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

Countries reporting
113
Highest
0.8%
Sri Lanka
Lowest
0.0%
Kenya
Median
0.4%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,638

What the numbers show

Working-age population with secondary education, total (% of total population in working age) is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 0.8% in Sri Lanka; the lowest is 0.0% in Kenya.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4%, and the mean is 0.4%.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 2,628.9%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2019 up 6.8% rising
2 Albania 0.8% 2019 up 139.2% rising
3 Australia 0.8% 2015 up 0.9% flat
4 Jamaica 0.8% 2002 up 20.7% rising
5 Italy 0.8% 2016 up 10.7% volatile
6 Croatia 0.7% 2016 down 10.4% falling
7 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 up 2,290.5% volatile
7 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2017 up 2,290.5% volatile
9 Slovakia 0.7% 2016 down 15.0% falling
10 Belarus 0.7% 2019 down 1.6% falling
11 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2018 up 19.0% rising
12 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2020 down 13.3% rising
13 Georgia 0.7% 2020 up 37.0% falling
14 Hungary 0.7% 2016 down 14.1% rising
15 Slovenia 0.7% 2016 down 2.2% rising
16 Poland 0.7% 2019 down 0.3% falling
17 Bulgaria 0.7% 2016 down 14.0% rising
18 Tajikistan 0.6% 2013 down 3.6% flat
19 Malta 0.6% 2016 down 10.0% falling
20 Mongolia 0.6% 2021 up 67.7% rising
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6% 2019 up 10.1% rising
22 Azerbaijan 0.6% 2015 down 17.2% falling
23 Palestine, State of 0.6% 2017 up 113.9% rising
24 Austria 0.6% 2016 down 17.6% rising
25 Montenegro 0.6% 2013 down 0.3% flat
26 Germany 0.6% 2011 down 14.8% falling
27 Mauritius 0.6% 2017 up 33.4% flat
28 Ghana 0.6% 2016 up 29.1% rising
29 Latvia 0.6% 2016 down 20.0% falling
30 Panama 0.6% 2021 up 10.0% rising
31 Uruguay 0.6% 2021 down 0.5% rising
32 Namibia 0.6% 2015 down 0.1% rising
33 Norway 0.5% 2016 down 20.0% falling
34 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% 2011 down 8.1% rising
35 Finland 0.5% 2016 down 23.2% rising
36 Estonia 0.5% 2016 down 17.3% rising
37 Ukraine 0.5% 2014 down 44.9% falling
38 Armenia 0.5% 2020 down 35.6% falling
39 Russian Federation 0.5% 2019 down 22.4% falling
40 Sweden 0.5% 2016 down 15.6% falling
41 Netherlands 0.5% 2016 down 18.2% rising
42 Serbia 0.5% 2018 down 13.1% flat
43 Ecuador 0.5% 2021 up 19.8% rising
44 North Macedonia 0.5% 2020 up 6.7% rising
45 Spain 0.5% 2016 up 0.3% volatile
46 Argentina 0.5% 2021 up 5.7% rising
47 Peru 0.5% 2021 up 7.4% rising
48 Iceland 0.5% 2015 down 32.0% falling
49 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.5% 2006 up 8.2% rising
50 Nigeria 0.5% 2018 up 63.5% volatile
51 Paraguay 0.5% 2021 up 4.3% falling
52 Republic of Korea 0.5% 2017 down 12.9% falling
53 Costa Rica 0.5% 2021 up 9.1% rising
54 Greece 0.4% 2016 down 10.3% rising
55 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4% 2021 up 12.6% rising
56 Cyprus 0.4% 2016 down 19.3% falling
57 Luxembourg 0.4% 2016 down 13.8% volatile
58 Türkiye 0.4% 2019 up 12.5% rising
59 Romania 0.4% 2018 down 48.4% rising
60 Brazil 0.4% 2021 up 66.2% volatile
61 Puerto Rico 0.4% 2005 down 1.9% rising
62 Portugal 0.4% 2016 up 11.6% rising
63 Zambia 0.4% 2015 down 1.7% falling
64 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.4% 2016 down 35.6% volatile
65 Nicaragua 0.4% 2014 down 0.8% rising
66 Guatemala 0.4% 2019 up 35.7% rising
67 Republic of Moldova 0.4% 2021 up 93.0% falling
68 Togo 0.4% 2018 up 99.5% rising
69 United States of America 0.4% 2018 up 1.5% falling
70 Ireland 0.4% 2016 down 22.3% volatile
71 Nepal 0.4% 2014 up 64.8% rising
72 Dominican Republic 0.4% 2013 up 21.3% rising
73 Lithuania 0.4% 2016 down 28.7% rising
74 Czechia 0.4% 2016 down 58.0% falling
75 Honduras 0.4% 2019 up 21.1% rising
76 Tunisia 0.4% 2015 up 13.7% rising
77 Philippines 0.3% 2019 up 32.8% rising
78 Egypt 0.3% 2019 up 15.2% rising
79 Djibouti 0.3% 2017 up 336.2% volatile
80 Gambia 0.3% 2020 up 3.6% rising
81 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 397.4% rising
82 Denmark 0.3% 2016 down 54.7% volatile
83 Chile 0.3% 2017 up 7.3% rising
84 El Salvador 0.3% 2019 up 42.8% rising
85 Morocco 0.3% 2013 up 186.6% rising
86 Madagascar 0.3% 2012 up 23.1% rising
87 Indonesia 0.3% 2019 up 33.6% rising
88 Colombia 0.3% 2021 up 37.0% rising
89 Senegal 0.3% 2018 up 103.2% volatile
90 Jordan 0.3% 2016 down 51.2% volatile
91 France 0.3% 2016 down 54.6% falling
92 Belgium 0.3% 2016 down 45.2% volatile
93 Benin 0.3% 2018 up 54.5% rising
94 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.3% 2018 down 9.8% flat
95 Uganda 0.3% 2016 up 7.2% rising
96 India 0.3% 2019 up 19.4% rising
97 South Africa 0.3% 2020 up 7.0% falling
98 Belize 0.3% 1999 up 10.6% rising
99 Malawi 0.3% 2019 up 1.8% rising
100 Guinea 0.2% 2018 up 26.2% volatile
101 Mozambique 0.2% 2014 up 2,628.9% volatile
102 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 31.8% volatile
103 Niger 0.2% 2018 up 1,275.8% volatile
104 Mali 0.2% 2018 up 35.2% rising
105 China 0.2% 2013 down 69.9% volatile
106 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 53.4% rising
107 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 21.8% rising
108 Bangladesh 0.1% 2016 up 24.6% volatile
109 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 0.8% rising
110 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 up 244.6% falling
111 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 up 39.4% rising
112 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2009 up 71.5% rising
113 Kenya 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Working-age population with 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
113 places, 1,638 data points, 1970–2021
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