Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 20-24 by highest level of educational attainment. Lower Secondary. Male 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 20-24 by highest level of educational attainment. Lower Secondary. Male is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 0.7% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0.0% in Türkiye.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 11.8%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).
Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 20-24 by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 0.7% | 2100 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 2 | Comoros | 0.7% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 0.6% | 2100 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 4 | Congo | 0.6% | 2100 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 4 | Guinea | 0.6% | 2100 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 4 | Niger | 0.6% | 2100 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Gabon | 0.6% | 2100 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 8 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.5% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Burundi | 0.5% | 2100 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 10 | Chad | 0.5% | 2100 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 11 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.4% | 2100 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 12 | Rwanda | 0.4% | 2100 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 13 | Liberia | 0.4% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.4% | 2100 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 15 | Cameroon | 0.4% | 2100 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 16 | Haiti | 0.3% | 2100 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 16 | Kenya | 0.3% | 2100 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 18 | Albania | 0.3% | 2100 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 19 | Namibia | 0.3% | 2100 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 20 | Uganda | 0.3% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Honduras | 0.3% | 2100 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 21 | Lesotho | 0.3% | 2100 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 21 | Malawi | 0.3% | 2100 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 0.2% | 2100 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 24 | Mali | 0.2% | 2100 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 26 | Bahamas | 0.2% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 26 | Mongolia | 0.2% | 2100 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 26 | Sierra Leone | 0.2% | 2100 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 26 | Zambia | 0.2% | 2100 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 30 | Aruba | 0.2% | 2100 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 31 | Maldives | 0.2% | 2100 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 31 | Mozambique | 0.2% | 2100 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 31 | Eswatini | 0.2% | 2100 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 34 | Cape Verde | 0.2% | 2100 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2% | 2100 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 36 | Timor-Leste | 0.2% | 2100 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 37 | Senegal | 0.2% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 38 | Belize | 0.2% | 2100 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 38 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.2% | 2100 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 38 | South Africa | 0.2% | 2100 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 41 | Finland | 0.2% | 2100 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 41 | Morocco | 0.2% | 2100 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 41 | Samoa | 0.2% | 2100 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 44 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2100 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 44 | Iraq | 0.1% | 2100 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 46 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2100 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 46 | Romania | 0.1% | 2100 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 46 | El Salvador | 0.1% | 2100 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2100 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 49 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1% | 2100 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 49 | Madagascar | 0.1% | 2100 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 49 | Qatar | 0.1% | 2100 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 53 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 53 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2100 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 53 | Tonga | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 56 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 2100 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 56 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2100 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 56 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2100 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 56 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 56 | Cambodia | 0.1% | 2100 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 56 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2100 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 56 | Vanuatu | 0.1% | 2100 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 63 | Jamaica | 0.1% | 2100 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Benin | 0.1% | 2100 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2100 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 64 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2100 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 64 | Norway | 0.1% | 2100 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 0.1% | 2100 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 69 | Brazil | 0.1% | 2100 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 69 | Germany | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 69 | Spain | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 69 | Gambia | 0.1% | 2100 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 69 | Nigeria | 0.1% | 2100 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 69 | Suriname | 0.1% | 2100 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2100 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 76 | Argentina | 0.1% | 2100 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 76 | Bangladesh | 0.1% | 2100 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 76 | Ghana | 0.1% | 2100 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 76 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2100 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 76 | Palestine, State of | 0.1% | 2100 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 76 | Somalia | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1% | 2100 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2100 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 76 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 87 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 0.1% | 2100 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2100 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Viet Nam | 0.1% | 2100 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 92 | France | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2100 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 92 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 92 | Kuwait | 0.1% | 2100 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.1% | 2100 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 92 | Panama | 0.1% | 2100 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 92 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2100 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Russian Federation | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 92 | Sudan | 0.1% | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Austria | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 102 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 102 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 102 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0% | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Israel | 0.0% | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 102 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2100 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | China | 0.0% | 2100 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Macau, China | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 112 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2100 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Malta | 0.0% | 2100 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Myanmar | 0.0% | 2100 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2100 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 112 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2100 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Philippines | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Poland | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Puerto Rico | 0.0% | 2100 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 112 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 112 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2100 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 129 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 129 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Greece | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 129 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 129 | New Caledonia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 129 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Peru | 0.0% | 2100 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 129 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 129 | United States of America | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | Australia | 0.0% | 2100 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | Canada | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | Chile | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | India | 0.0% | 2100 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | Italy | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | Japan | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | French Polynesia | 0.0% | 2100 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 139 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2100 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2100 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Hong Kong, China | 0.0% | 2100 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2100 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2100 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2100 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2100 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2100 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 155 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2100 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2100 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Türkiye | 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.
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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/