Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
92
Highest
0.3%
Slovakia
Lowest
0.1%
Malawi
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,222

What the numbers show

Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 0.3% in Slovakia; the lowest is 0.1% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 150.2%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 58.8%).

Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, above primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Slovakia 0.3% 2016 down 2.7% falling
2 Poland 0.3% 2019 up 5.8% falling
3 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.3% 2017 up 54.5% rising
3 Kosovo 0.3% 2017 up 54.5% rising
5 Slovenia 0.3% 2016 down 12.9% falling
6 Palestine, State of 0.3% 2017 up 69.4% rising
7 Bulgaria 0.3% 2016 down 12.6% falling
8 Romania 0.3% 2016 down 33.9% falling
9 Hungary 0.3% 2016 down 10.4% falling
10 Austria 0.3% 2003 down 2.4% flat
11 Croatia 0.3% 2016 down 1.2% flat
12 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2019 up 14.0% rising
13 Estonia 0.3% 2016 down 20.4% falling
14 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2021 up 68.5% rising
15 Egypt 0.3% 2019 up 20.2% rising
16 Italy 0.3% 2016 down 11.4% falling
17 Tunisia 0.3% 2015 down 1.9% flat
18 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 120.0% rising
19 China 0.3% 2013 up 2.0% flat
20 Ukraine 0.3% 2013 down 30.9% falling
21 Republic of Korea 0.3% 2017 down 5.2% falling
22 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2017 down 3.3% flat
23 Germany 0.3% 2011 down 21.9% falling
24 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 down 22.4% falling
25 Türkiye 0.2% 2019 down 0.0% flat
26 Albania 0.2% 2019 up 72.4% rising
27 Belgium 0.2% 2003 down 7.3% falling
28 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2020 up 15.1% rising
29 Mongolia 0.2% 2016 down 8.6% rising
30 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% 2006 down 0.9% falling
31 Czechia 0.2% 2016 down 40.5% falling
32 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 9.2% rising
33 Mauritius 0.2% 2012 down 24.4% falling
34 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 13.5% rising
35 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2% 2021 down 0.7% falling
36 Guatemala 0.2% 2011 up 5.7% rising
37 Latvia 0.2% 2016 down 24.5% falling
38 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 up 3.6% falling
39 India 0.2% 2019 up 9.5% rising
40 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 up 7.5% rising
41 Honduras 0.2% 2017 down 4.3% falling
42 Puerto Rico 0.2% 2005 up 5.6% falling
43 Iceland 0.2% 2013 up 5.1% flat
44 Namibia 0.2% 2015 up 54.1% rising
45 Finland 0.2% 2016 down 19.0% falling
46 Malta 0.2% 2016 down 10.5% falling
47 Paraguay 0.2% 2017 down 0.5% flat
48 Colombia 0.2% 2021 up 0.3% flat
49 Norway 0.2% 2016 up 10.6% rising
50 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 down 17.5% rising
51 Portugal 0.2% 2016 down 13.7% falling
52 South Africa 0.2% 2020 down 8.8% falling
53 Spain 0.2% 2016 down 29.7% falling
54 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 43.6% rising
55 Argentina 0.2% 2021 down 15.7% falling
56 Armenia 0.2% 2020 up 4.2% flat
57 Chile 0.2% 2017 down 19.0% falling
58 Philippines 0.2% 2019 up 17.2% falling
59 Peru 0.2% 2021 down 1.2% rising
60 Brazil 0.2% 2021 up 0.2% falling
61 United States of America 0.2% 2018 down 2.5% falling
62 Ecuador 0.2% 2021 down 5.4% falling
63 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 150.2% rising
64 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 down 41.4% falling
65 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 down 4.7% falling
66 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 down 23.1% falling
67 Panama 0.2% 2021 down 5.9% flat
68 Sweden 0.2% 2016 down 26.3% falling
69 Ireland 0.2% 2016 down 26.6% falling
70 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2016 down 21.5% falling
71 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 down 0.0% rising
72 Zambia 0.2% 2015 up 59.2% rising
73 Jordan 0.2% 2016 down 13.6% rising
74 Ghana 0.2% 2016 down 14.1% rising
75 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 down 23.0% falling
76 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 down 6.4% volatile
77 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 27.6% falling
78 Denmark 0.1% 2016 down 37.5% falling
79 Nigeria 0.1% 2018 up 26.3% volatile
80 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 11.9% rising
81 Greece 0.1% 2016 down 24.7% falling
82 Belize 0.1% 1999 down 28.1% falling
83 Gambia 0.1% 2020 down 25.9% rising
84 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 down 28.5% falling
85 France 0.1% 2016 down 50.4% falling
86 Georgia 0.1% 2013 down 17.3% falling
87 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 down 0.2% falling
88 Nepal 0.1% 2014 down 17.9% rising
89 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 14.9% volatile
90 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 down 25.0% falling
91 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 101.5% falling
92 Malawi 0.1% 2016 down 58.8% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the industrial sector, 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
92 places, 1,222 data points, 1970–2021
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