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

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Rank Country Value Year
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