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

Countries reporting
92
Highest
0.9%
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.3%
Malawi
Median
0.7%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,222

What the numbers show

Employment in the service 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 0.9% in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.3% in Malawi.

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 3.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 201.4%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 33.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 up 5.4% rising
2 France 0.8% 2016 up 19.2% rising
3 Netherlands 0.8% 2016 up 9.1% rising
4 Cyprus 0.8% 2016 up 8.2% rising
5 Denmark 0.8% 2016 up 12.5% rising
6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8% 2016 up 7.1% rising
7 Jordan 0.8% 2016 up 2.7% flat
8 Sweden 0.8% 2016 up 7.5% rising
9 Gambia 0.8% 2020 up 16.7% rising
10 Nigeria 0.8% 2018 up 25.6% rising
11 Belize 0.8% 1999 up 7.3% flat
12 United States of America 0.8% 2018 up 0.4% rising
13 Argentina 0.8% 2021 up 4.9% flat
14 Ireland 0.8% 2016 up 9.8% rising
15 Uruguay 0.8% 2021 up 7.3% flat
16 Portugal 0.8% 2016 up 5.0% flat
17 Malta 0.8% 2016 up 4.0% flat
18 South Africa 0.8% 2020 up 1.8% rising
19 Dominican Republic 0.8% 2013 up 5.1% rising
20 Greece 0.8% 2016 up 3.2% flat
21 Puerto Rico 0.8% 2005 down 1.7% rising
22 Norway 0.8% 2016 up 0.3% flat
23 Spain 0.8% 2016 up 12.3% rising
24 Costa Rica 0.8% 2021 up 0.6% rising
25 Brazil 0.8% 2021 down 1.7% flat
26 Chile 0.8% 2017 up 7.3% rising
27 Finland 0.8% 2016 up 7.2% rising
28 Czechia 0.7% 2016 up 34.0% rising
29 Panama 0.7% 2021 down 1.6% flat
30 Belgium 0.7% 2003 up 3.4% flat
31 Iceland 0.7% 2013 up 2.1% flat
32 Germany 0.7% 2011 up 12.5% rising
33 Pakistan 0.7% 2020 up 0.1% falling
34 Mauritius 0.7% 2012 up 14.2% rising
35 Colombia 0.7% 2021 down 2.5% flat
36 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% 2006 up 1.4% rising
37 Mexico 0.7% 2020 down 3.7% flat
38 Republic of Korea 0.7% 2017 up 2.7% rising
39 El Salvador 0.7% 2017 down 6.1% flat
40 Philippines 0.7% 2019 up 4.2% rising
41 Latvia 0.7% 2016 up 13.4% rising
42 Paraguay 0.7% 2017 up 51.5% flat
43 China 0.7% 2013 up 72.8% rising
44 Ukraine 0.7% 2013 up 12.9% rising
45 Rwanda 0.7% 2021 down 16.3% rising
46 Namibia 0.7% 2015 down 1.2% rising
47 Italy 0.7% 2016 up 5.2% rising
48 Indonesia 0.7% 2019 up 1.8% flat
49 Tunisia 0.7% 2015 up 5.5% flat
50 Estonia 0.7% 2016 up 13.4% rising
51 Bangladesh 0.7% 2016 down 1.8% flat
52 Lithuania 0.7% 2016 up 19.7% rising
53 Türkiye 0.7% 2019 up 1.6% flat
54 Ethiopia 0.7% 2021 up 3.6% falling
55 Croatia 0.7% 2016 up 2.2% flat
56 Slovenia 0.7% 2016 up 7.0% rising
57 Nicaragua 0.7% 2014 up 10.0% falling
58 Austria 0.7% 2003 up 2.5% flat
59 Honduras 0.7% 2017 down 5.3% flat
60 Hungary 0.6% 2016 up 3.0% flat
61 Kazakhstan 0.6% 2017 up 2.3% flat
62 Palestine, State of 0.6% 2017 down 15.0% falling
63 Jamaica 0.6% 2002 up 13.0% rising
64 Slovakia 0.6% 2016 up 2.9% rising
65 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6% 2021 down 0.6% flat
66 Thailand 0.6% 2021 down 0.9% falling
67 Bulgaria 0.6% 2016 up 8.7% rising
68 Peru 0.6% 2021 down 6.5% flat
69 Mozambique 0.6% 2014 up 201.4% rising
70 Egypt 0.6% 2019 down 5.0% falling
71 Ecuador 0.6% 2021 down 13.1% falling
72 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.6% 2017 down 19.7% falling
72 Kosovo 0.6% 2017 down 19.7% falling
74 Republic of Moldova 0.6% 2021 up 8.4% rising
75 Guatemala 0.6% 2011 down 16.1% falling
76 Poland 0.6% 2019 up 0.9% rising
77 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.6% 2020 down 24.0% falling
78 Mongolia 0.6% 2016 up 69.1% rising
79 Ghana 0.6% 2016 up 21.7% rising
80 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 up 9.7% flat
81 Cambodia 0.5% 2012 down 14.0% falling
82 Uganda 0.5% 2016 up 26.3% rising
83 Sri Lanka 0.5% 2019 down 0.3% rising
84 India 0.5% 2019 up 5.2% falling
85 Armenia 0.5% 2020 up 13.4% rising
86 Zambia 0.5% 2015 up 43.8% rising
87 Madagascar 0.5% 2012 up 32.6% falling
88 Romania 0.5% 2016 up 50.9% rising
89 Georgia 0.5% 2013 down 22.7% falling
90 Albania 0.5% 2019 down 16.3% flat
91 Nepal 0.3% 2014 down 0.4% rising
92 Malawi 0.3% 2016 down 33.5% falling

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Indicator
Employment in the service 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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