Working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary in Iceland

Iceland: Working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary was 0.5% in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
0.5%
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
16th
of 107 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2015
All-time low
0.3%
in 2004
Years of data
12
2004–2015

Working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary in Iceland, 2004–2015

00.20.40.62004200920152004: 0.257 % of population with high education in working age2005: 0.282 % of population with high education in working age2006: 0.299 % of population with high education in working age2007: 0.319 % of population with high education in working age2008: 0.338 % of population with high education in working age2009: 0.333 % of population with high education in working age2010: 0.334 % of population with high education in working age2011: 0.342 % of population with high education in working age2012: 0.347 % of population with high education in working age2013: 0.369 % of population with high education in working age2014: 0.509 % of population with high education in working age2015: 0.514 % of population with high education in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of population with high education in working age.

Analysis

The most recent figure for working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary in Iceland is 0.5%, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 82.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary in Iceland peaked at 0.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2004.

That places Iceland 16th out of 107 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary in Iceland, year by year

Annual values for Working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary education (% of population with high education in working age) in Iceland, 2004 to 2015.
Year % of population with high education in working age Change
2004 0.3%
2005 0.3% +9.6%
2006 0.3% +6.1%
2007 0.3% +6.5%
2008 0.3% +5.9%
2009 0.3% -1.4%
2010 0.3% +0.3%
2011 0.3% +2.6%
2012 0.3% +1.4%
2013 0.4% +6.4%
2014 0.5% +37.9%
2015 0.5% +1.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 6
2010s 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% 6

Countries ranked near Iceland

  1. 13 Ireland 0.6% compare
  2. 14 Bangladesh 0.5% compare
  3. 15 Republic of Korea 0.5% compare
  4. 17 Chile 0.5% compare
  5. 18 Puerto Rico 0.5%
  6. 19 Thailand 0.5% compare

See the full ranking of 107 places →

More reference data data for Iceland

All data for Iceland →

Frequently asked questions

What is working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary in Iceland?
Working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary in Iceland was 0.5% in 2015, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary recorded in Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2015.
What is the lowest working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2004.
How does Iceland rank for working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary?
Iceland ranks 16th out of 107 countries with data for 2015.
Is working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary rising or falling in Iceland?
Over the last ten years it is up 82.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iceland data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary education (% of population with high education in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary in Iceland. Statizoid. Retrieved 22 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/working-age-population-with-post-secondary-education-above-primary-education-percent-of/iceland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/working-age-population-with-post-secondary-education-above-primary-education-percent-of/iceland/">Working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary in Iceland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Working-age population with post-secondary education, above primary education (% of population with high education in working age)
Unit
% of population with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,441 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed