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Working-age population with no education, primary education and below (% of population with low education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
106
Highest
1.0%
Austria
Lowest
0.0%
Slovenia
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,501

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 106 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Austria; the lowest is 0.0% in Slovenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.2%.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 58 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Austria 1.0% 2003 unchanged rising
1 United Kingdom 1.0% 2016 — flat
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 Djibouti 0.8% 2017 up 35.6% rising
8 Niger 0.7% 2018 down 6.5% rising
9 Slovakia 0.7% 2016 — volatile
10 Czechia 0.7% 2016 — volatile
11 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 up 1,820.1% volatile
12 Senegal 0.6% 2018 down 20.2% volatile
13 Nigeria 0.6% 2018 down 6.5% rising
14 Morocco 0.6% 2013 up 7.3% falling
15 Nepal 0.6% 2014 down 19.0% falling
16 Ghana 0.5% 2016 down 2.5% falling
17 Togo 0.5% 2018 up 12.3% rising
18 Mongolia 0.5% 2021 down 52.1% volatile
19 Pakistan 0.4% 2020 down 8.1% falling
20 Egypt 0.4% 2019 down 27.2% falling
21 Latvia 0.4% 2016 up 5,317.7% volatile
22 Mozambique 0.4% 2014 down 59.6% falling
23 Madagascar 0.4% 2012 up 14.9% rising
24 India 0.4% 2019 down 13.3% falling
25 Bangladesh 0.4% 2016 down 22.6% falling
26 Zambia 0.3% 2015 down 17.2% falling
27 Albania 0.3% 2019 up 1,084.2% volatile
28 Bulgaria 0.3% 2016 up 16.1% rising
29 Namibia 0.3% 2015 up 18.1% rising
30 Guatemala 0.3% 2019 down 11.2% falling
31 Spain 0.3% 2016 — volatile
32 Turkey 0.3% 2019 down 2.7% rising
33 Laos 0.3% 2018 down 2.6% falling
34 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 up 33.0% flat
35 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 down 41.1% falling
36 Kosovo 0.2% 2017 up 99.4% volatile
36 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2% 2017 up 99.4% volatile
38 Hungary 0.2% 2016 up 260.1% volatile
39 Croatia 0.2% 2016 up 49.8% volatile
40 Armenia 0.2% 2020 down 0.0% rising
41 Netherlands 0.2% 2016 up 257.4% volatile
42 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 79.4% volatile
43 France 0.2% 2016 up 56.5% rising
44 Uganda 0.2% 2016 down 10.4% volatile
45 United States 0.2% 2018 down 47.6% rising
46 Georgia 0.2% 2020 down 44.0% volatile
47 Tanzania 0.2% 2020 down 24.7% falling
48 Jordan 0.2% 2016 down 38.3% volatile
49 Estonia 0.2% 2016 up 46.4% volatile
50 El Salvador 0.1% 2019 down 19.7% falling
51 Honduras 0.1% 2019 down 23.4% falling
52 Palestine 0.1% 2017 up 125.8% rising
53 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 down 4.8% falling
54 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 down 10.5% falling
55 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 — volatile
56 Venezuela 0.1% 2006 down 22.5% falling
57 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 — volatile
58 Tajikistan 0.1% 2013 up 500.3% volatile
59 Rwanda 0.1% 2021 down 82.4% volatile
60 Peru 0.1% 2021 down 30.1% falling
61 Montenegro 0.1% 2013 up 78.3% volatile
62 Brazil 0.1% 2021 down 32.7% falling
63 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 up 48.3% falling
64 Panama 0.1% 2021 down 16.9% rising
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2019 up 19.6% falling
66 Bolivia 0.1% 2021 down 21.7% falling
67 Belize 0.1% 1999 down 14.3% falling
68 Kenya 0.1% 2019 down 52.9% falling
69 Poland 0.1% 2019 up 407.8% volatile
70 South Korea 0.1% 2017 down 21.0% falling
71 Ukraine 0.1% 2014 up 27.2% volatile
72 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 down 34.6% falling
73 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 96.9% rising
74 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 44.9% falling
75 Russia 0.1% 2019 up 22.4% volatile
76 Greece 0.1% 2016 — volatile
77 Portugal 0.1% 2016 — volatile
78 Colombia 0.1% 2021 down 16.2% falling
79 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 down 4.8% falling
80 China 0.1% 2013 down 41.8% falling
81 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 up 188.3% volatile
82 Paraguay 0.1% 2021 down 18.5% volatile
83 Mauritius 0.1% 2017 down 46.5% volatile
84 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2011 up 11.5% falling
85 Ireland 0.1% 2016 — volatile
86 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 14.1% falling
87 Mexico 0.1% 2020 down 28.2% falling
88 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 down 91.8% volatile
89 Chile 0.0% 2017 down 1.6% falling
90 Philippines 0.0% 2019 up 5.8% falling
91 North Macedonia 0.0% 2020 up 3.7% falling
92 Indonesia 0.0% 2019 down 40.2% falling
93 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 up 430.7% volatile
94 Malta 0.0% 2016 up 342.6% volatile
95 Argentina 0.0% 2021 down 76.3% volatile
96 South Africa 0.0% 2020 down 53.2% volatile
97 Serbia 0.0% 2018 down 36.2% volatile
98 Tunisia 0.0% 2015 down 93.0% volatile
99 Romania 0.0% 2018 — volatile
100 Belgium 0.0% 2003 down 100.0% volatile
100 Belarus 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
100 Germany 0.0% 2011 down 100.0% volatile
100 Denmark 0.0% 2016 — volatile
100 Moldova 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
100 Malawi 0.0% 2019 down 100.0% volatile
100 Slovenia 0.0% 2013 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Working-age population with no education, primary education and below (% of population with low education in working age)
Unit
% of population with low education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,501 data points, 1970–2021
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