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DEFINITION
Labor force with primary education is the proportion of the labor force that has a primary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
Labor Statistics > force with primary education > % of total (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Nicaragua :
84.9 %
1995 ...
#2
Thailand :
83.4 %
1988 ...
#3
Aruba :
80.7 %
1994 ...
#4
Bolivia :
73.9 %
2000 ...
#5
Portugal :
69.8 %
2001 ...
#6
Uganda :
69.6 %
1994 ...
#7
Sri Lanka :
67.5 %
2000 ...
#8
Kenya :
66.2 %
1986 ...
#9
Mauritius :
65.6 %
1995 ...
#10
Honduras :
63.5 %
1989 ...
#11
Paraguay :
63.5 %
1995 ...
#12
Botswana :
63.2 %
1996 ...
#13
Venezuela :
61.9 %
1990 ...
#14
Saint Lucia :
61.6 %
1999 ...
#15
Mexico :
60.6 %
2001 ...
#16
Costa Rica :
60.6 %
2001 ...
#17
Macau :
60.4 %
2001 ...
#18
Turkey :
60.1 %
1988 ...
#19
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
59.7 %
1991 ...
#20
Malaysia :
58.8 %
1988 ...
#21
San Marino :
54.7 %
1999 ...
#22
Rwanda :
54 %
1996 ...
#23
Bermuda :
52.8 %
1991 ...
#24
Spain :
52 %
2001 ...
#25
Qatar :
50.8 %
1997 ...
#26
Indonesia :
50.6 %
1998 ...
#27
Algeria :
50.2 %
1992 ...
#28
Georgia :
49 %
1999 ...
#29
Bahrain :
48.4 %
1991 ...
#30
Jordan :
48.3 %
1996 ...
#31
Italy :
46.7 %
2001 ...
#32
Kuwait :
46.2 %
1988 ...
#33
Panama :
45.4 %
2001 ...
#34
Morocco :
45.2 %
1996 ...
#35
Tunisia :
44.2 %
1997 ...
#36
United Arab Emirates :
44 %
1985 ...
#37
Hong Kong :
43.5 %
1990 ...
#38
Tanzania :
43.2 %
1991 ...
#39
Uruguay :
42.9 %
1990 ...
#40
El Salvador :
42 %
1996 ...
#41
Iceland :
42 %
2001 ...
#42
Greece :
41.2 %
2001 ...
#43
Syria :
38.6 %
1990 ...
#44
Dominican Republic :
38.3 %
2000 ...
#45
Trinidad and Tobago :
37.5 %
1998 ...
#46
Namibia :
37.2 %
1997 ...
#47
Australia :
35.5 %
2001 ...
#48
Oman :
35.2 %
1996 ...
#49
India :
35 %
1988 ...
#50
Luxembourg :
34.2 %
2001 ...
#51
Bahamas, The :
32.9 %
1988 ...
#52
Romania :
32.3 %
2001 ...
#53
Belgium :
31.7 %
2000 ...
#54
Ecuador :
31.7 %
2001 ...
#55
Chile :
31 %
1994 ...
#56
Ireland :
30.9 %
2001 ...
#57
Netherlands :
30.9 %
2001 ...
#58
Guinea :
27.5 %
1998 ...
#59
France :
26.9 %
2001 ...
#60
Cyprus :
26.2 %
2001 ...
#61
Finland :
24.7 %
2001 ...
#62
Colombia :
24.1 %
1998 ...
#63
Denmark :
22.6 %
2000 ...
#64
Puerto Rico :
22 %
1990 ...
#65
Bulgaria :
21.7 %
2001 ...
#66
Ghana :
21.3 %
1992 ...
#67
Slovenia :
21 %
2001 ...
#68
Nigeria :
20.9 %
1995 ...
#69
Ethiopia :
20.6 %
1999 ...
#70
Peru :
20.4 %
2001 ...
#71
Austria :
20.3 %
2001 ...
#72
Croatia :
20.1 %
2001 ...
#73
Pakistan :
19.9 %
1988 ...
#74
Singapore :
19.8 %
2001 ...
#75
Japan :
19.7 %
1997 ...
#76
Sweden :
18.5 %
2001 ...
#77
Hungary :
18.2 %
2001 ...
#78
Latvia :
17.6 %
2001 ...
#79
United Kingdom :
17.5 %
2001 ...
#80
Germany :
17.3 %
2001 ...
#81
Canada :
17.2 %
2001 ...
#82
United States :
17.1 %
1989 ...
#83
Brazil :
16.9 %
1999 ...
#84
Lithuania :
16.6 %
2001 ...
#85
Netherlands Antilles :
16.1 %
1995 ...
#86
Switzerland :
15.5 %
2001 ...
#87
Poland :
15.3 %
2001 ...
#88
Norway :
14.7 %
1998 ...
#89
Israel :
14.4 %
2001 ...
#90
Korea, South :
14.2 %
2001 ...
#91
Russia :
12.1 %
1998 ...
#92
Estonia :
11.5 %
2001 ...
#93
Czech Republic :
10.2 %
2001 ...
#94
Slovakia :
8.9 %
2001 ...
#95
New Zealand :
0.6 %
2001 ...
Weighted average:
37.6 %
DEFINITION: Labor force with primary education is the proportion of the labor force that has a primary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
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