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

Countries reporting
91
Highest
0.6%
Slovenia
Lowest
0.0%
Kazakhstan
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,223

What the numbers show

Employment in the manufacturing 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 0.6% in Slovenia; the lowest is 0.0% in Kazakhstan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 1,517.4%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Slovenia 0.6% 2013 up 105.6% rising
2 Estonia 0.4% 2016 up 19.4% falling
3 Croatia 0.3% 2016 up 25.6% flat
4 Portugal 0.3% 2016 up 1.1% flat
5 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 6.7% flat
6 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 up 22.4% rising
7 Mauritius 0.2% 2012 down 25.7% falling
8 Mexico 0.2% 2020 up 3.6% flat
9 Belgium 0.2% 2003 down 6.3% flat
10 Moldova 0.2% 2021 up 172.7% volatile
11 Turkey 0.2% 2019 up 4.7% rising
12 China 0.2% 2013 up 30.5% rising
13 Poland 0.2% 2019 down 14.0% rising
14 Denmark 0.2% 2016 volatile
15 Iceland 0.2% 2013 down 34.7% rising
16 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 up 39.9% rising
17 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 57.2% rising
18 Palestine 0.2% 2017 up 7.5% falling
19 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 up 45.3% rising
20 Germany 0.2% 2011 down 37.7% falling
21 Jordan 0.2% 2016 up 7.2% rising
22 Netherlands 0.2% 2016 down 28.6% falling
23 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 up 10.0% rising
24 El Salvador 0.2% 2017 down 12.5% falling
25 Latvia 0.2% 2016 down 34.2% rising
26 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 up 25.7% rising
27 Romania 0.1% 2016 up 55.1% flat
28 South Korea 0.1% 2017 up 13.8% falling
29 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 11.6% rising
30 Spain 0.1% 2016 down 23.0% falling
31 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 33.3% rising
32 Norway 0.1% 2016 volatile
33 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 9.2% falling
34 Egypt 0.1% 2019 up 18.4% falling
35 Argentina 0.1% 2021 up 10.1% rising
36 Guatemala 0.1% 2011 down 0.3% falling
37 United States 0.1% 2018 down 22.7% falling
38 Honduras 0.1% 2017 down 13.5% falling
39 Venezuela 0.1% 2006 down 11.2% falling
40 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 32.3% falling
41 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 down 67.2% volatile
42 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 down 9.4% rising
43 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 down 8.2% falling
44 Brazil 0.1% 2021 down 10.9% falling
45 India 0.1% 2019 down 2.2% rising
46 Belize 0.1% 1999 down 16.7% falling
47 South Africa 0.1% 2020 down 23.3% flat
48 Sweden 0.1% 2016 down 67.9% falling
49 Chile 0.1% 2017 down 23.2% falling
50 Paraguay 0.1% 2017 up 2.1% flat
51 Albania 0.1% 2019 up 288.8% volatile
52 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 down 1.8% falling
53 Bolivia 0.1% 2021 up 10.5% falling
54 Greece 0.1% 2016 down 26.7% falling
55 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 down 21.8% falling
56 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 up 9.0% falling
57 Colombia 0.1% 2021 down 21.7% falling
58 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 17.3% rising
59 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 down 31.0% falling
60 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 down 44.2% falling
61 Ghana 0.1% 2016 down 24.0% flat
62 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 up 12.4% volatile
63 Philippines 0.1% 2019 up 2.4% falling
64 Peru 0.1% 2021 down 18.6% flat
65 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 79.9% falling
66 Armenia 0.1% 2020 volatile
67 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 15.3% rising
68 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 down 61.6% falling
69 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 57.5% falling
70 Nigeria 0.1% 2018 down 26.6% volatile
71 Tanzania 0.0% 2020 down 15.8% rising
72 France 0.0% 2016 down 72.5% falling
73 Jamaica 0.0% 2002 down 57.2% falling
74 Rwanda 0.0% 2021 up 245.2% volatile
75 Uganda 0.0% 2016 down 7.5% falling
76 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 340.2% rising
77 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 up 54.6% volatile
78 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 10.7% falling
79 Mongolia 0.0% 2016 up 1,517.4% volatile
80 Zambia 0.0% 2015 up 34.2% rising
81 Gambia 0.0% 2020 down 69.3% falling
82 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0% 2017 down 88.8% falling
82 Kosovo 0.0% 2017 down 88.8% falling
84 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 91.3% volatile
85 Georgia 0.0% 2013 down 88.8% volatile
86 Ukraine 0.0% 2012 down 100.0% volatile
86 Slovakia 0.0% 2016 volatile
86 Austria 0.0% 2003 down 100.0% volatile
86 Czechia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
86 United Kingdom 0.0% 2016 volatile
86 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Employment in the manufacturing 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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