Individuals with secondary education as a share of public paid employees by country
Countries reporting
63
Highest
0.8396
Australia
Lowest
0.1057
Bolivia
Median
0.3331
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
791
What the numbers show
Individuals with secondary education as a share of public paid employees is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 0.8396 in Australia; the lowest is 0.1057 in Bolivia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3331, and the mean is 0.3364.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 78.1%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 57.6%).
Individuals with secondary education as a share of public paid: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 0.8396 | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 0.7097 | 2016 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 3 | Moldova | 0.5628 | 2015 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 4 | Guatemala | 0.5501 | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 5 | Czechia | 0.5378 | 2018 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 6 | Jordan | 0.5304 | 2016 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 7 | Cambodia | 0.5186 | 2012 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 8 | Slovakia | 0.4754 | 2017 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 9 | South Africa | 0.463 | 2020 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 0.4623 | 2018 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 11 | Vietnam | 0.4594 | 2019 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 12 | Pakistan | 0.4529 | 2014 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 13 | Croatia | 0.4327 | 2018 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 14 | Uruguay | 0.4144 | 2020 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 15 | Switzerland | 0.4126 | 2018 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 16 | France | 0.4041 | 2018 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 17 | Italy | 0.3932 | 2018 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 18 | Namibia | 0.3888 | 2015 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 0.3855 | 2019 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 20 | Serbia | 0.3846 | 2018 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 21 | Mongolia | 0.378 | 2021 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 22 | Austria | 0.3733 | 2018 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 23 | Palestine | 0.3695 | 2017 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 24 | Tunisia | 0.3677 | 2015 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 25 | Honduras | 0.3601 | 2019 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 0.3566 | 2018 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 27 | Hungary | 0.3475 | 2018 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 28 | Zambia | 0.3422 | 2015 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 29 | Finland | 0.34 | 2018 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 30 | Panama | 0.3372 | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 31 | Georgia | 0.337 | 2013 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 32 | Tanzania | 0.3331 | 2018 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 33 | El Salvador | 0.3251 | 2021 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 0.3238 | 2015 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 35 | Mexico | 0.3048 | 2019 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 36 | Romania | 0.3018 | 2018 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 37 | Poland | 0.2945 | 2017 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 38 | Argentina | 0.2937 | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 39 | Turkey | 0.2887 | 2010 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 40 | Morocco | 0.2791 | 2009 | — | flat |
| 41 | Latvia | 0.2774 | 2018 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 42 | Cyprus | 0.2695 | 2018 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 43 | Belgium | 0.2692 | 2018 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 44 | Portugal | 0.2606 | 2018 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 45 | Brazil | 0.2539 | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 46 | United Kingdom | 0.2532 | 2016 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 47 | Greece | 0.2369 | 2018 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 48 | Iceland | 0.2327 | 2013 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 49 | Ecuador | 0.2277 | 2020 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 0.2237 | 2021 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 51 | Estonia | 0.2039 | 2018 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 52 | Spain | 0.2018 | 2018 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 53 | United States | 0.1978 | 2018 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 54 | Peru | 0.194 | 2021 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 55 | Malta | 0.1893 | 2018 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 56 | Philippines | 0.186 | 2018 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 57 | Ethiopia | 0.1856 | 2016 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 58 | Armenia | 0.1851 | 2021 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 59 | Paraguay | 0.1566 | 2021 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Lithuania | 0.1536 | 2018 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 61 | Colombia | 0.1525 | 2020 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 62 | Ireland | 0.1433 | 2017 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 63 | Bolivia | 0.1057 | 2021 | down 37.4% | falling |