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

Countries reporting
99
Highest
0.7%
Lithuania
Lowest
0.1%
Sri Lanka
Median
0.3%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,350

What the numbers show

Working-age population with post-secondary education, urban (% of urban population in working age) is currently reported for 99 countries. The highest value is 0.7% in Lithuania; the lowest is 0.1% in Sri Lanka.

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

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania (up 479.3%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 50.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lithuania 0.7% 2016 up 29.7% rising
2 Moldova 0.7% 2021 up 264.5% rising
3 Czechia 0.7% 2016 up 332.7% volatile
4 Denmark 0.7% 2016 up 128.3% volatile
5 France 0.6% 2016 up 144.5% rising
6 United States 0.6% 2018 up 0.6% rising
7 United Kingdom 0.6% 2016 up 61.6% volatile
8 Armenia 0.6% 2020 up 138.5% rising
9 Ireland 0.6% 2016 up 46.8% rising
10 Iceland 0.5% 2015 up 64.9% rising
11 Estonia 0.5% 2016 up 32.9% rising
12 South Korea 0.5% 2017 up 26.0% rising
13 Ukraine 0.5% 2014 volatile
14 Finland 0.5% 2016 up 39.6% rising
15 Sweden 0.5% 2016 up 14.5% rising
16 Cyprus 0.5% 2016 up 45.2% rising
17 Russia 0.5% 2019 up 30.8% rising
18 Latvia 0.5% 2016 up 31.4% rising
19 Greece 0.5% 2016 up 51.8% rising
20 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% 2020 up 79.4% rising
21 Germany 0.4% 2011 up 64.9% rising
22 Hungary 0.4% 2016 up 56.9% rising
23 Georgia 0.4% 2020 down 29.6% rising
24 Spain 0.4% 2016 up 28.5% volatile
25 Luxembourg 0.4% 2016 up 50.1% rising
26 Kazakhstan 0.4% 2017 up 42.8% rising
27 Norway 0.4% 2016 up 4.8% rising
28 Bulgaria 0.4% 2016 up 44.2% rising
29 Chile 0.4% 2017 up 50.1% rising
30 Argentina 0.4% 2021 up 7.0% rising
31 Bolivia 0.4% 2021 up 6.7% rising
32 Mongolia 0.4% 2021 down 50.5% falling
33 Serbia 0.4% 2018 up 81.6% rising
34 Philippines 0.4% 2019 down 10.5% rising
35 Peru 0.3% 2021 down 4.0% rising
36 Paraguay 0.3% 2021 up 17.3% rising
37 China 0.3% 2013 up 42.5% rising
38 Rwanda 0.3% 2021 up 305.5% volatile
39 Slovakia 0.3% 2016 up 78.9% rising
40 Ethiopia 0.3% 2021 up 285.6% volatile
41 Belarus 0.3% 2019 up 39.3% rising
42 Colombia 0.3% 2021 up 20.2% rising
43 Poland 0.3% 2019 up 11.3% volatile
44 Panama 0.3% 2021 up 8.7% rising
45 Jordan 0.3% 2016 up 47.7% rising
46 Croatia 0.3% 2016 up 61.6% rising
47 Kosovo 0.3% 2017 up 51.3% rising
47 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.3% 2017 up 51.3% rising
49 Malta 0.3% 2016 up 79.7% rising
50 Thailand 0.3% 2021 up 9.8% rising
51 Netherlands 0.3% 2004 volatile
52 Brazil 0.3% 2021 up 52.5% rising
53 Palestine 0.3% 2017 up 26.6% rising
54 Romania 0.3% 2018 up 19.1% rising
55 Ecuador 0.3% 2021 down 3.9% rising
56 Costa Rica 0.3% 2021 up 9.3% rising
57 Mexico 0.3% 2020 up 11.0% rising
58 Portugal 0.3% 2016 up 106.7% rising
59 Uruguay 0.3% 2021 up 36.2% rising
60 North Macedonia 0.3% 2020 up 26.5% rising
61 Belgium 0.3% 2003 volatile
62 India 0.3% 2019 up 26.7% rising
63 Tajikistan 0.3% 2013 up 71.8% rising
64 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 94.7% volatile
65 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 up 19.3% rising
66 Austria 0.2% 2003 volatile
67 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 up 15.9% volatile
68 Egypt 0.2% 2019 up 1.1% rising
69 Venezuela 0.2% 2002 up 5.8% flat
70 Montenegro 0.2% 2013 up 27.5% rising
71 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 9.9% volatile
72 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 up 10.6% rising
73 Namibia 0.2% 2015 up 71.4% rising
74 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 4.5% rising
75 Honduras 0.2% 2019 up 32.3% rising
76 Turkey 0.2% 2013 up 63.3% rising
77 Ghana 0.2% 2016 up 154.4% volatile
78 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 52.2% rising
79 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 4.0% rising
80 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 11.4% rising
81 Belize 0.1% 1999 up 11.2% rising
82 Zambia 0.1% 2015 down 43.9% rising
83 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 up 35.7% rising
84 Morocco 0.1% 2013 up 36.4% rising
85 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 126.4% rising
86 Tanzania 0.1% 2020 up 479.3% volatile
87 Mali 0.1% 2018 up 128.8% volatile
88 El Salvador 0.1% 2019 down 34.7% falling
89 Guatemala 0.1% 2019 up 31.5% falling
90 Cambodia 0.1% 2012 up 207.0% rising
91 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 77.1% rising
92 Senegal 0.1% 2018 up 48.4% falling
93 Malawi 0.1% 2019 down 49.5% volatile
94 Laos 0.1% 2018 up 30.1% rising
95 Djibouti 0.1% 2017 up 206.1% rising
96 Gambia 0.1% 2020 up 39.5% rising
97 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 up 217.5% rising
98 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 5.2% rising
99 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 up 73.0% rising

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Indicator
Working-age population with post-secondary education, urban (% of urban population in working age)
Unit
% of urban population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
99 places, 1,350 data points, 1970–2021
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