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Population aged 25-64, above primary education (% of population with high edcuation) by country

Countries reporting
107
Highest
0.8%
Malta
Lowest
0.3%
Djibouti
Median
0.7%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,441

What the numbers show

Population aged 25-64, above primary education (% of population with high edcuation) is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 0.8% in Malta; the lowest is 0.3% in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7%, and the mean is 0.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 498.2%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 60.8%).

Population aged 25-64, above primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malta 0.8% 2016 up 11.3% rising
2 Spain 0.8% 2016 up 3.3% rising
3 Greece 0.8% 2016 up 7.5% rising
4 Cyprus 0.8% 2016 up 6.6% rising
5 Russia 0.8% 2019 up 7.1% rising
6 South Africa 0.8% 2020 up 6.5% rising
7 Portugal 0.8% 2016 up 12.4% rising
8 Thailand 0.8% 2021 up 2.0% rising
9 Romania 0.8% 2018 up 6.8% falling
10 Luxembourg 0.8% 2016 up 1.3% flat
11 North Macedonia 0.8% 2020 up 1.3% flat
12 Korea 0.8% 2017 down 1.8% flat
13 Mongolia 0.7% 2021 up 25.3% rising
14 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2018 up 3.5% flat
15 Montenegro 0.7% 2013 up 10.8% rising
16 Serbia 0.7% 2018 up 0.6% flat
17 Italy 0.7% 2016 down 3.6% flat
18 Ireland 0.7% 2016 up 10.1% rising
19 Colombia 0.7% 2021 up 4.4% rising
20 Belarus 0.7% 2019 down 9.6% flat
21 Mexico 0.7% 2020 up 1.0% flat
22 Chile 0.7% 2017 up 3.7% rising
23 Belgium 0.7% 2003 up 0.5% flat
24 Ukraine 0.7% 2014 up 15.0% rising
25 Slovak Republic 0.7% 2016 up 5.0% rising
26 Indonesia 0.7% 2019 up 1.0% rising
27 France 0.7% 2016 down 5.2% falling
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7% 2019 down 6.1% flat
29 Lithuania 0.7% 2016 down 1.4% falling
30 Denmark 0.7% 2016 down 0.7% flat
31 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2021 down 14.6% flat
32 Uganda 0.7% 2016 up 44.9% rising
33 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 6.9% rising
34 Sweden 0.7% 2016 down 4.5% falling
35 Poland 0.7% 2019 down 6.6% rising
36 Hungary 0.7% 2016 down 3.1% falling
37 Armenia 0.7% 2020 up 6.9% rising
38 Netherlands 0.7% 2016 down 5.9% falling
39 Croatia 0.7% 2016 up 1.4% flat
40 Albania 0.7% 2019 down 1.4% rising
41 Slovenia 0.7% 2016 down 6.6% flat
42 Egypt 0.7% 2019 up 8.2% rising
43 Estonia 0.7% 2016 up 2.1% flat
44 Austria 0.7% 2003 down 0.0% flat
45 Philippines 0.7% 2019 up 0.3% flat
46 Puerto Rico 0.7% 2005 up 2.1% rising
47 Iceland 0.7% 2015 down 5.9% falling
48 Pakistan 0.7% 2020 up 8.9% rising
49 Georgia 0.7% 2020 up 3.2% flat
50 Latvia 0.7% 2016 down 0.6% falling
51 Tunisia 0.7% 2015 down 13.5% rising
52 Bulgaria 0.7% 2016 up 0.2% flat
53 China (People’s Republic of) 0.7% 2013 up 1.7% flat
54 Cambodia 0.7% 2012 up 25.3% falling
55 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% 2011 up 18.2% rising
56 Türkiye 0.7% 2019 up 18.2% rising
57 Tajikistan 0.7% 2013 down 4.3% falling
58 Germany 0.6% 2011 down 4.8% falling
59 United States 0.6% 2018 down 0.1% rising
60 Norway 0.6% 2016 down 6.1% falling
61 Jordan 0.6% 2016 up 15.5% rising
62 United Kingdom 0.6% 2016 down 5.1% falling
63 El Salvador 0.6% 2019 up 10.7% rising
64 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2019 down 0.3% rising
65 Finland 0.6% 2016 down 6.7% falling
66 Argentina 0.6% 2021 up 0.0% flat
67 Czechia 0.6% 2016 down 10.8% flat
68 Costa Rica 0.6% 2021 up 0.3% rising
69 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 down 12.2% falling
70 Uruguay 0.6% 2021 down 1.1% rising
71 Peru 0.6% 2021 up 5.9% rising
72 Mauritius 0.6% 2017 down 19.8% rising
73 Panama 0.6% 2021 down 5.6% rising
74 Namibia 0.6% 2015 up 5.0% rising
75 Ethiopia 0.6% 2021 up 21.4% falling
76 Kosovo 0.6% 2017 down 33.2% falling
77 Jamaica 0.6% 2002 up 35.3% rising
78 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2006 up 5.7% rising
79 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.6% 2018 up 12.2% rising
80 Rwanda 0.6% 2021 up 498.2% rising
81 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2013 down 1.4% flat
82 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.6% 2021 up 7.7% rising
83 India 0.6% 2019 down 0.3% flat
84 Bangladesh 0.6% 2016 down 2.6% rising
85 Paraguay 0.6% 2021 up 17.2% rising
86 Ghana 0.6% 2016 down 11.2% flat
87 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.6% 2020 up 38.1% falling
88 Malawi 0.5% 2019 down 8.1% flat
89 Ecuador 0.5% 2021 down 4.3% flat
90 Nicaragua 0.5% 2014 up 9.5% rising
91 Palestine, State of 0.5% 2017 down 12.2% falling
92 Nigeria 0.5% 2018 down 8.7% falling
93 Nepal 0.5% 2014 up 6.4% rising
94 Guinea 0.5% 2018 up 37.4% flat
95 Guatemala 0.5% 2019 up 4.8% rising
96 Zambia 0.5% 2015 down 27.5% falling
97 Belize 0.5% 1999 up 5.2% flat
98 Madagascar 0.5% 2012 down 34.6% falling
99 Honduras 0.5% 2019 up 21.0% flat
100 Morocco 0.5% 2013 down 16.9% rising
101 Gambia 0.5% 2020 up 7.5% rising
102 Mali 0.5% 2018 up 27.8% falling
103 Togo 0.5% 2018 down 14.6% falling
104 Mozambique 0.4% 2014 down 40.3% falling
105 Senegal 0.4% 2018 down 20.4% rising
106 Niger 0.3% 2018 down 60.8% falling
107 Djibouti 0.3% 2017 down 27.1% falling

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Indicator
Population aged 25-64, above primary education (% of population with high edcuation)
Unit
% of population with high edcuation
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,441 data points, 1970–2021
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