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Working-age population with primary education, primary education and below (% of population with low education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
107
Highest
1.0%
Belgium
Lowest
0.0%
Austria
Median
0.9%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,501

What the numbers show

Working-age population with primary education, primary education and below (% of population with low education in working age) is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Belgium; the lowest is 0.0% in Austria.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 0.8%.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 997.6%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 85.5%).

Working-age population with primary education, primary education and: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belgium 1.0% 2003 — volatile
1 Belarus 1.0% 2019 up 2.3% falling
1 Germany 1.0% 2011 up 56.8% rising
1 Denmark 1.0% 2016 unchanged rising
1 Iceland 1.0% 2015 unchanged flat
1 Moldova 1.0% 2021 up 1.0% rising
1 Malawi 1.0% 2019 up 40.6% rising
1 Slovenia 1.0% 2013 up 36.9% rising
1 Sweden 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
10 Romania 1.0% 2018 down 1.0% falling
11 Tunisia 1.0% 2015 up 44.3% rising
12 Serbia 1.0% 2018 up 1.3% flat
13 South Africa 1.0% 2020 up 3.6% rising
14 Argentina 1.0% 2021 up 11.1% rising
15 Malta 1.0% 2016 down 2.7% flat
16 Kazakhstan 1.0% 2018 down 2.8% flat
17 Indonesia 1.0% 2019 up 2.6% rising
18 North Macedonia 1.0% 2020 down 0.1% flat
19 Philippines 1.0% 2019 down 0.2% flat
20 Chile 1.0% 2017 up 0.1% flat
21 Ethiopia 1.0% 2021 up 124.7% rising
22 Mexico 0.9% 2020 up 2.1% flat
23 Thailand 0.9% 2021 down 0.6% flat
24 Ireland 0.9% 2016 down 5.0% volatile
25 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9% 2011 down 0.6% flat
26 Mauritius 0.9% 2017 up 5.0% rising
27 Paraguay 0.9% 2021 up 1.3% rising
28 Uruguay 0.9% 2021 down 3.6% flat
29 China 0.9% 2013 up 4.6% flat
30 Costa Rica 0.9% 2021 up 0.3% flat
31 Colombia 0.9% 2021 up 1.4% flat
32 Portugal 0.9% 2016 down 6.9% rising
33 Greece 0.9% 2016 down 7.1% rising
34 Russia 0.9% 2019 down 1.4% flat
35 Cyprus 0.9% 2016 up 7.0% rising
36 Jamaica 0.9% 2002 down 3.8% flat
37 Ecuador 0.9% 2021 up 4.5% rising
38 Ukraine 0.9% 2014 down 1.7% falling
39 South Korea 0.9% 2017 up 2.5% rising
40 Poland 0.9% 2019 down 6.8% flat
41 Kenya 0.9% 2019 up 12.0% rising
42 Belize 0.9% 1999 up 1.7% flat
43 Bolivia 0.9% 2021 up 3.0% rising
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9% 2019 down 1.7% flat
45 Panama 0.9% 2021 up 2.4% falling
46 Puerto Rico 0.9% 2005 down 3.7% flat
47 Brazil 0.9% 2021 up 6.3% rising
48 Montenegro 0.9% 2013 down 5.4% flat
49 Peru 0.9% 2021 up 6.1% rising
50 Rwanda 0.9% 2021 up 163.2% rising
51 Tajikistan 0.9% 2013 down 10.4% rising
52 Luxembourg 0.9% 2016 down 12.4% volatile
53 Venezuela 0.9% 2006 up 4.4% flat
54 Lithuania 0.9% 2016 down 12.7% flat
55 Dominican Republic 0.9% 2013 up 1.9% flat
56 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2019 up 0.8% rising
57 Palestine 0.9% 2017 down 8.3% flat
58 Honduras 0.9% 2019 up 5.4% rising
59 El Salvador 0.9% 2019 up 4.4% rising
60 Estonia 0.8% 2016 down 5.4% falling
61 Jordan 0.8% 2016 up 13.0% rising
62 Tanzania 0.8% 2020 up 6.6% rising
63 Georgia 0.8% 2020 up 18.0% falling
64 United States 0.8% 2018 up 22.2% flat
65 Uganda 0.8% 2016 up 2.4% rising
66 France 0.8% 2016 down 7.7% falling
67 Italy 0.8% 2016 down 9.3% volatile
68 Netherlands 0.8% 2016 down 14.6% rising
69 Armenia 0.8% 2020 up 0.0% falling
70 Croatia 0.8% 2016 down 7.9% falling
71 Hungary 0.8% 2016 down 17.6% falling
72 Kosovo 0.8% 2017 down 13.9% falling
72 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.8% 2017 down 13.9% falling
74 Nicaragua 0.8% 2014 up 30.0% rising
75 Cambodia 0.8% 2012 down 7.6% flat
76 Laos 0.7% 2018 up 0.9% rising
77 Turkey 0.7% 2019 up 1.0% falling
78 Spain 0.7% 2016 down 27.6% volatile
79 Guatemala 0.7% 2019 up 5.7% rising
80 Namibia 0.7% 2015 down 6.9% falling
81 Bulgaria 0.7% 2016 down 6.4% falling
82 Albania 0.7% 2019 down 31.6% falling
83 Zambia 0.7% 2015 up 11.7% rising
84 Bangladesh 0.6% 2016 up 19.6% rising
85 India 0.6% 2019 up 10.3% rising
86 Madagascar 0.6% 2012 down 7.4% falling
87 Mozambique 0.6% 2014 up 997.6% rising
88 Latvia 0.6% 2016 down 38.5% falling
89 Egypt 0.6% 2019 up 31.5% rising
90 Pakistan 0.6% 2020 up 7.8% rising
91 Mongolia 0.5% 2021 — falling
92 Togo 0.5% 2018 down 10.1% falling
93 Ghana 0.5% 2016 up 2.9% rising
94 Nepal 0.4% 2014 up 40.3% rising
95 Morocco 0.4% 2013 down 8.1% rising
96 Nigeria 0.4% 2018 up 10.0% falling
97 Senegal 0.4% 2018 up 63.8% volatile
98 Kyrgyzstan 0.4% 2020 down 59.9% falling
99 Czechia 0.3% 2016 down 65.0% falling
100 Slovakia 0.3% 2016 down 70.2% falling
101 Niger 0.3% 2018 up 20.8% falling
102 Djibouti 0.2% 2017 down 45.8% falling
103 Guinea 0.2% 2018 up 30.7% volatile
104 Mali 0.2% 2018 up 36.7% rising
105 Gambia 0.2% 2020 down 22.6% rising
106 Norway 0.1% 2016 down 85.5% falling
107 Austria 0.0% 2003 — volatile

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Indicator
Working-age population with primary 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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