demographic2025
Labor force with basic education (% of total working-age population with basic education)
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.
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Key Insights
Global Average
50.0% of total working-age population with basic education
Median: 48.9% of total working-age population with basic education
Countries Covered
181
with available data
Highest
Bahamas
95.6% of total working-age population with basic education
Lowest
Uzbekistan
12.6% of total working-age population with basic education
Top 5 Countries
1Bahamas95.6% of total working-age population with basic education
2United Republic of Tanzania92.1% of total working-age population with basic education
3Solomon Islands92.0% of total working-age population with basic education
4Qatar91.6% of total working-age population with basic education
5Madagascar89.8% of total working-age population with basic education
By Region
Africa58.0% of total working-age population with basic education(8 countries)
Asia54.8% of total working-age population with basic education(23 countries)
South America53.3% of total working-age population with basic education(7 countries)
Other51.8% of total working-age population with basic education(105 countries)
North America51.6% of total working-age population with basic education(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (12.6% of total working-age population with basic education)High (95.6% of total working-age population with basic education)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 50.0% of total working-age population with basic education)
Africa (8)
Asia (23)
South America (7)
Other (105)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
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About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahamas | 95.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 92.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 92.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 4 | Qatar | 91.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 5 | Madagascar | 89.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 6 | Saint Lucia | 86.3% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 7 | Uganda | 81.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 8 | Nigeria | 81.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 9 | Cambodia | 80.3% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 10 | People's Republic of China | 79.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 11 | Burundi | 76.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 74.3% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 13 | Bolivia | 73.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 14 | Mozambique | 73.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 15 | Niger | 72.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 16 | Vietnam | 70.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 17 | Angola | 70.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 18 | Antigua and Barbuda | 70.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 19 | Thailand | 70.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 20 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 69.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 21 | Oman | 69.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 22 | Suriname | 69.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 23 | South Sudan | 68.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 67.3% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 25 | Botswana | 67.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 26 | Togo | 66.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 27 | Moldova, Republic of | 66.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 28 | Benin | 66.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 29 | Guatemala | 65.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 30 | Kenya | 65.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 31 | Iceland | 65.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 32 | Paraguay | 65.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 33 | Rwanda | 64.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 34 | Macao | 64.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 35 | Belize | 64.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 36 | Peru | 63.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 37 | Indonesia | 63.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 38 | Lesotho | 63.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 39 | Nauru | 63.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 40 | Malaysia | 63.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 41 | Venezuela | 63.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 42 | Bhutan | 62.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 43 | Zambia | 62.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 62.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 45 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 62.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 46 | Uruguay | 62.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 62.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 48 | Cape Verde | 62.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 60.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 50 | New Zealand | 59.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 51 | Cayman Islands | 59.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 52 | Guinea-Bissau | 59.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 53 | Philippines | 58.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 58.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 55 | Ghana | 58.3% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 56 | Pakistan | 58.3% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 57 | Ecuador | 58.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 58 | Burkina Faso | 58.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 57.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 60 | Mexico | 57.3% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 61 | Maldives | 57.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 62 | Cote d'Ivoire | 57.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 63 | United Kingdom | 56.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 64 | Albania | 56.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 65 | Jamaica | 56.3% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 66 | Honduras | 56.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 67 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 56.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 68 | India | 55.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 69 | Myanmar | 55.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 70 | San Marino | 55.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 71 | El Salvador | 55.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 72 | Haiti | 54.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 73 | Barbados | 54.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 74 | Panama | 54.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 75 | Norway | 53.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 76 | Malta | 53.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 77 | Singapore | 53.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 78 | Kiribati | 53.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 79 | Switzerland | 52.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 80 | Colombia | 51.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 81 | Guyana | 51.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 82 | Namibia | 50.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 83 | Tunisia | 50.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 84 | Netherlands | 50.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 85 | Brazil | 50.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 50.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 87 | Papua New Guinea | 49.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 88 | Czech Republic | 49.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 89 | Malawi | 49.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 90 | Afghanistan | 49.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 91 | Eswatini | 48.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 48.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 93 | Grenada | 48.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 94 | Chad | 48.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 95 | Lebanon | 48.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 96 | Denmark | 48.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 97 | Türkiye | 47.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 98 | Fiji | 46.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 99 | Republic of the Congo | 46.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 100 | South Africa | 46.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 101 | Vanuatu | 46.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 102 | Germany | 46.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 103 | Argentina | 46.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 104 | Republic of The Gambia | 45.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 105 | Spain | 45.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 106 | Samoa | 45.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 107 | Sierra Leone | 45.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 108 | Sweden | 45.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 109 | Liberia | 44.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 110 | State of Palestine | 44.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 111 | Nepal | 44.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 112 | Brunei Darussalam | 43.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 113 | South Korea | 43.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 114 | Tonga | 43.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 115 | Curaçao | 43.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 116 | Palau | 43.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 117 | United States of America | 42.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 118 | Jordan | 42.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 119 | Seychelles | 42.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 120 | Mongolia | 41.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 121 | Portugal | 41.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 122 | Marshall Islands | 41.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 123 | Cuba | 41.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 124 | Guinea | 41.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 125 | Australia | 41.3% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 126 | Chile | 41.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 127 | Mauritius | 40.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 128 | Canada | 40.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 129 | Estonia | 40.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 130 | Austria | 39.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 131 | Morocco | 39.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 132 | Sudan | 39.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 133 | Timor-Leste | 39.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 134 | Comoros | 39.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 135 | Poland | 38.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 136 | Tuvalu | 38.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 137 | New Caledonia | 38.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 37.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 139 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 37.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 141 | Yemen | 37.3% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 142 | Cyprus | 36.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 143 | Mauritania | 36.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 144 | Serbia | 36.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 145 | Cameroon | 36.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 146 | Hong Kong | 35.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 147 | Armenia | 35.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 148 | Mali | 35.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 149 | Egypt | 34.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 150 | Georgia | 33.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 151 | Hungary | 33.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 152 | Sao Tome and Principe | 32.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 153 | Ukraine | 32.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 154 | Senegal | 32.1% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 155 | Italy | 31.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 156 | Finland | 31.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 157 | Iraq | 31.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 158 | Latvia | 30.3% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 159 | Ireland | 29.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 160 | Belgium | 28.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 161 | Israel | 28.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 162 | France | 28.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 163 | Djibouti | 28.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 164 | Romania | 27.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 165 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 27.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 166 | Greece | 27.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 167 | Bulgaria | 27.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 168 | Kyrgyzstan | 26.8% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 169 | Montenegro | 26.7% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 170 | Somalia | 25.5% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 171 | Slovenia | 25.4% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 172 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 173 | Lithuania | 23.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 23.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 175 | Russian Federation | 23.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 176 | Monaco | 22.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 177 | Slovakia | 20.0% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 178 | Croatia | 15.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 179 | Puerto Rico | 15.2% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 180 | Belarus | 13.9% of total working-age population with basic education |
| 181 | Uzbekistan | 12.6% of total working-age population with basic education |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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