Individuals with tertiary education as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Education by country

Countries reporting
26
Highest
0.9553
Philippines
Lowest
0.1749
Australia
Median
0.8087
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
279

What the numbers show

Individuals with tertiary education as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Education is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 0.9553 in Philippines; the lowest is 0.1749 in Australia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8087, and the mean is 0.7429.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 217.5%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 6.8%).

Individuals with tertiary education as a share of public paid: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Philippines 0.9553 2018 down 2.6% flat
2 Colombia 0.9335 2017 up 6.7% rising
3 Peru 0.9143 2017 up 2.6% rising
4 Palestine 0.911 2017 up 2.3% flat
5 Ecuador 0.9076 2017 up 8.4% rising
6 El Salvador 0.9057 2014 up 2.3% rising
7 Armenia 0.9014 2021 up 27.9% rising
8 Paraguay 0.8921 2010 down 6.1% falling
9 Jordan 0.8621 2016 down 1.5% flat
10 Zambia 0.8399 2015 up 62.4% rising
11 Ethiopia 0.8251 2016 up 79.1% rising
12 Uruguay 0.8184 2017 up 6.5% flat
13 Argentina 0.8179 2017 up 5.8% rising
14 Costa Rica 0.7995 2015 down 2.4% flat
15 Brazil 0.7313 2017 up 8.1% rising
16 Honduras 0.7254 2016 up 41.3% rising
17 Morocco 0.7123 2009 rising
18 Pakistan 0.6996 2020 up 39.0% rising
19 Mauritius 0.6876 2010 up 3.0% flat
20 Chile 0.6873 2015 up 0.4% flat
21 Dominican Republic 0.6563 2019 down 6.8% falling
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.5363 2014 up 217.5% volatile
23 Moldova 0.5264 2015 up 10.7% rising
24 Sri Lanka 0.4708 2016 up 40.6% rising
25 Guatemala 0.4237 2017 up 30.9% rising
26 Australia 0.1749 2015 up 0.6% flat

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Indicator
Individuals with tertiary education as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 279 data points, 2000–2021
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