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Human Development Report 2009

CEducation and employment of international migrants in OECD countries (aged 15 years and above)
Percentage of international migrants aged 15 years and above in OECD countries with tertiary educationExcel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2005 1
1 Norway 31.7
2 Australia 42.3
3 Iceland 33.5
4 Canada 39.4
5 Ireland 22.4
6 Netherlands 31.8
7 Sweden 36.8
8 France 32.2
9 Switzerland 24.0
10 Japan 49.0
11 Luxembourg 23.7
12 Finland 23.5
13 United States 46.6
14 Austria 27.3
15 Spain 17.6
16 Denmark 33.3
17 Belgium 30.8
18 Italy 11.5
19 Liechtenstein 19.5
20 New Zealand 26.5
21 United Kingdom 33.1
22 Germany 27.4
23 Singapore 43.5
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 37.9
25 Greece 15.1
26 Korea (Republic of) 43.6
27 Israel 42.7
28 Andorra 25.6
29 Slovenia 11.4
30 Brunei Darussalam 37.7
31 Kuwait 44.2
32 Cyprus 23.0
33 Qatar 43.9
34 Portugal 6.2
35 United Arab Emirates 24.2
36 Czech Republic 23.7
37 Barbados 26.3
38 Malta 13.5
39 Bahrain 40.2
40 Estonia 30.6
41 Poland 21.1
42 Slovakia 12.9
43 Hungary 27.4
44 Chile 29.9
45 Croatia 12.4
46 Lithuania 21.8
47 Antigua and Barbuda 26.6
48 Latvia 35.8
49 Argentina 32.6
50 Uruguay 26.3
51 Cuba 23.9
52 Bahamas 29.4
53 Mexico 5.7
54 Costa Rica 24.4
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 23.6
56 Oman 37.5
57 Seychelles 17.3
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 36.7
59 Saudi Arabia 35.8
60 Panama 32.9
61 Bulgaria 13.0
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 26.6
63 Romania 22.3
64 Trinidad and Tobago 29.7
65 Montenegro 10.6 2
66 Malaysia 47.6
67 Serbia 10.6 2
68 Belarus 25.0
69 Saint Lucia 20.3
70 Albania 8.7
71 Russian Federation 27.1
72 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 7.4
73 Dominica 21.7
74 Grenada 23.3
75 Brazil 25.9
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.6
77 Colombia 24.8
78 Peru 28.6
79 Turkey 6.7
80 Ecuador 15.0
81 Mauritius 24.4
82 Kazakhstan 16.6
83 Lebanon 30.9
84 Armenia 30.3
85 Ukraine 27.0
86 Azerbaijan 39.8
87 Thailand 27.6
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 45.9
89 Georgia 24.8
90 Dominican Republic 12.3
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24.5
92 China 39.4
93 Belize 20.4
94 Samoa 8.7
95 Maldives 30.0
96 Jordan 41.0
97 Suriname 30.9
98 Tunisia 15.9
99 Tonga 9.5
100 Jamaica 24.2
101 Paraguay 23.9
102 Sri Lanka 26.4
103 Gabon 35.9
104 Algeria 16.4
105 Philippines 45.9
106 El Salvador 7.7
107 Syrian Arab Republic 33.3
108 Fiji 21.4
109 Turkmenistan 24.8
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 40.5
111 Indonesia 34.5
112 Honduras 10.6
113 Bolivia 29.4
114 Guyana 25.0
115 Mongolia 45.7
116 Viet Nam 22.9
117 Moldova 34.6
118 Equatorial Guinea 22.4
119 Uzbekistan 33.9
120 Kyrgyzstan 18.4
121 Cape Verde 5.9
122 Guatemala 8.4
123 Egypt 47.3
124 Nicaragua 18.1
125 Botswana 37.1
126 Vanuatu 27.2
127 Tajikistan 24.1
128 Namibia 45.9
129 South Africa 44.8
130 Morocco 13.9
131 Sao Tome and Principe 10.7
132 Bhutan 23.7
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14.2
134 India 51.2
135 Solomon Islands 36.8
136 Congo 34.9
137 Cambodia 15.2
138 Myanmar 40.9
139 Comoros 10.7
140 Yemen 19.3
141 Pakistan 30.3
142 Swaziland 42.9
143 Angola 19.5
144 Nepal 39.2
145 Madagascar 31.7
146 Bangladesh 27.2
147 Kenya 36.9
148 Papua New Guinea 31.2
149 Haiti 20.0
150 Sudan 39.7
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 40.7
152 Ghana 31.3
153 Cameroon 41.9
154 Mauritania 17.2
155 Djibouti 29.7
156 Lesotho 45.8
157 Uganda 39.0
158 Nigeria 53.1
159 Togo 35.8
160 Malawi 34.8
161 Benin 42.2
162 Timor-Leste 12.4
163 Côte d'Ivoire 26.4
164 Zambia 47.9
165 Eritrea 20.7
166 Senegal 19.1
167 Rwanda 34.9
168 Gambia 16.5
169 Liberia 33.5
170 Guinea 22.4
171 Ethiopia 29.2
172 Mozambique 26.4
173 Guinea-Bissau 12.8
174 Burundi 38.0
175 Chad 42.2
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 35.5
177 Burkina Faso 28.5
178 Mali 12.6
179 Central African Republic 32.7
180 Sierra Leone 33.7
181 Afghanistan 19.4
182 Niger 37.5
Other UN member states
Iraq 26.6
Kiribati 20.2
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 38.6
Marshall Islands 10.9
Micronesia (Federated States of) 13.3
Monaco 23.0
Nauru 21.6
Palau 28.3
San Marino 12.4
Somalia 12.5
Tuvalu 6.2
Zimbabwe 40.6

Notes :
1 - Percentages may not sum to 100% as those whose educational attainment levels are unknown are excluded.
2 - Data refer to Serbia and Montenegro prior to its separation into two independent states in June 2006.

Sources :
OECD (2009a). "OECD Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries." http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?lang=en. Accessed March 2009.
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