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

Countries reporting
103
Highest
0.9%
United States of America
Lowest
0.0%
Ukraine
Median
0.6%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,400

What the numbers show

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in United States of America; the lowest is 0.0% in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 0.6%.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 130.8%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 100.0%).

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States of America 0.9% 2018 up 10.1% rising
2 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 up 1.1% flat
3 Germany 0.9% 2011 up 5.2% rising
4 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 up 35.9% volatile
5 Cyprus 0.9% 2016 up 1.0% flat
6 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2005 down 2.0% flat
7 Malta 0.9% 2016 up 1.6% flat
8 Denmark 0.9% 2016 up 75.3% rising
9 Montenegro 0.9% 2010 up 0.1% volatile
10 Portugal 0.9% 2016 up 0.8% flat
11 Austria 0.9% 2003 up 0.5% flat
12 Slovenia 0.9% 2016 down 1.8% flat
13 Ireland 0.9% 2016 up 1.3% flat
14 Estonia 0.9% 2016 down 4.2% flat
15 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 up 1.3% flat
16 Jordan 0.9% 2016 up 1.1% flat
17 Finland 0.8% 2016 up 75.7% rising
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8% 2016 down 2.9% flat
19 Belgium 0.8% 2003 up 2.7% flat
20 South Africa 0.8% 2020 down 1.5% falling
21 Lithuania 0.8% 2016 up 1.2% rising
22 Latvia 0.8% 2016 down 1.7% rising
23 Hungary 0.8% 2016 down 0.2% volatile
24 Czechia 0.8% 2016 up 3.0% flat
25 Slovakia 0.8% 2016 down 5.7% flat
26 Croatia 0.8% 2016 down 5.2% flat
27 France 0.8% 2016 down 8.5% falling
28 Spain 0.8% 2016 down 3.0% flat
29 Poland 0.8% 2019 up 1.6% rising
30 Namibia 0.8% 2015 up 13.6% rising
31 Türkiye 0.8% 2019 up 4.6% rising
32 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 up 4.6% flat
33 Republic of Korea 0.8% 2017 up 6.7% rising
34 Palestine, State of 0.8% 2017 up 7.3% falling
35 Chile 0.8% 2017 down 1.1% rising
36 Albania 0.8% 2019 — volatile
37 Costa Rica 0.8% 2021 up 0.2% rising
38 Italy 0.8% 2016 up 1.6% flat
39 Belize 0.7% 1999 down 2.1% flat
40 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2021 up 15.3% falling
41 Argentina 0.7% 2021 down 5.4% falling
42 Egypt 0.7% 2019 down 0.1% falling
43 Mexico 0.7% 2020 up 1.0% flat
44 Greece 0.7% 2016 down 1.4% flat
45 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 4.3% flat
46 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 10.7% falling
47 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 — volatile
47 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2017 — volatile
49 Philippines 0.7% 2019 up 14.1% rising
50 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 down 2.9% falling
51 Morocco 0.6% 2013 — volatile
52 Pakistan 0.6% 2020 down 0.7% falling
53 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2019 up 8.5% flat
54 Indonesia 0.6% 2019 up 12.1% flat
55 Panama 0.6% 2021 down 16.1% falling
56 Djibouti 0.6% 2017 — volatile
57 Thailand 0.6% 2021 up 1.7% falling
58 Rwanda 0.6% 2021 down 18.6% rising
59 Jamaica 0.6% 2002 down 11.1% falling
60 Armenia 0.6% 2020 up 2.2% flat
61 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2006 down 7.3% falling
62 Gambia 0.6% 2020 up 18.2% flat
63 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 — volatile
64 Nicaragua 0.6% 2014 up 2.9% falling
65 Bangladesh 0.6% 2016 up 12.7% rising
66 Ethiopia 0.5% 2021 up 4.9% rising
67 Norway 0.5% 2016 up 26.1% rising
68 Colombia 0.5% 2021 down 5.8% falling
69 Sweden 0.5% 2016 up 1.2% flat
70 Cambodia 0.5% 2012 up 0.4% falling
71 India 0.5% 2019 up 11.5% falling
72 Peru 0.5% 2021 down 7.9% flat
73 Netherlands 0.4% 2016 up 0.3% falling
74 Ecuador 0.4% 2021 down 22.5% falling
75 Mozambique 0.4% 2014 up 130.8% falling
76 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4% 2021 down 14.9% falling
77 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4% 2020 up 45.2% rising
78 Zambia 0.4% 2015 up 59.9% rising
79 Uganda 0.4% 2016 up 23.2% rising
80 Ghana 0.3% 2016 up 7.1% rising
81 Madagascar 0.3% 2012 down 0.9% falling
82 Nepal 0.2% 2014 down 12.8% falling
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2019 — volatile
83 Georgia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
83 Guinea 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
83 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 — volatile
83 Honduras 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
83 Iceland 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% falling
83 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 — volatile
83 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
83 North Macedonia 0.0% 2020 — volatile
83 Mongolia 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
83 Mauritius 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% falling
83 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
83 Niger 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
83 Paraguay 0.0% 2021 — volatile
83 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
83 Senegal 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
83 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% falling
83 Serbia 0.0% 2018 — volatile
83 Togo 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
83 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2011 down 100.0% volatile
83 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
104 places, 1,400 data points, 1970–2021
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