Portugal's labor force with advanced education, female (% of female working-age population with advanced education) was 82.87% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.65 percentage points from 82.22% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 82.87% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 82.03% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 82.22% | 2015 |
| Highest | 87.69% | 1992 |
| Lowest | 79.82% | 2013 |
| Average since 2016 | 82.52% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 87.69% | 1992 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Portugal's labor force with advanced education, female (% of female working-age population with advanced education) fell 0.07 percentage points on 2024 (from 82.93% to 82.87%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.27 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 2.72 percentage points in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.96 percentage points in 1996. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Portugal had the 2nd highest value of the 17 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 82.87% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 76.65% | 2024 |
| High income | 73.78% | 2024 |
Closest to Portugal in the 2025 ranking
- United Kingdom — 1st of 17: 84.14%
- Dominican Republic — 3rd of 17: 80.71%
- Chile — 4th of 17: 80.21%
- Peru — 5th of 17: 79.95%
What this measures
The ratio of the labor force with advanced education to the working-age population with advanced education. 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 34 values
| Year | Labor force with advanced education, female (% of female working-age population with advanced education) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 82.87 |
| 2024 | 82.93 |
| 2023 | 81.71 |
| 2022 | 82.09 |
| 2021 | 83.37 |
| 2020 | 82.03 |
| 2019 | 83.16 |
| 2018 | 83.19 |
| 2017 | 81.73 |
| 2016 | 82.15 |
Labor force with advanced education, female (% of female working-age population with advanced education) in nearby economies
More social protection & labor data for Portugal
- Net migration — 16,472 (2025)
- Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate) — 6.5% (2025)
- Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate) — 5.52% (2025)
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 6.01% (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 70,349 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate) — 32.29% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) — 36.96% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Portugal's labor force with advanced education, female (% of female working-age population with advanced education)?
- 82.87% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1992?
- It is down 4.83 percentage points from 87.69% in 1992. The highest value was 87.69% in 1992 and the lowest 79.82% in 2013.
- How does Portugal rank?
- 2nd highest of 17 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in labor force with advanced education, female (% of female working-age population with advanced education) unusual for Portugal?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.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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