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

Countries reporting
111
Highest
0.9%
Kenya
Lowest
0.0%
Slovenia
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,624

What the numbers show

Working-age population with primary education, total (% of total population in working age) is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Kenya; the lowest is 0.0% in Slovenia.

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

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 1,331.5%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kenya 0.9% 2019 up 57.2% rising
2 Malawi 0.7% 2019 up 49.3% rising
3 Ethiopia 0.7% 2021 up 86.6% rising
4 United Republic of Tanzania 0.7% 2020 up 3.3% falling
5 Rwanda 0.7% 2021 up 114.5% rising
6 South Africa 0.6% 2020 down 2.6% rising
7 Belize 0.6% 1999 down 3.8% flat
8 Mexico 0.6% 2020 down 10.4% falling
9 China 0.6% 2013 up 80.4% rising
10 Indonesia 0.6% 2019 down 15.3% falling
11 Thailand 0.6% 2021 down 16.3% falling
12 Uganda 0.5% 2016 down 5.0% rising
13 El Salvador 0.5% 2019 down 3.7% falling
14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5% 2018 up 3.2% rising
15 Bangladesh 0.5% 2016 up 11.2% rising
16 Pakistan 0.5% 2020 up 3.9% rising
17 Cambodia 0.5% 2012 down 37.6% falling
18 Mozambique 0.5% 2014 up 760.9% rising
19 Honduras 0.4% 2019 down 12.4% falling
20 Tunisia 0.4% 2015 up 6.5% rising
21 Madagascar 0.4% 2012 down 17.3% falling
22 Colombia 0.4% 2021 down 24.1% falling
23 Romania 0.4% 2018 up 1,013.0% volatile
24 Dominican Republic 0.4% 2013 down 16.7% falling
25 India 0.4% 2019 down 4.6% rising
26 Guatemala 0.4% 2019 down 15.1% falling
27 Jordan 0.4% 2016 up 121.6% volatile
28 Philippines 0.3% 2019 down 17.7% falling
29 Zambia 0.3% 2015 up 24.3% rising
30 Nicaragua 0.3% 2014 up 26.5% falling
31 Chile 0.3% 2017 down 29.8% falling
32 Portugal 0.3% 2016 down 36.7% volatile
33 Egypt 0.3% 2019 up 17.2% rising
34 Costa Rica 0.3% 2021 down 16.8% falling
35 Brazil 0.3% 2021 down 41.1% falling
36 North Macedonia 0.3% 2020 down 22.1% falling
37 Türkiye 0.3% 2019 down 24.7% falling
38 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.3% 2006 down 22.6% falling
39 Mauritius 0.3% 2017 down 30.9% falling
40 Nepal 0.3% 2014 up 9.0% rising
41 Togo 0.3% 2018 down 35.6% falling
42 Paraguay 0.3% 2021 down 22.2% falling
43 Morocco 0.3% 2013 down 34.7% rising
44 Senegal 0.3% 2018 up 27.4% rising
45 Ecuador 0.2% 2021 down 21.3% falling
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2% 2019 down 25.1% falling
47 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.2% 2021 down 21.8% falling
48 Burkina Faso 0.2% 2009 up 54.1% rising
49 Niger 0.2% 2018 down 3.8% falling
50 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2% 2011 down 34.0% falling
51 Serbia 0.2% 2018 down 19.0% falling
52 Namibia 0.2% 2015 down 21.5% falling
53 Tajikistan 0.2% 2013 down 16.8% rising
54 Montenegro 0.2% 2013 up 151.0% rising
55 Benin 0.2% 2018 up 2.8% rising
56 Peru 0.2% 2021 down 9.9% falling
57 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 down 27.4% volatile
58 Mali 0.2% 2018 up 23.7% rising
59 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 down 27.1% volatile
60 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 down 32.2% falling
61 Azerbaijan 0.2% 2015 up 42.8% rising
62 Ghana 0.2% 2016 down 36.1% flat
63 Panama 0.2% 2021 down 31.8% falling
64 Guinea 0.2% 2018 up 15.6% volatile
65 Greece 0.1% 2016 down 43.3% rising
66 Argentina 0.1% 2021 down 34.0% falling
67 Djibouti 0.1% 2017 down 66.2% falling
68 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 down 57.2% falling
69 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 down 7.9% volatile
70 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 down 33.0% falling
71 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 23.4% falling
72 Gambia 0.1% 2020 down 25.8% flat
73 Spain 0.1% 2016 down 55.4% volatile
74 State of Palestine 0.1% 2017 down 79.2% falling
75 France 0.1% 2016 down 26.3% falling
76 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 43.5% falling
77 Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 49.2% volatile
78 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 30.2% falling
79 Belgium 0.1% 2016 down 14.5% volatile
80 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 down 11.5% volatile
81 Russia 0.1% 2019 up 219.6% volatile
82 Italy 0.0% 2016 down 63.4% volatile
83 Denmark 0.0% 2016 up 1,331.5% volatile
84 Bulgaria 0.0% 2016 up 12.0% volatile
85 Mongolia 0.0% 2021 volatile
86 Sweden 0.0% 2016 down 28.9% falling
87 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2017 down 55.9% falling
88 Lithuania 0.0% 2016 up 23.5% volatile
89 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2018 down 86.7% volatile
90 Kosovo 0.0% 2017 down 96.9% volatile
91 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2021 down 95.1% volatile
92 Ukraine 0.0% 2014 down 62.4% volatile
93 Albania 0.0% 2019 down 96.1% volatile
94 Germany 0.0% 2011 down 60.0% falling
95 Croatia 0.0% 2016 down 22.2% falling
96 United States 0.0% 2018 down 19.8% volatile
97 Georgia 0.0% 2020 down 23.3% volatile
98 Hungary 0.0% 2016 down 51.6% volatile
99 Austria 0.0% 2016 up 15.5% volatile
100 Estonia 0.0% 2016 down 31.9% volatile
101 Latvia 0.0% 2016 down 36.3% volatile
102 Belarus 0.0% 2019 down 88.4% volatile
103 Armenia 0.0% 2020 down 35.3% volatile
104 Iceland 0.0% 2015 down 46.5% falling
105 Australia 0.0% 2015 down 66.4% falling
106 Czechia 0.0% 2016 up 177.4% volatile
107 Norway 0.0% 2016 up 144.0% rising
108 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2020 down 97.5% volatile
109 Slovak Republic 0.0% 2016 down 74.4% volatile
110 Finland 0.0% 2016 volatile
110 Slovenia 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Working-age population with primary education, total (% of total population in working age)
Unit
% of total population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
112 places, 1,624 data points, 1970–2021
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