Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Business, Administration and Law programmes, both sexes (%) by country

Share of all tertiary graduates who completed Business, Administration and Law programmes in the reference year.

Countries reporting
98
Highest
81.0%
Monaco
Lowest
0.0%
Eswatini
Median
27.2%
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
1,157

What the numbers show

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Business, Administration and Law programmes, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 98 countries. The highest value is 81.0% in Monaco; the lowest is 0.0% in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 27.2%, and the mean is 29.2%.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 341.6%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 100.0%).

Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 81.0% 2020 flat
2 Liechtenstein 76.7% 2018 down 1.7% rising
3 Aruba 68.9% 2016 up 73.8% rising
4 Bahrain 49.3% 2019 up 54.9% rising
5 United Arab Emirates 48.0% 2017 up 4.0% flat
6 Colombia 46.0% 2018 up 7.4% flat
7 Luxembourg 42.5% 2018 up 20.6% rising
8 Niger 42.1% 2019 rising
9 Namibia 40.2% 2017 up 29.9% rising
10 Cyprus 39.0% 2018 down 3.3% flat
11 Seychelles 38.4% 2019 down 11.4% rising
12 Madagascar 38.3% 2018 down 17.2% falling
13 Burundi 38.0% 2018 up 51.0% falling
14 Macau, China 37.2% 2019 down 40.5% falling
15 Lebanon 36.9% 2011 up 18.6% rising
16 Costa Rica 36.8% 2019 up 18.7% rising
17 Burkina Faso 36.8% 2019 up 185.2% rising
18 Cambodia 36.7% 2019 down 1.8% falling
19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 36.0% 2018 down 39.5% volatile
20 Australia 35.9% 2018 down 6.4% rising
21 Oman 35.8% 2019 up 67.1% rising
22 Ecuador 35.0% 2016 down 17.1% falling
23 Georgia 34.3% 2019 down 0.2% rising
24 France 34.3% 2018 up 0.7% rising
25 Mozambique 33.3% 2018 down 23.9% volatile
26 Mexico 33.2% 2017 up 4.5% flat
27 Belarus 33.0% 2017 down 17.6% falling
28 Palestine, State of 32.6% 2019 up 107.3% rising
29 Brazil 32.5% 2018 up 0.2% rising
30 Andorra 32.1% 2019 down 10.1% rising
31 Bulgaria 31.8% 2018 down 13.0% rising
32 North Macedonia 31.8% 2018 up 12.1% rising
33 Malta 31.7% 2017 down 16.3% falling
34 South Africa 31.4% 2018 flat
35 Türkiye 30.8% 2018 up 16.7% rising
36 Saudi Arabia 30.3% 2019 up 341.6% volatile
37 Qatar 30.2% 2019 up 46.2% rising
38 Ethiopia 29.8% 2008 up 7.8% rising
39 Croatia 29.7% 2017 down 11.4% rising
40 Mongolia 29.6% 2018 down 12.5% rising
41 El Salvador 29.4% 2018 down 16.4% falling
42 Viet Nam 29.2% 2016 up 6.4% rising
43 Latvia 28.5% 2018 down 36.2% falling
44 Romania 28.4% 2016 down 24.0% falling
45 Switzerland 28.3% 2018 down 11.4% falling
46 Iran, Islamic Republic of 28.0% 2018 up 65.9% rising
47 Lesotho 28.0% 2018 down 20.9% rising
48 Albania 27.8% 2019 down 22.6% rising
49 Russian Federation 27.3% 2018 down 34.0% falling
50 Netherlands 27.2% 2018 up 5.7% flat
51 Canada 27.2% 2018 up 11.0% rising
52 Ukraine 27.2% 2019 down 25.4% falling
53 Honduras 26.9% 2018 down 7.8% falling
54 Brunei Darussalam 26.5% 2019 up 205.0% volatile
55 Panama 26.4% 2016 down 5.9% falling
56 Ghana 26.3% 2019 falling
57 Malaysia 26.1% 2019 up 16.5% rising
58 Kyrgyzstan 26.0% 2019 down 12.3% falling
59 Denmark 25.6% 2018 up 11.0% rising
60 Lithuania 25.6% 2018 down 27.6% flat
61 Hungary 25.4% 2018 down 25.1% falling
62 Ireland 25.0% 2016 down 15.9% falling
63 Chile 24.6% 2018 up 1.0% flat
64 Uruguay 24.6% 2017 up 18.6% rising
65 Azerbaijan 24.5% 2019 up 4.0% rising
66 Austria 24.3% 2018 down 5.7% falling
67 Serbia 23.7% 2019 down 34.1% falling
68 Poland 23.5% 2018 down 18.0% falling
69 Puerto Rico 23.3% 2018 down 5.5% flat
70 Argentina 23.3% 2011 up 14.3% rising
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.0% 2019 rising
72 Estonia 22.8% 2018 down 20.3% falling
73 Germany 22.7% 2018 rising
74 New Zealand 22.5% 2018 down 7.8% flat
75 Morocco 22.4% 2019 down 17.2% falling
76 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 22.0% 2016 up 15.6% rising
77 Greece 21.9% 2018 up 22.2% rising
78 Iceland 21.8% 2018 down 13.4% flat
79 Slovenia 20.5% 2018 down 51.9% falling
80 Bermuda 20.4% 2018 down 28.9% falling
81 Belgium 20.3% 2018 down 4.4% falling
82 Armenia 20.2% 2019 up 10.2% volatile
83 Slovakia 20.1% 2018 down 14.2% falling
84 Czechia 19.9% 2018 down 21.1% flat
85 Algeria 19.7% 2018 down 31.3% falling
86 Portugal 19.4% 2017 up 5.2% falling
87 Spain 19.3% 2018 down 6.5% falling
88 United States of America 19.3% 2016 down 20.2% falling
89 India 19.2% 2019 down 0.5% flat
90 Finland 18.8% 2018 up 11.1% flat
91 Norway 18.6% 2017 up 31.8% rising
92 Italy 17.7% 2018 down 4.0% falling
93 Sweden 16.4% 2018 up 14.1% rising
94 Eritrea 16.2% 2016 up 12.5% volatile
95 Republic of Korea 15.1% 2017 down 5.1% falling
96 Guyana 15.0% 2012 down 58.3% falling
97 Samoa 13.3% 2018 falling
98 Eswatini 0.0% 2015 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Business, Administration and Law programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
98 places, 1,157 data points, 1998–2020
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Share of all tertiary graduates who completed Business, Administration and Law programmes in the reference year.