Population aged 0-14, primary education and below (% of population with low edcuation) by country

Countries reporting
88
Highest
0.9%
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
0.0%
Georgia
Median
0.4%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,487

What the numbers show

Population aged 0-14, primary education and below (% of population with low edcuation) is currently reported for 88 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 0.0% in Georgia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4%, and the mean is 0.3%.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 3,211.2%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 100.0%).

Population aged 0-14, primary education and below: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2020 up 21.7% rising
2 Armenia 0.9% 2020 up 18.1% rising
3 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2021 up 281.9% rising
4 Kazakhstan 0.9% 2018 up 119.2% rising
5 Palestine, State of 0.7% 2017 volatile
6 Ukraine 0.7% 2014 up 18.4% rising
7 Tajikistan 0.6% 2013 up 16.6% volatile
8 Jamaica 0.6% 2002 up 52.0% rising
9 Argentina 0.6% 2021 down 20.0% falling
10 Ghana 0.6% 2016 up 23.5% rising
11 Nigeria 0.6% 2018 up 14.7% rising
12 Guinea 0.5% 2018 up 29.1% rising
13 Peru 0.5% 2021 up 13.3% flat
14 Paraguay 0.5% 2021 up 30.7% falling
15 Panama 0.5% 2021 up 17.0% rising
16 Togo 0.5% 2018 up 7.0% rising
17 Puerto Rico 0.5% 2005 down 26.3% rising
18 Gambia 0.5% 2020 up 32.0% rising
19 Zambia 0.5% 2015 up 61.1% flat
20 Madagascar 0.5% 2012 up 89.6% rising
21 Namibia 0.5% 2015 up 2.9% flat
22 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5% 2021 up 6.8% falling
23 Uruguay 0.5% 2021 up 28.4% rising
24 Philippines 0.5% 2019 up 2.1% rising
25 Mali 0.5% 2018 up 12.0% rising
26 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4% 2011 up 3.7% flat
27 Sri Lanka 0.4% 2019 up 12.9% rising
28 Malawi 0.4% 2019 down 4.3% rising
29 Ethiopia 0.4% 2021 up 9.6% rising
30 Jordan 0.4% 2016 volatile
31 Senegal 0.4% 2018 up 1.3% falling
32 Brazil 0.4% 2021 up 23.3% flat
33 Niger 0.4% 2018 up 0.7% falling
34 Djibouti 0.4% 2017 up 37.4% volatile
35 Ecuador 0.4% 2021 up 31.7% rising
36 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4% 2020 up 0.9% rising
37 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.4% 2006 down 2.4% falling
38 Tunisia 0.4% 2015 up 422.9% volatile
39 Belize 0.4% 1999 up 731.8% volatile
40 Mozambique 0.4% 2014 down 2.2% rising
41 Colombia 0.4% 2021 up 4.3% rising
42 South Africa 0.4% 2020 down 7.7% falling
43 Dominican Republic 0.4% 2013 down 9.9% falling
44 Nepal 0.4% 2014 down 0.8% flat
45 India 0.4% 2019 down 8.3% falling
46 Costa Rica 0.3% 2021 down 8.2% flat
47 Kenya 0.3% 2019 down 7.9% falling
48 Pakistan 0.3% 2020 down 4.0% falling
49 Honduras 0.3% 2019 down 10.6% falling
50 Nicaragua 0.3% 2014 down 20.2% falling
51 Bangladesh 0.3% 2016 down 10.9% falling
52 Romania 0.3% 2018 volatile
53 Guatemala 0.3% 2019 down 18.0% falling
54 Chile 0.3% 2017 volatile
55 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.3% 2018 down 22.6% falling
56 Mexico 0.3% 2020 down 5.7% falling
57 El Salvador 0.3% 2019 down 19.3% falling
58 Morocco 0.3% 2013 down 12.9% rising
59 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 up 13.3% volatile
60 Uganda 0.2% 2016 down 50.7% falling
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2% 2019 down 26.6% falling
62 Egypt 0.2% 2019 down 1.2% flat
63 Mauritius 0.2% 2017 up 3,211.2% volatile
64 Poland 0.2% 2019 volatile
65 China 0.1% 2013 down 48.5% volatile
66 Cambodia 0.1% 2012 down 67.8% falling
67 Rwanda 0.0% 2021 down 84.3% volatile
68 Thailand 0.0% 2021 volatile
68 Belgium 0.0% 2003 volatile
68 Türkiye 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
68 United States of America 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% volatile
68 Albania 0.0% 2019 volatile
68 Russian Federation 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
68 Belarus 0.0% 2019 volatile
68 Portugal 0.0% 2016 volatile
68 Netherlands 0.0% 2016 volatile
68 Mongolia 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
68 Montenegro 0.0% 2013 down 100.0% volatile
68 North Macedonia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
68 Luxembourg 0.0% 2016 volatile
68 Lithuania 0.0% 2016 volatile
68 Italy 0.0% 2016 volatile
68 Ireland 0.0% 2016 volatile
68 Indonesia 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
68 Hungary 0.0% 2016 volatile
68 Greece 0.0% 2016 volatile
68 Estonia 0.0% 2016 volatile
68 Georgia 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Population aged 0-14, primary education and below (% of population with low edcuation)
Unit
% of population with low edcuation
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,487 data points, 1970–2021
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