Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, above primary education (% of employed youth with high education aged 15-24) by country

Countries reporting
92
Highest
1.0%
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.1%
Malawi
Median
0.9%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,222

What the numbers show

Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, above primary education (% of employed youth with high education aged 15-24) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.1% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 0.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 225.8%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 71.5%).

Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, above primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 1.0% 2016 up 1.5% flat
1 Malta 1.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
1 Sweden 1.0% 2016 up 1.7% flat
1 Slovakia 1.0% 2016 up 1.5% flat
1 Slovenia 1.0% 2016 up 1.0% rising
6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2016 up 2.4% flat
7 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 up 0.3% flat
8 Cyprus 1.0% 2016 up 0.8% flat
9 Puerto Rico 1.0% 2005 down 0.0% flat
10 Belgium 1.0% 2003 up 1.1% flat
11 Netherlands 1.0% 2016 up 1.2% flat
12 Argentina 1.0% 2021 down 0.2% flat
13 Portugal 1.0% 2016 up 0.0% flat
14 Germany 1.0% 2011 up 0.2% flat
15 Mauritius 1.0% 2012 up 1.2% flat
16 Jordan 1.0% 2016 down 0.5% flat
17 United States of America 1.0% 2018 down 0.4% flat
18 Estonia 1.0% 2016 down 0.1% flat
19 China 1.0% 2013 up 64.0% rising
20 Austria 1.0% 2003 up 0.5% flat
21 Ireland 1.0% 2016 down 0.3% flat
22 France 1.0% 2016 up 0.1% flat
23 South Africa 1.0% 2020 down 1.4% rising
24 Iceland 1.0% 2013 up 1.0% flat
25 Latvia 1.0% 2016 up 1.4% rising
26 Norway 1.0% 2016 down 0.7% flat
27 Italy 1.0% 2016 down 0.4% flat
28 Finland 1.0% 2016 down 3.4% flat
29 Czechia 1.0% 2016 down 2.1% flat
30 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2006 up 1.2% flat
31 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 2.4% rising
32 Mexico 0.9% 2020 down 1.0% flat
33 Spain 0.9% 2016 down 2.7% flat
34 Ukraine 0.9% 2013 down 5.3% flat
35 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2017 up 4.5% flat
36 Denmark 0.9% 2016 down 2.7% flat
37 Dominican Republic 0.9% 2013 down 2.9% flat
38 Brazil 0.9% 2021 down 3.4% flat
39 Kosovo 0.9% 2017 down 3.4% flat
39 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.9% 2017 down 3.4% flat
41 Gambia 0.9% 2020 up 16.0% rising
42 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 up 30.8% rising
43 Chile 0.9% 2017 down 0.3% flat
44 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 up 0.1% falling
45 Hungary 0.9% 2016 down 4.6% flat
46 Tunisia 0.9% 2015 up 10.4% rising
47 Belize 0.9% 1999 down 2.7% flat
48 Nigeria 0.9% 2018 up 81.5% rising
49 Costa Rica 0.9% 2021 down 0.8% falling
50 Namibia 0.9% 2015 up 16.3% rising
51 Indonesia 0.9% 2019 up 6.1% rising
52 Greece 0.9% 2016 down 6.0% falling
53 Kazakhstan 0.9% 2017 down 1.3% flat
54 Philippines 0.9% 2019 up 10.4% rising
55 Colombia 0.9% 2021 down 3.7% falling
56 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2019 up 8.6% rising
57 Bulgaria 0.9% 2016 down 8.0% flat
58 Paraguay 0.9% 2017 up 48.9% flat
59 El Salvador 0.9% 2017 down 7.9% falling
60 Jamaica 0.9% 2002 up 3.3% flat
61 Pakistan 0.9% 2020 up 4.7% flat
62 Bangladesh 0.8% 2016 up 14.5% rising
63 Lithuania 0.8% 2016 down 10.6% falling
64 Türkiye 0.8% 2019 up 3.0% flat
65 Egypt 0.8% 2019 up 12.9% rising
66 Rwanda 0.8% 2021 down 2.2% rising
67 Honduras 0.8% 2017 down 8.9% falling
68 Thailand 0.8% 2021 up 7.3% flat
69 Panama 0.8% 2021 down 11.2% falling
70 Cambodia 0.8% 2012 up 15.0% flat
71 Albania 0.8% 2019 up 44.7% rising
72 Armenia 0.8% 2020 up 21.3% rising
73 Nicaragua 0.7% 2014 down 1.6% falling
74 India 0.7% 2019 up 21.5% rising
75 Croatia 0.7% 2016 down 23.4% falling
76 Guatemala 0.7% 2011 down 18.6% falling
77 Peru 0.7% 2021 down 8.8% flat
78 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7% 2021 down 4.6% falling
79 Mongolia 0.7% 2016 up 68.9% rising
80 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2020 up 15.7% rising
81 Ghana 0.6% 2016 down 0.8% rising
82 Ecuador 0.6% 2021 down 24.4% falling
83 Ethiopia 0.6% 2021 down 10.7% falling
84 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.6% 2020 down 35.2% falling
85 Uganda 0.6% 2016 up 84.9% rising
86 Georgia 0.6% 2013 down 29.9% falling
87 Mozambique 0.5% 2014 up 225.8% rising
88 Madagascar 0.5% 2012 up 26.8% rising
89 Zambia 0.5% 2015 up 49.5% rising
90 Romania 0.4% 2016 down 45.8% falling
91 Nepal 0.3% 2014 down 1.3% rising
92 Malawi 0.1% 2016 down 71.5% volatile

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Indicator
Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, above primary education (% of employed youth with high education aged 15-24)
Unit
% of employed youth with high education aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,222 data points, 1970–2021
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