Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
22
Highest
1.0%
Egypt
Lowest
0.1%
Pakistan
Median
0.3%
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
266

What the numbers show

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age) is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Egypt; the lowest is 0.1% in Pakistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 0.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 337.3%), and the largest decrease in Pakistan (down 57.9%).

Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, primary education a: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Egypt 1.0% 2008 up 337.3% volatile
1 Moldova 1.0% 2019 up 48.9% rising
3 Chile 0.8% 2017 up 9.9% rising
4 Rwanda 0.8% 2021 rising
5 South Africa 0.7% 2020 up 12.1% rising
6 Albania 0.6% 2019 falling
7 Panama 0.5% 2018 up 19.3% rising
8 Dominican Republic 0.5% 2013 up 53.6% rising
9 Ecuador 0.5% 2017 down 5.0% rising
10 Mexico 0.4% 2020 up 5.1% flat
11 Brazil 0.3% 2020 down 33.6% falling
12 Honduras 0.3% 2017 down 13.5% rising
13 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 up 17.9% rising
14 Peru 0.2% 2016 up 46.9% rising
15 Bolivia 0.2% 2017 up 281.8% volatile
16 South Korea 0.2% 2014 down 13.8% falling
17 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 up 13.1% rising
18 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 2.1% flat
19 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 22.3% volatile
20 Guatemala 0.1% 2011 down 49.4% falling
21 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 up 8.7% volatile
22 Pakistan 0.1% 2020 down 57.9% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Employed workers with a work contract, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with low education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
23 places, 266 data points, 1981–2021
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