Switzerland - Labor force with advanced education

Labor force with advanced education, female (% of female working-age population with advanced education)

Labor force with advanced education, female (% of female working-age population with advanced education) in Switzerland was 80.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 81.37 in 2009, while its lowest value was 76.74 in 2000.

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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Year Value
1996 77.35
1997 81.10
1998 78.72
1999 77.48
2000 76.74
2001 79.87
2002 79.58
2003 80.05
2004 79.96
2005 81.17
2006 80.83
2007 80.59
2008 81.17
2009 81.37
2010 77.81
2011 78.30
2012 79.42
2013 79.69
2014 79.60
2015 79.36
2016 80.03
2017 80.28
2018 80.42
2019 80.63
2020 80.57

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

Labor force with advanced education, male (% of male working-age population with advanced education) in Switzerland was 81.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 90.32 in 1996, while its lowest value was 81.38 in 2017.

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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Year Value
1996 90.32
1997 89.74
1998 85.83
1999 85.95
2000 86.04
2001 86.83
2002 85.85
2003 85.77
2004 85.24
2005 85.15
2006 85.03
2007 84.54
2008 84.25
2009 84.08
2010 82.92
2011 83.10
2012 82.78
2013 82.46
2014 81.79
2015 81.49
2016 81.77
2017 81.38
2018 81.93
2019 82.31
2020 81.65

Labor force with advanced education (% of total working-age population with advanced education)

Labor force with advanced education (% of total working-age population with advanced education) in Switzerland was 81.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 87.36 in 1997, while its lowest value was 80.59 in 2015.

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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Year Value
1996 86.98
1997 87.36
1998 83.88
1999 83.53
2000 83.30
2001 84.72
2002 83.87
2003 83.91
2004 83.51
2005 83.81
2006 83.58
2007 83.12
2008 83.11
2009 83.07
2010 80.93
2011 81.19
2012 81.45
2013 81.34
2014 80.88
2015 80.59
2016 81.04
2017 80.92
2018 81.28
2019 81.57
2020 81.17

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure