Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
91
Highest
0.7%
Slovenia
Lowest
0.0%
Slovakia
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,223

What the numbers show

Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age) is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 0.7% in Slovenia; the lowest is 0.0% in Slovakia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 492.9%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 100.0%).

Employment in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Slovenia 0.7% 2013 up 103.4% rising
2 Estonia 0.5% 2016 down 4.3% rising
3 Tunisia 0.4% 2015 up 29.9% rising
4 Palestine, State of 0.4% 2017 up 39.9% falling
5 Poland 0.4% 2019 up 12.9% rising
6 Mauritius 0.4% 2012 down 7.9% flat
7 Italy 0.4% 2016 up 1.5% rising
8 Bulgaria 0.4% 2016 up 52.2% rising
9 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% 2017 up 13.0% rising
9 Kosovo 0.4% 2017 up 13.0% rising
11 Portugal 0.4% 2016 down 8.8% falling
12 Latvia 0.4% 2016 down 3.5% rising
13 Armenia 0.4% 2020 up 492.9% volatile
14 Republic of Moldova 0.4% 2021 up 158.6% volatile
15 Croatia 0.4% 2016 down 19.1% falling
16 China 0.4% 2013 up 69.6% rising
17 United States 0.4% 2018 up 3.8% falling
18 Puerto Rico 0.3% 2005 up 17.6% falling
19 Argentina 0.3% 2021 down 9.0% falling
20 Iceland 0.3% 2013 up 23.6% rising
21 Mexico 0.3% 2020 up 3.3% flat
22 Belgium 0.3% 2003 up 10.3% rising
23 Denmark 0.3% 2016 volatile
24 Cyprus 0.3% 2016 down 28.5% falling
25 Kyrgyzstan 0.3% 2020 up 140.3% rising
26 Egypt 0.3% 2019 up 26.9% rising
27 Jordan 0.3% 2016 up 10.4% rising
28 Germany 0.3% 2011 down 14.4% falling
29 Norway 0.3% 2016 volatile
30 Luxembourg 0.3% 2016 down 19.6% rising
31 Türkiye 0.3% 2019 up 3.2% rising
32 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 up 20.1% rising
33 Brazil 0.3% 2021 up 4.0% flat
34 Spain 0.3% 2016 down 30.7% falling
35 Republic of Korea 0.3% 2017 up 21.9% rising
36 Chile 0.3% 2017 down 6.3% falling
37 Cambodia 0.3% 2012 up 94.2% rising
38 Indonesia 0.3% 2019 up 34.3% rising
39 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.3% 2006 up 1.4% falling
40 India 0.3% 2019 up 5.8% rising
41 Romania 0.2% 2016 up 44.3% rising
42 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 60.0% rising
43 South Africa 0.2% 2020 down 13.4% flat
44 Namibia 0.2% 2015 up 112.9% rising
45 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 down 11.3% falling
46 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 down 0.4% falling
47 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 down 15.8% falling
48 Colombia 0.2% 2021 up 2.8% rising
49 Philippines 0.2% 2019 up 62.4% rising
50 Thailand 0.2% 2021 up 9.1% rising
51 Honduras 0.2% 2017 down 9.1% falling
52 Paraguay 0.2% 2017 up 62.3% rising
53 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2019 up 8.5% rising
54 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2% 2021 up 1.1% rising
55 Albania 0.2% 2019 down 15.9% volatile
56 Ireland 0.2% 2016 down 12.4% falling
57 Guatemala 0.2% 2011 up 0.3% falling
58 Netherlands 0.2% 2016 down 36.7% falling
59 Belize 0.2% 1999 down 15.7% falling
60 Panama 0.2% 2021 down 7.6% rising
61 France 0.2% 2016 down 35.6% falling
62 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 up 92.8% rising
63 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 down 28.8% falling
64 Greece 0.2% 2016 down 39.4% falling
65 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 176.4% volatile
66 Ecuador 0.2% 2021 down 6.1% flat
67 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 up 9.8% falling
68 Malta 0.2% 2016 down 46.3% falling
69 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 down 71.4% falling
70 Gambia 0.1% 2020 up 11.8% rising
71 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 56.4% rising
72 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 down 26.1% falling
73 Sweden 0.1% 2016 down 65.6% falling
74 Mongolia 0.1% 2016 up 123.3% rising
75 Peru 0.1% 2021 down 11.8% rising
76 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 3.4% rising
77 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 53.9% volatile
78 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 53.8% rising
79 Uganda 0.1% 2016 up 3.7% volatile
80 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 86.5% falling
81 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 up 46.0% rising
82 Zambia 0.0% 2015 up 85.0% rising
83 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 10.3% falling
84 Georgia 0.0% 2013 down 87.9% volatile
85 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 88.3% volatile
86 Czechia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
86 Ukraine 0.0% 2012 down 100.0% volatile
86 Austria 0.0% 2003 down 100.0% volatile
86 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0% 2016 volatile
86 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
86 Slovakia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Employment in the industrial sector, 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
91 places, 1,223 data points, 1970–2021
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