Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
24
Highest
1.0%
Moldova
Lowest
0.1%
South Korea
Median
0.7%
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
272

What the numbers show

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Moldova; the lowest is 0.1% in South Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7%, and the mean is 0.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia (up 106.7%), and the largest decrease in Brazil (down 22.4%).

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, above primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Moldova 1.0% 2019 up 9.8% falling
1 Egypt 1.0% 2008 up 46.4% rising
3 South Africa 0.9% 2020 up 1.1% rising
4 Chile 0.9% 2017 up 5.4% flat
5 Kosovo 0.9% 2014 up 21.7% rising
5 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.9% 2014 up 21.7% rising
7 Ecuador 0.9% 2017 down 0.7% rising
8 Albania 0.8% 2019 — falling
9 Mexico 0.7% 2020 down 1.9% flat
10 Honduras 0.7% 2017 down 3.9% flat
11 Rwanda 0.7% 2021 — rising
12 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 up 40.9% rising
13 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2020 up 66.8% falling
14 El Salvador 0.6% 2017 up 4.1% rising
15 Panama 0.6% 2018 up 0.4% rising
16 Pakistan 0.6% 2020 down 22.3% falling
17 Peru 0.6% 2016 up 20.7% rising
18 Brazil 0.6% 2020 down 22.4% falling
19 Bolivia 0.6% 2017 up 106.7% falling
20 Ghana 0.5% 2016 down 6.3% falling
21 Colombia 0.5% 2021 down 3.2% falling
22 Guatemala 0.5% 2011 down 12.0% falling
23 Paraguay 0.4% 2017 up 14.0% rising
24 South Korea 0.1% 2014 down 16.3% falling

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Indicator
Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 272 data points, 1981–2021
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