demographic2040

Share of population with no education

Name: Share of population with no education
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: demographic, %, share, population, with, education

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2040; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•146 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

5.0%

Median: 1.5%

Countries Covered

146

with available data

Highest

Sudan

32.3%

Lowest

Belize

0.1%

Top 5 Countries

1Sudan32.3%

2Mali31.7%

3Papua New Guinea31.4%

4Niger29.5%

5Central African Republic26.4%

By Region

Other7.9%(69 countries)

Africa4.6%(6 countries)

Asia4.1%(26 countries)

Oceania2.0%(2 countries)

North America1.4%(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1%)High (32.3%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 5.0%)

Other (69)

Africa (6)

Asia (26)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2040; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Sudan	32.3%
2	Mali	31.7%
3	Papua New Guinea	31.4%
4	Niger	29.5%
5	Central African Republic	26.4%
6	Republic of The Gambia	24.4%
7	Senegal	23.7%
8	Bahrain	23.4%
9	Liberia	21.7%
10	Mozambique	21.4%
11	Namibia	19.9%
12	Benin	17.4%
13	Yemen	17.2%
14	Afghanistan	16.9%
15	Cote d'Ivoire	16.6%
16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	16.4%
17	Lao People's Democratic Republic	15.5%
18	Brunei Darussalam	15.0%
19	Rwanda	14.3%
20	Vietnam	13.6%
21	Pakistan	13.3%
22	Burundi	12.1%
23	Sierra Leone	12.0%
24	Republic of the Congo	11.4%
25	Morocco	10.5%
26	Guyana	8.8%
27	Libya	8.8%
28	Reunion	8.4%
29	Cameroon	8.2%
30	India	7.9%
31	Egypt	7.8%
32	Bangladesh	7.8%
33	Norway	7.7%
34	Togo	6.8%
35	Eswatini	6.7%
36	United Arab Emirates	6.6%
37	Iraq	5.6%
38	Haiti	5.4%
39	Nepal	5.1%
40	Islamic Republic of Iran	5.0%
41	Ghana	4.9%
42	Syrian Arab Republic	4.6%
43	Mauritania	4.5%
44	Lesotho	4.3%
45	Cambodia	4.2%
46	Jamaica	4.2%
47	Sweden	4.1%
48	Luxembourg	4.0%
49	Paraguay	3.7%
50	Bolivia	3.7%
51	Nicaragua	3.4%
52	Denmark	3.2%
53	Honduras	3.1%
54	Mongolia	2.8%
55	Panama	2.7%
56	Guatemala	2.6%
57	New Zealand	2.6%
58	Algeria	2.5%
59	Thailand	2.4%
60	Myanmar	2.2%
61	Maldives	2.2%
62	Gabon	2.1%
63	Tunisia	2.0%
64	Zambia	2.0%
65	Malta	1.9%
66	Mexico	1.9%
67	United Republic of Tanzania	1.9%
68	Moldova, Republic of	1.8%
69	Qatar	1.7%
70	Serbia	1.7%
71	Türkiye	1.7%
72	Macao	1.6%
73	Sri Lanka	1.5%
74	France	1.5%
75	Austria	1.5%
76	Belgium	1.5%
77	Bulgaria	1.4%
78	Kenya	1.4%
79	Philippines	1.3%
80	Saudi Arabia	1.3%
81	Australia	1.3%
82	Dominican Republic	1.2%
83	Portugal	1.2%
84	Russian Federation	1.2%
85	Iceland	1.1%
86	Malawi	1.1%
87	Estonia	1.0%
88	Romania	1.0%
89	Uganda	1.0%
90	Brazil	1.0%
91	Ecuador	0.9%
92	Jordan	0.9%
93	Croatia	0.8%
94	Colombia	0.7%
95	Costa Rica	0.7%
96	El Salvador	0.7%
97	Germany	0.7%
98	Kuwait	0.7%
99	Switzerland	0.7%
100	Venezuela	0.7%
101	Barbados	0.7%
102	Chile	0.6%
103	Cuba	0.6%
104	Latvia	0.6%
105	Malaysia	0.6%
106	Zimbabwe	0.6%
107	Albania	0.6%
108	Armenia	0.6%
109	Indonesia	0.5%
110	Spain	0.5%
111	United States of America	0.5%
112	Canada	0.4%
113	People's Republic of China	0.4%
114	Fiji	0.4%
115	Finland	0.4%
116	Italy	0.4%
117	Peru	0.4%
118	Singapore	0.4%
119	Trinidad and Tobago	0.4%
120	Greece	0.3%
121	Israel	0.3%
122	Mauritius	0.3%
123	Netherlands	0.3%
124	Slovakia	0.3%
125	Slovenia	0.3%
126	South Africa	0.3%
127	Argentina	0.3%
128	Botswana	0.3%
129	Cyprus	0.2%
130	Czech Republic	0.2%
131	Hungary	0.2%
132	Ireland	0.2%
133	Tonga	0.2%
134	Taiwan, Province of China	0.1%
135	Hong Kong	0.1%
136	Japan	0.1%
137	Kazakhstan	0.1%
138	South Korea	0.1%
139	Kyrgyzstan	0.1%
140	Lithuania	0.1%
141	Poland	0.1%
142	Tajikistan	0.1%
143	Ukraine	0.1%
144	United Kingdom	0.1%
145	Uruguay	0.1%
146	Belize	0.1%

Showing 146 of 146 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2040).

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