Labor force with basic education, female (% of female 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 Solomon Islands 88.55 2013
2 Madagascar 87.11 2015
3 St. Lucia 81.58 2019
4 Singapore 80.14 2014
5 San Marino 72.77 2019
6 Cameroon 69.97 2014
7 Ethiopia 69.47 2013
8 Dem. Rep. Congo 68.14 2012
9 Benin 68.08 2018
10 Cambodia 67.15 2019
11 Tanzania 64.14 2014
12 Mozambique 63.96 2015
13 Kenya 63.00 2019
14 Vietnam 62.55 2020
15 Ghana 61.11 2017
16 Qatar 60.21 2020
17 Thailand 60.10 2020
18 Macao SAR, China 59.30 2016
19 Iceland 57.28 2020
20 Timor-Leste 56.84 2016
21 Nauru 54.81 2013
22 Peru 54.58 2020
23 Cabo Verde 54.57 2019
24 Côte d'Ivoire 54.23 2017
25 Uruguay 53.28 2019
26 New Zealand 53.08 2020
27 Botswana 52.72 2020
28 Cayman Islands 52.29 2015
29 United Kingdom 51.76 2019
30 United Arab Emirates 51.48 2018
31 Bolivia 51.43 2020
32 Barbados 50.15 2019
33 Paraguay 49.17 2017
34 Nigeria 49.03 2019
35 Suriname 48.98 2016
36 Myanmar 48.54 2019
37 Ecuador 48.33 2019
38 Congo 48.16 2009
39 Kuwait 47.99 2016
40 Indonesia 47.78 2020
41 Belize 47.60 2019
42 Namibia 47.17 2018
43 Chad 47.11 2018
44 Rwanda 47.10 2020
45 Mauritius 46.72 2020
46 Vanuatu 45.95 2019
47 Nicaragua 45.57 2014
48 Philippines 45.53 2016
49 Papua New Guinea 45.51 2010
50 Eswatini 45.22 2016
51 Togo 44.65 2017
52 Jamaica 44.52 2020
53 Norway 44.27 2020
54 Bhutan 43.88 2015
55 Haiti 43.45 2012
56 Colombia 43.20 2019
57 Malaysia 42.99 2020
58 New Caledonia 42.84 2014
58 Venezuela 42.84 2017
60 Sierra Leone 42.48 2018
61 Australia 42.38 2017
62 Lesotho 42.22 2019
63 Switzerland 42.13 2020
64 Malawi 41.87 2020
65 Korea 41.81 2020
66 Honduras 41.79 2019
67 El Salvador 41.72 2020
68 Sweden 41.50 2020
69 Brunei 41.09 2019
70 Guinea-Bissau 40.82 2018
71 Costa Rica 40.18 2020
72 Lao PDR 39.97 2017
73 Dominican Republic 39.07 2020
74 Portugal 38.74 2020
75 Bangladesh 38.22 2017
76 Guatemala 37.14 2019
77 Mongolia 36.34 2020
78 Senegal 36.07 2019
79 Mali 35.97 2018
80 South Africa 35.88 2020
81 Mexico 35.80 2020
81 Spain 35.80 2020
83 Oman 35.60 2018
84 Zimbabwe 35.15 2019
85 Canada 35.09 2021
86 Netherlands 34.26 2020
87 Denmark 33.24 2020
88 Panama 33.00 2021
89 Guyana 32.70 2019
90 Luxembourg 32.33 2020
91 Germany 31.99 2020
92 Hong Kong SAR, China 31.96 2020
93 Guinea 31.60 2019
94 Burkina Faso 31.30 2018
95 Argentina 31.25 2020
96 Tonga 30.85 2018
97 Sri Lanka 30.53 2019
98 Brazil 30.23 2020
99 Malta 30.19 2020
100 United States 29.84 2021
101 Austria 29.79 2020
102 Trinidad and Tobago 29.77 2016
103 Tuvalu 29.58 2016
104 Latvia 29.07 2020
105 Estonia 28.89 2020
106 Fiji 28.67 2016
107 Burundi 28.44 2014
108 Angola 28.35 2014
109 Cyprus 27.35 2020
110 Chile 27.13 2020
111 Moldova 26.88 2020
112 Ukraine 26.25 2020
113 Nepal 25.67 2017
114 Turkey 24.99 2020
115 Mauritania 24.86 2017
116 Serbia 24.50 2020
117 Zambia 23.97 2019
118 Somalia 23.66 2019
119 Tajikistan 22.02 2009
120 The Gambia 21.90 2018
121 Romania 21.83 2020
122 India 21.62 2020
123 Comoros 21.60 2014
124 France 21.31 2020
125 Hungary 21.02 2020
126 Italy 20.80 2020
127 Tunisia 20.79 2017
128 Bulgaria 19.74 2020
129 Belgium 19.49 2020
130 Greece 19.29 2020
131 Saudi Arabia 19.28 2020
132 Seychelles 19.21 2020
133 Sudan 19.02 2011
134 Albania 18.89 2019
135 Uzbekistan 18.83 2020
136 Finland 18.69 2020
137 Morocco 18.67 2012
138 Palau 18.33 2014
139 Niger 17.90 2017
140 Ireland 17.89 2020
141 Lebanon 17.82 2019
142 Israel 17.27 2020
143 Liberia 17.22 2017
144 North Macedonia 17.03 2020
145 Samoa 17.00 2017
146 Czech Republic 16.86 2020
147 Cuba 16.78 2010
148 Montenegro 16.64 2020
149 Slovenia 16.48 2020
150 Afghanistan 16.23 2020
151 Djibouti 15.82 2017
152 Monaco 15.49 2016
153 Kiribati 15.07 2019
154 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.82 2020
155 Russia 14.65 2020
156 Pakistan 14.50 2019
157 Armenia 13.63 2020
158 Slovak Republic 13.60 2020
159 Kyrgyz Republic 12.86 2018
160 Belarus 12.50 2020
161 Georgia 12.20 2020
162 Croatia 11.61 2020
163 Algeria 11.51 2017
164 Lithuania 10.70 2020
165 Uganda 10.64 2017
166 Poland 10.31 2020
167 Iran 9.14 2020
168 Jordan 6.93 2020
169 Iraq 6.66 2012
170 Puerto Rico 4.95 2015
171 Egypt 4.65 2020
172 Yemen 3.50 2014

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual