This statistic shows a breakdown of migrant workers in China from 2014 to 2023, by level of education. In 2023, about 33.3 percent of Chinese migrant laborers had at least a high school diploma.
Distribution of migrant workers in China from 2014 to 2023, by level of education
The data have been collected through a survey that covered rural workers from 31 provinces, 1,730 districts and 8,613 villages. Migrant laborers are defined as being people who leave their place of origin for a period longer than six months in order to find work elsewhere. They either stay in their home province or go to another in search of a job.
Figures for earlier years have been taken from previous publications.
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