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

Countries reporting
62
Highest
0.2664
Portugal
Lowest
0.0009
Russia
Median
0.0645
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
784

What the numbers show

Individuals with primary education as a share of public paid employees is currently reported for 62 countries. The highest value is 0.2664 in Portugal; the lowest is 0.0009 in Russia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0645, and the mean is 0.0802.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 286.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 417.2%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 91.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Portugal 0.2664 2018 down 36.9% falling
2 Malta 0.2489 2018 down 31.3% falling
3 Luxembourg 0.2025 2018 up 5.3% falling
4 Morocco 0.1958 2009 falling
5 Tunisia 0.1899 2015 up 9.3% falling
6 Tanzania 0.189 2020 down 47.6% falling
7 Cambodia 0.174 2012 up 10.3% rising
8 Honduras 0.1577 2019 up 8.9% falling
9 Iceland 0.1555 2013 down 44.3% falling
10 Hungary 0.149 2018 up 97.9% rising
11 El Salvador 0.1462 2021 down 29.6% falling
12 Italy 0.1389 2018 down 24.3% falling
13 United Kingdom 0.1184 2016 up 3.6% rising
14 Dominican Republic 0.1165 2019 down 55.9% falling
15 Spain 0.1119 2018 down 30.3% falling
16 France 0.1115 2018 down 30.1% falling
17 Zambia 0.1091 2015 up 55.5% volatile
18 Turkey 0.1074 2010 down 68.7% falling
19 Vietnam 0.1026 2019 up 417.2% volatile
20 Belgium 0.0924 2018 down 24.1% falling
21 Ethiopia 0.0923 2016 down 43.7% falling
22 Namibia 0.0856 2015 down 29.0% falling
23 Guatemala 0.0829 2019 down 39.7% falling
24 Costa Rica 0.0773 2021 down 30.8% falling
25 Ireland 0.0738 2017 down 66.9% falling
26 Philippines 0.0736 2018 down 0.9% falling
27 Austria 0.0725 2018 down 10.9% falling
28 Cyprus 0.0691 2018 down 10.3% rising
29 Brazil 0.0683 2021 down 51.6% falling
30 Uruguay 0.0669 2020 down 57.5% falling
31 Pakistan 0.0651 2014 down 33.8% falling
32 Switzerland 0.0638 2018 down 44.1% falling
33 Greece 0.0594 2018 down 47.0% falling
34 Bulgaria 0.0591 2018 down 42.1% falling
35 Ecuador 0.0588 2020 down 15.5% falling
36 Argentina 0.056 2021 down 42.7% volatile
37 Chile 0.0556 2015 down 22.5% falling
38 South Africa 0.0508 2020 down 22.1% falling
39 Romania 0.0492 2018 down 49.3% falling
40 Croatia 0.0478 2018 down 4.6% rising
41 Mexico 0.0451 2019 down 42.5% falling
42 Palestine 0.045 2017 down 75.4% falling
43 Bolivia 0.0441 2021 down 41.9% falling
44 Panama 0.0436 2021 down 30.4% falling
45 Peru 0.0431 2021 down 6.6% falling
46 Jordan 0.0401 2016 down 29.8% falling
47 Serbia 0.0384 2018 down 73.5% volatile
48 Paraguay 0.0382 2021 down 20.5% volatile
49 Latvia 0.0378 2018 down 47.7% falling
50 Estonia 0.0304 2018 down 32.9% falling
51 Sri Lanka 0.0267 2016 down 21.8% falling
52 Poland 0.0249 2017 down 24.7% falling
53 Lithuania 0.0227 2018 up 4.6% falling
54 Slovakia 0.02 2017 down 7.3% falling
55 Czechia 0.019 2018 down 38.3% falling
56 Finland 0.0178 2018 down 74.0% falling
57 Colombia 0.0115 2020 down 56.3% falling
58 Mongolia 0.0075 2021 down 61.3% volatile
59 United States 0.0027 2018 down 10.0% falling
60 Armenia 0.0026 2014 down 91.5% volatile
61 Australia 0.0015 2015 down 37.0% rising
62 Russia 0.0009 2009 down 71.8% volatile

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Indicator
Individuals with primary education as a share of public paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
62 places, 784 data points, 2000–2021
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