Unemployment with intermediate education in OECD members
OECD members: Unemployment with intermediate education was 7.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unemployment with intermediate education in OECD members, 2000–2024
Source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total labor force with intermediate education.
Analysis
In 2024, unemployment with intermediate education in OECD members stood at 7.2%. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 35.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment with intermediate education in OECD members peaked at 11.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Unemployment with intermediate education in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of total labor force with intermediate education | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.0% | — |
| 2001 | 9.2% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 10.4% | +13.1% |
| 2003 | 10.3% | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 10.2% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 9.4% | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 8.0% | -15.2% |
| 2007 | 7.6% | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 7.9% | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 10.6% | +34.6% |
| 2010 | 10.9% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 11.1% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 11.4% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 11.6% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 9.9% | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 9.3% | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 8.7% | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 8.1% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 8.4% | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 9.9% | +17.0% |
| 2021 | 9.4% | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | -16.9% |
| 2023 | 7.5% | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 7.2% | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.2% | 7.6% | 10.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.1% | 8.1% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 7.2% | 9.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 5 Palestine, State of 24.6% compare
- 6 Namibia 23.9% compare
- 7 Senegal 18.4% compare
- 8 Montenegro 18.1% compare
- 9 Rwanda 17.7% compare
- 10 Malawi 17.3% compare
- 11 Saint Lucia 16.1% compare
More work & labour data for OECD members
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 60.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 68.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 47.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 66.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 73.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 53.3% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 78.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment with intermediate education in OECD members?
- Unemployment with intermediate education in OECD members was 7.2% in 2024, according to Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest unemployment with intermediate education recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest unemployment with intermediate education recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 2024.
- How does OECD members rank for unemployment with intermediate education?
- OECD members ranks 8th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is unemployment with intermediate education rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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 (% of total 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).