Labor force with advanced education, female (% of female working-age population with advanced education) - Country Ranking
Definition: The percentage of the working age population with an advanced level of education who are in the labor force. Advanced education comprises short-cycle tertiary education, a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education level, a master’s degree or equivalent education level, or doctoral degree or equivalent education level according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).
Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
Rank | Country | Value | Year |
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1 | Solomon Islands | 92.23 | 2013 |
2 | Nauru | 91.18 | 2013 |
3 | San Marino | 89.30 | 2019 |
4 | Macao SAR, China | 88.31 | 2016 |
5 | Vietnam | 88.19 | 2020 |
6 | Tanzania | 87.85 | 2014 |
7 | Ethiopia | 87.83 | 2013 |
8 | Mauritius | 86.91 | 2020 |
9 | Iceland | 86.33 | 2020 |
10 | Lesotho | 85.57 | 2019 |
11 | Kiribati | 84.74 | 2019 |
12 | Singapore | 84.28 | 2014 |
13 | Cuba | 84.17 | 2010 |
14 | Sri Lanka | 83.84 | 2019 |
15 | Malta | 83.82 | 2020 |
16 | Cayman Islands | 83.77 | 2015 |
17 | Seychelles | 83.61 | 2020 |
18 | Tuvalu | 83.45 | 2016 |
19 | Norway | 83.44 | 2020 |
20 | Paraguay | 82.75 | 2017 |
21 | Kenya | 82.26 | 2019 |
22 | Sweden | 82.00 | 2020 |
23 | United Kingdom | 81.77 | 2019 |
24 | Honduras | 81.75 | 2019 |
25 | Latvia | 81.66 | 2020 |
26 | Belarus | 81.65 | 2020 |
27 | Nicaragua | 81.63 | 2014 |
28 | North Macedonia | 81.53 | 2020 |
29 | Belize | 81.51 | 2019 |
30 | Barbados | 81.46 | 2019 |
31 | Portugal | 81.24 | 2020 |
32 | Cyprus | 81.13 | 2020 |
33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 81.11 | 2020 |
34 | Romania | 81.04 | 2020 |
35 | New Zealand | 81.02 | 2020 |
36 | Lithuania | 80.94 | 2020 |
36 | Slovenia | 80.94 | 2020 |
38 | St. Lucia | 80.85 | 2019 |
39 | Thailand | 80.57 | 2020 |
39 | Switzerland | 80.57 | 2020 |
41 | Netherlands | 80.04 | 2020 |
42 | Suriname | 79.81 | 2016 |
42 | Uruguay | 79.81 | 2019 |
44 | Palau | 79.50 | 2014 |
45 | Eswatini | 79.18 | 2016 |
46 | Estonia | 79.13 | 2020 |
47 | Vanuatu | 78.77 | 2019 |
48 | Brunei | 78.69 | 2019 |
49 | Montenegro | 78.66 | 2020 |
50 | Luxembourg | 78.32 | 2020 |
51 | Australia | 78.20 | 2017 |
51 | Spain | 78.20 | 2020 |
53 | Uzbekistan | 78.08 | 2020 |
54 | Dominican Republic | 77.88 | 2020 |
55 | Jamaica | 77.74 | 2020 |
56 | Guyana | 77.43 | 2019 |
57 | Guatemala | 77.40 | 2019 |
58 | Poland | 77.28 | 2020 |
59 | Austria | 77.14 | 2020 |
60 | Indonesia | 76.75 | 2020 |
61 | Ireland | 76.61 | 2020 |
62 | Namibia | 76.44 | 2018 |
63 | El Salvador | 75.70 | 2020 |
64 | Panama | 75.62 | 2021 |
65 | Comoros | 75.60 | 2014 |
66 | Denmark | 75.46 | 2020 |
67 | South Africa | 75.45 | 2020 |
68 | Chile | 75.44 | 2020 |
69 | Botswana | 75.02 | 2020 |
70 | Israel | 74.81 | 2020 |
71 | Rwanda | 74.73 | 2020 |
72 | France | 74.59 | 2020 |
72 | Ecuador | 74.59 | 2019 |
74 | Greece | 74.46 | 2020 |
75 | Belgium | 74.29 | 2020 |
76 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 74.26 | 2020 |
77 | Germany | 74.14 | 2020 |
78 | Costa Rica | 73.96 | 2020 |
79 | Brazil | 73.45 | 2020 |
80 | Colombia | 73.41 | 2019 |
81 | Argentina | 73.31 | 2020 |
82 | Finland | 73.13 | 2020 |
83 | Bulgaria | 73.08 | 2020 |
84 | Malaysia | 72.70 | 2020 |
85 | Papua New Guinea | 72.65 | 2010 |
86 | Bolivia | 72.28 | 2020 |
87 | Croatia | 72.23 | 2020 |
88 | Lao PDR | 72.20 | 2017 |
89 | Cameroon | 72.08 | 2014 |
90 | Japan | 71.94 | 2020 |
91 | Burundi | 71.84 | 2014 |
92 | Italy | 71.58 | 2020 |
93 | Slovak Republic | 71.51 | 2020 |
94 | Canada | 70.88 | 2021 |
95 | Serbia | 70.74 | 2020 |
96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.61 | 2016 |
97 | Fiji | 70.26 | 2016 |
98 | Czech Republic | 69.99 | 2020 |
99 | Nigeria | 69.93 | 2019 |
100 | Guinea | 69.73 | 2019 |
101 | Mali | 69.67 | 2018 |
102 | Venezuela | 69.25 | 2017 |
103 | The Gambia | 69.07 | 2018 |
104 | Mozambique | 69.04 | 2015 |
105 | Samoa | 68.38 | 2017 |
106 | Zambia | 68.27 | 2019 |
107 | Cabo Verde | 68.02 | 2019 |
108 | Hungary | 67.78 | 2020 |
109 | United States | 67.60 | 2021 |
110 | Mexico | 66.96 | 2020 |
111 | Peru | 66.95 | 2020 |
112 | Togo | 66.11 | 2017 |
113 | Cambodia | 65.59 | 2019 |
114 | Turkey | 65.38 | 2020 |
115 | Mauritania | 64.46 | 2017 |
116 | Mongolia | 64.16 | 2020 |
116 | Qatar | 64.16 | 2020 |
118 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.90 | 2018 |
119 | Sierra Leone | 62.87 | 2018 |
120 | Kyrgyz Republic | 62.56 | 2018 |
121 | Yemen | 62.45 | 2014 |
122 | Korea | 62.21 | 2020 |
123 | Ghana | 61.99 | 2017 |
124 | Tunisia | 61.92 | 2017 |
125 | Timor-Leste | 61.90 | 2016 |
126 | Madagascar | 61.37 | 2015 |
127 | Russia | 61.32 | 2020 |
128 | Georgia | 61.12 | 2020 |
129 | Ukraine | 61.11 | 2020 |
130 | Haiti | 61.08 | 2012 |
131 | Kuwait | 60.85 | 2016 |
132 | Tonga | 60.81 | 2018 |
133 | Burkina Faso | 60.74 | 2018 |
134 | Angola | 59.57 | 2014 |
135 | Malawi | 58.48 | 2020 |
136 | Armenia | 57.97 | 2020 |
137 | Moldova | 57.89 | 2020 |
138 | Tajikistan | 57.55 | 2009 |
139 | Djibouti | 57.27 | 2017 |
140 | Bangladesh | 56.72 | 2017 |
141 | Philippines | 56.66 | 2016 |
142 | Sudan | 56.44 | 2011 |
143 | Nepal | 56.25 | 2017 |
144 | Liberia | 55.90 | 2017 |
145 | Bhutan | 54.48 | 2015 |
146 | Myanmar | 53.24 | 2019 |
147 | Monaco | 52.78 | 2016 |
148 | United Arab Emirates | 52.42 | 2018 |
148 | Puerto Rico | 52.42 | 2015 |
150 | Chad | 52.09 | 2018 |
151 | Uganda | 51.77 | 2017 |
152 | Saudi Arabia | 51.73 | 2020 |
153 | Lebanon | 51.64 | 2019 |
154 | Albania | 51.45 | 2019 |
155 | Congo | 49.00 | 2009 |
156 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 48.75 | 2012 |
157 | Jordan | 48.63 | 2020 |
158 | Iraq | 48.46 | 2012 |
159 | Niger | 47.26 | 2017 |
160 | Algeria | 42.22 | 2017 |
161 | Egypt | 41.78 | 2020 |
162 | Senegal | 40.85 | 2019 |
163 | Somalia | 39.82 | 2019 |
164 | Pakistan | 36.03 | 2019 |
165 | Oman | 35.60 | 2018 |
166 | India | 34.15 | 2020 |
167 | Iran | 34.06 | 2020 |
168 | Afghanistan | 34.03 | 2020 |
169 | Benin | 32.06 | 2018 |
170 | Zimbabwe | 31.70 | 2019 |
171 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.19 | 2017 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual