Percentage of all adult individuals (age 15 years and above) with different levels of education not in workforce
| Level of education | Persons | Male | Female |
| Graduate in medicine | 19.2 | 16.3 | 25.7 |
| Graduate in other | 37.5 | 16.6 | 69.2 |
| Diploma/Certificate in medicine | 30.9 | 16.3 | 45.5 |
| Diploma/Certificate in other | 29.6 | 21.8 | 54.2 |
| Vocational training in health and paramedical services | 9.9 | 37.9 | 26.3 |
| Other technical degree | 23.3 | 17.3 | 39.6 |
| No technical degree* | 45.7 | 20.8 | 70.0 |
| Total | 44.7 | 20.4 | 69.7 |
Source: authors’ estimates using unit-level data of National Sample Survey Organisation 2011–2012.
*Including illiterate.