Labour force with advanced education
% of labour force · showing the worst first
171 of 216 countries report a figure for labour force with advanced education
World average: 76.1%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #171 | Cameroon | 32.5% | 2021 | |
| #170 | Sudan | 36.3% | 2022 | |
| #169 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 39.4% | 2017 | |
| #168 | Somalia | 41.5% | 2022 | |
| #167 | Timor-Leste | 46.6% | 2022 | |
| #166 | Iran | 54.1% | 2024 | |
| #165 | The Gambia | 56.4% | 2023 | |
| #164 | Monaco | 58.0% | 2016 | |
| #163 | Burundi | 59.2% | 2020 | |
| #162 | Jordan | 59.4% | 2023 | |
| #161 | Senegal | 59.6% | 2024 | |
| #160 | Lebanon | 60.8% | 2019 | |
| #159 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.0% | 2020 | |
| #158 | Ghana | 61.1% | 2024 | |
| #157 | Chad | 61.1% | 2022 | |
| #156 | Kenya | 62.1% | 2022 | |
| #155 | Afghanistan | 64.1% | 2021 | |
| #154 | Tajikistan | 64.3% | 2016 | |
| #153 | Puerto Rico | 64.9% | 2020 | |
| #152 | India | 65.3% | 2024 | |
| #151 | Ukraine | 66.5% | 2021 | |
| #150 | Egypt | 66.7% | 2024 | |
| #149 | Zimbabwe | 67.3% | 2024 | |
| #148 | Palestine | 67.6% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Nepal | 67.7% | 2017 | |
| #146 | Philippines | 68.1% | 2023 | |
| #145 | Morocco | 68.2% | 2022 | |
| #144 | Pakistan | 68.4% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Mali | 68.7% | 2024 | |
| #142 | Samoa | 69.2% | 2022 | |
| #141 | Myanmar | 69.6% | 2020 | |
| #140 | Cape Verde | 69.8% | 2019 | |
| #139 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.0% | 2024 | |
| #138 | Mauritania | 70.7% | 2019 | |
| #137 | Djibouti | 70.8% | 2017 | |
| #136 | United States | 71.0% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Malawi | 71.1% | 2024 | |
| #134 | Bhutan | 71.6% | 2024 | |
| #133 | Armenia | 72.3% | 2023 | |
| #132 | Costa Rica | 72.5% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Niger | 72.5% | 2022 | |
| #130 | Uzbekistan | 72.7% | 2020 | |
| #129 | Kosovo | 72.8% | 2024 | |
| #128 | Burkina Faso | 72.8% | 2024 | |
| #127 | Eswatini | 73.1% | 2023 | |
| #126 | Germany | 73.1% | 2024 | |
| #125 | Hong Kong | 73.2% | 2024 | |
| #124 | Finland | 73.2% | 2024 | |
| #123 | Saint Lucia | 73.2% | 2024 | |
| #122 | Sierra Leone | 73.5% | 2018 | |
| #121 | Canada | 73.5% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Ivory Coast | 73.8% | 2022 | |
| #119 | Venezuela | 74.1% | 2017 | |
| #118 | Nigeria | 74.2% | 2024 | |
| #117 | Greece | 74.3% | 2024 | |
| #116 | Croatia | 74.7% | 2024 | |
| #115 | Iraq | 74.7% | 2021 | |
| #114 | South Korea | 74.7% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Liberia | 74.8% | 2017 | |
| #112 | Bangladesh | 74.9% | 2024 | |
| #111 | North Macedonia | 75.1% | 2024 | |
| #110 | Georgia | 75.1% | 2024 | |
| #109 | Moldova | 75.1% | 2024 | |
| #108 | Serbia | 75.1% | 2024 | |
| #107 | Bulgaria | 75.2% | 2024 | |
| #106 | Belgium | 75.3% | 2024 | |
| #105 | Italy | 75.9% | 2024 | |
| #104 | Benin | 76.0% | 2022 | |
| #103 | Mongolia | 76.5% | 2024 | |
| #102 | Rwanda | 76.5% | 2024 | |
| #101 | Jamaica | 76.7% | 2023 | |
| #100 | San Marino | 77.2% | 2022 | |
| #99 | Ecuador | 77.2% | 2025 | |
| #98 | El Salvador | 77.3% | 2024 | |
| #97 | Czech Republic | 77.4% | 2024 | |
| #96 | France | 77.4% | 2024 | |
| #95 | Turkey | 77.5% | 2024 | |
| #94 | Latvia | 77.6% | 2024 | |
| #93 | Curaçao | 77.6% | 2020 | |
| #92 | Hungary | 77.8% | 2024 | |
| #91 | United Arab Emirates | 77.9% | 2023 | |
| #90 | Laos | 77.9% | 2022 | |
| #89 | Malaysia | 77.9% | 2022 | |
| #88 | Estonia | 78.0% | 2024 | |
| #87 | Saudi Arabia | 78.2% | 2024 | |
| #86 | Sweden | 78.2% | 2024 | |
| #85 | Mexico | 78.3% | 2024 | |
| #84 | Spain | 78.3% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Comoros | 78.3% | 2021 | |
| #82 | Panama | 78.5% | 2024 | |
| #81 | Argentina | 78.6% | 2024 | |
| #80 | Denmark | 78.6% | 2024 | |
| #79 | Japan | 78.6% | 2020 | |
| #78 | Grenada | 78.6% | 2023 | |
| #77 | Botswana | 78.8% | 2024 | |
| #76 | Tunisia | 79.0% | 2023 | |
| #75 | Namibia | 79.0% | 2018 | |
| #74 | Vanuatu | 79.1% | 2020 | |
| #73 | Papua New Guinea | 79.1% | 2022 | |
| #72 | Mauritius | 79.1% | 2024 | |
| #71 | Barbados | 79.2% | 2023 | |
| #70 | Guyana | 79.3% | 2019 | |
| #69 | Palau | 79.4% | 2023 | |
| #68 | Norway | 79.4% | 2024 | |
| #67 | Australia | 79.5% | 2024 | |
| #66 | Guinea | 79.5% | 2019 | |
| #65 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 79.6% | 2024 | |
| #64 | Israel | 79.6% | 2024 | |
| #63 | Slovenia | 79.7% | 2024 | |
| #62 | Luxembourg | 79.8% | 2024 | |
| #61 | Fiji | 79.9% | 2024 | |
| #60 | Austria | 80.0% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Switzerland | 80.0% | 2024 | |
| #58 | Albania | 80.2% | 2024 | |
| #57 | Slovakia | 80.4% | 2024 | |
| #56 | Tonga | 80.4% | 2023 | |
| #55 | Cambodia | 80.5% | 2023 | |
| #54 | Russia | 80.5% | 2024 | |
| #53 | South Africa | 80.8% | 2024 | |
| #52 | Tuvalu | 80.9% | 2022 | |
| #51 | Sri Lanka | 81.0% | 2023 | |
| #50 | Guinea-Bissau | 81.0% | 2022 | |
| #49 | Thailand | 81.1% | 2024 | |
| #48 | Indonesia | 81.4% | 2023 | |
| #47 | Lithuania | 81.4% | 2024 | |
| #46 | Colombia | 81.4% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Uruguay | 81.5% | 2024 | |
| #44 | Brunei | 81.5% | 2024 | |
| #43 | Suriname | 81.6% | 2016 | |
| #42 | Poland | 82.0% | 2024 | |
| #41 | Oman | 82.0% | 2022 | |
| #40 | Romania | 82.1% | 2024 | |
| #39 | Honduras | 82.2% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Brazil | 82.3% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Cyprus | 82.5% | 2024 | |
| #36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 82.6% | 2024 | |
| #35 | Ireland | 82.6% | 2024 | |
| #34 | Peru | 83.0% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Angola | 83.1% | 2024 | |
| #32 | Dominican Republic | 83.4% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Portugal | 83.4% | 2025 | |
| #30 | New Zealand | 83.4% | 2020 | |
| #29 | Belarus | 83.7% | 2024 | |
| #28 | Togo | 83.9% | 2022 | |
| #27 | Marshall Islands | 84.4% | 2021 | |
| #26 | Chile | 84.9% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Antigua and Barbuda | 84.9% | 2018 | |
| #24 | Zambia | 85.0% | 2024 | |
| #23 | Singapore | 85.1% | 2024 | |
| #22 | Kiribati | 85.2% | 2023 | |
| #21 | Belize | 85.4% | 2019 | |
| #20 | Montenegro | 85.6% | 2024 | |
| #19 | Mozambique | 85.7% | 2022 | |
| #18 | Seychelles | 86.2% | 2024 | |
| #17 | New Caledonia | 86.2% | 2023 | |
| #16 | United Kingdom | 86.2% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Lesotho | 86.3% | 2024 | |
| #14 | Iceland | 86.5% | 2024 | |
| #13 | Paraguay | 86.8% | 2017 | |
| #12 | Bolivia | 86.9% | 2024 | |
| #11 | Uganda | 87.2% | 2021 | |
| #10 | Guatemala | 87.3% | 2024 | |
| #9 | Vietnam | 87.8% | 2024 | |
| #8 | Nauru | 88.0% | 2021 | |
| #7 | Qatar | 88.0% | 2020 | |
| #6 | Malta | 89.9% | 2024 | |
| #5 | Macau | 90.8% | 2016 | |
| #4 | Ethiopia | 91.6% | 2021 | |
| #3 | Maldives | 92.3% | 2019 | |
| #2 | Tanzania | 93.1% | 2024 | |
| #1 | The Bahamas | 98.8% | 2023 | |
| — | Algeria | — | — | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Andorra | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Azerbaijan | — | — | |
| — | Bahrain | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Central African Republic | — | — | |
| — | People's Republic of China | — | — | |
| — | Republic of the Congo | — | — | |
| — | Cuba | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Equatorial Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Eritrea | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | French Polynesia | — | — | |
| — | Gabon | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Haiti | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Kazakhstan | — | — | |
| — | North Korea | — | — | |
| — | Kuwait | — | — | |
| — | Kyrgyzstan | — | — | |
| — | Libya | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Madagascar | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Nicaragua | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Solomon Islands | — | — | |
| — | South Sudan | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | — | |
| — | Syria | — | — | |
| — | Turkmenistan | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Yemen | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)