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Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
104
Highest
1.0%
Belarus
Lowest
0.3%
Nepal
Median
0.8%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,400

What the numbers show

Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Belarus; the lowest is 0.3% in Nepal.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 0.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 128.6%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 30.3%).

Wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belarus 1.0% 2010 up 11.8% rising
2 Russian Federation 0.9% 2016 up 9.7% rising
3 United States of America 0.9% 2018 up 4.2% flat
4 Germany 0.9% 2011 up 4.6% rising
5 Norway 0.9% 2016 up 2.7% flat
6 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 up 1.0% flat
7 Ukraine 0.9% 2014 down 0.8% flat
8 Denmark 0.9% 2016 up 2.3% flat
9 France 0.9% 2016 down 1.0% flat
10 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2005 down 1.9% flat
11 Cyprus 0.9% 2016 up 0.5% flat
12 Sweden 0.9% 2016 down 0.7% flat
13 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 up 2.3% rising
14 Croatia 0.9% 2016 down 0.9% flat
15 Iceland 0.9% 2015 up 2.9% flat
16 Malta 0.9% 2016 up 1.1% flat
17 Estonia 0.9% 2016 down 4.2% flat
18 Portugal 0.9% 2016 up 1.2% flat
19 Montenegro 0.9% 2010 down 2.5% flat
20 Slovenia 0.9% 2016 down 3.2% rising
21 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 down 0.5% rising
22 Hungary 0.9% 2016 up 2.0% flat
23 Latvia 0.9% 2016 down 3.3% rising
24 Jordan 0.9% 2016 up 3.0% flat
25 Austria 0.9% 2003 up 0.7% flat
26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 2.0% flat
27 Ireland 0.9% 2016 up 1.1% flat
28 Namibia 0.9% 2015 up 14.6% rising
29 North Macedonia 0.9% 2020 up 5.9% falling
30 Romania 0.9% 2018 up 14.4% flat
31 South Africa 0.9% 2020 down 1.0% falling
32 Finland 0.9% 2016 down 1.2% flat
33 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 up 24.7% falling
34 Mauritius 0.9% 2017 up 3.9% flat
35 Kazakhstan 0.9% 2018 down 14.8% falling
36 Belgium 0.9% 2003 up 2.6% flat
37 Czechia 0.8% 2016 down 0.0% flat
38 Netherlands 0.8% 2016 down 4.3% falling
39 Slovakia 0.8% 2016 down 6.9% falling
40 Spain 0.8% 2016 down 2.9% flat
41 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8% 2019 up 1.1% flat
42 Poland 0.8% 2019 up 1.8% rising
43 Trinidad and Tobago 0.8% 2011 down 3.2% falling
44 Chile 0.8% 2017 down 0.5% flat
45 Costa Rica 0.8% 2021 up 0.9% flat
46 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 up 3.3% flat
47 Serbia 0.8% 2018 down 3.0% rising
48 Palestine, State of 0.8% 2017 up 9.6% rising
49 Egypt 0.8% 2019 up 2.9% falling
50 Türkiye 0.8% 2019 up 4.8% rising
51 Albania 0.8% 2019 up 26.7% rising
52 Italy 0.8% 2016 up 1.6% flat
53 Mexico 0.8% 2020 up 1.3% flat
54 Belize 0.8% 1999 down 7.1% falling
55 Republic of Korea 0.8% 2017 up 6.6% rising
56 Argentina 0.8% 2021 down 4.5% falling
57 Guatemala 0.7% 2019 up 7.3% rising
58 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 3.6% flat
59 El Salvador 0.7% 2019 down 1.2% falling
60 Philippines 0.7% 2019 up 12.2% rising
61 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 9.6% falling
62 Mongolia 0.7% 2021 up 4.5% rising
63 Greece 0.7% 2016 down 0.9% flat
64 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 down 20.6% falling
64 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2017 down 20.6% falling
66 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2019 up 8.5% flat
67 Rwanda 0.7% 2021 down 8.8% rising
68 Morocco 0.7% 2013 down 8.5% flat
69 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 down 2.5% falling
70 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% 2006 down 6.2% falling
71 Panama 0.7% 2021 down 15.2% falling
72 Indonesia 0.7% 2019 up 10.8% falling
73 Pakistan 0.6% 2020 down 0.6% falling
74 Paraguay 0.6% 2021 down 5.8% rising
75 Nicaragua 0.6% 2014 up 3.1% falling
76 Jamaica 0.6% 2002 down 9.6% falling
77 Thailand 0.6% 2021 up 1.4% falling
78 Djibouti 0.6% 2017 down 30.3% falling
79 Honduras 0.6% 2019 down 2.9% falling
80 Senegal 0.6% 2018 down 5.5% falling
81 Armenia 0.6% 2020 up 2.2% flat
82 Gambia 0.6% 2020 up 16.5% falling
83 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 — volatile
84 Colombia 0.6% 2021 down 0.5% falling
85 Bangladesh 0.6% 2016 up 12.2% rising
86 Georgia 0.6% 2020 up 20.0% falling
87 Cambodia 0.6% 2012 up 7.2% falling
88 Ethiopia 0.6% 2021 up 3.2% falling
89 Peru 0.5% 2021 down 3.6% flat
90 India 0.5% 2019 up 4.4% falling
91 Ecuador 0.5% 2021 down 17.7% falling
92 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5% 2018 up 56.2% rising
93 Niger 0.5% 2018 down 12.3% flat
94 Guinea 0.5% 2018 up 87.3% rising
95 Mozambique 0.5% 2014 up 128.6% falling
96 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4% 2021 down 15.4% falling
97 Zambia 0.4% 2015 up 55.1% rising
98 Uganda 0.4% 2016 up 24.8% falling
99 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4% 2020 up 16.7% falling
100 Ghana 0.3% 2016 up 2.6% rising
101 Madagascar 0.3% 2012 down 7.1% falling
102 Togo 0.3% 2018 down 5.3% falling
103 Malawi 0.3% 2019 down 14.5% falling
104 Nepal 0.3% 2014 down 11.1% rising

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Indicator
Wage workers, 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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