Labor force with basic education, male (% of male working-age population with basic education) - Country Ranking
Definition: The percentage of the working age population with a basic level of education who are in the labor force. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).
Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 95.93 | 2020 |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 95.06 | 2013 |
| 3 | Madagascar | 92.33 | 2015 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 91.07 | 2018 |
| 5 | Kuwait | 90.22 | 2016 |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 86.51 | 2017 |
| 7 | Nauru | 85.83 | 2013 |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 85.76 | 2013 |
| 9 | Suriname | 84.76 | 2016 |
| 10 | Honduras | 84.70 | 2019 |
| 11 | St. Lucia | 83.88 | 2019 |
| 12 | Oman | 82.27 | 2018 |
| 13 | Malaysia | 81.93 | 2020 |
| 14 | Palau | 81.69 | 2014 |
| 15 | Mauritius | 81.08 | 2020 |
| 16 | Guatemala | 80.96 | 2019 |
| 17 | Cameroon | 80.86 | 2014 |
| 18 | Myanmar | 80.76 | 2019 |
| 19 | Benin | 80.64 | 2018 |
| 20 | Paraguay | 80.26 | 2017 |
| 21 | Nicaragua | 80.18 | 2014 |
| 22 | Venezuela | 80.14 | 2017 |
| 23 | Morocco | 80.06 | 2012 |
| 24 | Cambodia | 79.62 | 2019 |
| 25 | Philippines | 79.14 | 2016 |
| 26 | Belize | 78.88 | 2019 |
| 27 | Indonesia | 78.25 | 2020 |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 77.45 | 2017 |
| 29 | Thailand | 77.38 | 2020 |
| 30 | Lebanon | 76.99 | 2019 |
| 31 | Pakistan | 76.92 | 2019 |
| 32 | Tuvalu | 76.75 | 2016 |
| 33 | Colombia | 76.28 | 2019 |
| 34 | El Salvador | 76.18 | 2020 |
| 35 | Tunisia | 76.16 | 2017 |
| 36 | India | 75.89 | 2020 |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 75.67 | 2019 |
| 38 | Fiji | 75.47 | 2016 |
| 39 | Mozambique | 75.02 | 2015 |
| 40 | Bolivia | 74.53 | 2020 |
| 41 | Iceland | 74.46 | 2020 |
| 42 | Vietnam | 74.37 | 2020 |
| 43 | Ecuador | 74.18 | 2019 |
| 44 | Algeria | 73.96 | 2017 |
| 45 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 73.93 | 2012 |
| 46 | Iran | 73.89 | 2020 |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 72.42 | 2020 |
| 48 | Peru | 71.72 | 2020 |
| 49 | Uruguay | 71.51 | 2019 |
| 50 | Tanzania | 71.23 | 2014 |
| 51 | Timor-Leste | 71.09 | 2016 |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 70.27 | 2020 |
| 53 | Mexico | 70.22 | 2020 |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 69.99 | 2020 |
| 55 | Macao SAR, China | 69.97 | 2016 |
| 56 | Jamaica | 69.83 | 2020 |
| 57 | Cabo Verde | 69.15 | 2019 |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 68.94 | 2019 |
| 59 | Kenya | 68.83 | 2019 |
| 60 | Guyana | 68.80 | 2019 |
| 61 | Bhutan | 68.10 | 2015 |
| 62 | Panama | 67.44 | 2021 |
| 63 | New Zealand | 66.76 | 2020 |
| 64 | Iraq | 66.63 | 2012 |
| 65 | Brunei | 66.30 | 2019 |
| 66 | Haiti | 65.88 | 2012 |
| 67 | Sudan | 65.07 | 2011 |
| 68 | Jordan | 65.03 | 2020 |
| 69 | Cayman Islands | 64.80 | 2015 |
| 70 | Turkey | 64.14 | 2020 |
| 71 | Chad | 63.21 | 2018 |
| 72 | Afghanistan | 63.19 | 2020 |
| 73 | Rwanda | 62.97 | 2020 |
| 74 | Switzerland | 62.69 | 2020 |
| 75 | Ghana | 62.33 | 2017 |
| 76 | Mali | 62.07 | 2018 |
| 77 | Senegal | 61.08 | 2019 |
| 77 | Somalia | 61.08 | 2019 |
| 79 | Botswana | 60.74 | 2020 |
| 80 | Barbados | 60.36 | 2019 |
| 81 | New Caledonia | 59.26 | 2014 |
| 82 | Malta | 58.62 | 2020 |
| 83 | Argentina | 57.82 | 2020 |
| 84 | Guinea-Bissau | 57.64 | 2018 |
| 85 | Australia | 57.09 | 2017 |
| 86 | Nepal | 57.06 | 2017 |
| 87 | Korea | 56.04 | 2020 |
| 88 | Brazil | 55.75 | 2020 |
| 89 | Malawi | 55.73 | 2020 |
| 90 | Yemen | 55.57 | 2014 |
| 91 | Mongolia | 55.42 | 2020 |
| 92 | Sweden | 55.27 | 2020 |
| 93 | Norway | 55.19 | 2020 |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.09 | 2016 |
| 95 | Cuba | 54.56 | 2010 |
| 96 | Lesotho | 54.43 | 2019 |
| 97 | Spain | 54.42 | 2020 |
| 98 | Chile | 54.31 | 2020 |
| 99 | Namibia | 54.16 | 2018 |
| 100 | Togo | 54.13 | 2017 |
| 101 | Vanuatu | 53.81 | 2019 |
| 102 | Portugal | 53.72 | 2020 |
| 103 | Mauritania | 53.05 | 2017 |
| 104 | United States | 52.99 | 2021 |
| 105 | Eswatini | 52.87 | 2016 |
| 106 | Germany | 52.80 | 2020 |
| 107 | Netherlands | 52.66 | 2020 |
| 108 | Nigeria | 51.45 | 2019 |
| 109 | Denmark | 51.14 | 2020 |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 50.58 | 2020 |
| 111 | South Africa | 50.03 | 2020 |
| 112 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 49.58 | 2020 |
| 113 | Guinea | 49.30 | 2019 |
| 114 | Samoa | 48.82 | 2017 |
| 115 | Sierra Leone | 48.68 | 2018 |
| 116 | Tonga | 48.65 | 2018 |
| 116 | Austria | 48.65 | 2020 |
| 118 | Egypt | 48.45 | 2020 |
| 119 | Canada | 48.17 | 2021 |
| 120 | Zimbabwe | 48.00 | 2019 |
| 121 | Latvia | 47.81 | 2020 |
| 122 | Cyprus | 47.56 | 2020 |
| 123 | Angola | 47.21 | 2014 |
| 124 | Estonia | 46.65 | 2020 |
| 125 | Papua New Guinea | 45.64 | 2010 |
| 126 | Romania | 45.49 | 2020 |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 45.03 | 2020 |
| 128 | Congo | 44.87 | 2009 |
| 129 | Burkina Faso | 44.58 | 2018 |
| 130 | Italy | 44.45 | 2020 |
| 131 | Lao PDR | 44.42 | 2017 |
| 132 | Serbia | 43.37 | 2020 |
| 133 | Ukraine | 42.45 | 2020 |
| 134 | The Gambia | 42.12 | 2018 |
| 135 | Kyrgyz Republic | 41.18 | 2018 |
| 136 | Niger | 39.77 | 2017 |
| 137 | Zambia | 38.72 | 2019 |
| 138 | Comoros | 38.55 | 2014 |
| 139 | Burundi | 38.35 | 2014 |
| 140 | Hungary | 37.97 | 2020 |
| 141 | Djibouti | 37.71 | 2017 |
| 142 | Ireland | 37.54 | 2020 |
| 143 | Moldova | 37.48 | 2020 |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 37.45 | 2009 |
| 145 | Greece | 36.83 | 2020 |
| 146 | Bulgaria | 36.37 | 2020 |
| 147 | France | 35.40 | 2020 |
| 148 | Belgium | 34.29 | 2020 |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34.10 | 2020 |
| 150 | Finland | 32.84 | 2020 |
| 151 | Kiribati | 32.69 | 2019 |
| 152 | Israel | 32.17 | 2020 |
| 153 | Monaco | 31.26 | 2016 |
| 154 | Armenia | 31.19 | 2020 |
| 155 | Albania | 31.13 | 2019 |
| 156 | Czech Republic | 30.87 | 2020 |
| 157 | Russia | 30.29 | 2020 |
| 158 | Slovenia | 30.20 | 2020 |
| 158 | Georgia | 30.20 | 2020 |
| 160 | Seychelles | 29.64 | 2020 |
| 161 | Montenegro | 29.00 | 2020 |
| 162 | Liberia | 28.34 | 2017 |
| 163 | Lithuania | 28.14 | 2020 |
| 164 | Poland | 27.04 | 2020 |
| 165 | Slovak Republic | 26.16 | 2020 |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 25.70 | 2015 |
| 167 | Croatia | 24.98 | 2020 |
| 168 | Belarus | 22.17 | 2020 |
| 169 | Uganda | 18.00 | 2017 |
| 170 | Uzbekistan | 7.86 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
