Working-age population with post-secondary education, female (% of female population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
109
Highest
0.7%
Lithuania
Lowest
0.0%
Kenya
Median
0.3%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,530

What the numbers show

Working-age population with post-secondary education, female (% of female population in working age) is currently reported for 109 countries. The highest value is 0.7% in Lithuania; the lowest is 0.0% in Kenya.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 0.3%.

Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 1,295.2%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 100.0%).

Working-age population with post-secondary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lithuania 0.7% 2016 up 27.9% rising
2 Denmark 0.7% 2016 up 137.5% volatile
3 France 0.6% 2016 up 140.8% rising
4 Czechia 0.6% 2016 up 401.2% volatile
5 United Kingdom 0.6% 2016 up 68.7% volatile
6 United States 0.6% 2018 up 1.3% rising
7 Iceland 0.6% 2015 up 96.0% rising
8 Ireland 0.6% 2016 up 54.6% volatile
9 Estonia 0.6% 2016 up 31.3% rising
10 Moldova 0.6% 2021 up 58.4% volatile
11 Finland 0.5% 2016 up 52.8% rising
12 Armenia 0.5% 2020 up 164.3% rising
13 Latvia 0.5% 2016 up 45.6% rising
14 Ukraine 0.5% 2014 volatile
15 Sweden 0.5% 2016 up 31.3% rising
16 Puerto Rico 0.5% 2005 up 10.3% rising
17 Cyprus 0.5% 2016 up 52.3% rising
18 South Korea 0.5% 2017 up 34.2% rising
19 Russia 0.5% 2019 up 30.9% rising
20 Norway 0.5% 2016 up 37.4% rising
21 Netherlands 0.4% 2016 up 45.1% volatile
22 Greece 0.4% 2016 up 62.4% rising
23 Argentina 0.4% 2021 up 17.7% rising
24 Spain 0.4% 2016 up 37.4% volatile
25 Germany 0.4% 2011 up 84.0% rising
26 Slovenia 0.4% 2016 up 112.1% rising
27 Mongolia 0.4% 2021 down 41.8% rising
28 Kyrgyzstan 0.4% 2020 up 109.3% rising
29 Luxembourg 0.4% 2016 up 55.3% volatile
30 Chile 0.3% 2017 up 60.3% rising
31 Hungary 0.3% 2016 up 53.0% rising
32 Bulgaria 0.3% 2016 up 48.7% rising
33 Georgia 0.3% 2020 down 35.0% rising
34 Belarus 0.3% 2019 up 44.0% rising
35 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2018 up 40.3% rising
36 Philippines 0.3% 2019 down 1.3% rising
37 Uruguay 0.3% 2021 up 40.1% rising
38 Slovakia 0.3% 2016 up 97.2% rising
39 Jordan 0.3% 2016 up 58.5% volatile
40 Panama 0.3% 2021 up 15.6% rising
41 Malta 0.3% 2016 up 99.5% rising
42 Palestine 0.3% 2017 up 55.0% rising
43 Peru 0.3% 2021 up 4.1% rising
44 Poland 0.3% 2019 up 11.8% volatile
45 Colombia 0.3% 2021 up 27.9% rising
46 Paraguay 0.3% 2021 up 33.7% rising
47 Serbia 0.3% 2018 up 104.4% rising
48 Bolivia 0.3% 2021 up 13.1% rising
49 Portugal 0.3% 2016 up 87.3% volatile
50 Brazil 0.3% 2021 up 51.4% volatile
51 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3% 2011 up 232.3% volatile
52 Belgium 0.3% 2003 volatile
53 Croatia 0.3% 2016 up 67.2% rising
54 Costa Rica 0.3% 2021 up 14.5% rising
55 Ecuador 0.3% 2021 up 6.9% rising
56 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 13.4% rising
57 Venezuela 0.2% 2006 up 69.7% rising
58 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 183.3% volatile
59 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 40.5% rising
60 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 up 25.1% rising
61 North Macedonia 0.2% 2020 up 42.7% rising
62 China 0.2% 2013 up 172.7% volatile
63 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 8.5% volatile
64 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 up 708.7% volatile
64 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2% 2017 up 708.7% volatile
66 Romania 0.2% 2018 up 42.0% rising
67 Austria 0.2% 2003 volatile
68 Ethiopia 0.2% 2021 up 1,295.2% volatile
69 Turkey 0.2% 2019 up 103.5% rising
70 Montenegro 0.2% 2013 down 43.5% falling
71 Albania 0.2% 2019 up 73.3% rising
72 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 up 9.8% rising
73 Mauritius 0.2% 2017 up 23.7% volatile
74 Egypt 0.2% 2019 up 18.1% rising
75 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 28.5% rising
76 Honduras 0.1% 2019 up 68.5% rising
77 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 80.8% rising
78 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 up 659.0% volatile
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2019 up 34.4% rising
80 Nigeria 0.1% 2018 up 23.9% volatile
81 India 0.1% 2019 up 75.1% volatile
82 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 up 81.1% volatile
83 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 93.8% rising
84 Belize 0.1% 1999 up 11.9% rising
85 Bangladesh 0.1% 2016 up 69.4% volatile
86 Ghana 0.1% 2016 up 295.1% volatile
87 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 41.9% rising
88 Morocco 0.1% 2013 up 56.5% rising
89 El Salvador 0.1% 2019 down 38.6% flat
90 Tajikistan 0.1% 2013 up 66.1% rising
91 Djibouti 0.1% 2017 up 298.5% volatile
92 Guatemala 0.1% 2019 up 48.3% rising
93 Zambia 0.1% 2015 down 25.6% rising
94 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 114.6% rising
95 Senegal 0.1% 2018 up 122.0% volatile
96 Tanzania 0.0% 2020 up 1,085.3% volatile
97 Gambia 0.0% 2020 up 56.4% volatile
98 Guinea 0.0% 2018 up 82.0% rising
99 Togo 0.0% 2018 up 54.2% rising
100 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2019 up 79.8% rising
101 Laos 0.0% 2018 up 33.6% volatile
102 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 up 124.7% rising
103 Mali 0.0% 2018 up 233.6% volatile
104 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 54.4% volatile
105 Nepal 0.0% 2014 up 277.7% volatile
106 Cambodia 0.0% 2012 up 273.4% volatile
107 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 down 51.8% volatile
108 Niger 0.0% 2018 up 73.1% volatile
109 Kenya 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile

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