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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
(top to bottom)
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 ...
#24
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 ...
#30
Sweden :
24.9 %
2001 ...
#31
Denmark :
24.8 %
2000 ...
#32
Switzerland :
24.2 %
2001 ...
#33
Ecuador :
23.8 %
2001 ...
#34
El Salvador :
23.8 %
1996 ...
#35
Germany :
23.8 %
2001 ...
#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
Greece :
20.1 %
2001 ...
#42
Bahamas, The :
20.1 %
1998 ...
#43
Latvia :
19.9 %
2001 ...
#44
Kuwait :
19 %
1988 ...
#45
Qatar :
18.8 %
1997 ...
#46
Croatia :
17.2 %
2001 ...
#47
Oman :
17.2 %
1996 ...
#48
Bahrain :
16.7 %
1991 ...
#49
Slovenia :
16.6 %
2001 ...
#50
Hungary :
16.5 %
2001 ...
#51
Panama :
16 %
2001 ...
#52
Venezuela :
15.5 %
1990 ...
#53
Aruba :
15.5 %
1994 ...
#54
Mexico :
15.4 %
2001 ...
#55
Austria :
14.9 %
2001 ...
#56
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 ...
#74
Kenya :
10.1 %
1986 ...
#75
Portugal :
9.4 %
2001 ...
#76
Romania :
9.1 %
2001 ...
#77
Turkey :
8.3 %
1988 ...
#78
Thailand :
8.1 %
1988 ...
#79
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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