33 2019
40 Comoros 12.19 2014
41 Namibia 12.18 2018
42 Greece 12.07 2020
43 Dem. Rep. Congo 11.92 2012
44 Saudi Arabia 11.54 2020
45 Colombia 11.50 2019
46 Liberia 11.34 2017
46 Eswatini 11.34 2016
48 Burkina Faso 11.09 2018
49 Pakistan 10.90 2019
50 Bangladesh 10.74 2017
51 Spain 10.22 2020
52 Peru 9.44 2020
53 Chile 9.38 2020
54 St. Lucia 9.32 2019
55 Zambia 9.29 2019
56 Costa Rica 9.17 2020
57 Iraq 8.86 2012
58 Guinea-Bissau 8.85 2018
59 Nepal 8.46 2017
60 Madagascar 8.45 2015
61 San Marino 8.21 2016
62 Ukraine 7.99 2020
63 Serbia 7.94 2020
64 Sri Lanka 7.79 2019
65 Samoa 7.67 2017
66 Chad 7.58 2018
66 Brazil 7.58 2020
68 Philippines 7.51 2016
69 Panama 7.48 2021
70 Mozambique 7.33 2015
71 The Bahamas 7.24 1994
72 Cabo Verde 7.13 2019
73 Nicaragua 7.10 2014
74 The Gambia 7.04 2018
75 Belize 7.02 2019
76 Cyprus 6.99 2020
77 Lao PDR 6.90 2017
78 Honduras 6.63 2019
78 Tajikistan 6.63 2016
80 Azerbaijan 6.56 2020
81 Uganda 6.34 2017
82 Brunei 6.19 2019
83 Monaco 6.17 2016
84 Guyana 6.15 2019
85 Timor-Leste 6.14 2016
86 Kyrgyz Republic 5.93 2018
87 Canada 5.92 2021
88 Portugal 5.81 2020
89 Venezuela 5.76 2017
90 El Salvador 5.75 2020
90 Angola 5.75 2014
92 Kuwait 5.68 2016
93 Russia 5.57 2020
94 Dominican Republic 5.55 2020
95 Mauritius 5.48 2020
95 Ethiopia 5.48 2013
97 Croatia 5.36 2020
98 Oman 5.35 2016
99 Italy 5.33 2020
100 Ecuador 5.32 2019
101 Mongolia 5.30 2020
102 France 5.21 2020
103 Latvia 5.08 2020
104 Fiji 5.02 2016
105 Tanzania 5.00 2014
106 Sierra Leone 4.87 2018
107 Singapore 4.85 2020
108 Niger 4.82 2017
109 Estonia 4.77 2020
110 Sweden 4.73 2020
111 Argentina 4.72 2020
112 Mexico 4.71 2020
113 Denmark 4.68 2020
114 Vanuatu 4.67 2006
115 Luxembourg 4.65 2020
116 Malaysia 4.62 2020
116 Kazakhstan 4.62 2020
118 Indonesia 4.60 2020
119 Ghana 4.56 2017
120 Vietnam 4.49 2020
121 Hong Kong SAR, China 4.48 2020
122 Seychelles 4.42 2020
123 Finland 4.32 2020
124 Jamaica 4.18 2020
125 Barbados 4.17 2019
126 Ireland 4.12 2020
127 Lithuania 4.09 2020
128 Korea 3.93 2020
129 Iceland 3.67 2020
130 Suriname 3.61 2016
131 Guatemala 3.59 2019
132 United States 3.58 2021
133 Switzerland 3.51 2020
134 Slovak Republic 3.47 2020
135 Belgium 3.43 2020
136 Austria 3.35 2020
137 United Arab Emirates 3.33 2018
138 Australia 3.31 2017
139 Israel 3.20 2020
140 Slovenia 3.13 2020
141 Uruguay 3.03 2019
142 New Zealand 2.93 2020
143 Malta 2.85 2020
144 Norway 2.81 2020
145 Paraguay 2.76 2017
146 Belarus 2.75 2020
147 Netherlands 2.58 2020
148 Germany 2.57 2020
149 Cayman Islands 2.52 2015
150 Tonga 2.49 2018
151 United Kingdom 2.48 2019
152 Japan 2.47 2020
153 Bulgaria 2.46 2020
153 Bahrain 2.46 2012
155 Tuvalu 2.45 2016
156 Malawi 2.42 2020
157 Papua New Guinea 2.38 2010
158 Trinidad and Tobago 2.35 2016
159 Moldova 2.31 2020
160 Benin 2.26 2018
161 Romania 2.23 2020
162 Kiribati 2.22 2015
163 Thailand 2.18 2020
164 Poland 1.95 2020
165 Hungary 1.85 2020
166 Uzbekistan 1.51 2020
167 Macao SAR, China 1.49 2016
168 Cuba 1.45 2010
169 Czech Republic 1.42 2020
170 Cambodia 1.17 2019
171 Myanmar 0.80 2019
172 Palau 0.62 2014
173 Solomon Islands 0.46 2013
174 Qatar 0.30 2020

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual