Labor force with advanced education (% of total working-age population with advanced education)
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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: The World Bank: World Development Indicators # of Reporting Countries: 125
Frequency: Annual Earliest: 2010-12 Latest: 2016-12
2010-12 | 2011-12 | 2012-12 | 2013-12 | 2014-12 | 2015-12 | 2016-12 | |
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1) Albania |
74 |
73.8 |
74.8 |
74.8 |
72.3 |
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2) Angola |
88.1 |
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3) Argentina |
79.9 |
79 |
78.5 |
77.8 |
78.4 |
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4) Armenia |
63 |
63 |
62.7 |
66.4 |
69.8 |
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5) Australia |
81.9 |
82.3 |
82.4 |
78.1 |
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6) Austria |
74.5 |
76.5 |
77.8 |
78 |
77.5 |
77.3 |
77.9 |
7) Bangladesh |
68.4 |
54.7 |
52.9 |
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8) Belgium |
75.9 |
75 |
75 |
74.8 |
75 |
74.3 |
75 |
9) Belize |
85.3 |
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10) Benin |
56 |
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11) Bolivia |
75.5 |
80 |
73 |
76.8 |
73.5 |
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12) Bosnia Herzegovina |
77.5 |
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13) Botswana |
69.5 |
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14) Brazil |
80.5 |
80.5 |
80 |
80.4 |
77.5 |
77.5 |
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15) Brunei |
82.8 |
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16) Bulgaria |
74 |
72.9 |
72.8 |
72.6 |
72.1 |
73 |
72.4 |
17) Burkina Faso |
47.5 |
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18) Cambodia |
85.1 |
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19) Canada |
75.8 |
75.3 |
75.3 |
74.6 |
74.1 |
72.8 |
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20) Cayman Islands |
87.5 |
87.9 |
86 |
83.8 |
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21) Central Europe and the Baltics |
77 |
76.4 |
76.2 |
76 |
75.9 |
76.3 |
76.2 |
22) Chile |
77.4 |
78.5 |
79.4 |
78 |
76.1 |
77.5 |
76.3 |
23) Colombia |
75.5 |
75.5 |
76.3 |
77.1 |
76 |
76.1 |
74.8 |
24) Costa Rica |
66.8 |
68.6 |
72.8 |
76 |
72.6 |
75.5 |
70 |
25) Croatia |
77.9 |
75.5 |
75.5 |
74.1 |
76.6 |
75.1 |
73.4 |
26) Cuba |
84.1 |
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27) Cyprus |
82.8 |
82.5 |
82.4 |
82.3 |
83.5 |
83.8 |
82 |
28) Czech Republic |
68.5 |
68.1 |
69.4 |
70.8 |
71.1 |
70.8 |
70.5 |
29) Denmark |
78 |
78.9 |
78.5 |
78 |
76.1 |
76 |
75.8 |
30) Dominican Republic |
66.8 |
67.5 |
70.1 |
69.5 |
68.3 |
69.4 |
71.3 |
31) Ecuador |
75.1 |
74.6 |
75.5 |
74.1 |
73.1 |
75.4 |
76.8 |
32) Egypt |
60.7 |
63.2 |
63.5 |
61.9 |
62.7 |
65.6 |
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33) El Salvador |
86.5 |
80.9 |
82.1 |
85.4 |
84.6 |
82.9 |
80.5 |
34) Estonia |
77 |
77.1 |
78.6 |
77.6 |
76 |
78 |
78 |
35) Ethiopia |
87 |
94.8 |
94.3 |
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36) Euro area |
76.6 |
76.7 |
76.9 |
76.6 |
76.2 |
76 |
76.2 |
37) European Union |
77.4 |
77.3 |
77.2 |
77.2 |
76.9 |
76.8 |
76.8 |
38) Finland |
76.1 |
75.6 |
75.5 |
74.6 |
74.4 |
74.5 |
73.3 |
39) France |
76.5 |
76.1 |
76.6 |
76.5 |
76.1 |
76 |
75.9 |
40) Gambia |
59.5 |
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41) Germany |
74.1 |
75.1 |
74.9 |
74.5 |
74.4 |
74 |
74.3 |
42) Ghana |
75 |
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43) Greece |
80.5 |
79.4 |
79.1 |
77.9 |
76.9 |
76.9 |
76.5 |
44) Guatemala |
69.4 |
74.5 |
82 |
70.1 |
80.9 |
74.6 |
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45) Honduras |
81.6 |
85.4 |
80.5 |
83.1 |
80.5 |
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46) Hong Kong |
70.3 |
74.5 |
73.5 |
73.3 |
72.4 |
72.9 |
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47) Hungary |
72.6 |
72.5 |
72 |
71.5 |
70 |
69.8 |
70.9 |
48) Iceland |
88.1 |
89.5 |
89.8 |
88.8 |
90 |
90.5 |
89.6 |
49) India |
29.7 |
30.7 |
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50) Indonesia |
77 |
78.8 |
82 |
80.1 |
80.1 |
79.5 |
79.8 |
51) Iran |
50.5 |
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52) Ireland |
78.1 |
77.5 |
76.4 |
76.3 |
76.5 |
76.6 |
76.4 |
53) Israel |
73 |
73.9 |
75.8 |
75.3 |
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54) Italy |
72 |
72.5 |
73 |
72.6 |
72.5 |
71.9 |
72.9 |
55) Ivory Coast |
51.7 |
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56) Japan |
66.5 |
67.9 |
68.6 |
69.6 |
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57) Kosovo |
68.5 |
59.4 |
49.4 |
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58) Kyrgyzstan |
70.8 |
71.5 |
67.9 |
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59) Laos |
91.1 |
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60) Latvia |
82.3 |
83.6 |
84.3 |
81.9 |
81.5 |
82.1 |
83.4 |
61) Liberia |
67.4 |
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62) Lithuania |
83 |
83.3 |
82.4 |
82.3 |
80.4 |
80.5 |
82 |
63) Lower middle income |
42.3 |
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64) Luxembourg |
76.3 |
75.6 |
75.8 |
75.9 |
76.8 |
78.6 |
76.5 |
65) Macau |
89.1 |
89 |
90.4 |
88.6 |
89.4 |
88.3 |
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66) Macedonia |
83.5 |
84.3 |
81 |
81.8 |
79.4 |
80.6 |
81 |
67) Madagascar |
74.8 |
61.4 |
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68) Malawi |
84.5 |
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69) Malaysia |
61.7 |
61.7 |
63.5 |
64.8 |
65.4 |
65.9 |
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70) Mali |
60.5 |
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71) Malta |
73.8 |
79.1 |
77.8 |
79 |
80.3 |
83.1 |
82.1 |
72) Mexico |
73.9 |
73.6 |
73.1 |
73.1 |
72 |
71.4 |
71.5 |
73) Moldova |
61 |
59.7 |
60 |
57.5 |
56.2 |
57.4 |
57 |
74) Mongolia |
73 |
72.8 |
70.8 |
68.9 |
69.9 |
67.6 |
66 |
75) Montenegro |
78 |
78.4 |
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76) Mozambique |
76.4 |
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77) Myanmar |
69.3 |
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78) Namibia |
84.8 |
85.4 |
85.5 |
73.3 |
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79) Netherlands |
79.8 |
79.5 |
80 |
81.5 |
80.5 |
80.4 |
79.6 |
80) New Zealand |
70.5 |
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81) Nicaragua |
81.5 |
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82) Niger |
61 |
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83) Norway |
85.5 |
85 |
84.8 |
84 |
84.5 |
84.1 |
84 |
84) OECD members |
74.7 |
74.7 |
73.7 |
74.4 |
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85) Pakistan |
26.8 |
27.1 |
32.9 |
29.2 |
39 |
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86) Panama |
70 |
70.8 |
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87) Papua New Guinea |
72.5 |
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88) Paraguay |
80.8 |
85.6 |
85.4 |
86.4 |
81.8 |
84.5 |
83.1 |
89) Peru |
77.9 |
79.3 |
78 |
79.8 |
79 |
79.4 |
79.5 |
90) Philippines |
57 |
57.2 |
57 |
56.9 |
57 |
56.7 |
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91) Poland |
78.5 |
78 |
77.6 |
77.8 |
78 |
78.4 |
78 |
92) Portugal |
84.1 |
82 |
82 |
81 |
81.6 |
82 |
81.9 |
93) Qatar |
60.9 |
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94) Romania |
80.6 |
80 |
79.3 |
79 |
78.8 |
80.5 |
80 |
95) Russia |
63.7 |
64.5 |
64.4 |
64.5 |
65.5 |
65.6 |
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96) Rwanda |
90.4 |
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97) Samoa |
60.2 |
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98) Saudi Arabia |
57.5 |
57.5 |
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99) Senegal |
47 |
56.7 |
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100) Serbia |
69.4 |
67 |
66 |
65.5 |
70 |
70.6 |
70.9 |
101) Sierra Leone |
62.4 |
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102) Slovakia |
73.8 |
72.8 |
71.8 |
70.5 |
70.8 |
70.8 |
72.1 |
103) Slovenia |
80.9 |
81.5 |
80.1 |
78.5 |
77.5 |
77.1 |
79.3 |
104) South Africa |
81.3 |
80.5 |
79 |
80.5 |
80.5 |
80.6 |
80.3 |
105) South Asia |
33.3 |
31.1 |
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106) South Korea |
65.3 |
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107) Spain |
81.5 |
81.5 |
82.1 |
81.8 |
81.1 |
81.1 |
80.9 |
108) Sri Lanka |
52.4 |
52.7 |
53 |
53 |
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109) Suriname |
61.4 |
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110) Sweden |
81.6 |
81.5 |
81.5 |
81.9 |
81.9 |
82.6 |
82.4 |
111) Switzerland |
77.8 |
78.3 |
79.4 |
79.6 |
79.5 |
79.4 |
80 |
112) Tanzania |
73.1 |
62.7 |
87.8 |
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113) Timor Leste |
44.5 |
52 |
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114) Togo |
47.5 |
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115) Tunisia |
60 |
63.4 |
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116) Turkey |
69.5 |
69.5 |
69.5 |
70.8 |
71 |
71.1 |
71 |
117) Uganda |
89.6 |
88.5 |
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118) Ukraine |
68.4 |
68.8 |
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119) United Kingdom |
81.5 |
81.3 |
79.8 |
80.6 |
80.5 |
80.4 |
80.4 |
120) Uruguay |
78.9 |
82 |
81 |
80.5 |
81.9 |
80.1 |
80.5 |
121) Venezuela |
99.9 |
67 |
67.3 |
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122) Vietnam |
85.3 |
85.4 |
84.4 |
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123) West Bank and Gaza |
68.5 |
68 |
68.6 |
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124) Yemen |
74.6 |
62.4 |