Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of labor force with high education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
107
Highest
0.4%
Kosovo
Lowest
0.0%
Niger
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,429

What the numbers show

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of labor force with high education in working age) is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 0.4% in Kosovo; the lowest is 0.0% in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 71.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Kosovo (up 1,169.9%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 91.5%).

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kosovo 0.4% 2017 up 1,169.9% flat
1 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% 2017 up 1,169.9% flat
3 Georgia 0.4% 2020 up 101.9% rising
4 Djibouti 0.3% 2017 up 8.0% falling
5 Albania 0.3% 2019 up 79.9% rising
6 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2018 up 419.8% volatile
7 South Africa 0.2% 2020 up 20.3% falling
8 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 59.5% rising
9 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 106.5% rising
10 Croatia 0.2% 2016 down 22.3% falling
11 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 104.3% rising
12 Jordan 0.2% 2016 down 7.6% flat
13 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 31.2% rising
14 Morocco 0.2% 2013 down 17.4% falling
15 Namibia 0.2% 2015 down 23.1% falling
16 Montenegro 0.2% 2010 up 54.8% rising
17 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 71.8% rising
18 Zambia 0.2% 2015 up 277.7% volatile
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2% 2019 down 40.2% rising
20 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 248.0% volatile
21 Ukraine 0.2% 2014 down 42.4% falling
22 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 down 42.6% falling
23 Colombia 0.2% 2021 up 19.5% falling
24 North Macedonia 0.2% 2020 down 48.0% falling
25 Türkiye 0.2% 2019 down 4.0% rising
26 Slovenia 0.2% 2016 up 25.1% rising
27 Brazil 0.1% 2021 up 117.3% rising
28 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 down 20.1% volatile
29 Bulgaria 0.1% 2016 up 71.4% rising
30 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 496.7% volatile
31 Portugal 0.1% 2016 up 60.0% rising
32 Serbia 0.1% 2018 down 27.9% falling
33 Gambia 0.1% 2020 down 26.6% volatile
34 Finland 0.1% 2016 up 28.2% rising
35 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 up 58.7% rising
36 India 0.1% 2019 up 119.0% rising
37 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 152.4% falling
38 Latvia 0.1% 2016 up 16.9% rising
39 Egypt 0.1% 2019 down 22.8% flat
40 Palestine, State of 0.1% 2017 down 44.9% falling
41 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 97.2% rising
42 Bangladesh 0.1% 2016 up 38.1% rising
43 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 695.3% volatile
44 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 down 4.7% falling
45 Czechia 0.1% 2016 down 14.9% rising
46 Belize 0.1% 1999 up 67.5% rising
47 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 up 9.3% rising
48 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 46.3% falling
49 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1% 2006 down 14.6% rising
50 Russian Federation 0.1% 2016 up 449.5% volatile
51 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 8.5% rising
52 Mauritius 0.1% 2017 up 4.3% falling
53 France 0.1% 2016 up 1.7% flat
54 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 up 37.1% falling
55 Honduras 0.1% 2019 up 44.8% rising
56 Armenia 0.1% 2020 down 64.0% falling
57 Germany 0.1% 2011 up 7.9% flat
58 Mongolia 0.1% 2021 up 97.2% flat
59 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 11.0% rising
60 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 down 8.1% falling
61 Guinea 0.1% 2018 up 36.2% falling
62 Argentina 0.1% 2021 up 7.8% rising
63 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 down 53.6% falling
64 Paraguay 0.1% 2021 up 5.8% falling
65 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 79.5% falling
66 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2011 down 29.9% falling
67 Belgium 0.1% 2003 down 15.9% falling
68 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2021 up 97.8% flat
69 El Salvador 0.1% 2019 down 6.6% falling
70 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 up 96.1% rising
71 Denmark 0.1% 2016 up 25.3% rising
72 Sweden 0.1% 2016 up 30.4% flat
73 Estonia 0.1% 2016 down 12.0% falling
74 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2021 up 47.6% falling
75 Philippines 0.1% 2019 down 39.5% falling
76 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 27.0% falling
77 Nigeria 0.1% 2018 down 44.0% volatile
78 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 down 4.5% volatile
79 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 35.8% volatile
80 Peru 0.1% 2021 up 37.7% falling
81 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 down 45.7% falling
82 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 down 17.5% volatile
83 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 up 72.7% rising
84 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 down 6.2% falling
85 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 up 76.2% volatile
86 Austria 0.0% 2003 down 11.6% falling
87 Mexico 0.0% 2020 down 29.0% falling
88 Ghana 0.0% 2016 down 41.4% rising
89 Belarus 0.0% 2010 up 190.5% volatile
90 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0% 2016 up 5.6% rising
91 United States of America 0.0% 2018 down 60.6% rising
92 Malta 0.0% 2016 down 46.2% falling
93 Norway 0.0% 2016 up 37.1% falling
94 Nepal 0.0% 2014 down 24.8% falling
95 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 down 51.5% falling
96 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 up 24.5% falling
97 Iceland 0.0% 2015 up 67.3% volatile
98 Romania 0.0% 2018 down 34.6% falling
99 China 0.0% 2013 down 37.6% falling
100 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 down 50.7% rising
101 Tajikistan 0.0% 2013 down 46.3% volatile
102 Cambodia 0.0% 2012 down 43.6% falling
103 Thailand 0.0% 2021 up 99.8% volatile
104 Senegal 0.0% 2018 down 88.8% volatile
105 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 42.7% falling
106 Togo 0.0% 2018 down 89.2% volatile
107 Niger 0.0% 2018 down 91.5% volatile

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Indicator
Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of labor force with high education in working age)
Unit
% of labor force with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,429 data points, 1970–2021
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