Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
81
Highest
1.0%
Puerto Rico
Lowest
0.0%
Slovak Republic
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,074

What the numbers show

Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) is currently reported for 81 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Puerto Rico; the lowest is 0.0% in Slovak Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania (up 320.5%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 61.5%).

Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, aged 15-64, above: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Puerto Rico 1.0% 2005 unchanged flat
2 Georgia 0.7% 2013 up 67.3% rising
3 Netherlands 0.4% 2016 up 7.3% falling
4 Argentina 0.4% 2018 up 13.9% rising
5 Belgium 0.4% 2003 up 57.0% rising
6 Peru 0.3% 2016 down 5.1% flat
7 Ghana 0.3% 2016 up 26.6% volatile
8 Uruguay 0.3% 2019 up 11.8% rising
9 Ireland 0.3% 2016 up 3.8% rising
10 Nepal 0.3% 2014 down 33.0% falling
11 Honduras 0.3% 2017 up 20.8% rising
12 Korea 0.3% 2017 up 65.0% volatile
13 Bolivia 0.3% 2017 up 0.4% falling
14 Uganda 0.3% 2016 down 45.5% flat
15 Paraguay 0.3% 2017 up 3.7% rising
16 United Kingdom 0.3% 2016 up 1.4% flat
17 Ecuador 0.3% 2017 up 10.0% falling
18 Guatemala 0.2% 2011 down 6.5% falling
19 Germany 0.2% 2011 up 8.9% flat
20 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 up 21.0% falling
21 Tanzania 0.2% 2020 up 320.5% rising
22 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 up 28.5% falling
23 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2020 down 23.7% falling
24 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 7.0% falling
25 Palestine 0.2% 2008 up 94.8% rising
26 United States 0.2% 2018 up 5.1% rising
27 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 18.7% rising
28 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 down 2.1% rising
29 Costa Rica 0.2% 2016 up 36.6% rising
30 Panama 0.2% 2018 up 15.0% rising
31 Denmark 0.2% 2016 up 16.4% rising
32 Philippines 0.2% 2019 down 12.6% rising
33 Brazil 0.2% 2020 down 1.2% falling
34 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 25.6% falling
35 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 4.0% falling
36 Austria 0.2% 2003 up 12.9% rising
37 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2015 down 22.3% falling
38 Mauritius 0.2% 2012 down 19.2% falling
39 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 down 61.5% volatile
40 Belize 0.2% 1999 down 5.4% rising
41 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 16.7% rising
42 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 down 5.7% rising
43 Norway 0.2% 2016 down 19.5% falling
44 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 39.1% rising
45 Jordan 0.2% 2016 up 136.2% flat
46 Sweden 0.2% 2016 down 8.2% falling
47 France 0.2% 2016 down 7.5% falling
48 Iceland 0.2% 2015 down 27.4% falling
49 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 up 11.3% rising
50 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 8.2% rising
51 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 25.4% falling
52 Colombia 0.2% 2021 down 12.8% falling
53 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 25.3% rising
54 Venezuela 0.2% 2006 up 31.0% rising
55 Nigeria 0.1% 2018 up 70.9% falling
56 Albania 0.1% 2019 down 11.8% volatile
57 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 6.9% flat
58 Namibia 0.1% 2015 down 5.9% flat
59 Moldova 0.1% 2021 down 58.7% falling
60 Finland 0.1% 2016 down 13.9% falling
61 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 56.2% volatile
62 Türkiye 0.1% 2019 up 27.1% rising
63 Kosovo 0.1% 2014 down 43.7% falling
64 Poland 0.1% 2016 down 4.9% falling
65 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 down 2.3% falling
66 Estonia 0.1% 2016 up 41.4% falling
67 India 0.1% 2019 up 30.0% flat
68 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 17.5% falling
69 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 down 27.1% falling
70 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 30.1% falling
71 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 36.6% rising
72 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 62.8% volatile
73 Hungary 0.1% 2016 up 8.2% flat
74 Portugal 0.1% 2016 up 12.1% rising
75 Mongolia 0.1% 2011 down 55.6% falling
76 Czechia 0.1% 2016 up 17.5% volatile
77 Romania 0.1% 2016 down 20.5% falling
78 Slovenia 0.1% 2016 up 75.5% volatile
79 Bulgaria 0.0% 2016 down 45.4% falling
80 Croatia 0.0% 2016 up 65.3% rising
81 Slovak Republic 0.0% 2016 down 24.7% volatile

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Indicator
Underemployment, less than 35 hours per week, 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
81 places, 1,074 data points, 1970–2021
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