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Unemployment among workers with advanced education
Compare unemployment among workers with advanced education across 93 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2024 official-source slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
6.0% of labor force with advanced education
Median: 4.7% of labor force with advanced education
Countries Covered
93
with available data
Highest
Angola
28.8% of labor force with advanced education
Lowest
Argentina
0.7% of labor force with advanced education
Top 5 Countries
1Angola28.8% of labor force with advanced education
2State of Palestine25.8% of labor force with advanced education
3Botswana19.9% of labor force with advanced education
4Lesotho19.7% of labor force with advanced education
5Burkina Faso14.7% of labor force with advanced education
By Region
Key Findings
- •93 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2024 observation.
- •Angola has the highest published value (28.808 % of labor force with advanced education).
- •Argentina has the lowest published value (0.708 % of labor force with advanced education).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.7% of labor force with advanced education)High (28.8% of labor force with advanced education)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 6.0% of labor force with advanced education)
About This Statistic
The percentage of the labor force with an advanced level of education who are unemployed. 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).
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
The percentage of the labor force with an advanced level of education who are unemployed. 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 | Angola | 28.8% of labor force with advanced education |
| 2 | State of Palestine | 25.8% of labor force with advanced education |
| 3 | Botswana | 19.9% of labor force with advanced education |
| 4 | Lesotho | 19.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 14.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 6 | Mali | 14.2% of labor force with advanced education |
| 7 | Senegal | 13.6% of labor force with advanced education |
| 8 | India | 13.5% of labor force with advanced education |
| 9 | Egypt | 13.2% of labor force with advanced education |
| 10 | South Africa | 12.8% of labor force with advanced education |
| 11 | Rwanda | 11.4% of labor force with advanced education |
| 12 | Malawi | 11.4% of labor force with advanced education |
| 13 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 11.3% of labor force with advanced education |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 10.9% of labor force with advanced education |
| 15 | Colombia | 9.8% of labor force with advanced education |
| 16 | Nigeria | 9.2% of labor force with advanced education |
| 17 | Türkiye | 9.1% of labor force with advanced education |
| 18 | Zambia | 9.1% of labor force with advanced education |
| 19 | Georgia | 8.5% of labor force with advanced education |
| 20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.9% of labor force with advanced education |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 7.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 22 | Montenegro | 7.5% of labor force with advanced education |
| 23 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 7.3% of labor force with advanced education |
| 24 | Greece | 7.3% of labor force with advanced education |
| 25 | Chile | 7.1% of labor force with advanced education |
| 26 | Panama | 7.0% of labor force with advanced education |
| 27 | Spain | 6.9% of labor force with advanced education |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 6.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 29 | Albania | 6.6% of labor force with advanced education |
| 30 | Serbia | 5.9% of labor force with advanced education |
| 31 | Ecuador | 5.8% of labor force with advanced education |
| 32 | Honduras | 5.8% of labor force with advanced education |
| 33 | Bhutan | 5.8% of labor force with advanced education |
| 34 | Ghana | 5.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 35 | Peru | 5.6% of labor force with advanced education |
| 36 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5.5% of labor force with advanced education |
| 37 | Brunei Darussalam | 5.3% of labor force with advanced education |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 5.1% of labor force with advanced education |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 5.1% of labor force with advanced education |
| 40 | Finland | 5.1% of labor force with advanced education |
| 41 | France | 5.0% of labor force with advanced education |
| 42 | Fiji | 5.0% of labor force with advanced education |
| 43 | Canada | 4.9% of labor force with advanced education |
| 44 | Luxembourg | 4.9% of labor force with advanced education |
| 45 | Sweden | 4.8% of labor force with advanced education |
| 46 | Denmark | 4.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 47 | Estonia | 4.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 48 | Portugal | 4.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 49 | Mongolia | 4.5% of labor force with advanced education |
| 50 | Bolivia | 4.4% of labor force with advanced education |
| 51 | Lithuania | 4.1% of labor force with advanced education |
| 52 | Cyprus | 4.0% of labor force with advanced education |
| 53 | Austria | 3.9% of labor force with advanced education |
| 54 | Mauritius | 3.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 55 | El Salvador | 3.6% of labor force with advanced education |
| 56 | Brazil | 3.6% of labor force with advanced education |
| 57 | Latvia | 3.5% of labor force with advanced education |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 3.5% of labor force with advanced education |
| 59 | Switzerland | 3.4% of labor force with advanced education |
| 60 | Italy | 3.4% of labor force with advanced education |
| 61 | Singapore | 3.3% of labor force with advanced education |
| 62 | Croatia | 3.3% of labor force with advanced education |
| 63 | Ireland | 3.3% of labor force with advanced education |
| 64 | Belgium | 3.2% of labor force with advanced education |
| 65 | Mexico | 3.2% of labor force with advanced education |
| 66 | Guatemala | 3.2% of labor force with advanced education |
| 67 | Hong Kong | 2.9% of labor force with advanced education |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.8% of labor force with advanced education |
| 69 | South Korea | 2.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 70 | United Kingdom | 2.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 71 | Norway | 2.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 72 | United States of America | 2.6% of labor force with advanced education |
| 73 | Netherlands | 2.5% of labor force with advanced education |
| 74 | Germany | 2.5% of labor force with advanced education |
| 75 | Australia | 2.5% of labor force with advanced education |
| 76 | Moldova, Republic of | 2.4% of labor force with advanced education |
| 77 | Israel | 2.4% of labor force with advanced education |
| 78 | Malta | 2.3% of labor force with advanced education |
| 79 | Vietnam | 2.3% of labor force with advanced education |
| 80 | Iceland | 2.3% of labor force with advanced education |
| 81 | Belarus | 2.1% of labor force with advanced education |
| 82 | Slovenia | 2.1% of labor force with advanced education |
| 83 | Slovakia | 2.0% of labor force with advanced education |
| 84 | Uruguay | 1.9% of labor force with advanced education |
| 85 | Romania | 1.9% of labor force with advanced education |
| 86 | Hungary | 1.8% of labor force with advanced education |
| 87 | Seychelles | 1.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 88 | Thailand | 1.7% of labor force with advanced education |
| 89 | Russian Federation | 1.5% of labor force with advanced education |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 1.5% of labor force with advanced education |
| 91 | Poland | 1.4% of labor force with advanced education |
| 92 | Czech Republic | 1.2% of labor force with advanced education |
| 93 | Argentina | 0.7% of labor force with advanced education |
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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