demographic2025
Labor force with advanced education (% of total working-age population with advanced education)
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.
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Key Insights
Global Average
76.2% of total working-age population with advanced education
Median: 78.3% of total working-age population with advanced education
Countries Covered
182
with available data
Highest
Bahamas
98.8% of total working-age population with advanced education
Lowest
Cameroon
32.5% of total working-age population with advanced education
Top 5 Countries
1Bahamas98.8% of total working-age population with advanced education
2Solomon Islands94.8% of total working-age population with advanced education
3United Republic of Tanzania93.1% of total working-age population with advanced education
4Maldives92.3% of total working-age population with advanced education
5South Sudan91.8% of total working-age population with advanced education
By Region
Oceania81.4% of total working-age population with advanced education(2 countries)
South America81.3% of total working-age population with advanced education(7 countries)
Europe78.5% of total working-age population with advanced education(32 countries)
North America77.5% of total working-age population with advanced education(4 countries)
Other75.6% of total working-age population with advanced education(105 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (32.5% of total working-age population with advanced education)High (98.8% of total working-age population with advanced education)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 76.2% of total working-age population with advanced education)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
Other (105)
Asia (24)
Africa (8)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
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About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahamas | 98.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 94.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 93.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 4 | Maldives | 92.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 5 | South Sudan | 91.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 91.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 7 | Macao | 90.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 8 | Malta | 89.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 9 | Qatar | 88.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 10 | Nauru | 88.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 11 | Vietnam | 87.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 12 | Guatemala | 87.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 13 | Uganda | 87.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 14 | Bolivia | 86.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 15 | Paraguay | 86.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 16 | Iceland | 86.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 17 | Lesotho | 86.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 86.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 19 | New Caledonia | 86.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 20 | Seychelles | 86.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 21 | Cayman Islands | 86.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 22 | Mozambique | 85.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 23 | Nicaragua | 85.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 24 | Montenegro | 85.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 25 | Belize | 85.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 26 | Yemen | 85.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 27 | Kiribati | 85.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 28 | Singapore | 85.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 29 | Zambia | 85.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 30 | Antigua and Barbuda | 84.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 31 | Chile | 84.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 32 | Marshall Islands | 84.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 33 | Togo | 83.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 34 | Belarus | 83.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 35 | New Zealand | 83.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 36 | Portugal | 83.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 83.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 38 | Angola | 83.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 39 | Peru | 83.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 40 | Ireland | 82.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 82.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 42 | Cyprus | 82.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 43 | Brazil | 82.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 44 | Honduras | 82.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 45 | Romania | 82.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 46 | Oman | 82.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 47 | Poland | 82.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 48 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 82.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 49 | Cuba | 81.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 50 | Suriname | 81.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 51 | Brunei Darussalam | 81.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 52 | Uruguay | 81.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 53 | Colombia | 81.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 54 | Lithuania | 81.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 55 | Indonesia | 81.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 56 | Thailand | 81.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 81.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 81.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 59 | Tuvalu | 80.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 60 | South Africa | 80.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 61 | Russian Federation | 80.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 62 | Cambodia | 80.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 63 | Tonga | 80.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 64 | Slovakia | 80.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 65 | Albania | 80.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 66 | Switzerland | 80.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 67 | Austria | 80.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 68 | Fiji | 79.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 69 | Luxembourg | 79.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 70 | Slovenia | 79.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 71 | Israel | 79.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 72 | Netherlands | 79.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 73 | Guinea | 79.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 74 | Australia | 79.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 75 | Norway | 79.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 76 | Palau | 79.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 77 | Guyana | 79.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 78 | Barbados | 79.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 79 | Mauritius | 79.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea | 79.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 81 | Vanuatu | 79.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 82 | Namibia | 79.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 83 | Tunisia | 79.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 84 | Botswana | 78.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 85 | Grenada | 78.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 86 | Japan | 78.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 87 | Denmark | 78.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 88 | Argentina | 78.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 89 | Panama | 78.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 90 | Comoros | 78.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 91 | Spain | 78.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 92 | Mexico | 78.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 93 | Sweden | 78.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 78.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 95 | Estonia | 78.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 96 | Malaysia | 77.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 97 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 77.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 98 | United Arab Emirates | 77.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 99 | Hungary | 77.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 100 | Curaçao | 77.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 101 | Latvia | 77.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 102 | Türkiye | 77.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 103 | France | 77.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 104 | Czech Republic | 77.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 105 | El Salvador | 77.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 106 | Ecuador | 77.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 107 | San Marino | 77.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 108 | Jamaica | 76.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 109 | Rwanda | 76.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 110 | Mongolia | 76.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 111 | Benin | 76.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 112 | Italy | 75.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 75.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 114 | Belgium | 75.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 75.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 116 | Serbia | 75.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 117 | Moldova, Republic of | 75.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 118 | Georgia | 75.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 119 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 75.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 120 | Bangladesh | 74.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 121 | Liberia | 74.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 122 | South Korea | 74.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 123 | Iraq | 74.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 124 | Croatia | 74.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 125 | Greece | 74.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 126 | Nigeria | 74.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 127 | Venezuela | 74.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 128 | Cote d'Ivoire | 73.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 129 | Canada | 73.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 73.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 131 | People's Republic of China | 73.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 132 | Saint Lucia | 73.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 133 | Finland | 73.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 134 | Hong Kong | 73.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 135 | Germany | 73.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 136 | Eswatini | 73.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 72.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 138 | Uzbekistan | 72.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 139 | Niger | 72.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 72.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 141 | Armenia | 72.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 142 | Bhutan | 71.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 143 | Malawi | 71.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 144 | United States of America | 71.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 145 | Haiti | 70.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 146 | Djibouti | 70.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 147 | Mauritania | 70.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 69.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 150 | Myanmar | 69.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 151 | Madagascar | 69.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 152 | Samoa | 69.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 153 | Mali | 68.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 154 | Pakistan | 68.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 155 | Morocco | 68.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 156 | Philippines | 68.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 157 | Nepal | 67.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 158 | State of Palestine | 67.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 159 | Zimbabwe | 67.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 160 | Egypt | 66.7% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 161 | Ukraine | 66.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 162 | India | 65.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 163 | Puerto Rico | 64.9% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 164 | Tajikistan | 64.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 165 | Afghanistan | 64.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 166 | Kenya | 62.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 167 | Chad | 61.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 168 | Ghana | 61.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 170 | Lebanon | 60.8% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 171 | Senegal | 59.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 172 | Jordan | 59.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 173 | Burundi | 59.2% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 174 | Monaco | 58.0% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 175 | Republic of The Gambia | 56.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 176 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 54.1% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 177 | Timor-Leste | 46.6% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 178 | Somalia | 41.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 179 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39.4% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 180 | Republic of the Congo | 36.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 181 | Sudan | 36.3% of total working-age population with advanced education |
| 182 | Cameroon | 32.5% of total working-age population with advanced education |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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