Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of educational attainment. No Education. Total by country
Total population in thousands that has never attended school. 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...
What the numbers show
Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of educational attainment. No Education. Total is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 21,454 in India; the lowest is 0 in Slovenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.55, and the mean is 469.69.
Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 154 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 8.3%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 53.9%).
Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of e: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 21,454 | 2100 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Pakistan | 9,923 | 2100 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 3 | Niger | 7,048 | 2100 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 4 | Mali | 4,331 | 2100 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 3,920 | 2100 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 3,699 | 2100 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 7 | Chad | 3,008 | 2100 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 8 | Mozambique | 2,690 | 2100 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 2,643 | 2100 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Sudan | 2,164 | 2100 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 11 | Madagascar | 1,654 | 2100 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 12 | Nigeria | 1,525 | 2100 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Liberia | 1,054 | 2100 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 14 | Senegal | 1,050 | 2100 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 15 | Benin | 1,000 | 2100 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 16 | Uganda | 731.88 | 2100 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 17 | Ghana | 701.61 | 2100 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 18 | Guinea | 693.19 | 2100 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 19 | China | 661.69 | 2100 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Tanzania | 571.73 | 2100 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 507.11 | 2100 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 22 | Nepal | 484.64 | 2100 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Egypt | 480.94 | 2100 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Indonesia | 474.92 | 2100 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Malawi | 428.84 | 2100 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 26 | Burundi | 391.78 | 2100 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 27 | Guatemala | 377.1 | 2100 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 28 | Brazil | 306.62 | 2100 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Somalia | 305.5 | 2100 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 303.26 | 2100 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Morocco | 267.86 | 2100 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Rwanda | 247.12 | 2100 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 33 | United States | 217.11 | 2100 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Syria | 175.04 | 2100 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Vietnam | 167.93 | 2100 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 141.84 | 2100 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Iraq | 117.29 | 2100 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Cambodia | 113.16 | 2100 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Malaysia | 109.79 | 2100 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 40 | France | 90.66 | 2100 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 89.8 | 2100 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Mexico | 85.86 | 2100 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Iran | 75 | 2100 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Laos | 72.71 | 2100 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Colombia | 68.49 | 2100 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Russia | 66.89 | 2100 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 47 | Thailand | 62.49 | 2100 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Guinea-Bissau | 59.31 | 2100 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 49 | Germany | 58.98 | 2100 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Gambia | 56.86 | 2100 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 56.29 | 2100 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Turkey | 54.84 | 2100 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Honduras | 46.61 | 2100 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 45.66 | 2100 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Japan | 44.37 | 2100 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 56 | Kenya | 38.03 | 2100 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Philippines | 36.39 | 2100 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Algeria | 33.84 | 2100 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Canada | 31.2 | 2100 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Cameroon | 31.14 | 2100 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Netherlands | 30.7 | 2100 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 62 | El Salvador | 25.69 | 2100 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Venezuela | 24.9 | 2100 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Myanmar | 24.81 | 2100 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | 23.78 | 2100 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 66 | South Korea | 21.95 | 2100 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Paraguay | 21.79 | 2100 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Central African Republic | 21.29 | 2100 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Bhutan | 18.98 | 2100 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Australia | 18.44 | 2100 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Haiti | 18.32 | 2100 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Poland | 17.95 | 2100 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Tunisia | 17.35 | 2100 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Italy | 16.77 | 2100 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Ecuador | 16.72 | 2100 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Argentina | 16.53 | 2100 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Peru | 13.56 | 2100 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 78 | South Africa | 13.52 | 2100 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 12.71 | 2100 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Ukraine | 12.38 | 2100 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Belgium | 11.62 | 2100 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Jordan | 11.39 | 2100 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Zambia | 11.19 | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Spain | 9.91 | 2100 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 9.45 | 2100 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 86 | Kuwait | 9.15 | 2100 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Qatar | 8.91 | 2100 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 88 | Czechia | 8.59 | 2100 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 89 | Romania | 7.24 | 2100 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Lebanon | 7.16 | 2100 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 6.49 | 2100 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Israel | 6.28 | 2100 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Sweden | 6.11 | 2100 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Ireland | 5.96 | 2100 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 95 | Greece | 5.91 | 2100 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Palestine | 4.86 | 2100 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Panama | 4.83 | 2100 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Chile | 4.82 | 2100 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 4.6 | 2100 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Bolivia | 4.32 | 2100 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Hungary | 4.22 | 2100 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Cape Verde | 3.85 | 2100 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Belarus | 3.82 | 2100 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 104 | Slovakia | 3.69 | 2100 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.57 | 2100 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Norway | 3.42 | 2100 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Serbia | 3.37 | 2100 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 108 | New Zealand | 3.06 | 2100 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Belize | 2.72 | 2100 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 110 | Lesotho | 2.65 | 2100 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Turkmenistan | 2.48 | 2100 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Hong Kong | 2.46 | 2100 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Singapore | 2.2 | 2100 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 2.19 | 2100 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Namibia | 2.19 | 2100 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 2.12 | 2100 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Portugal | 2.1 | 2100 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.96 | 2100 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahrain | 1.93 | 2100 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Mongolia | 1.81 | 2100 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Albania | 1.8 | 2100 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Congo | 1.76 | 2100 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 123 | East Timor | 1.62 | 2100 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Cuba | 1.53 | 2100 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Lithuania | 1.52 | 2100 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Comoros | 1.45 | 2100 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Croatia | 1.42 | 2100 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Vanuatu | 1.31 | 2100 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Armenia | 1.19 | 2100 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.19 | 2100 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Luxembourg | 1.18 | 2100 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Latvia | 1.13 | 2100 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Puerto Rico | 1.12 | 2100 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Cyprus | 0.96 | 2100 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 0.91 | 2100 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Georgia | 0.83 | 2100 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Jamaica | 0.79 | 2100 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 138 | North Macedonia | 0.68 | 2100 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.67 | 2100 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Uruguay | 0.64 | 2100 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Gabon | 0.59 | 2100 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Estonia | 0.52 | 2100 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 143 | Eswatini | 0.51 | 2100 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Montenegro | 0.46 | 2100 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Maldives | 0.38 | 2100 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 146 | New Caledonia | 0.37 | 2100 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.33 | 2100 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Malta | 0.32 | 2100 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Mauritius | 0.31 | 2100 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Guyana | 0.26 | 2100 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Iceland | 0.26 | 2100 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 0.22 | 2100 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Moldova | 0.17 | 2100 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Aruba | 0.16 | 2100 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Macao | 0.11 | 2100 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Bahamas | 0.1 | 2100 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1 | 2100 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 0.07 | 2100 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Samoa | 0.07 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 160 | Tonga | 0.05 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 161 | Suriname | 0.03 | 2100 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Austria | 0 | 2100 | β | flat |
| 162 | Switzerland | 0 | 2100 | β | flat |
| 162 | Denmark | 0 | 2100 | β | volatile |
| 162 | Finland | 0 | 2100 | β | flat |
| 162 | Slovenia | 0 | 2100 | β | 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
Total population in thousands that has never attended school. 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/