Working-age population with no education, primary education and below (% of population with low education in working age) by country
Countries reporting
105
Highest
1.0%
Austria
Lowest
0.0%
Sweden
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,487
What the numbers show
Working-age population with no education, primary education and below (% of population with low education in working age) is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Austria; the lowest is 0.0% in Sweden.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.2%.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 5,317.7%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).
Working-age population with no education, primary education and below: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 1.0% | 2003 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 1.0% | 2016 | — | flat |
| 1 | Djibouti | 0.8% | 2017 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 3 | Norway | 0.9% | 2016 | up 116.9% | rising |
| 4 | Gambia | 0.8% | 2020 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 5 | Mali | 0.8% | 2018 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 6 | Guinea | 0.8% | 2018 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Niger | 0.7% | 2018 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 8 | Slovakia | 0.7% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Czechia | 0.7% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.6% | 2020 | up 1,820.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Senegal | 0.6% | 2018 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Nigeria | 0.6% | 2018 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 13 | Morocco | 0.6% | 2013 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 14 | Nepal | 0.6% | 2014 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 15 | Ghana | 0.5% | 2016 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 16 | Togo | 0.5% | 2018 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 17 | Mongolia | 0.5% | 2021 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Pakistan | 0.4% | 2020 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 19 | Egypt | 0.4% | 2019 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 20 | Latvia | 0.4% | 2016 | up 5,317.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Mozambique | 0.4% | 2014 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 22 | Madagascar | 0.4% | 2012 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 23 | India | 0.4% | 2019 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 0.4% | 2016 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 25 | Zambia | 0.3% | 2015 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 26 | Albania | 0.3% | 2019 | up 1,084.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 0.3% | 2016 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 28 | Namibia | 0.3% | 2015 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 29 | Guatemala | 0.3% | 2019 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 30 | Spain | 0.3% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Turkey | 0.3% | 2019 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 32 | Laos | 0.3% | 2018 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 33 | Cambodia | 0.2% | 2012 | up 33.0% | flat |
| 34 | Nicaragua | 0.2% | 2014 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 35 | Hungary | 0.2% | 2016 | up 260.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Croatia | 0.2% | 2016 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Armenia | 0.2% | 2020 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 38 | Netherlands | 0.2% | 2016 | up 257.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Italy | 0.2% | 2016 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 40 | France | 0.2% | 2016 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 41 | Uganda | 0.2% | 2016 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 42 | United States | 0.2% | 2018 | down 47.6% | rising |
| 43 | Georgia | 0.2% | 2020 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Tanzania | 0.2% | 2020 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 45 | Jordan | 0.2% | 2016 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Estonia | 0.2% | 2016 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 47 | El Salvador | 0.1% | 2019 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 48 | Honduras | 0.1% | 2019 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 49 | Palestine | 0.1% | 2017 | up 125.8% | rising |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2019 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2013 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 52 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Venezuela | 0.1% | 2006 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 54 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2013 | up 500.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Rwanda | 0.1% | 2021 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Peru | 0.1% | 2021 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 58 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2013 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Brazil | 0.1% | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 60 | Puerto Rico | 0.1% | 2005 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 61 | Panama | 0.1% | 2021 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2019 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 63 | Bolivia | 0.1% | 2021 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 64 | Belize | 0.1% | 1999 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 65 | Kenya | 0.1% | 2019 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 66 | Poland | 0.1% | 2019 | up 407.8% | volatile |
| 67 | South Korea | 0.1% | 2017 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 68 | Ukraine | 0.1% | 2014 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2021 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 70 | Jamaica | 0.1% | 2002 | up 96.9% | rising |
| 71 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2016 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 72 | Russia | 0.1% | 2019 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Greece | 0.1% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Colombia | 0.1% | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2021 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 77 | China | 0.1% | 2013 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 78 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2021 | up 188.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Paraguay | 0.1% | 2021 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Mauritius | 0.1% | 2017 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2011 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 82 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Thailand | 0.1% | 2021 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 84 | Mexico | 0.1% | 2020 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 85 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2021 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Chile | 0.0% | 2017 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 87 | Philippines | 0.0% | 2019 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2020 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 89 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2019 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2018 | up 430.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Malta | 0.0% | 2016 | up 342.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2021 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2018 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2015 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Romania | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2003 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Germany | 0.0% | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 97 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2013 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2016 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 0.2%
- South Africa 0.0%