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Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of labor force with high education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
107
Highest
1.0%
Niger
Lowest
0.6%
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)
Median
0.9%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,429

What the numbers show

Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of labor force with high education in working age) is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Niger; the lowest is 0.6% in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244).

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 0.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 21.1%), and the largest decrease in Kosovo (down 41.8%).

Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 1.0% 2018 up 7.2% rising
2 Togo 1.0% 2018 up 8.8% rising
3 Malawi 1.0% 2019 up 1.2% flat
4 Senegal 1.0% 2018 up 17.0% rising
5 Thailand 1.0% 2021 down 0.9% flat
6 Cambodia 1.0% 2012 up 1.5% flat
7 Tajikistan 1.0% 2013 up 2.2% rising
8 Guatemala 1.0% 2019 up 3.2% flat
9 China 1.0% 2013 up 2.0% flat
10 Romania 1.0% 2018 up 1.8% rising
11 Iceland 1.0% 2015 down 1.5% flat
12 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 down 0.8% flat
13 Madagascar 1.0% 2012 up 4.6% flat
14 Nepal 1.0% 2014 up 1.4% flat
15 Norway 1.0% 2016 down 1.1% flat
16 Malta 1.0% 2016 up 3.8% flat
17 United States 1.0% 2018 up 7.1% flat
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2016 down 0.2% flat
19 Belarus 1.0% 2010 down 2.9% flat
20 Ghana 1.0% 2016 up 3.4% flat
21 Mexico 1.0% 2020 up 2.0% flat
22 Austria 1.0% 2003 up 0.7% flat
23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.0% 2018 down 2.2% flat
24 Ecuador 0.9% 2021 up 0.4% flat
25 Netherlands 0.9% 2016 down 2.4% flat
26 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2020 up 1.3% rising
27 Indonesia 0.9% 2019 up 5.6% rising
28 Peru 0.9% 2021 down 1.7% flat
29 Uganda 0.9% 2016 down 1.7% flat
30 Dominican Republic 0.9% 2013 up 0.3% rising
31 Nigeria 0.9% 2018 up 5.4% flat
32 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 2.5% rising
33 Philippines 0.9% 2019 up 4.5% rising
34 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 down 2.2% flat
35 Estonia 0.9% 2016 up 0.9% flat
36 Sweden 0.9% 2016 down 1.6% flat
37 Denmark 0.9% 2016 down 1.4% flat
38 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 down 3.4% falling
39 El Salvador 0.9% 2019 up 0.5% flat
40 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9% 2021 down 3.6% flat
41 Belgium 0.9% 2003 up 1.5% flat
42 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9% 2011 up 3.4% rising
43 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9% 2020 down 3.3% flat
44 Paraguay 0.9% 2021 down 0.4% flat
45 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2019 up 10.9% rising
46 Argentina 0.9% 2021 down 0.6% flat
47 Guinea 0.9% 2018 down 2.2% flat
48 Nicaragua 0.9% 2014 up 0.8% rising
49 Chile 0.9% 2017 down 0.9% flat
50 Mongolia 0.9% 2021 down 4.5% flat
51 Germany 0.9% 2011 down 0.7% flat
52 Armenia 0.9% 2020 up 21.1% rising
53 Honduras 0.9% 2019 down 2.9% flat
54 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 down 2.6% rising
55 France 0.9% 2016 down 0.2% flat
56 Mauritius 0.9% 2017 down 0.4% flat
57 Hungary 0.9% 2016 up 1.0% falling
58 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 down 8.2% falling
59 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2006 up 2.0% falling
60 Ethiopia 0.9% 2021 down 3.5% rising
61 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 down 1.0% flat
62 Belize 0.9% 1999 down 4.5% falling
63 Czechia 0.9% 2016 up 2.1% flat
64 Slovakia 0.9% 2016 up 0.6% rising
65 Mozambique 0.9% 2014 down 9.7% falling
66 Bangladesh 0.9% 2016 down 3.3% flat
67 Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 5.7% falling
68 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2017 up 11.4% rising
69 Egypt 0.9% 2019 up 3.8% flat
70 Latvia 0.9% 2016 down 1.8% flat
71 Panama 0.9% 2021 down 7.7% rising
72 India 0.9% 2019 down 7.1% flat
73 Costa Rica 0.9% 2021 down 4.9% falling
74 Finland 0.9% 2016 down 3.0% flat
75 Gambia 0.9% 2020 up 5.5% rising
76 Serbia 0.9% 2018 up 6.4% rising
77 Portugal 0.9% 2016 down 5.5% falling
78 Pakistan 0.9% 2020 down 11.9% falling
79 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 down 6.5% falling
80 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2005 up 4.4% falling
81 Brazil 0.9% 2021 down 8.3% falling
82 Slovenia 0.8% 2016 down 3.4% falling
83 Türkiye 0.8% 2019 up 0.7% flat
84 North Macedonia 0.8% 2020 up 20.2% rising
85 Colombia 0.8% 2021 down 2.9% flat
86 Jamaica 0.8% 2002 up 16.1% rising
87 Ukraine 0.8% 2014 up 16.3% rising
88 Cyprus 0.8% 2016 down 12.2% falling
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8% 2019 up 15.7% flat
90 Zambia 0.8% 2015 down 13.3% flat
91 Italy 0.8% 2016 down 8.1% falling
92 Montenegro 0.8% 2010 down 7.0% falling
93 Namibia 0.8% 2015 up 7.8% rising
94 Morocco 0.8% 2013 up 5.7% rising
95 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 down 6.0% falling
96 Jordan 0.8% 2016 up 2.3% flat
97 Spain 0.8% 2016 down 12.2% falling
98 Croatia 0.8% 2016 up 9.0% rising
99 Greece 0.8% 2016 down 13.0% falling
100 Rwanda 0.8% 2021 down 10.9% falling
101 South Africa 0.8% 2020 down 5.3% rising
102 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2018 down 22.5% rising
103 Albania 0.7% 2019 down 15.1% falling
104 Djibouti 0.7% 2017 down 3.7% rising
105 Georgia 0.6% 2020 down 21.7% falling
106 Kosovo 0.6% 2017 down 41.8% flat
106 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.6% 2017 down 41.8% flat

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Indicator
Employment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of labor force with high education in working age)
Unit
% of labor force with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,429 data points, 1970–2021
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