Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed female population with high education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
92
Highest
1.0%
Malta
Lowest
0.3%
Malawi
Median
1.0%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,222

What the numbers show

Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed female population with high education in working age) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Malta; the lowest is 0.3% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.0%, and the mean is 0.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 434.4%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 41.2%).

Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, above primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malta 1.0% 2016 up 0.3% flat
2 Jordan 1.0% 2016 up 0.4% flat
3 Puerto Rico 1.0% 2005 down 0.0% flat
4 Belize 1.0% 1999 up 1.7% flat
5 Argentina 1.0% 2021 down 0.1% flat
6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2016 up 0.8% flat
7 Cyprus 1.0% 2016 up 0.5% flat
8 Sweden 1.0% 2016 down 0.2% flat
9 Luxembourg 1.0% 2016 up 0.8% flat
10 Denmark 1.0% 2016 up 0.1% flat
11 Dominican Republic 1.0% 2013 down 0.2% flat
12 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.0% 2006 down 0.1% flat
13 Portugal 1.0% 2016 up 1.1% flat
14 United States of America 1.0% 2018 down 0.3% flat
15 Netherlands 1.0% 2016 up 1.5% flat
16 Mexico 1.0% 2020 down 0.2% flat
17 Belgium 1.0% 2003 up 0.4% flat
18 Norway 1.0% 2016 up 0.3% flat
19 Germany 1.0% 2011 up 1.0% flat
20 Czechia 1.0% 2016 up 2.0% flat
21 Mauritius 1.0% 2012 up 1.0% flat
22 Ireland 1.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
23 South Africa 1.0% 2020 down 0.4% rising
24 Iceland 1.0% 2013 up 1.9% flat
25 Slovakia 1.0% 2016 up 0.6% flat
26 Slovenia 1.0% 2016 down 0.4% rising
27 France 1.0% 2016 up 0.4% flat
28 Ukraine 1.0% 2013 down 1.6% flat
29 El Salvador 1.0% 2017 down 1.3% flat
30 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 up 0.6% flat
31 Finland 1.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
32 Costa Rica 1.0% 2021 down 0.2% flat
33 Spain 1.0% 2016 up 0.3% flat
34 Brazil 1.0% 2021 down 0.1% flat
35 Italy 1.0% 2016 up 1.1% flat
36 Estonia 1.0% 2016 up 1.2% flat
37 Uruguay 1.0% 2021 up 0.9% flat
38 Tunisia 1.0% 2015 up 2.1% flat
39 Croatia 1.0% 2016 up 0.9% flat
40 Colombia 1.0% 2021 down 1.0% flat
41 China 1.0% 2013 up 62.5% rising
42 Chile 1.0% 2017 up 0.5% flat
43 Nicaragua 1.0% 2014 down 0.4% flat
44 Palestine, State of 1.0% 2017 up 8.7% flat
45 Honduras 1.0% 2017 down 1.8% flat
46 Bulgaria 1.0% 2016 up 1.7% flat
47 Nigeria 1.0% 2018 up 21.1% rising
48 Hungary 1.0% 2016 down 1.4% flat
49 Kosovo 1.0% 2017 down 3.5% flat
49 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 1.0% 2017 down 3.5% flat
51 Panama 1.0% 2021 down 2.5% flat
52 Latvia 1.0% 2016 up 1.0% rising
53 Gambia 1.0% 2020 up 11.2% rising
54 Lithuania 1.0% 2016 up 6.2% rising
55 Paraguay 0.9% 2017 up 29.8% flat
56 Austria 0.9% 2003 up 1.4% flat
57 Guatemala 0.9% 2011 down 2.4% flat
58 Pakistan 0.9% 2020 up 0.3% falling
59 Philippines 0.9% 2019 up 3.2% flat
60 Indonesia 0.9% 2019 up 2.6% flat
61 Namibia 0.9% 2015 up 13.7% rising
62 Greece 0.9% 2016 down 3.0% flat
63 Egypt 0.9% 2019 up 4.4% flat
64 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 3.0% rising
65 Türkiye 0.9% 2019 up 2.8% flat
66 Jamaica 0.9% 2002 down 2.9% falling
67 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 up 18.8% rising
68 Kazakhstan 0.9% 2017 down 2.3% flat
69 Thailand 0.9% 2021 up 1.5% falling
70 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9% 2021 down 1.7% falling
71 Rwanda 0.8% 2021 down 4.2% rising
72 Cambodia 0.8% 2012 up 5.5% flat
73 Ethiopia 0.8% 2021 down 0.9% falling
74 Ecuador 0.8% 2021 down 11.1% falling
75 Peru 0.8% 2021 down 6.8% falling
76 Bangladesh 0.8% 2016 up 11.5% rising
77 Mongolia 0.8% 2016 up 36.3% rising
78 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2019 up 4.3% rising
79 Ghana 0.8% 2016 up 7.5% rising
80 Romania 0.8% 2016 up 1.3% flat
81 Kyrgyzstan 0.8% 2020 up 4.6% rising
82 India 0.8% 2019 up 8.4% falling
83 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8% 2020 down 21.4% flat
84 Armenia 0.7% 2020 up 22.7% rising
85 Albania 0.7% 2019 down 11.8% rising
86 Zambia 0.6% 2015 up 69.0% rising
87 Mozambique 0.6% 2014 up 434.4% flat
88 Madagascar 0.6% 2012 up 17.4% rising
89 Uganda 0.6% 2016 up 36.4% rising
90 Georgia 0.6% 2013 down 22.1% falling
91 Nepal 0.3% 2014 up 7.8% rising
92 Malawi 0.3% 2016 down 41.2% volatile

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Indicator
Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed female 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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