North America's labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education) was 49.66% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.36 percentage points from 51.03% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 49.66% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 48.73% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 51.03% | 2015 |
| Highest | 58.93% | 1997 |
| Lowest | 48.69% | 2021 |
| Average since 2016 | 49.94% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 58.66% | 1994 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, North America's labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education) fell 0.11 percentage points on 2024 (from 49.77% to 49.66%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.81 percentage points in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.97 percentage points in 2020. 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 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.16 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 34% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
What this measures
The ratio of the labor force with intermediate education to the working-age population with intermediate education. Intermediate education comprises upper secondary or post-secondary non tertiary education 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 32 values
| Year | Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.66 |
| 2024 | 49.77 |
| 2023 | 49.95 |
| 2022 | 49.5 |
| 2021 | 48.69 |
| 2020 | 48.73 |
| 2019 | 50.7 |
| 2018 | 50.52 |
| 2017 | 50.92 |
| 2016 | 50.99 |
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education) in nearby economies
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 21.63% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 11.13% (2024)
- Israel — 63.9% (2024)
- Malta — 71.52% (2024)
- Pakistan — 22.16% (2025)
- Tunisia — 33.68% (2023)
- West Bank and Gaza
More social protection & labor data for North America
- Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate) — 50.4% (2025)
- Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) — 50.49% (2025)
- Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate) — 50.45% (2025)
- Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (national estimate) — 55.13% (2025)
- Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (national estimate) — 64.82% (2025)
- Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (national estimate) — 59.87% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate) — 55.65% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is North America's labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education)?
- 49.66% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1994?
- It is down 9 percentage points from 58.66% in 1994. The highest value was 58.93% in 1997 and the lowest 48.69% in 2021.
- Is the latest change in labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education) unusual for North America?
- In 2025, North America's labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-age population with intermediate education) fell 0.11 percentage points on 2024 (from 49.77% to 49.66%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.INTM.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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