Labor force with advanced education, male (% of male 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 |
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1 | Tanzania | 97.14 | 2014 |
2 | Ethiopia | 95.83 | 2013 |
3 | Mauritius | 94.19 | 2020 |
4 | Lesotho | 89.37 | 2019 |
5 | Kenya | 88.88 | 2019 |
6 | Eswatini | 86.22 | 2016 |
7 | Mali | 85.92 | 2018 |
8 | Comoros | 85.09 | 2014 |
9 | Seychelles | 84.92 | 2020 |
10 | Guinea | 83.16 | 2019 |
11 | Togo | 82.80 | 2017 |
12 | Namibia | 82.33 | 2018 |
13 | South Africa | 81.35 | 2020 |
14 | Mozambique | 80.49 | 2015 |
15 | Cameroon | 80.42 | 2014 |
16 | Mauritania | 80.38 | 2017 |
17 | Egypt | 80.28 | 2020 |
18 | Zambia | 80.07 | 2019 |
19 | Botswana | 79.92 | 2020 |
20 | The Gambia | 79.53 | 2018 |
21 | Rwanda | 79.13 | 2020 |
22 | Burundi | 78.14 | 2014 |
23 | Niger | 78.10 | 2017 |
24 | Sierra Leone | 78.00 | 2018 |
25 | Guinea-Bissau | 77.61 | 2018 |
26 | Djibouti | 77.47 | 2017 |
27 | Nigeria | 76.14 | 2019 |
28 | Madagascar | 75.72 | 2015 |
29 | Burkina Faso | 75.52 | 2018 |
30 | Angola | 75.03 | 2014 |
31 | Chad | 73.22 | 2018 |
32 | Tunisia | 72.57 | 2017 |
33 | Somalia | 71.90 | 2019 |
34 | Cabo Verde | 71.68 | 2019 |
35 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 70.39 | 2012 |
36 | Sudan | 69.52 | 2011 |
37 | Ghana | 67.79 | 2017 |
38 | Uganda | 67.58 | 2017 |
39 | Liberia | 67.05 | 2017 |
40 | Malawi | 66.94 | 2020 |
41 | Algeria | 61.22 | 2017 |
42 | Senegal | 56.61 | 2019 |
43 | Zimbabwe | 49.62 | 2019 |
44 | Benin | 47.95 | 2018 |
45 | Côte d'Ivoire | 47.18 | 2017 |
46 | Congo | 31.80 | 2009 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual