Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 15+ by highest level of educational attainment. Lower Secondary. Total by country
Share of the population of the stated age group that has completed lower secondary or incomplete upper secondary education as the highest level of educational attainment. Projections are based on collected census and survey data for the base year (around 2010) and the Medium Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP2)...
What the numbers show
Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 15+ by highest level of educational attainment. Lower Secondary. Total is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 0.3% in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.0% in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.
Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 15+ by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | 0.3% | 2100 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 2 | Guinea | 0.3% | 2100 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 3 | Bahamas | 0.3% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 3 | Bhutan | 0.3% | 2100 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 5 | Maldives | 0.3% | 2100 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 6 | Liberia | 0.3% | 2100 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 0.2% | 2100 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 7 | Ghana | 0.2% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 7 | Niger | 0.2% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Cape Verde | 0.2% | 2100 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 10 | Jamaica | 0.2% | 2100 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 0.2% | 2100 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 13 | Benin | 0.2% | 2100 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 13 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2% | 2100 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 15 | Malawi | 0.2% | 2100 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 15 | Vietnam | 0.2% | 2100 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2% | 2100 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.2% | 2100 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 17 | Gambia | 0.2% | 2100 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 17 | Madagascar | 0.2% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Kuwait | 0.2% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 21 | Mali | 0.2% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Tonga | 0.2% | 2100 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 24 | Burundi | 0.2% | 2100 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 24 | Cambodia | 0.2% | 2100 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 24 | Suriname | 0.2% | 2100 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 24 | Uruguay | 0.2% | 2100 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 24 | Samoa | 0.2% | 2100 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 29 | Central African Republic | 0.2% | 2100 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 29 | Congo | 0.2% | 2100 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 29 | Comoros | 0.2% | 2100 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 29 | Senegal | 0.2% | 2100 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 29 | Chad | 0.2% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 29 | Zambia | 0.2% | 2100 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 0.1% | 2100 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 36 | Belize | 0.1% | 2100 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 36 | China | 0.1% | 2100 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 36 | Gabon | 0.1% | 2100 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 36 | Uganda | 0.1% | 2100 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 0.1% | 2100 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 42 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1% | 2100 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 42 | Laos | 0.1% | 2100 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 42 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2100 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 42 | Malta | 0.1% | 2100 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 42 | Namibia | 0.1% | 2100 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 47 | Ethiopia | 0.1% | 2100 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 47 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1% | 2100 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 47 | Mexico | 0.1% | 2100 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 50 | Aruba | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 50 | United Kingdom | 0.1% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 50 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 50 | El Salvador | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 50 | South Africa | 0.1% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 55 | Cameroon | 0.1% | 2100 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 55 | Haiti | 0.1% | 2100 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 55 | Lesotho | 0.1% | 2100 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 55 | Mauritius | 0.1% | 2100 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 55 | Rwanda | 0.1% | 2100 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 55 | Syria | 0.1% | 2100 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 55 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2100 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 55 | Tanzania | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 63 | Albania | 0.1% | 2100 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 63 | Honduras | 0.1% | 2100 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 2100 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2100 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 65 | Finland | 0.1% | 2100 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 65 | Kenya | 0.1% | 2100 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 65 | Myanmar | 0.1% | 2100 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 65 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2100 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 71 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2100 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 71 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 71 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2100 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 71 | Norway | 0.1% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 71 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 71 | Paraguay | 0.1% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 71 | Qatar | 0.1% | 2100 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 71 | East Timor | 0.1% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 79 | Argentina | 0.1% | 2100 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 79 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2100 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 79 | Brazil | 0.1% | 2100 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 79 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2100 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 79 | Spain | 0.1% | 2100 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 0.1% | 2100 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 79 | Eswatini | 0.1% | 2100 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 86 | Bolivia | 0.1% | 2100 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2100 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 86 | Germany | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 86 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 86 | India | 0.1% | 2100 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 86 | Iraq | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 86 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 86 | Lebanon | 0.1% | 2100 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 86 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 86 | Nigeria | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 86 | Panama | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 86 | Palestine | 0.1% | 2100 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 86 | Somalia | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 86 | Venezuela | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 100 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2100 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 100 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2100 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 100 | Indonesia | 0.1% | 2100 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 100 | Iran | 0.1% | 2100 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 100 | Israel | 0.1% | 2100 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 100 | Italy | 0.1% | 2100 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Saint Lucia | 0.1% | 2100 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 100 | Macao | 0.1% | 2100 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 100 | Moldova | 0.1% | 2100 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2100 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 100 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 100 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1% | 2100 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 112 | Austria | 0.0% | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Chile | 0.0% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 112 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 112 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 112 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 112 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 112 | Romania | 0.0% | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 112 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 112 | United States | 0.0% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 126 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 126 | Japan | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 126 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 126 | Poland | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 126 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 126 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2100 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2100 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2100 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 136 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 136 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 136 | France | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Greece | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 136 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 136 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Peru | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 136 | Puerto Rico | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Russia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 136 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Australia | 0.0% | 2100 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Canada | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2100 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2100 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2100 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 159 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2100 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Philippines | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 166 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2100 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.1%
About this data
Share of the population of the stated age group that has completed lower secondary or incomplete upper secondary education as the highest level of educational attainment. Projections are based on collected census and survey data for the base year (around 2010) and the Medium Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP2) projection model. The SSP2 is a middle-of-the-road scenario that combines medium fertility with medium mortality, medium migration, and the Global Education Trend (GET) education scenario. For more information and other projection models, consult the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital's website: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/dataexplorer/