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

Countries reporting
92
Highest
0.3%
Slovenia
Lowest
0.0%
Gambia
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,222

What the numbers show

Employment in the manufacturing 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 Slovenia; the lowest is 0.0% in Gambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 2,275.4%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 86.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Slovenia 0.3% 2016 down 14.2% falling
2 Slovakia 0.3% 2016 down 4.7% falling
3 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 down 3.4% flat
4 Hungary 0.2% 2016 down 8.8% flat
5 Croatia 0.2% 2016 down 4.9% falling
6 Romania 0.2% 2016 down 29.8% falling
7 Poland 0.2% 2019 down 10.7% falling
8 Italy 0.2% 2016 down 13.6% falling
9 Germany 0.2% 2011 down 14.2% falling
10 Estonia 0.2% 2016 down 21.3% flat
11 Austria 0.2% 2003 down 5.2% falling
12 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2019 up 2.3% flat
13 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 98.4% rising
14 Czechia 0.2% 2016 down 39.3% falling
15 Turkey 0.2% 2019 down 1.0% falling
16 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 16.0% rising
17 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 12.3% rising
18 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 down 10.7% flat
19 South Korea 0.2% 2017 down 4.3% falling
20 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 down 17.9% falling
21 Belgium 0.2% 2003 down 7.3% falling
22 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 up 3.3% falling
23 China 0.2% 2013 down 3.9% falling
24 Honduras 0.2% 2017 down 5.2% falling
25 Guatemala 0.2% 2011 down 4.2% rising
26 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 45.0% rising
27 Portugal 0.2% 2016 down 2.5% flat
28 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 up 6.9% rising
29 Malta 0.2% 2016 down 10.6% falling
30 Iceland 0.2% 2013 up 5.0% flat
31 Latvia 0.1% 2016 down 19.8% falling
32 Spain 0.1% 2016 down 16.2% falling
33 Finland 0.1% 2016 down 26.4% falling
34 Mauritius 0.1% 2012 down 36.7% falling
35 India 0.1% 2019 up 9.2% falling
36 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 down 24.1% rising
37 Venezuela 0.1% 2006 down 8.2% falling
38 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 down 10.4% falling
39 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 13.1% falling
40 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 up 0.1% falling
41 Norway 0.1% 2016 up 5.0% rising
42 Albania 0.1% 2019 up 126.4% rising
43 Colombia 0.1% 2021 down 14.9% falling
44 Brazil 0.1% 2021 down 9.1% falling
45 Moldova 0.1% 2021 up 47.9% falling
46 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 3.6% flat
47 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 down 4.3% falling
48 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 down 27.1% falling
49 Palestine 0.1% 2017 up 21.5% rising
50 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 down 3.3% rising
51 Denmark 0.1% 2016 down 29.2% falling
52 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 down 1.9% falling
53 Argentina 0.1% 2021 down 14.5% falling
54 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 up 35.1% rising
55 Bolivia 0.1% 2021 down 8.8% falling
56 Sweden 0.1% 2016 down 35.7% falling
57 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.1% 2017 up 34.5% rising
57 Kosovo 0.1% 2017 up 34.5% rising
59 United Kingdom 0.1% 2016 down 26.7% falling
60 South Africa 0.1% 2020 down 23.5% falling
61 Greece 0.1% 2016 down 21.4% falling
62 Philippines 0.1% 2019 down 1.2% falling
63 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 down 4.1% volatile
64 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 down 27.5% falling
65 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 down 24.7% falling
66 United States 0.1% 2018 down 9.8% falling
67 Jordan 0.1% 2016 down 14.7% flat
68 Peru 0.1% 2021 down 13.9% falling
69 Chile 0.1% 2017 down 35.0% falling
70 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 35.7% falling
71 Armenia 0.1% 2020 up 45.5% rising
72 Tanzania 0.1% 2020 up 127.2% rising
73 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 21.6% falling
74 Belize 0.1% 1999 down 28.0% falling
75 Mongolia 0.1% 2016 up 2,275.4% volatile
76 France 0.1% 2016 down 53.6% falling
77 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 down 65.2% falling
78 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 24.0% falling
79 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 2.8% falling
80 Nepal 0.1% 2014 down 29.4% rising
81 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 up 138.7% rising
82 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 28.4% flat
83 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 433.6% falling
84 Georgia 0.1% 2013 down 21.7% falling
85 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2017 up 1.5% rising
86 Nigeria 0.1% 2018 down 16.3% volatile
87 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 down 1.4% falling
88 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 down 44.5% falling
89 Uganda 0.0% 2016 down 14.7% falling
90 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 63.8% falling
91 Ukraine 0.0% 2013 down 86.9% falling
92 Gambia 0.0% 2020 down 85.5% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the manufacturing 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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