education2024

Labor force with advanced education (% of total working-age population with advanced education)

Compare labor force with advanced education (% of total working-age population with advanced education) across 93 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2024.

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Key Insights

Global Average
78.0%
Median: 78.6%
Countries Covered
93
with available data
Highest
United Republic of Tanzania
93.1%
Lowest
Islamic Republic of Iran
54.1%
Top 5 Countries
1United Republic of Tanzania93.1%
2Malta89.9%
3Vietnam87.8%
4Guatemala87.3%
5Bolivia86.9%
By Region
South America81.3%(7 countries)
Oceania79.5%(1 countries)
Europe78.9%(31 countries)
Other78.0%(35 countries)
North America77.7%(4 countries)
Key Findings
  • 93 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
  • United Republic of Tanzania has the highest published value (93.099 %).
  • Islamic Republic of Iran has the lowest published value (54.149 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (54.1%)High (93.1%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 78.0%)

South America (7)
Oceania (1)
Europe (31)
Other (35)
North America (4)
Asia (10)
Africa (5)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

The ratio of the labor force with advanced education to the working-age population with advanced education. 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).

Values use one fixed 2024 reference year from World Development Indicators series SL.TLF.ADVN.ZS. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.

Methodology

The ratio of the labor force with advanced education to the working-age population with advanced education. 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).

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1United Republic of Tanzania93.1%
2Malta89.9%
3Vietnam87.8%
4Guatemala87.3%
5Bolivia86.9%
6Iceland86.5%
7Lesotho86.3%
8Seychelles86.2%
9Montenegro85.6%
10United Kingdom85.4%
11Singapore85.1%
12Zambia85.0%
13Chile84.8%
14Peru84.0%
15Belarus83.7%
16Portugal83.4%
17Dominican Republic83.2%
18Angola83.1%
19Ireland82.6%
20Bosnia and Herzegovina82.6%
21Cyprus82.5%
22Brazil82.3%
23Romania82.1%
24Poland82.0%
25Honduras81.5%
26Brunei Darussalam81.5%
27Uruguay81.5%
28Lithuania81.4%
29Thailand81.1%
30Colombia81.0%
31South Africa80.8%
32Russian Federation80.5%
33Slovakia80.4%
34Albania80.2%
35Switzerland80.0%
36Fiji79.9%
37Luxembourg79.8%
38Slovenia79.7%
39Israel79.6%
40Netherlands79.6%
41Austria79.6%
42Australia79.5%
43Norway79.4%
44Mauritius79.1%
45Botswana78.8%
46Denmark78.6%
47Argentina78.6%
48Panama78.5%
49Spain78.3%
50Mexico78.3%
51Sweden78.2%
52Saudi Arabia78.2%
53Estonia78.0%
54Hungary77.8%
55Latvia77.6%
56Türkiye77.5%
57France77.4%
58Czech Republic77.4%
59El Salvador77.3%
60Ecuador77.2%
61Rwanda76.5%
62Mongolia76.5%
63Italy75.9%
64Belgium75.3%
65Bulgaria75.2%
66Serbia75.1%
67Moldova, Republic of75.1%
68Georgia75.1%
69The Republic of North Macedonia75.1%
70Bangladesh74.9%
71Croatia74.7%
72South Korea74.7%
73Greece74.3%
74Nigeria74.2%
75Canada73.5%
76Saint Lucia73.2%
77Finland73.2%
78Hong Kong73.2%
79Germany73.1%
80Burkina Faso72.8%
81Costa Rica72.3%
82United States of America71.6%
83Bhutan71.6%
84Malawi71.1%
85Trinidad and Tobago70.0%
86Mali68.7%
87State of Palestine68.7%
88Zimbabwe67.3%
89Egypt66.7%
90India65.3%
91Ghana61.1%
92Senegal59.6%
93Islamic Republic of Iran54.1%
Showing 93 of 93 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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