Working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 in Finland

Finland: Working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 was 0.5% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.5%
Change on year
up 3.2%
World rank
12th
of 109 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2016
All-time low
0.0%
in 1996
Years of data
16
1996–2016

Working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 in Finland, 1996–2016

00.20.40.61996200620161996: 0 % of population aged 25-641997: 0 % of population aged 25-641998: 0.288 % of population aged 25-642004: 0.344 % of population aged 25-642005: 0.354 % of population aged 25-642006: 0.369 % of population aged 25-642007: 0.36 % of population aged 25-642008: 0.364 % of population aged 25-642009: 0.375 % of population aged 25-642010: 0.384 % of population aged 25-642011: 0.407 % of population aged 25-642012: 0.42 % of population aged 25-642013: 0.429 % of population aged 25-642014: 0.504 % of population aged 25-642015: 0.5 % of population aged 25-642016: 0.516 % of population aged 25-64

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of population aged 25-64.

Analysis

Finland recorded 0.5% for working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 in 2016. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 39.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 in Finland peaked at 0.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1996.

That places Finland 12th out of 109 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 in Finland, year by year

Annual values for Working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 (% of population aged 25-64) in Finland, 1996 to 2016.
Year % of population aged 25-64 Change
1996 0.0%
1997 0.0%
1998 0.3%
2004 0.3% +19.3%
2005 0.4% +2.9%
2006 0.4% +4.4%
2007 0.4% -2.4%
2008 0.4% +1.1%
2009 0.4% +2.9%
2010 0.4% +2.3%
2011 0.4% +6.2%
2012 0.4% +3.2%
2013 0.4% +2.0%
2014 0.5% +17.5%
2015 0.5% -0.8%
2016 0.5% +3.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 3
2000s 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 6
2010s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 7

Countries ranked near Finland

  1. 9 Ireland 0.6% compare
  2. 10 Armenia 0.5% compare
  3. 11 South Korea 0.5% compare
  4. 13 Ukraine 0.5% compare
  5. 14 Estonia 0.5% compare
  6. 15 Sweden 0.5% compare

See the full ranking of 109 places →

More reference data data for Finland

All data for Finland →

Frequently asked questions

What is working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 in Finland?
Working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 in Finland was 0.5% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 recorded in Finland?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2016.
What is the lowest working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 recorded in Finland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1996.
How does Finland rank for working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64?
Finland ranks 12th out of 109 countries with data for 2016.
Is working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 rising or falling in Finland?
Over the last ten years it is up 39.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Finland data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 (% of population aged 25-64). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 16 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, aged 25-64 in Finland. Statizoid. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/working-age-population-with-post-secondary-education-aged-25-64-percent-of-population/finland/

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-aged-25-64-percent-of-population/finland/">Working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 in Finland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Working-age population with post-secondary education, aged 25-64 (% of population aged 25-64)
Unit
% of population aged 25-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
109 places, 1,530 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed