Unemployment with tertiary education (% of total unemployment) - Unemployment - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators



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Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
Unemployment with tertiary education (% of total unemployment) - Unemployment - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Israel (2007)72.5
2Belarus (2007)51
3United States (2007)45.7
4Singapore (2007)43.2
5Georgia (2007)42.3
6Kazakhstan (2004)39.6
7Philippines (2007)39.4
8Ukraine (2007)39.3
9Peru (2007)37.6
10South Korea (2007)35.2
11North Korea (2007)35.2
12India (2005)33.3
13Japan (2007)32.8
14Sri Lanka (2007)32.6
15Russia (2007)32.1
16Bahrain (2007)31.7
17South Asia (2004)31.24
18Cyprus (2007)31.2
19Canada (2007)31.2
20San Marino (2007)30.4
21Saudi Arabia (2007)28.7
22New Zealand (2007)26.9
23High income (2007)26.59
24High income: OECD (2007)26.35
25Pakistan (2007)26
26Malaysia (2007)25.1
27Panama (2007)24
28Ecuador (2006)23.6
29West Bank and Gaza (2007)23.5
30Chile (2008)23.5
31Denmark (2007)23
32Mexico (2007)22.9
33Europe & Central Asia (2007)22.79
34Greece (2007)21.8
35United Arab Emirates (2005)21.6
36Morocco (2005)21.6
37Qatar (1997)21.5
38Colombia (2007)20.6
39Norway (2007)20.6
40Spain (2007)20.4
41France (2007)19.9
42Belgium (2006)19.7
43Iran (2005)19.6
44Finland (2007)18.6
45Mongolia (2004)18.5
46Bermuda (2000)18.4
47Ireland (2007)18.2
48Nicaragua (2006)18
49Upper middle income (2007)17.94
50Australia (2007)17.9
51Switzerland (2007)17.9
52Sweden (2007)17.1
53Netherlands (2007)17
54Hong Kong (2007)16.6
55Estonia (2007)16.6
56Dominican Republic (2007)16.4
57Bangladesh (2005)15.9
58Lithuania (2007)15.4
59Argentina (2008)15.28
60Iceland (2002)15.1
61Euro area (2007)14.93
62Azerbaijan (2007)14.9
63Latvia (2007)14.6
64Venezuela (1999)14.4
65United Kingdom (2007)14.3
66Uruguay (2007)13.8
67Tunisia (2005)13.6
68Portugal (2007)13.2
69Turkey (2007)12.7
70Slovenia (2007)12.5
71Latin America & Caribbean (2006)12.15
72Chad (1993)11.9
73Armenia (2007)11.9
74Croatia (2007)11.8
75Luxembourg (2007)11.5
76Algeria (2004)11.4
77Italy (2007)11.3
78Serbia (2008)11.23
79Germany (2007)10.6
80Poland (2007)10.4
81Austria (2007)10
82Paraguay (2007)9.9
83Syria (2002)9.8
84Indonesia (2007)9.6
85Kyrgyzstan (2006)9.6
86Kuwait (2006)9.6
87Macau (2007)9.5
88Bahamas (2007)9.4
89Madagascar (2005)9.3
90Barbados (2003)8.7
91Bulgaria (2007)8.6
92Jamaica (2006)8.4
93Gabon (1993)8.2
94Hungary (2007)8.1
95El Salvador (1998)7.5
96Brunei Darussalam (2003)6.8
97Mauritius (2007)6.4
98Costa Rica (2007)6.4
99Montenegro (2005)6.2
100Romania (2007)6.1
101Burkina Faso (2000)6.1
102Rwanda (2000)5.9
103Honduras (1998)5.8
104Slovakia (2007)5.3
105Belize (2005)5.3
106Netherlands Antilles (2007)4.7
107Cuba (2007)4.6
108Tajikistan (2007)4.6
109South Africa (2007)4.5
110St. Lucia (2000)4.5
111Oman (1996)4.4
112Bolivia (2000)4.4
113Aruba (1997)4.4
114Czech Republic (2007)4.3
115Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)4
116Brazil (2006)3.6
117New Caledonia (1996)3.5
118Albania (2002)3.4
119Ethiopia (2005)3.2
120Senegal (2006)2.5
121Dominica (1997)2.1
122Central African Republic (1995)2.1
123Fiji (2005)1.9
124Trinidad and Tobago (2002)1.8
125Suriname (1997)1.4
126St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1991)0.8
127Zimbabwe (1999)0.8
128Djibouti (1991)0.3
129Thailand (2007)0.1
130Malta (2007)0
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