West Bank and Gaza's labor force with advanced education, male (% of male working-age population with advanced education) was 85.25% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.85 percentage points from 87.1% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 85.25% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 82.72% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 87.1% | 2015 |
| Highest | 87.72% | 2000 |
| Lowest | 82.72% | 2020 |
| Average since 2016 | 85.6% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 87.72% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, West Bank and Gaza's labor force with advanced education, male (% of male working-age population with advanced education) fell 1.8 percentage points on 2024 (from 87.05% to 85.25%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was −0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.64 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.67 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.78 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 9 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, West Bank and Gaza had the 9th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| West Bank and Gaza | 85.25% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 85.65% | 2024 |
Closest to West Bank and Gaza in the 2025 ranking
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 25 values
| Year | Labor force with advanced education, male (% of male working-age population with advanced education) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 85.25 |
| 2024 | 87.05 |
| 2023 | no data |
| 2022 | 85.73 |
| 2021 | 85.08 |
| 2020 | 82.72 |
| 2019 | 85.51 |
| 2018 | 85.16 |
| 2017 | 87.33 |
| 2016 | 86.59 |
Labor force with advanced education, male (% of male working-age population with advanced education) in nearby economies
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 82.78% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 71.01% (2024)
- Israel — 82.77% (2024)
- Malta — 92.18% (2024)
- Pakistan — 86.96% (2025)
- Tunisia — 84.82% (2023)
More social protection & labor data for West Bank and Gaza
- Net migration — -23,156 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 48,323 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 10.88% (2022)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 51.15% (2022)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 30.81% (2022)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 20.13% (2022)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is West Bank and Gaza's labor force with advanced education, male (% of male working-age population with advanced education)?
- 85.25% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is down 2.47 percentage points from 87.72% in 2000. The highest value was 87.72% in 2000 and the lowest 82.72% in 2020.
- How does West Bank and Gaza rank?
- 9th highest of 17 economies with data for 2025.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.ADVN.MA.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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