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

Countries reporting
79
Highest
1.0%
Estonia
Lowest
0.0%
Italy
Median
0.6%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,087

What the numbers show

Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, primary education and below (% of employed youth with low education aged 15-24) is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Estonia; the lowest is 0.0% in Italy.

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

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 452.9%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Estonia 1.0% 2016 up 5.9% rising
1 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2017 up 54.0% flat
1 Kazakhstan 1.0% 2017 up 107.2% volatile
1 Luxembourg 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Iceland 1.0% 2012 unchanged falling
1 Ireland 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 1.0% 2016 up 7.9% rising
1 Slovenia 1.0% 2013 up 13.1% rising
1 Germany 1.0% 2011 up 2.1% rising
1 Czechia 1.0% 2009 up 9.0% flat
1 Cyprus 1.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 1.0% 2017 up 33.9% rising
1 Kosovo 1.0% 2017 up 33.9% rising
1 Belgium 1.0% 2003 up 2.5% flat
16 Mauritius 1.0% 2012 up 9.2% rising
17 Spain 1.0% 2016 up 5.1% flat
18 Puerto Rico 1.0% 2005 up 0.6% rising
19 Argentina 0.9% 2021 up 2.4% flat
20 France 0.9% 2016 down 8.0% flat
21 Portugal 0.9% 2016 down 4.5% falling
22 United States of America 0.9% 2018 up 4.6% rising
23 Jordan 0.9% 2016 down 6.5% flat
24 Poland 0.9% 2019 up 3.3% falling
25 Jamaica 0.9% 2002 up 149.8% rising
26 Tunisia 0.8% 2015 up 34.6% rising
27 South Africa 0.8% 2020 down 5.8% rising
28 Palestine, State of 0.8% 2017 up 8.4% flat
29 Mexico 0.8% 2020 up 2.1% flat
30 Chile 0.7% 2017 up 5.6% rising
31 Latvia 0.7% 2016 down 29.8% rising
32 Bangladesh 0.7% 2016 up 86.8% rising
33 Costa Rica 0.7% 2021 down 5.6% falling
34 Brazil 0.7% 2021 down 9.9% rising
35 Greece 0.7% 2016 up 10.1% rising
36 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 down 3.8% falling
37 Armenia 0.6% 2020 up 134.3% volatile
38 Egypt 0.6% 2019 up 28.9% rising
39 Gambia 0.6% 2020 up 321.3% volatile
40 Bulgaria 0.6% 2016 down 10.3% rising
41 Türkiye 0.6% 2019 up 9.4% rising
42 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2019 up 31.7% rising
43 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2006 up 7.4% falling
44 Namibia 0.6% 2015 up 102.5% rising
45 Paraguay 0.6% 2017 down 5.9% rising
46 Philippines 0.6% 2019 up 54.0% rising
47 Indonesia 0.6% 2019 up 38.3% rising
48 Cambodia 0.6% 2012 up 127.4% rising
49 Dominican Republic 0.5% 2013 down 17.9% falling
50 Thailand 0.5% 2021 up 20.9% rising
51 El Salvador 0.5% 2017 down 9.3% falling
52 Belize 0.5% 1999 down 18.4% falling
53 India 0.5% 2019 up 28.8% rising
54 Pakistan 0.5% 2020 up 15.0% rising
55 Colombia 0.4% 2021 down 7.2% falling
56 Rwanda 0.4% 2021 up 64.7% rising
57 Guatemala 0.4% 2011 down 13.1% falling
58 Honduras 0.3% 2017 down 15.4% falling
59 Nicaragua 0.3% 2014 up 17.6% falling
60 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.2% 2021 down 35.1% rising
61 Peru 0.2% 2021 down 24.8% rising
62 Ecuador 0.2% 2021 down 46.0% falling
63 Panama 0.2% 2021 down 46.4% falling
64 Uganda 0.2% 2016 up 111.0% rising
65 Nepal 0.2% 2014 up 77.3% rising
66 Romania 0.1% 2016 down 22.5% flat
67 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2020 down 50.5% volatile
68 Mongolia 0.1% 2016 up 452.9% volatile
69 Ethiopia 0.1% 2021 up 125.2% rising
70 Ghana 0.1% 2016 up 56.6% rising
71 Mozambique 0.1% 2014 down 36.2% falling
72 Zambia 0.1% 2015 up 144.7% volatile
73 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 down 15.2% rising
74 Malawi 0.0% 2016 up 3.8% volatile
75 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2020 volatile
75 Georgia 0.0% 2013 down 100.0% volatile
75 Lithuania 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% volatile
75 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% volatile
75 Italy 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Youth in non-agricultural wage 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
79 places, 1,087 data points, 1970–2021
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