Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education) by country
The percentage of the labor force with an advanced level of education who are unemployed. Advanced education comprises short-cycle tertiary education, a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education level, a master’s degree or equivalent education level, or doctoral degree or equivalent education level according to the...
Countries reporting
130
Highest
28.8%
Angola
Lowest
0.3%
Qatar
Median
4.6%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,654
What the numbers show
Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education) is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 28.8% in Angola; the lowest is 0.3% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.6%, and the mean is 6.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 96.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 1,309.3%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 91.3%).
Unemployment with advanced education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 28.8% | 2024 | up 400.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Jordan | 26.6% | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 3 | Morocco | 25.9% | 2022 | up 127.3% | rising |
| 4 | Palestine | 25.6% | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 5 | Tunisia | 21.7% | 2023 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 6 | Botswana | 19.9% | 2024 | up 188.0% | rising |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 14.7% | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 14.2% | 2024 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 9 | Senegal | 13.6% | 2024 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 10 | India | 13.5% | 2024 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 11 | Egypt | 13.2% | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 12 | South Africa | 12.8% | 2024 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 13 | Namibia | 12.2% | 2018 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 14 | Rwanda | 11.4% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 15 | Malawi | 11.3% | 2024 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Iran | 11.3% | 2024 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 17 | Pakistan | 11.1% | 2025 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 10.9% | 2024 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 19 | Cote d'Ivoire | 10.5% | 2022 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Uganda | 9.9% | 2021 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 21 | Nigeria | 9.2% | 2024 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 22 | Turkey | 9.1% | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 23 | Zambia | 9.1% | 2024 | up 1,309.3% | rising |
| 24 | Ukraine | 9.0% | 2021 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 9.0% | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 26 | Georgia | 8.5% | 2024 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.9% | 2024 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 7.7% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 29 | Chile | 7.7% | 2025 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 30 | Kenya | 7.7% | 2022 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 31 | Montenegro | 7.5% | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 32 | Armenia | 7.5% | 2023 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 33 | North Macedonia | 7.3% | 2024 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 34 | Greece | 7.3% | 2024 | down 64.6% | rising |
| 35 | Cape Verde | 7.1% | 2019 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 36 | Togo | 7.1% | 2022 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 37 | Panama | 7.0% | 2024 | up 133.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Belize | 7.0% | 2019 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 6.7% | 2024 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 40 | Albania | 6.6% | 2024 | down 62.9% | rising |
| 41 | Kosovo | 6.6% | 2024 | down 68.1% | flat |
| 41 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 6.6% | 2024 | down 68.1% | flat |
| 43 | San Marino | 6.5% | 2022 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 44 | Spain | 6.4% | 2025 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 6.2% | 2023 | up 52.2% | falling |
| 46 | Serbia | 5.9% | 2024 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 47 | Bhutan | 5.8% | 2024 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 48 | Venezuela | 5.8% | 2017 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 49 | Ghana | 5.7% | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Ecuador | 5.7% | 2025 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 51 | Tanzania | 5.5% | 2024 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 5.5% | 2013 | — | falling |
| 53 | Canada | 5.4% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 54 | Brunei | 5.3% | 2024 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 55 | Honduras | 5.3% | 2025 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 5.1% | 2024 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 57 | Finland | 5.1% | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 58 | France | 5.0% | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 59 | Fiji | 5.0% | 2024 | up 240.4% | falling |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 4.9% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 61 | Peru | 4.8% | 2025 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 62 | Sweden | 4.8% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 4.7% | 2025 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 64 | Denmark | 4.7% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 65 | Estonia | 4.7% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 66 | Niger | 4.6% | 2022 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 67 | Mongolia | 4.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 68 | Portugal | 4.4% | 2025 | down 51.4% | rising |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 4.4% | 2025 | down 28.2% | flat |
| 70 | Bolivia | 4.4% | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 71 | Grenada | 4.2% | 2023 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 72 | Lithuania | 4.1% | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 73 | Austria | 4.1% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 74 | Cyprus | 4.0% | 2024 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Mauritius | 3.7% | 2024 | down 48.3% | rising |
| 76 | El Salvador | 3.6% | 2024 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 77 | Indonesia | 3.6% | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 78 | Latvia | 3.5% | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 3.5% | 2017 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 80 | Malaysia | 3.5% | 2022 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 81 | Switzerland | 3.4% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 82 | United Kingdom | 3.4% | 2025 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 83 | Italy | 3.4% | 2024 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 84 | Philippines | 3.4% | 2023 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 85 | Singapore | 3.3% | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 86 | Croatia | 3.3% | 2024 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 86 | Ireland | 3.3% | 2024 | down 52.3% | flat |
| 88 | Belgium | 3.2% | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 89 | Brazil | 3.2% | 2025 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 90 | Mexico | 3.2% | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 91 | Guatemala | 3.2% | 2024 | up 85.0% | falling |
| 92 | New Zealand | 3.0% | 2020 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 93 | United States | 2.9% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 94 | Barbados | 2.9% | 2023 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 95 | Hong Kong | 2.9% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.8% | 2024 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 97 | Paraguay | 2.8% | 2017 | up 46.6% | falling |
| 98 | South Korea | 2.7% | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 99 | Norway | 2.7% | 2024 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates | 2.7% | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 101 | Netherlands | 2.5% | 2024 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 102 | Germany | 2.5% | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 103 | Cayman Islands | 2.5% | 2015 | — | falling |
| 104 | Australia | 2.5% | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 104 | Japan | 2.5% | 2020 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 106 | Moldova | 2.4% | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 107 | Israel | 2.4% | 2024 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 108 | Malta | 2.3% | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 109 | East Timor | 2.3% | 2022 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Vietnam | 2.3% | 2024 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 111 | Iceland | 2.3% | 2024 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 112 | Belarus | 2.1% | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 113 | Slovenia | 2.1% | 2024 | down 67.1% | rising |
| 114 | Slovakia | 2.0% | 2024 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 115 | Uruguay | 1.9% | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Romania | 1.9% | 2024 | down 67.3% | falling |
| 117 | Hungary | 1.8% | 2024 | down 42.1% | flat |
| 118 | Seychelles | 1.7% | 2024 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 119 | Thailand | 1.7% | 2024 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Jamaica | 1.7% | 2023 | down 75.4% | falling |
| 121 | Macao | 1.5% | 2016 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 122 | Russia | 1.5% | 2024 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 1.5% | 2024 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Poland | 1.4% | 2024 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 125 | Czechia | 1.2% | 2024 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Cambodia | 1.0% | 2019 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Myanmar | 0.8% | 2020 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Greenland | 0.8% | 2015 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 129 | Argentina | 0.7% | 2024 | down 78.2% | falling |
| 130 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2020 | down 47.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 16.9%
- Euro area 4.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 16.6%
- European Union 4.4%
- Lower middle income 13.4%
- South Asia 13.2%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 13.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 11.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 10.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 4.8%
- OECD members 4.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean 4.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 4.5%
- Post-demographic dividend 3.8%
- High income 3.7%
- North America 3.4%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 2.0%
About this data
The percentage of the labor force with an advanced level of education who are unemployed. Advanced education comprises short-cycle tertiary education, a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education level, a master’s degree or equivalent education level, or doctoral degree or equivalent education level according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).