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DEFINITION
Labor force with tertiary education is the proportion of labor force that has a tertiary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
Labor Statistics > force with tertiary education > % of total (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Russia :
54 %
1998
# 2
Canada :
52.5 %
2001
# 3
Israel :
49.6 %
2001
# 4
Bermuda :
46.2 %
1991
# 5
Lithuania :
46 %
2001
# 6
United States :
43.3 %
1989
# 7
Georgia :
41.8 %
1999
# 8
Puerto Rico :
40.5 %
1990
# 9
Singapore :
37.9 %
2001
# 10
San Marino :
35.3 %
1999
# 11
Belgium :
31.9 %
2000
# 12
Finland :
31.6 %
2001
# 13
Ghana :
31 %
1992
# 14
Japan :
30.9 %
1997
# 15
Estonia :
30.7 %
2001
# 16
Iceland :
29.6 %
2001
# 17
Peru :
29.3 %
2001
# 18
Australia :
29 %
2001
# 19
Cyprus :
28.9 %
2001
# 20
Norway :
28.4 %
1998
# 21
Spain :
27.9 %
2001
# 22
Nigeria :
27.3 %
1995
= 23
Jordan :
27.2 %
1996
= 23
New Zealand :
27.2 %
2001
# 25
United Kingdom :
26.8 %
2001
# 26
France :
26.2 %
2001
# 27
Ireland :
25.8 %
2001
# 28
Colombia :
25.1 %
1998
= 29
Korea, South :
24.9 %
2001
= 29
Sweden :
24.9 %
2001
# 31
Denmark :
24.8 %
2000
# 32
Switzerland :
24.2 %
2001
= 33
Germany :
23.8 %
2001
= 33
Ecuador :
23.8 %
2001
= 33
El Salvador :
23.8 %
1996
# 36
Netherlands :
23.5 %
2001
# 37
Bulgaria :
23.3 %
2001
# 38
Chile :
21.6 %
1994
# 39
Uruguay :
21.4 %
1990
# 40
Luxembourg :
20.6 %
2001
= 41
Bahamas, The :
20.1 %
1998
= 41
Greece :
20.1 %
2001
# 43
Latvia :
19.9 %
2001
# 44
Kuwait :
19 %
1988
# 45
Qatar :
18.8 %
1997
= 46
Oman :
17.2 %
1996
= 46
Croatia :
17.2 %
2001
# 48
Bahrain :
16.7 %
1991
# 49
Slovenia :
16.6 %
2001
# 50
Hungary :
16.5 %
2001
# 51
Panama :
16 %
2001
= 52
Aruba :
15.5 %
1994
= 52
Venezuela :
15.5 %
1990
# 54
Mexico :
15.4 %
2001
= 55
Austria :
14.9 %
2001
= 55
Costa Rica :
14.9 %
2001
# 57
Barbados :
14.8 %
1998
# 58
United Arab Emirates :
14.5 %
1985
# 59
Bolivia :
14.2 %
2000
# 60
Hong Kong :
14.1 %
1990
# 61
Botswana :
13.7 %
1996
# 62
Netherlands Antilles :
13.2 %
1998
# 63
Poland :
12.9 %
2001
# 64
Syria :
12.5 %
1990
# 65
Sri Lanka :
12.3 %
2000
# 66
Macau :
12 %
2001
# 67
Italy :
11.9 %
2001
# 68
Czech Republic :
11.6 %
2001
# 69
Slovakia :
11.5 %
2001
# 70
Belize :
11.2 %
1999
# 71
Morocco :
10.7 %
1996
# 72
Dominican Republic :
10.3 %
2000
= 73
Dominica :
10.1 %
1997
= 73
Kenya :
10.1 %
1986
# 75
Portugal :
9.4 %
2001
# 76
Romania :
9.1 %
2001
# 77
Turkey :
8.3 %
1988
= 78
Thailand :
8.1 %
1988
= 78
Saint Lucia :
8.1 %
1999
# 80
Malaysia :
7.9 %
1988
# 81
Tunisia :
7.1 %
1997
# 82
Paraguay :
7 %
1995
# 83
Brazil :
6.9 %
1999
# 84
Trinidad and Tobago :
6.5 %
1998
# 85
Algeria :
6.4 %
1992
# 86
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6.2 %
1991
# 87
Nicaragua :
6 %
1995
# 88
Pakistan :
4.9 %
1988
# 89
Namibia :
4.7 %
1997
# 90
Indonesia :
4.2 %
1998
# 91
Suriname :
4.1 %
1997
# 92
India :
4 %
1988
# 93
Honduras :
3.5 %
1989
# 94
Guinea :
3.2 %
1998
# 95
Mauritius :
2.5 %
1995
# 96
Uganda :
2.4 %
1994
# 97
Ethiopia :
1.1 %
1999
# 98
Chad :
0.6 %
1993
# 99
Rwanda :
0.2 %
1996
Weighted average:
18.9 %
DEFINITION: Labor force with tertiary education is the proportion of labor force that has a tertiary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
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