Unemployment with intermediate education, female in High income
High income: Unemployment with intermediate education, female was 7.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unemployment with intermediate education, female in High income, 2000–2024
Source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of female labor force with intermediate education.
Analysis
In 2024, unemployment with intermediate education, female in High income stood at 7.1%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 6.1% on the previous year and down 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment with intermediate education, female in High income peaked at 11.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 2024.
That places High income 16th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Unemployment with intermediate education, female in High income, year by year
| Year | % of female labor force with intermediate education | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.3% | — |
| 2001 | 10.7% | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 11.1% | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 10.8% | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 10.4% | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 9.9% | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 8.7% | -12.2% |
| 2007 | 7.5% | -13.4% |
| 2008 | 7.7% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 10.0% | +30.0% |
| 2010 | 10.1% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 11.0% | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 11.6% | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 11.9% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 11.9% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 10.5% | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 9.8% | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 8.6% | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 8.2% | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 10.5% | +28.3% |
| 2021 | 9.1% | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 7.5% | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 7.1% | -6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.8% | 7.5% | 11.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.3% | 8.2% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 7.1% | 10.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near High income
More work & labour data for High income
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 54.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 61.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 42.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 46.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 44.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 69.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 75.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.8% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 80.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment with intermediate education, female in High income?
- Unemployment with intermediate education, female in High income was 7.1% in 2024, according to Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest unemployment with intermediate education, female recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 11.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest unemployment with intermediate education, female recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 2024.
- How does High income rank for unemployment with intermediate education, female?
- High income ranks 16th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is unemployment with intermediate education, female rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this High income data come from?
- The figures come from Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Unemployment with intermediate education, female (% of female labor force with intermediate education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).