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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Individuals with secondary education as a share of public paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
63 places, 791 data points, 2000–2021
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