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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 upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary educationExcel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2005 1
1 Norway 38.1
2 Australia 36.1
3 Iceland 39.0
4 Canada 40.7
5 Ireland 25.3
6 Netherlands 36.6
7 Sweden 37.5
8 France 30.7
9 Switzerland 40.0
10 Japan 38.9
11 Luxembourg 32.4
12 Finland 42.5
13 United States 29.3
14 Austria 45.0
15 Spain 26.8
16 Denmark 38.3
17 Belgium 32.4
18 Italy 26.3
19 Liechtenstein 46.9
20 New Zealand 34.7
21 United Kingdom 36.7
22 Germany 43.0
23 Singapore 32.2
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 31.4
25 Greece 26.0
26 Korea (Republic of) 39.3
27 Israel 37.0
28 Andorra 27.2
29 Slovenia 39.1
30 Brunei Darussalam 41.1
31 Kuwait 36.9
32 Cyprus 28.4
33 Qatar 37.0
34 Portugal 23.4
35 United Arab Emirates 50.2
36 Czech Republic 51.6
37 Barbados 40.2
38 Malta 24.5
39 Bahrain 40.6
40 Estonia 36.6
41 Poland 46.2
42 Slovakia 45.5
43 Hungary 44.1
44 Chile 41.8
45 Croatia 39.4
46 Lithuania 39.6
47 Antigua and Barbuda 41.4
48 Latvia 36.1
49 Argentina 34.8
50 Uruguay 37.0
51 Cuba 35.1
52 Bahamas 46.9
53 Mexico 24.7
54 Costa Rica 43.7
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 30.6
56 Oman 44.6
57 Seychelles 31.5
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 35.8
59 Saudi Arabia 38.8
60 Panama 50.0
61 Bulgaria 31.3
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 35.5
63 Romania 43.9
64 Trinidad and Tobago 46.2
65 Montenegro 30.2 2
66 Malaysia 28.8
67 Serbia 30.2 2
68 Belarus 37.3
69 Saint Lucia 37.0
70 Albania 34.6
71 Russian Federation 37.9
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 24.4
73 Dominica 34.0
74 Grenada 39.6
75 Brazil 38.8
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.0
77 Colombia 40.5
78 Peru 44.8
79 Turkey 21.6
80 Ecuador 35.8
81 Mauritius 27.9
82 Kazakhstan 48.0
83 Lebanon 31.6
84 Armenia 41.5
85 Ukraine 34.8
86 Azerbaijan 33.0
87 Thailand 31.9
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 34.4
89 Georgia 35.4
90 Dominican Republic 34.2
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 38.6
92 China 25.1
93 Belize 48.7
94 Samoa 44.1
95 Maldives 40.5
96 Jordan 37.8
97 Suriname 43.2
98 Tunisia 27.8
99 Tonga 44.8
100 Jamaica 39.6
101 Paraguay 37.5
102 Sri Lanka 34.4
103 Gabon 33.1
104 Algeria 27.8
105 Philippines 35.1
106 El Salvador 29.2
107 Syrian Arab Republic 30.3
108 Fiji 41.5
109 Turkmenistan 48.4
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 28.2
111 Indonesia 38.3
112 Honduras 32.2
113 Bolivia 44.1
114 Guyana 42.9
115 Mongolia 35.1
116 Viet Nam 34.8
117 Moldova 37.4
118 Equatorial Guinea 25.5
119 Uzbekistan 40.0
120 Kyrgyzstan 47.9
121 Cape Verde 19.1
122 Guatemala 27.9
123 Egypt 30.7
124 Nicaragua 41.1
125 Botswana 46.3
126 Vanuatu 39.1
127 Tajikistan 45.1
128 Namibia 34.8
129 South Africa 34.6
130 Morocco 23.1
131 Sao Tome and Principe 16.9
132 Bhutan 30.6
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 35.7
134 India 19.5
135 Solomon Islands 29.5
136 Congo 34.2
137 Cambodia 30.8
138 Myanmar 26.2
139 Comoros 25.6
140 Yemen 30.2
141 Pakistan 21.4
142 Swaziland 32.9
143 Angola 26.5
144 Nepal 33.0
145 Madagascar 34.6
146 Bangladesh 22.3
147 Kenya 32.7
148 Papua New Guinea 33.8
149 Haiti 40.6
150 Sudan 32.9
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 30.4
152 Ghana 38.4
153 Cameroon 32.3
154 Mauritania 19.1
155 Djibouti 34.7
156 Lesotho 31.6
157 Uganda 29.0
158 Nigeria 28.4
159 Togo 34.1
160 Malawi 28.5
161 Benin 30.5
162 Timor-Leste 23.4
163 Côte d'Ivoire 34.2
164 Zambia 34.4
165 Eritrea 39.3
166 Senegal 23.6
167 Rwanda 32.6
168 Gambia 30.9
169 Liberia 44.8
170 Guinea 25.4
171 Ethiopia 43.6
172 Mozambique 28.8
173 Guinea-Bissau 20.5
174 Burundi 28.7
175 Chad 33.1
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 32.5
177 Burkina Faso 22.6
178 Mali 18.7
179 Central African Republic 33.1
180 Sierra Leone 37.4
181 Afghanistan 28.9
182 Niger 34.3
Other UN member states
Iraq 26.9
Kiribati 33.9
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 32.1
Marshall Islands 54.1
Micronesia (Federated States of) 59.7
Monaco 35.1
Nauru 34.7
Palau 58.9
San Marino 25.7
Somalia 30.6
Tuvalu 27.2
Zimbabwe 39.9

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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