Labor force with advanced education, female (% of female working-age population with advanced education) - Country Ranking - Africa

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.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Tanzania 87.85 2014
2 Ethiopia 87.83 2013
3 Mauritius 86.91 2020
4 Lesotho 85.57 2019
5 Seychelles 83.61 2020
6 Kenya 82.26 2019
7 Eswatini 79.18 2016
8 Namibia 76.44 2018
9 Comoros 75.60 2014
10 South Africa 75.45 2020
11 Botswana 75.02 2020
12 Rwanda 74.73 2020
13 Cameroon 72.08 2014
14 Burundi 71.84 2014
15 Nigeria 69.93 2019
16 Guinea 69.73 2019
17 Mali 69.67 2018
18 The Gambia 69.07 2018
19 Mozambique 69.04 2015
20 Zambia 68.27 2019
21 Cabo Verde 68.02 2019
22 Togo 66.11 2017
23 Mauritania 64.46 2017
24 Guinea-Bissau 63.90 2018
25 Sierra Leone 62.87 2018
26 Ghana 61.99 2017
27 Tunisia 61.92 2017
28 Madagascar 61.37 2015
29 Burkina Faso 60.74 2018
30 Angola 59.57 2014
31 Malawi 58.48 2020
32 Djibouti 57.27 2017
33 Sudan 56.44 2011
34 Liberia 55.90 2017
35 Chad 52.09 2018
36 Uganda 51.77 2017
37 Congo 49.00 2009
38 Dem. Rep. Congo 48.75 2012
39 Niger 47.26 2017
40 Algeria 42.22 2017
41 Egypt 41.78 2020
42 Senegal 40.85 2019
43 Somalia 39.82 2019
44 Benin 32.06 2018
45 Zimbabwe 31.70 2019
46 Côte d'Ivoire 31.19 2017

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual