Unemployment with intermediate education, female (% of female labor force with intermediate education) by country
The percentage of the labor force with an intermediate level of education who are unemployed. Intermediate education comprises upper secondary or post-secondary non tertiary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).
Countries reporting
128
Highest
38.1%
Angola
Lowest
0.6%
Qatar
Median
7.2%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,677
What the numbers show
Unemployment with intermediate education, female (% of female labor force with intermediate education) is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 38.1% in Angola; the lowest is 0.6% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.2%, and the mean is 9.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 68.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 469.4%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 88.1%).
Unemployment with intermediate education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 38.1% | 2024 | up 121.3% | rising |
| 2 | South Africa | 37.6% | 2024 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 3 | Morocco | 34.8% | 2022 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 4 | Botswana | 31.1% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 5 | Palestine, State of | 27.0% | 2025 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 6 | Jordan | 25.9% | 2023 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 7 | Senegal | 24.0% | 2024 | up 77.5% | rising |
| 8 | Namibia | 22.6% | 2018 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 9 | Malawi | 22.1% | 2024 | up 96.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Rwanda | 20.0% | 2024 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 11 | Kosovo | 19.9% | 2024 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 11 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 19.9% | 2024 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 13 | Pakistan | 19.1% | 2025 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Montenegro | 18.4% | 2020 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 15 | Mali | 18.1% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 16 | Tunisia | 17.5% | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 17 | Türkiye | 17.0% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 18 | Panama | 16.4% | 2024 | up 127.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Greece | 15.9% | 2024 | down 56.2% | rising |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 15.8% | 2024 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 21 | Belize | 15.4% | 2019 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 15.2% | 2024 | up 41.4% | falling |
| 23 | Cape Verde | 15.1% | 2019 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.9% | 2024 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 25 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14.9% | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 26 | Zambia | 14.7% | 2024 | up 78.7% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 13.3% | 2025 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 28 | Colombia | 12.5% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 29 | Egypt | 12.3% | 2024 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 30 | Bhutan | 11.8% | 2024 | down 18.3% | flat |
| 31 | Albania | 11.8% | 2024 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 11.0% | 2024 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 33 | North Macedonia | 11.0% | 2024 | down 63.2% | falling |
| 34 | Chile | 10.8% | 2025 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 35 | Ukraine | 10.6% | 2021 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 10.2% | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 37 | Lithuania | 9.9% | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 9.8% | 2025 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 39 | Armenia | 9.6% | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 40 | Grenada | 9.5% | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 41 | Mauritius | 9.5% | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 42 | Fiji | 9.4% | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 9.2% | 2025 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 44 | Kenya | 9.1% | 2022 | up 88.6% | falling |
| 45 | Uruguay | 9.0% | 2024 | up 64.5% | falling |
| 46 | Barbados | 8.8% | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 47 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.6% | 2022 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 48 | France | 8.5% | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 49 | Canada | 8.4% | 2025 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 50 | Brazil | 8.4% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 51 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 8.3% | 2024 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 52 | Estonia | 8.3% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 53 | Serbia | 8.2% | 2024 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 54 | Togo | 8.1% | 2022 | up 469.4% | volatile |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 7.8% | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 56 | Luxembourg | 7.8% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 57 | Italy | 7.8% | 2024 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 58 | Ghana | 7.7% | 2024 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 59 | Finland | 7.6% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 60 | Uganda | 7.5% | 2021 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.5% | 2018 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 62 | Portugal | 7.4% | 2025 | down 51.5% | rising |
| 63 | San Marino | 7.4% | 2022 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 64 | Paraguay | 7.2% | 2017 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 65 | Latvia | 7.2% | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 66 | Mongolia | 7.1% | 2024 | up 46.7% | flat |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 6.8% | 2022 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 68 | Belgium | 6.7% | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 69 | Sweden | 6.6% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 70 | Peru | 6.3% | 2025 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 71 | Indonesia | 6.3% | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 72 | Cyprus | 6.3% | 2024 | down 65.5% | rising |
| 73 | Denmark | 6.2% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 74 | India | 6.2% | 2024 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 75 | Georgia | 6.2% | 2024 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 76 | Croatia | 6.1% | 2024 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 77 | Ecuador | 6.0% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 78 | New Zealand | 5.8% | 2020 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 79 | United States of America | 5.8% | 2025 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 80 | Honduras | 5.8% | 2025 | down 63.8% | rising |
| 81 | Cayman Islands | 5.7% | 2015 | — | falling |
| 82 | Brunei Darussalam | 5.7% | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 83 | Ireland | 5.6% | 2024 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 84 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.5% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 85 | El Salvador | 5.3% | 2024 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 86 | Slovakia | 5.3% | 2024 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 87 | Jamaica | 5.2% | 2023 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 88 | Austria | 4.8% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 89 | Romania | 4.8% | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 90 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.7% | 2024 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 91 | Hungary | 4.6% | 2024 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 92 | Philippines | 4.6% | 2023 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 93 | Slovenia | 4.6% | 2024 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 94 | Nigeria | 4.5% | 2024 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Australia | 4.3% | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 96 | Malta | 4.2% | 2024 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 97 | Guatemala | 4.1% | 2024 | down 35.8% | flat |
| 98 | Singapore | 4.1% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 99 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.0% | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 100 | Malaysia | 4.0% | 2022 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Poland | 3.9% | 2024 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 3.9% | 2024 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Greenland | 3.8% | 2015 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 104 | Netherlands | 3.6% | 2024 | down 54.5% | flat |
| 105 | Timor-Leste | 3.6% | 2022 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 3.6% | 2024 | down 74.8% | falling |
| 107 | Switzerland | 3.5% | 2024 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 108 | Mexico | 3.3% | 2024 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 109 | Iceland | 3.1% | 2024 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 110 | Israel | 3.1% | 2024 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 111 | Belarus | 3.1% | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 3.1% | 2017 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 113 | Russian Federation | 2.9% | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 114 | Japan | 2.6% | 2020 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 115 | Germany | 2.5% | 2024 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 116 | Seychelles | 2.5% | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 117 | Argentina | 2.3% | 2024 | down 77.8% | falling |
| 118 | Czechia | 2.3% | 2024 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 119 | Hong Kong, China | 2.3% | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 120 | Republic of Korea | 2.3% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 121 | Norway | 2.1% | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 122 | Macau, China | 1.6% | 2016 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 123 | Viet Nam | 1.5% | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 124 | Cambodia | 1.1% | 2019 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 125 | Thailand | 1.1% | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Republic of Moldova | 1.0% | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Myanmar | 0.7% | 2020 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Qatar | 0.6% | 2020 | down 84.6% | volatile |
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) 21.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 21.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 15.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 14.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 10.1%
- Lower middle income 9.5%
- Euro area 9.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 9.0%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 9.0%
- Europe & Central Asia 9.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 8.8%
- OECD members 8.6%
- European Union 8.5%
- Post-demographic dividend 7.2%
- High income 7.1%
- North America 6.3%
- South Asia 5.9%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 5.9%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 4.8%
About this data
The percentage of the labor force with an intermediate level of education who are unemployed. Intermediate education comprises upper secondary or post-secondary non tertiary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).