According to the World Economic Forum and International Labour Organization statistics, Luxembourg has the world’s highest share of people in high-skilled employment. 59.5 percent of the small country’s workforce is employed in occupations requiring tertiary education skills.

This is primarily thanks to Luxembourg’s small and open economy, which has a prominent financial sector, dependent on a high skillset.

Singapore, another small country, has the highest proportion of high-skilled workers in Asia. An impressive 54.7 percent of its workforce is classified as high-skilled, the second highest globally. Switzerland rounds off the top three with 51.3 percent. Israel and Iceland come fourth and fifth with 49.7 and 49.2 percent respectively.