Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education)

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).

📅 2025📏 % of total labor force with advanced education17 entries

PalestinePakistanColombiaChileSpainEcuadorCanadaHondurasPeruCosta RicaPortugalDominican RepublicAustriaUnited KingdomBrazilUnited StatesSouth Korea

25.6% – 7.7%6.4% – 5.4%5.3% – 4.4%4.4% – 3.4%3.2% – 2.7%No data

🇵🇸Palestine

25.6%

🇵🇰Pakistan

11.1%

🇨🇴Colombia

9.0%

🇨🇱Chile

7.7%

🇪🇸Spain

6.4%

🇪🇨Ecuador

5.7%

🇨🇦Canada

5.4%

🇭🇳Honduras

5.3%

🇵🇪Peru

4.8%

🇨🇷Costa Rica

4.7%

🇵🇹Portugal

4.4%

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

4.4%

🇦🇹Austria

4.1%

🇬🇧United Kingdom

3.4%

🇧🇷Brazil

3.2%

🇺🇸United States

2.9%

🇰🇷South Korea

2.7%

Highlights

As of 2025, Palestine ranks first with 25.6%, followed by Pakistan (11.1%) and Colombia (9.0%).

Palestine is 2.3 times higher than Pakistan, the runner-up.

Across 17 countries and territories, values run from 25.6% (Palestine) to 2.7% (South Korea), with a median of 4.8%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from the Americas, 2 from Asia and 1 from Europe.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education), 2025. Unit: % of total labor force with advanced education.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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