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
1) Albania
74
73.8
74.8
74.8
72.3
2) Angola
88.1
3) Argentina
79.9
79
78.5
77.8
78.4
4) Armenia
63
63
62.7
66.4
69.8
5) Australia
81.9
82.3
82.4
78.1
6) Austria
74.5
76.5
77.8
78
77.5
77.3
77.9
7) Bangladesh
68.4
54.7
52.9
8) Belgium
75.9
75
75
74.8
75
74.3
75
9) Belize
85.3
10) Benin
56
11) Bolivia
75.5
80
73
76.8
73.5
12) Bosnia Herzegovina
77.5
13) Botswana
69.5
14) Brazil
80.5
80.5
80
80.4
77.5
77.5
15) Brunei
82.8
16) Bulgaria
74
72.9
72.8
72.6
72.1
73
72.4
17) Burkina Faso
47.5
18) Cambodia
85.1
19) Canada
75.8
75.3
75.3
74.6
74.1
72.8
20) Cayman Islands
87.5
87.9
86
83.8
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
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
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
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
41) Germany
74.1
75.1
74.9
74.5
74.4
74
74.3
42) Ghana
75
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
45) Honduras
81.6
85.4
80.5
83.1
80.5
46) Hong Kong
70.3
74.5
73.5
73.3
72.4
72.9
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
50) Indonesia
77
78.8
82
80.1
80.1
79.5
79.8
51) Iran
50.5
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
54) Italy
72
72.5
73
72.6
72.5
71.9
72.9
55) Ivory Coast
51.7
56) Japan
66.5
67.9
68.6
69.6
57) Kosovo
68.5
59.4
49.4
58) Kyrgyzstan
70.8
71.5
67.9
59) Laos
91.1
60) Latvia
82.3
83.6
84.3
81.9
81.5
82.1
83.4
61) Liberia
67.4
62) Lithuania
83
83.3
82.4
82.3
80.4
80.5
82
63) Lower middle income
42.3
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
66) Macedonia
83.5
84.3
81
81.8
79.4
80.6
81
67) Madagascar
74.8
61.4
68) Malawi
84.5
69) Malaysia
61.7
61.7
63.5
64.8
65.4
65.9
70) Mali
60.5
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
76) Mozambique
76.4
77) Myanmar
69.3
78) Namibia
84.8
85.4
85.5
73.3
79) Netherlands
79.8
79.5
80
81.5
80.5
80.4
79.6
80) New Zealand
70.5
81) Nicaragua
81.5
82) Niger
61
83) Norway
85.5
85
84.8
84
84.5
84.1
84
84) OECD members
74.7
74.7
73.7
74.4
85) Pakistan
26.8
27.1
32.9
29.2
39
86) Panama
70
70.8
87) Papua New Guinea
72.5
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
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
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
96) Rwanda
90.4
97) Samoa
60.2
98) Saudi Arabia
57.5
57.5
99) Senegal
47
56.7
100) Serbia
69.4
67
66
65.5
70
70.6
70.9
101) Sierra Leone
62.4
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
106) South Korea
65.3
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
109) Suriname
61.4
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
113) Timor Leste
44.5
52
114) Togo
47.5
115) Tunisia
60
63.4
116) Turkey
69.5
69.5
69.5
70.8
71
71.1
71
117) Uganda
89.6
88.5
118) Ukraine
68.4
68.8
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
122) Vietnam
85.3
85.4
84.4
123) West Bank and Gaza
68.5
68
68.6
124) Yemen
74.6
62.4
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