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
- •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
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 78.0%)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Republic of Tanzania | 93.1% |
| 2 | Malta | 89.9% |
| 3 | Vietnam | 87.8% |
| 4 | Guatemala | 87.3% |
| 5 | Bolivia | 86.9% |
| 6 | Iceland | 86.5% |
| 7 | Lesotho | 86.3% |
| 8 | Seychelles | 86.2% |
| 9 | Montenegro | 85.6% |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 85.4% |
| 11 | Singapore | 85.1% |
| 12 | Zambia | 85.0% |
| 13 | Chile | 84.8% |
| 14 | Peru | 84.0% |
| 15 | Belarus | 83.7% |
| 16 | Portugal | 83.4% |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 83.2% |
| 18 | Angola | 83.1% |
| 19 | Ireland | 82.6% |
| 20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 82.6% |
| 21 | Cyprus | 82.5% |
| 22 | Brazil | 82.3% |
| 23 | Romania | 82.1% |
| 24 | Poland | 82.0% |
| 25 | Honduras | 81.5% |
| 26 | Brunei Darussalam | 81.5% |
| 27 | Uruguay | 81.5% |
| 28 | Lithuania | 81.4% |
| 29 | Thailand | 81.1% |
| 30 | Colombia | 81.0% |
| 31 | South Africa | 80.8% |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 80.5% |
| 33 | Slovakia | 80.4% |
| 34 | Albania | 80.2% |
| 35 | Switzerland | 80.0% |
| 36 | Fiji | 79.9% |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 79.8% |
| 38 | Slovenia | 79.7% |
| 39 | Israel | 79.6% |
| 40 | Netherlands | 79.6% |
| 41 | Austria | 79.6% |
| 42 | Australia | 79.5% |
| 43 | Norway | 79.4% |
| 44 | Mauritius | 79.1% |
| 45 | Botswana | 78.8% |
| 46 | Denmark | 78.6% |
| 47 | Argentina | 78.6% |
| 48 | Panama | 78.5% |
| 49 | Spain | 78.3% |
| 50 | Mexico | 78.3% |
| 51 | Sweden | 78.2% |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 78.2% |
| 53 | Estonia | 78.0% |
| 54 | Hungary | 77.8% |
| 55 | Latvia | 77.6% |
| 56 | Türkiye | 77.5% |
| 57 | France | 77.4% |
| 58 | Czech Republic | 77.4% |
| 59 | El Salvador | 77.3% |
| 60 | Ecuador | 77.2% |
| 61 | Rwanda | 76.5% |
| 62 | Mongolia | 76.5% |
| 63 | Italy | 75.9% |
| 64 | Belgium | 75.3% |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 75.2% |
| 66 | Serbia | 75.1% |
| 67 | Moldova, Republic of | 75.1% |
| 68 | Georgia | 75.1% |
| 69 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 75.1% |
| 70 | Bangladesh | 74.9% |
| 71 | Croatia | 74.7% |
| 72 | South Korea | 74.7% |
| 73 | Greece | 74.3% |
| 74 | Nigeria | 74.2% |
| 75 | Canada | 73.5% |
| 76 | Saint Lucia | 73.2% |
| 77 | Finland | 73.2% |
| 78 | Hong Kong | 73.2% |
| 79 | Germany | 73.1% |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 72.8% |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 72.3% |
| 82 | United States of America | 71.6% |
| 83 | Bhutan | 71.6% |
| 84 | Malawi | 71.1% |
| 85 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.0% |
| 86 | Mali | 68.7% |
| 87 | State of Palestine | 68.7% |
| 88 | Zimbabwe | 67.3% |
| 89 | Egypt | 66.7% |
| 90 | India | 65.3% |
| 91 | Ghana | 61.1% |
| 92 | Senegal | 59.6% |
| 93 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 54.1% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).
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