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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 less than upper secondary educationExcel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2005 1
1 Norway 21.7
2 Australia 16.6
3 Iceland 15.3
4 Canada 18.3
5 Ireland 37.8
6 Netherlands 25.9
7 Sweden 18.0
8 France 32.0
9 Switzerland 34.6
10 Japan 10.4
11 Luxembourg 39.0
12 Finland 30.4
13 United States 19.6
14 Austria 23.4
15 Spain 51.7
16 Denmark 20.3
17 Belgium 34.5
18 Italy 57.5
19 Liechtenstein 27.5
20 New Zealand 30.6
21 United Kingdom 25.7
22 Germany 26.6
23 Singapore 19.7
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 27.9
25 Greece 55.3
26 Korea (Republic of) 16.4
27 Israel 18.3
28 Andorra 46.3
29 Slovenia 47.3
30 Brunei Darussalam 19.1
31 Kuwait 16.7
32 Cyprus 41.0
33 Qatar 16.1
34 Portugal 67.2
35 United Arab Emirates 21.0
36 Czech Republic 22.6
37 Barbados 30.0
38 Malta 53.2
39 Bahrain 15.8
40 Estonia 26.6
41 Poland 30.6
42 Slovakia 40.7
43 Hungary 25.6
44 Chile 25.1
45 Croatia 45.7
46 Lithuania 35.8
47 Antigua and Barbuda 29.7
48 Latvia 19.5
49 Argentina 31.1
50 Uruguay 34.7
51 Cuba 40.8
52 Bahamas 23.3
53 Mexico 69.6
54 Costa Rica 31.5
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 44.3
56 Oman 13.6
57 Seychelles 42.6
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 27.0
59 Saudi Arabia 22.8
60 Panama 16.9
61 Bulgaria 51.0
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 33.0
63 Romania 32.7
64 Trinidad and Tobago 23.3
65 Montenegro 52.1 2
66 Malaysia 18.4
67 Serbia 52.1 2
68 Belarus 37.1
69 Saint Lucia 37.9
70 Albania 54.0
71 Russian Federation 33.9
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 57.1
73 Dominica 40.4
74 Grenada 34.2
75 Brazil 30.6
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.3
77 Colombia 33.9
78 Peru 24.7
79 Turkey 69.0
80 Ecuador 48.8
81 Mauritius 42.9
82 Kazakhstan 35.1
83 Lebanon 33.8
84 Armenia 27.3
85 Ukraine 36.8
86 Azerbaijan 25.2
87 Thailand 34.8
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17.2
89 Georgia 35.8
90 Dominican Republic 53.2
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34.4
92 China 31.0
93 Belize 30.5
94 Samoa 31.1
95 Maldives 25.8
96 Jordan 20.0
97 Suriname 23.9
98 Tunisia 55.5
99 Tonga 34.6
100 Jamaica 33.1
101 Paraguay 37.1
102 Sri Lanka 32.7
103 Gabon 29.9
104 Algeria 55.4
105 Philippines 17.4
106 El Salvador 62.9
107 Syrian Arab Republic 33.0
108 Fiji 30.8
109 Turkmenistan 25.4
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 23.5
111 Indonesia 24.8
112 Honduras 57.2
113 Bolivia 24.9
114 Guyana 31.0
115 Mongolia 16.5
116 Viet Nam 40.7
117 Moldova 26.8
118 Equatorial Guinea 52.0
119 Uzbekistan 25.0
120 Kyrgyzstan 33.5
121 Cape Verde 73.7
122 Guatemala 63.6
123 Egypt 18.8
124 Nicaragua 40.7
125 Botswana 12.3
126 Vanuatu 27.8
127 Tajikistan 30.4
128 Namibia 15.3
129 South Africa 14.6
130 Morocco 61.1
131 Sao Tome and Principe 72.2
132 Bhutan 39.1
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49.5
134 India 25.5
135 Solomon Islands 25.3
136 Congo 27.1
137 Cambodia 52.4
138 Myanmar 25.0
139 Comoros 63.6
140 Yemen 47.0
141 Pakistan 43.6
142 Swaziland 19.8
143 Angola 52.9
144 Nepal 21.3
145 Madagascar 33.3
146 Bangladesh 46.2
147 Kenya 26.0
148 Papua New Guinea 28.0
149 Haiti 39.3
150 Sudan 23.4
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 25.1
152 Ghana 26.5
153 Cameroon 23.3
154 Mauritania 63.1
155 Djibouti 34.1
156 Lesotho 18.3
157 Uganda 27.4
158 Nigeria 15.5
159 Togo 27.9
160 Malawi 32.5
161 Benin 25.8
162 Timor-Leste 57.1
163 Côte d'Ivoire 38.1
164 Zambia 14.2
165 Eritrea 36.0
166 Senegal 56.6
167 Rwanda 25.4
168 Gambia 47.9
169 Liberia 20.6
170 Guinea 49.6
171 Ethiopia 24.3
172 Mozambique 44.2
173 Guinea-Bissau 66.3
174 Burundi 24.3
175 Chad 22.7
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 25.0
177 Burkina Faso 46.9
178 Mali 68.3
179 Central African Republic 33.4
180 Sierra Leone 23.5
181 Afghanistan 44.7
182 Niger 26.6
Other UN member states
Iraq 38.9
Kiribati 38.3
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 21.7
Marshall Islands 34.9
Micronesia (Federated States of) 26.9
Monaco 41.4
Nauru 35.3
Palau 12.7
San Marino 61.6
Somalia 44.0
Tuvalu 38.9
Zimbabwe 14.9

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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