Labor force with basic education, female (% of female working-age population with basic education) - Country Ranking - Africa
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 | Madagascar | 87.11 | 2015 |
| 2 | Cameroon | 69.97 | 2014 |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 69.47 | 2013 |
| 4 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 68.14 | 2012 |
| 5 | Benin | 68.08 | 2018 |
| 6 | Tanzania | 64.14 | 2014 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 63.96 | 2015 |
| 8 | Kenya | 63.00 | 2019 |
| 9 | Ghana | 61.11 | 2017 |
| 10 | Cabo Verde | 54.57 | 2019 |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 54.23 | 2017 |
| 12 | Botswana | 52.72 | 2020 |
| 13 | Nigeria | 49.03 | 2019 |
| 14 | Congo | 48.16 | 2009 |
| 15 | Namibia | 47.17 | 2018 |
| 16 | Chad | 47.11 | 2018 |
| 17 | Rwanda | 47.10 | 2020 |
| 18 | Mauritius | 46.72 | 2020 |
| 19 | Eswatini | 45.22 | 2016 |
| 20 | Togo | 44.65 | 2017 |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 42.48 | 2018 |
| 22 | Lesotho | 42.22 | 2019 |
| 23 | Malawi | 41.87 | 2020 |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.82 | 2018 |
| 25 | Senegal | 36.07 | 2019 |
| 26 | Mali | 35.97 | 2018 |
| 27 | South Africa | 35.88 | 2020 |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 35.15 | 2019 |
| 29 | Guinea | 31.60 | 2019 |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 31.30 | 2018 |
| 31 | Burundi | 28.44 | 2014 |
| 32 | Angola | 28.35 | 2014 |
| 33 | Mauritania | 24.86 | 2017 |
| 34 | Zambia | 23.97 | 2019 |
| 35 | Somalia | 23.66 | 2019 |
| 36 | The Gambia | 21.90 | 2018 |
| 37 | Comoros | 21.60 | 2014 |
| 38 | Tunisia | 20.79 | 2017 |
| 39 | Seychelles | 19.21 | 2020 |
| 40 | Sudan | 19.02 | 2011 |
| 41 | Morocco | 18.67 | 2012 |
| 42 | Niger | 17.90 | 2017 |
| 43 | Liberia | 17.22 | 2017 |
| 44 | Djibouti | 15.82 | 2017 |
| 45 | Algeria | 11.51 | 2017 |
| 46 | Uganda | 10.64 | 2017 |
| 47 | Egypt | 4.65 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
