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

Countries reporting
112
Highest
0.6%
Czechia
Lowest
0.0%
Kenya
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,624

What the numbers show

Working-age population with post-secondary education, total (% of total population in working age) is currently reported for 112 countries. The highest value is 0.6% in Czechia; the lowest is 0.0% in Kenya.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania, United Republic of (up 845.7%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 0.6% 2016 up 395.4% volatile
2 Denmark 0.6% 2016 up 145.6% volatile
3 Belgium 0.6% 2016 up 55.4% volatile
4 France 0.6% 2016 up 153.4% rising
5 Lithuania 0.6% 2016 up 30.2% rising
6 United Kingdom 0.6% 2016 up 63.0% volatile
7 United States 0.6% 2018 up 0.7% rising
8 Republic of Moldova 0.6% 2021 up 83.7% volatile
9 Ireland 0.5% 2016 up 53.3% volatile
10 Korea 0.5% 2017 up 27.5% rising
11 Iceland 0.5% 2015 up 83.1% rising
12 Armenia 0.5% 2020 up 154.1% rising
13 Finland 0.5% 2016 up 50.3% rising
14 Estonia 0.5% 2016 up 33.0% rising
15 Ukraine 0.5% 2014 volatile
16 Sweden 0.5% 2016 up 30.8% rising
17 Cyprus 0.4% 2016 up 51.2% rising
18 Puerto Rico 0.4% 2005 up 3.4% rising
19 Russia 0.4% 2019 up 34.3% rising
20 Latvia 0.4% 2016 up 49.2% rising
21 Netherlands 0.4% 2016 up 35.6% volatile
22 Norway 0.4% 2016 up 32.1% rising
23 Germany 0.4% 2011 up 65.8% rising
24 Greece 0.4% 2016 up 61.5% rising
25 Austria 0.4% 2016 up 47.8% volatile
26 Luxembourg 0.4% 2016 up 42.1% volatile
27 Spain 0.4% 2016 up 30.2% volatile
28 Argentina 0.4% 2021 up 15.5% rising
29 Chile 0.3% 2017 up 53.7% rising
30 Slovenia 0.3% 2016 up 111.7% rising
31 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2020 up 99.2% rising
32 Mongolia 0.3% 2021 down 46.7% flat
33 Hungary 0.3% 2016 up 63.4% rising
34 Georgia 0.3% 2020 down 35.5% rising
35 Peru 0.3% 2021 up 1.3% rising
36 Jordan 0.3% 2016 up 51.7% volatile
37 Philippines 0.3% 2019 down 3.5% rising
38 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2018 up 42.3% rising
39 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3% 2021 up 12.8% rising
40 Malta 0.3% 2016 up 79.7% rising
41 Belarus 0.3% 2019 up 36.0% rising
42 Bulgaria 0.3% 2016 up 51.4% rising
43 Slovak Republic 0.3% 2016 up 80.9% rising
44 Palestine, State of 0.3% 2017 up 31.2% rising
45 Colombia 0.3% 2021 up 24.9% rising
46 Serbia 0.3% 2018 up 95.9% rising
47 Paraguay 0.3% 2021 up 30.8% rising
48 Uruguay 0.3% 2021 up 40.5% rising
49 Panama 0.3% 2021 up 16.4% rising
50 Brazil 0.3% 2021 up 54.1% rising
51 Poland 0.3% 2019 up 13.0% volatile
52 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2% 2011 up 205.3% volatile
53 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 up 12.0% rising
54 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 96.0% volatile
55 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 13.8% rising
56 Croatia 0.2% 2016 up 61.8% rising
57 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 up 481.7% volatile
58 Ecuador 0.2% 2021 up 2.3% rising
59 China (People’s Republic of) 0.2% 2013 up 148.1% rising
60 Azerbaijan 0.2% 2015 up 53.0% rising
61 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 38.5% rising
62 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 117.1% volatile
63 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2% 2006 up 56.4% rising
64 North Macedonia 0.2% 2020 up 34.9% rising
65 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 4.9% volatile
66 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 up 20.3% rising
67 Romania 0.2% 2018 up 32.0% rising
68 Türkiye 0.2% 2019 up 83.3% rising
69 Australia 0.2% 2015 down 0.3% rising
70 Montenegro 0.2% 2013 down 44.3% falling
71 Ethiopia 0.2% 2021 up 751.9% volatile
72 Egypt 0.2% 2019 up 9.2% rising
73 Albania 0.1% 2019 up 57.5% rising
74 Mauritius 0.1% 2017 up 6.8% volatile
75 Nigeria 0.1% 2018 up 23.1% volatile
76 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 up 12.5% rising
77 India 0.1% 2019 up 55.9% rising
78 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 up 514.0% volatile
79 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 87.7% rising
80 Tajikistan 0.1% 2013 up 49.7% rising
81 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 20.9% rising
82 Bangladesh 0.1% 2016 up 44.2% volatile
83 Honduras 0.1% 2019 up 56.7% rising
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2019 up 30.9% rising
85 Ghana 0.1% 2016 up 211.1% volatile
86 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 up 71.2% rising
87 Belize 0.1% 1999 up 12.5% rising
88 Djibouti 0.1% 2017 up 208.3% rising
89 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 20.1% rising
90 Morocco 0.1% 2013 up 44.8% rising
91 Guinea 0.1% 2018 up 80.8% rising
92 El Salvador 0.1% 2019 down 37.1% falling
93 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 90.7% rising
94 Zambia 0.1% 2015 down 37.2% rising
95 Togo 0.1% 2018 up 16.9% rising
96 Senegal 0.1% 2018 up 87.1% volatile
97 Guatemala 0.1% 2019 up 38.6% rising
98 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 88.8% rising
99 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 up 845.7% volatile
100 Gambia 0.1% 2020 up 32.9% rising
101 Benin 0.1% 2018 up 203.2% volatile
102 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 up 40.9% rising
103 Mali 0.0% 2018 up 138.9% volatile
104 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 up 89.7% rising
105 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2019 up 65.6% rising
106 Cambodia 0.0% 2012 up 233.4% rising
107 Nepal 0.0% 2014 up 134.7% rising
108 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 down 17.7% rising
109 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 59.9% volatile
110 Niger 0.0% 2018 up 62.1% volatile
111 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2009 down 12.1% rising
112 Kenya 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Working-age population with post-secondary education, total (% of total population in working age)
Unit
% of total population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
112 places, 1,624 data points, 1970–2021
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