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Labor Statistics > force with tertiary education > % of total (most recent) by country

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

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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