Belarus's unemployment with advanced education, female (% of female labor force with advanced education) was 1.93% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.09 percentage points from 1.85% in 2019.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.93% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 1.85% | 2019 |
| Highest | 3.25% | 1999 |
| Lowest | 1.85% | 2019 |
| Average since 2016 | 2.31% | 2016–2024 |
| First recorded | 3.25% | 1999 |
Over five years it is up 0.09 percentage points from 1.85% in 2019. Since 1999 it is down 1.32 percentage points from 3.25% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 15 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.92 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.63 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.1 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 50% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Belarus had the 51st highest value of the 61 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 1.93% | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 5.65% | 2024 |
Closest to Belarus in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
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).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 11 values
| Year | Unemployment with advanced education, female (% of female labor force with advanced education) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.93 |
| 2023 | 1.96 |
| 2022 | 2.15 |
| 2021 | 2.14 |
| 2020 | 2.77 |
| 2019 | 1.85 |
| 2018 | 2.46 |
| 2017 | 2.82 |
| 2016 | 2.68 |
| 2015 | no data |
Unemployment with advanced education, female (% of female labor force with advanced education) in nearby economies
More social protection & labor data for Belarus
- Net migration — -3,020 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 37.39% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 40.69% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 39.08% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 76.56% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 82.75% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 79.58% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Belarus's unemployment with advanced education, female (% of female labor force with advanced education)?
- 1.93% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is down 1.32 percentage points from 3.25% in 1999. The highest value was 3.25% in 1999 and the lowest 1.85% in 2019.
- How does Belarus rank?
- 51st highest of 61 economies with data for 2024.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: March 30, 2026.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.UEM.ADVN.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: March 30, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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