Labor force with basic education (% of total 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 | Singapore | 96.62 | 2014 |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 91.83 | 2013 |
| 3 | Qatar | 91.57 | 2020 |
| 4 | Madagascar | 89.78 | 2015 |
| 5 | San Marino | 88.78 | 2019 |
| 6 | St. Lucia | 82.64 | 2019 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 81.82 | 2018 |
| 8 | Kuwait | 79.36 | 2016 |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 79.14 | 2013 |
| 10 | Nauru | 76.73 | 2013 |
| 11 | Cameroon | 75.24 | 2014 |
| 12 | Benin | 74.72 | 2018 |
| 13 | Cambodia | 73.11 | 2019 |
| 14 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 70.81 | 2012 |
| 15 | Mozambique | 70.33 | 2015 |
| 16 | Suriname | 69.51 | 2016 |
| 17 | Thailand | 69.30 | 2020 |
| 18 | Vietnam | 68.30 | 2020 |
| 19 | Tanzania | 68.00 | 2014 |
| 20 | Oman | 67.85 | 2018 |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 66.35 | 2017 |
| 22 | Iceland | 66.26 | 2020 |
| 23 | Kenya | 65.78 | 2019 |
| 24 | Paraguay | 65.22 | 2017 |
| 25 | Malaysia | 64.57 | 2020 |
| 26 | Macao SAR, China | 64.50 | 2016 |
| 27 | Timor-Leste | 64.09 | 2016 |
| 28 | Belize | 64.02 | 2019 |
| 29 | Mauritius | 63.66 | 2020 |
| 30 | Myanmar | 63.65 | 2019 |
| 31 | Bolivia | 63.61 | 2020 |
| 32 | Philippines | 63.11 | 2016 |
| 33 | Venezuela | 63.07 | 2017 |
| 34 | Peru | 63.06 | 2020 |
| 35 | Indonesia | 62.96 | 2020 |
| 36 | Nicaragua | 62.60 | 2014 |
| 37 | Honduras | 62.50 | 2019 |
| 38 | Uruguay | 62.30 | 2019 |
| 39 | Cabo Verde | 62.10 | 2019 |
| 40 | Ghana | 61.67 | 2017 |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 61.44 | 2017 |
| 42 | Ecuador | 61.37 | 2019 |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 60.49 | 2019 |
| 44 | Colombia | 59.99 | 2019 |
| 45 | Guatemala | 59.58 | 2019 |
| 46 | New Zealand | 59.41 | 2020 |
| 47 | Cayman Islands | 59.21 | 2015 |
| 48 | El Salvador | 58.38 | 2020 |
| 49 | Jamaica | 58.27 | 2020 |
| 50 | Bhutan | 57.51 | 2015 |
| 51 | Botswana | 56.31 | 2020 |
| 52 | Chad | 55.87 | 2018 |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 55.70 | 2020 |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 55.69 | 2020 |
| 55 | Brunei | 55.52 | 2019 |
| 56 | Barbados | 55.27 | 2019 |
| 57 | Haiti | 54.84 | 2012 |
| 58 | Tuvalu | 54.82 | 2016 |
| 59 | Rwanda | 54.80 | 2020 |
| 60 | Morocco | 54.36 | 2012 |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 52.78 | 2019 |
| 62 | Mexico | 52.39 | 2020 |
| 63 | Pakistan | 52.20 | 2019 |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 52.03 | 2020 |
| 65 | Fiji | 52.00 | 2016 |
| 66 | India | 51.47 | 2020 |
| 67 | New Caledonia | 51.41 | 2014 |
| 68 | Tunisia | 51.16 | 2017 |
| 69 | Switzerland | 51.03 | 2020 |
| 70 | Panama | 50.79 | 2021 |
| 71 | Namibia | 50.64 | 2018 |
| 72 | Guyana | 50.50 | 2019 |
| 73 | Mali | 50.28 | 2018 |
| 74 | Nigeria | 50.27 | 2019 |
| 75 | Palau | 50.12 | 2014 |
| 76 | Togo | 49.99 | 2017 |
| 77 | Norway | 49.97 | 2020 |
| 78 | Vanuatu | 49.93 | 2019 |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 49.92 | 2018 |
| 80 | Senegal | 49.69 | 2019 |
| 81 | Australia | 49.40 | 2017 |
| 82 | Sweden | 48.79 | 2020 |
| 83 | Eswatini | 48.78 | 2016 |
| 84 | Algeria | 48.49 | 2017 |
| 85 | Malawi | 48.46 | 2020 |
| 86 | Lebanon | 48.42 | 2019 |
| 87 | Lesotho | 47.81 | 2019 |
| 88 | Afghanistan | 47.48 | 2020 |
| 89 | Korea | 47.35 | 2020 |
| 90 | Congo | 46.63 | 2009 |
| 91 | Portugal | 46.24 | 2020 |
| 92 | Mongolia | 45.96 | 2020 |
| 93 | Sierra Leone | 45.67 | 2018 |
| 94 | Turkey | 45.59 | 2020 |
| 95 | Papua New Guinea | 45.58 | 2010 |
| 96 | Spain | 45.26 | 2020 |
| 97 | Sudan | 45.15 | 2011 |
| 98 | Argentina | 44.91 | 2020 |
| 99 | Malta | 44.86 | 2020 |
| 100 | Iran | 43.22 | 2020 |
| 101 | Brazil | 42.99 | 2020 |
| 102 | South Africa | 42.83 | 2020 |
| 103 | Netherlands | 42.68 | 2020 |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.52 | 2016 |
| 105 | Nepal | 42.46 | 2017 |
| 106 | Lao PDR | 42.27 | 2017 |
| 107 | Denmark | 42.16 | 2020 |
| 108 | Canada | 42.05 | 2021 |
| 109 | Somalia | 42.02 | 2019 |
| 110 | United States | 41.76 | 2021 |
| 111 | Guinea | 41.47 | 2019 |
| 112 | Germany | 41.31 | 2020 |
| 113 | Zimbabwe | 40.88 | 2019 |
| 114 | Chile | 40.84 | 2020 |
| 115 | Jordan | 40.34 | 2020 |
| 116 | Iraq | 39.77 | 2012 |
| 117 | Tonga | 39.70 | 2018 |
| 118 | Latvia | 39.67 | 2020 |
| 119 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 39.34 | 2020 |
| 120 | Estonia | 39.27 | 2020 |
| 121 | Angola | 38.86 | 2014 |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 38.48 | 2018 |
| 123 | Luxembourg | 38.34 | 2020 |
| 124 | Cyprus | 37.37 | 2020 |
| 125 | Yemen | 37.27 | 2014 |
| 126 | Austria | 37.20 | 2020 |
| 127 | Mauritania | 36.71 | 2017 |
| 128 | Cuba | 35.66 | 2010 |
| 129 | Samoa | 35.26 | 2017 |
| 130 | Burundi | 33.78 | 2014 |
| 131 | Ukraine | 33.24 | 2020 |
| 132 | Italy | 32.37 | 2020 |
| 132 | Serbia | 32.37 | 2020 |
| 134 | North Macedonia | 31.76 | 2020 |
| 135 | Moldova | 31.75 | 2020 |
| 136 | The Gambia | 31.71 | 2018 |
| 137 | Romania | 31.69 | 2020 |
| 138 | Zambia | 30.67 | 2019 |
| 139 | Comoros | 30.42 | 2014 |
| 140 | Niger | 30.26 | 2017 |
| 141 | Djibouti | 28.63 | 2017 |
| 142 | Ireland | 28.20 | 2020 |
| 143 | Hungary | 27.92 | 2020 |
| 144 | Egypt | 27.88 | 2020 |
| 145 | Tajikistan | 27.84 | 2016 |
| 146 | France | 27.62 | 2020 |
| 147 | Bulgaria | 27.53 | 2020 |
| 148 | Greece | 27.29 | 2020 |
| 149 | Kyrgyz Republic | 26.82 | 2018 |
| 150 | Belgium | 26.76 | 2020 |
| 151 | Finland | 25.71 | 2020 |
| 152 | Israel | 25.17 | 2020 |
| 153 | Kiribati | 24.32 | 2019 |
| 154 | Albania | 23.95 | 2019 |
| 155 | Seychelles | 23.74 | 2020 |
| 156 | Armenia | 22.70 | 2020 |
| 157 | Liberia | 22.66 | 2017 |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.44 | 2020 |
| 159 | Czech Republic | 22.33 | 2020 |
| 160 | Monaco | 22.16 | 2016 |
| 161 | Slovenia | 22.12 | 2020 |
| 162 | Montenegro | 21.79 | 2020 |
| 163 | Russia | 21.73 | 2020 |
| 164 | Georgia | 20.78 | 2020 |
| 165 | Lithuania | 18.72 | 2020 |
| 166 | Slovak Republic | 18.58 | 2020 |
| 167 | Poland | 17.68 | 2020 |
| 168 | Belarus | 17.53 | 2020 |
| 169 | Croatia | 16.59 | 2020 |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | 15.66 | 2015 |
| 171 | Uganda | 14.67 | 2017 |
| 172 | Uzbekistan | 12.62 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
