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Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of labor force with low education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
107
Highest
1.0%
Czechia
Lowest
0.0%
Ukraine
Median
0.9%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,474

What the numbers show

Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of labor force with low education in working age) is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Czechia; the lowest is 0.0% in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 0.8%.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 76.1%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 100.0%).

Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 1.0% 2016 unchanged volatile
1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2016 — rising
1 Iceland 1.0% 2015 up 3.5% flat
1 Russian Federation 1.0% 2016 up 10.8% falling
5 Togo 1.0% 2018 up 3.1% flat
6 Niger 1.0% 2018 up 9.1% rising
7 Senegal 1.0% 2018 up 9.9% flat
8 Malawi 1.0% 2019 up 0.7% flat
9 Guatemala 1.0% 2019 up 1.8% flat
10 Madagascar 1.0% 2012 up 6.1% flat
11 Thailand 1.0% 2021 down 0.6% flat
12 Nigeria 1.0% 2018 up 8.0% flat
13 China 1.0% 2013 up 4.8% rising
14 Sri Lanka 1.0% 2019 up 6.5% flat
15 Cambodia 1.0% 2012 up 1.1% flat
16 Guinea 1.0% 2018 down 0.2% flat
17 Peru 1.0% 2021 down 0.4% flat
18 Mozambique 1.0% 2014 up 1.0% flat
19 Ecuador 1.0% 2021 up 1.1% flat
20 Nepal 1.0% 2014 down 0.3% flat
21 Uganda 1.0% 2016 down 0.6% flat
22 Ghana 1.0% 2016 up 2.0% flat
23 Indonesia 1.0% 2019 up 1.6% flat
24 Tajikistan 1.0% 2013 up 1.4% rising
25 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 down 1.1% flat
26 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.0% 2018 up 0.3% rising
27 El Salvador 1.0% 2019 up 0.9% rising
28 Egypt 1.0% 2019 down 1.6% flat
29 Bangladesh 1.0% 2016 up 0.4% flat
30 Paraguay 1.0% 2021 up 0.4% flat
31 Mexico 1.0% 2020 up 2.5% flat
32 United States 1.0% 2018 up 11.8% flat
33 Dominican Republic 1.0% 2013 up 0.5% rising
34 Nicaragua 1.0% 2014 up 0.9% rising
35 Ethiopia 1.0% 2021 down 3.3% flat
36 Honduras 1.0% 2019 down 1.8% flat
37 Philippines 1.0% 2019 up 0.6% flat
38 Mauritius 1.0% 2017 up 3.4% flat
39 Pakistan 1.0% 2020 down 3.6% falling
40 Malta 1.0% 2016 up 8.5% rising
41 India 1.0% 2019 down 2.8% flat
42 Kenya 0.9% 2019 up 4.2% rising
43 Romania 0.9% 2018 up 3.6% flat
44 Mongolia 0.9% 2021 down 4.0% flat
45 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9% 2021 down 4.4% flat
46 Panama 0.9% 2021 down 3.4% flat
47 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9% 2011 up 5.2% rising
48 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 down 1.0% rising
49 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9% 2020 down 6.2% flat
50 Zambia 0.9% 2015 down 5.4% flat
51 Chile 0.9% 2017 down 0.3% flat
52 Argentina 0.9% 2021 up 0.6% flat
53 Morocco 0.9% 2013 up 0.3% rising
54 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2006 up 0.4% flat
55 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2017 up 19.3% rising
56 Costa Rica 0.9% 2021 down 1.0% falling
57 Belize 0.9% 1999 down 3.9% flat
58 Jamaica 0.9% 2002 up 17.1% rising
59 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 down 2.0% falling
60 Armenia 0.9% 2020 down 1.4% flat
61 Colombia 0.9% 2021 down 2.2% flat
62 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2020 down 3.2% rising
63 Türkiye 0.9% 2019 up 1.1% flat
64 Denmark 0.9% 2016 down 7.7% falling
65 Belarus 0.9% 2010 up 7.6% flat
66 Serbia 0.9% 2018 up 12.8% rising
67 Brazil 0.9% 2021 down 7.2% falling
68 Belgium 0.9% 2003 down 6.5% flat
69 Netherlands 0.8% 2016 down 9.0% falling
70 Norway 0.8% 2016 down 12.6% falling
71 Poland 0.8% 2019 down 2.0% falling
72 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 down 6.5% flat
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8% 2019 up 20.0% flat
74 Namibia 0.8% 2015 up 5.5% rising
75 Rwanda 0.8% 2021 down 16.0% falling
76 Jordan 0.8% 2016 down 4.3% flat
77 France 0.8% 2016 down 3.3% flat
78 North Macedonia 0.8% 2020 up 27.8% flat
79 Portugal 0.8% 2016 down 11.5% falling
80 Puerto Rico 0.8% 2005 up 3.1% falling
81 Austria 0.7% 2003 down 21.6% falling
82 Djibouti 0.7% 2017 up 76.1% rising
83 Sweden 0.7% 2016 down 17.6% falling
84 Montenegro 0.7% 2010 down 12.1% falling
85 Greece 0.7% 2016 down 20.6% falling
86 Albania 0.7% 2019 down 20.5% falling
87 Cyprus 0.7% 2016 down 27.1% falling
88 Lithuania 0.7% 2016 up 21.9% falling
89 Ireland 0.7% 2016 down 16.8% falling
90 Italy 0.7% 2016 down 20.2% falling
91 South Africa 0.7% 2020 down 7.9% flat
92 Hungary 0.6% 2016 up 8.9% falling
93 Estonia 0.6% 2016 down 20.5% falling
94 Gambia 0.6% 2020 down 34.3% falling
95 Slovenia 0.6% 2013 down 30.6% falling
96 Latvia 0.6% 2016 down 3.9% falling
97 Spain 0.6% 2016 down 30.0% falling
98 Germany 0.6% 2011 down 34.6% falling
99 Republic of Moldova 0.6% 2021 down 41.9% falling
100 Croatia 0.5% 2016 up 25.3% rising
101 Kosovo 0.5% 2017 down 7.3% falling
101 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.5% 2017 down 7.3% falling
103 Bulgaria 0.4% 2016 down 36.1% falling
104 Georgia 0.4% 2020 down 61.9% falling
105 Slovakia 0.2% 2016 down 35.1% volatile
106 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 down 99.5% falling
107 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of labor force with low education in working age)
Unit
% of labor force with low education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,474 data points, 1970–2021
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