Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of employed youth with low education aged 15-24) by country

Countries reporting
82
Highest
1.0%
Republic of Korea
Lowest
0.0%
Republic of Moldova
Median
0.7%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,115

What the numbers show

Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of employed youth with low education aged 15-24) is currently reported for 82 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0.0% in Republic of Moldova.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7%, and the mean is 0.6%.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 421.6%), and the largest decrease in Italy (down 100.0%).

Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 up 54.0% falling
1 Estonia 1.0% 2016 up 5.8% rising
1 Hungary 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Germany 1.0% 2011 up 2.0% rising
1 Czechia 1.0% 2009 up 9.0% flat
1 Cyprus 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Ireland 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Iceland 1.0% 2012 unchanged falling
1 Kazakhstan 1.0% 2017 up 77.1% rising
1 Luxembourg 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 1.0% 2016 up 7.9% rising
1 Slovenia 1.0% 2013 up 13.1% rising
1 Kosovo 1.0% 2017 up 22.0% rising
1 Belgium 1.0% 2003 up 2.3% flat
1 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 1.0% 2017 up 22.0% rising
1 Albania 1.0% 2019 up 421.6% volatile
17 Mauritius 1.0% 2012 up 8.2% flat
18 Argentina 1.0% 2021 up 3.1% flat
19 Spain 1.0% 2016 up 5.4% flat
20 Puerto Rico 1.0% 2005 up 0.6% rising
21 France 0.9% 2016 down 8.0% flat
22 Jordan 0.9% 2016 down 6.0% flat
23 Portugal 0.9% 2016 down 4.6% falling
24 United States of America 0.9% 2018 up 4.0% rising
25 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 3.3% rising
26 China 0.9% 2013 up 84.9% rising
27 Jamaica 0.9% 2002 up 98.2% rising
28 Palestine, State of 0.9% 2017 up 6.5% flat
29 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 up 28.0% rising
30 South Africa 0.8% 2020 down 5.1% rising
31 Mexico 0.8% 2020 up 1.2% flat
32 Chile 0.8% 2017 up 6.2% rising
33 Bangladesh 0.8% 2016 up 40.1% rising
34 Uruguay 0.8% 2021 up 3.0% falling
35 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 3.6% rising
36 Gambia 0.7% 2020 up 95.2% volatile
37 Greece 0.7% 2016 up 12.7% rising
38 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2013 down 8.2% falling
39 Costa Rica 0.7% 2021 down 5.6% falling
40 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% 2006 up 11.9% flat
41 Latvia 0.7% 2016 down 29.8% rising
42 Egypt 0.7% 2019 up 24.3% rising
43 Indonesia 0.7% 2019 up 23.5% rising
44 Türkiye 0.7% 2019 up 4.9% rising
45 Armenia 0.6% 2020 up 134.3% volatile
46 Colombia 0.6% 2021 down 2.5% flat
47 Paraguay 0.6% 2017 down 3.0% rising
48 Thailand 0.6% 2021 up 21.2% rising
49 Bulgaria 0.6% 2016 down 15.4% rising
50 El Salvador 0.6% 2017 down 4.9% flat
51 Philippines 0.6% 2019 up 43.5% rising
52 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2019 up 23.9% rising
53 Cambodia 0.6% 2012 up 67.3% rising
54 Pakistan 0.6% 2020 up 8.2% flat
55 India 0.6% 2019 up 19.3% rising
56 Namibia 0.6% 2015 up 62.1% rising
57 Belize 0.5% 1999 down 15.7% falling
58 Nigeria 0.5% 2018 up 31.0% volatile
59 Rwanda 0.5% 2021 up 49.5% rising
60 Guatemala 0.5% 2011 down 13.6% falling
61 Honduras 0.4% 2017 down 6.2% falling
62 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4% 2021 down 13.9% rising
63 Ghana 0.4% 2016 up 45.0% rising
64 Panama 0.4% 2021 down 19.1% falling
65 Nicaragua 0.3% 2014 up 13.2% falling
66 Peru 0.3% 2021 down 16.1% rising
67 Ethiopia 0.3% 2021 up 64.8% rising
68 Ecuador 0.3% 2021 down 36.0% falling
69 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2020 down 30.3% rising
70 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 59.4% rising
71 Nepal 0.2% 2014 up 66.6% rising
72 Romania 0.2% 2016 down 18.0% falling
73 Mongolia 0.2% 2016 up 96.3% rising
74 Zambia 0.2% 2015 up 115.2% volatile
75 Mozambique 0.2% 2014 down 27.3% flat
76 Madagascar 0.1% 2012 down 15.3% rising
77 Malawi 0.0% 2016 down 83.2% volatile
78 Italy 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% falling
78 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% volatile
78 Georgia 0.0% 2013 down 100.0% volatile
78 Lithuania 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
78 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Youth in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of employed youth with low education aged 15-24)
Unit
% of employed youth with low education aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
82 places, 1,115 data points, 1970–2021
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