Individuals with primary education as a share of private paid employees by country

Countries reporting
63
Highest
0.6544
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0.0003
Ukraine
Median
0.1595
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
797

What the numbers show

Individuals with primary education as a share of private paid employees is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 0.6544 in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0.0003 in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1595, and the mean is 0.1975.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,946.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (up 37.6%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 98.6%).

Individuals with primary education as a share of private paid: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.6544 2020 down 10.9% falling
2 Tunisia 0.5226 2015 up 13.7% flat
3 Portugal 0.5072 2018 down 28.9% falling
4 Morocco 0.489 2009 flat
5 Cambodia 0.4617 2012 up 2.1% flat
6 Malta 0.4406 2018 down 19.8% falling
7 Honduras 0.4373 2019 down 18.5% falling
8 El Salvador 0.4302 2021 down 18.7% falling
9 Ethiopia 0.396 2016 down 3.3% flat
10 Guatemala 0.3655 2019 down 18.0% falling
11 Italy 0.3562 2018 down 15.8% falling
12 Spain 0.3502 2018 down 19.6% falling
13 Costa Rica 0.3114 2021 down 24.0% falling
14 Iceland 0.3098 2013 down 22.0% falling
15 Ecuador 0.3057 2020 down 15.5% falling
16 Luxembourg 0.2722 2018 down 23.4% falling
17 Viet Nam 0.2686 2019 up 27.8% flat
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2559 2016 up 37.6% rising
19 Brazil 0.249 2021 down 38.1% falling
20 Paraguay 0.2349 2021 down 15.6% falling
21 Philippines 0.2288 2018 down 12.5% falling
22 Pakistan 0.2258 2014 up 11.3% rising
23 Sri Lanka 0.1826 2016 down 11.8% falling
24 Namibia 0.1788 2015 down 24.4% falling
25 Chile 0.1772 2015 down 23.1% falling
26 Jordan 0.1762 2016 up 26.1% rising
27 Zambia 0.1728 2015 down 38.4% falling
28 Uruguay 0.1721 2020 down 39.9% falling
29 Dominican Republic 0.1666 2019 down 51.7% falling
30 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1647 2021 down 30.1% falling
31 Greece 0.1616 2018 down 43.1% falling
32 Belgium 0.1595 2018 down 25.7% falling
33 Cyprus 0.1577 2018 down 38.4% falling
34 Colombia 0.1557 2020 down 36.4% falling
35 Mexico 0.1527 2019 down 38.3% falling
36 Argentina 0.149 2021 down 38.5% falling
37 Bulgaria 0.1439 2018 down 23.8% falling
38 Panama 0.1414 2021 down 32.5% falling
39 Switzerland 0.1375 2018 down 31.4% falling
40 Austria 0.1369 2018 down 16.8% falling
41 Peru 0.1342 2021 down 10.2% falling
42 France 0.1331 2018 down 40.4% falling
43 Hungary 0.13 2018 down 15.8% falling
44 Ireland 0.1249 2017 down 51.1% falling
45 Estonia 0.1147 2018 up 2.3% rising
46 Palestine, State of 0.1127 2017 down 77.5% falling
47 Latvia 0.0893 2018 down 46.9% falling
48 Croatia 0.087 2018 down 24.0% falling
49 South Africa 0.0869 2020 down 38.0% falling
50 Finland 0.0865 2018 down 52.0% falling
51 Romania 0.0862 2018 down 31.2% rising
52 Serbia 0.0849 2018 up 15.4% rising
53 Poland 0.0579 2017 down 21.3% falling
54 Czechia 0.0472 2018 down 29.2% falling
55 Lithuania 0.044 2018 down 33.2% falling
56 Slovakia 0.0387 2017 up 25.6% flat
57 United States of America 0.0149 2018 down 22.9% falling
58 Mongolia 0.0045 2021 down 65.2% falling
59 Republic of Moldova 0.002 2015 down 70.6% falling
60 Australia 0.0015 2015 down 64.0% volatile
61 Armenia 0.0011 2020 down 98.6% volatile
62 Russian Federation 0.0005 2015 down 13.1% volatile
63 Ukraine 0.0003 2013 down 96.9% volatile

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Indicator
Individuals with primary education as a share of private paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
63 places, 797 data points, 2000–2021
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