Labor force with basic education (% of total 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.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Madagascar 89.78 2015
2 Ethiopia 79.14 2013
3 Cameroon 75.24 2014
4 Benin 74.72 2018
5 Dem. Rep. Congo 70.81 2012
6 Mozambique 70.33 2015
7 Tanzania 68.00 2014
8 Côte d'Ivoire 66.35 2017
9 Kenya 65.78 2019
10 Mauritius 63.66 2020
11 Cabo Verde 62.10 2019
12 Ghana 61.67 2017
13 Botswana 56.31 2020
14 Chad 55.87 2018
15 Rwanda 54.80 2020
16 Morocco 54.36 2012
17 Tunisia 51.16 2017
18 Namibia 50.64 2018
19 Mali 50.28 2018
20 Nigeria 50.27 2019
21 Togo 49.99 2017
22 Guinea-Bissau 49.92 2018
23 Senegal 49.69 2019
24 Eswatini 48.78 2016
25 Algeria 48.49 2017
26 Malawi 48.46 2020
27 Lesotho 47.81 2019
28 Congo 46.63 2009
29 Sierra Leone 45.67 2018
30 Sudan 45.15 2011
31 South Africa 42.83 2020
32 Somalia 42.02 2019
33 Guinea 41.47 2019
34 Zimbabwe 40.88 2019
35 Angola 38.86 2014
36 Burkina Faso 38.48 2018
37 Mauritania 36.71 2017
38 Burundi 33.78 2014
39 The Gambia 31.71 2018
40 Zambia 30.67 2019
41 Comoros 30.42 2014
42 Niger 30.26 2017
43 Djibouti 28.63 2017
44 Egypt 27.88 2020
45 Seychelles 23.74 2020
46 Liberia 22.66 2017
47 Uganda 14.67 2017

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual