Share of People With Basic Education in the Labor Force
This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.
- Liberia was up 2.3points of Share of People With Basic Education in the Labor Force in 2019, compared to the previous year.
- Since 2014 Liberia Share of People With Basic Education in the Labor Force rose 1.6points year on year to 91.25 Percent of Working-Age Population with Basic Education.
- In 2019 Malaysia was number 8 in Share of People With Basic Education in the Labor Force.
- In 2015 Madagascar was number 2 in Share of People With Basic Education in the Labor Force attaining 89.78 Percent of Working-Age Population with Basic Education, jumping from 94 in 2014.
Top Countries in Share of People With Basic Education in the Labor Force
| # | 112 Countries | Percent of Working-Age Population with Basic Education | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
Liberia
|
91.25 % | 2019 | +2.3 % | +1.6 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Madagascar
|
89.78 % | 2015 | NA | -1.9 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
United Arab Emirates
|
80.82 % | 2018 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Cambodia
|
80.16 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Kenya
|
79.06 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Cameroon
|
75.24 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Peru
|
74.08 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 8 |
#8
Malaysia
|
69.97 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 9 |
#9
Thailand
|
69.29 % | 2019 | -0.9 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 10 |
#10
Iceland
|
68.86 % | 2019 | -2.7 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Vietnam
|
68.30 % | 2020 | -2.9 % | -3.1 % | View data |
| 12 |
#12
Tanzania
|
68.00 % | 2014 | -13.9 % | NA | View data |
| 13 |
#13
Ivory Coast
|
66.35 % | 2017 | +28.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Paraguay
|
65.02 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 15 |
#15
East Timor
|
64.09 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Bolivia
|
63.72 % | 2019 | -5.9 % | -0.7 % | View data |
| 17 |
#17
Myanmar
|
63.65 % | 2019 | -3.8 % | -0.9 % | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Indonesia
|
63.17 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 19 |
#19
Philippines
|
63.08 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Nicaragua
|
62.60 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Honduras
|
62.50 % | 2019 | -4.5 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Cape Verde
|
62.10 % | 2019 | +2.9 % | -2.4 % | View data |
| 23 |
#23
Bangladesh
|
61.44 % | 2017 | +6.8 % | NA | View data |
| 24 |
#24
Ecuador
|
61.37 % | 2019 | -1.1 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 25 |
#25
Guatemala
|
61.35 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Ghana
|
60.90 % | 2019 | -1.8 % | NA | View data |
| 27 |
#27
United Kingdom
|
60.49 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Colombia
|
59.99 % | 2019 | -2.4 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 29 |
#29
El Salvador
|
59.88 % | 2019 | +2.7 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Dominican Republic
|
59.81 % | 2019 | +1.6 % | +1.7 % | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Uruguay
|
59.42 % | 2019 | -5.0 % | -1.8 % | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Costa Rica
|
59.40 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 33 |
#33
Mexico
|
57.55 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Cayman Islands
|
57.32 % | 2019 | -0.8 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Panama
|
56.99 % | 2019 | +2.1 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Belize
|
56.74 % | 2019 | -0.6 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Brunei
|
55.52 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -1.2 % | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Malawi
|
53.72 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Sri Lanka
|
52.75 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 40 |
#40
Mauritius
|
52.43 % | 2019 | -1.9 % | -1.4 % | View data |
| 41 |
#41
Rwanda
|
52.29 % | 2019 | -1.7 % | -7.0 % | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Pakistan
|
52.02 % | 2018 | NA | -0.3 % | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Fiji
|
52.00 % | 2016 | NA | -3.0 % | View data |
| 44 |
#44
Namibia
|
51.43 % | 2019 | +1.6 % | -3.4 % | View data |
| 45 |
#45
Switzerland
|
51.36 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 46 |
#46
Tunisia
|
50.78 % | 2019 | -0.5 % | NA | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Uganda
|
50.42 % | 2017 | NA | -5.6 % | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Palau
|
50.12 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 49 |
#49
Turkey
|
50.10 % | 2019 | -1.9 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Norway
|
50.01 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Togo
|
49.99 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Sweden
|
49.82 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +1.1 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
India
|
49.22 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | NA | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Portugal
|
48.80 % | 2019 | -2.3 % | -1.8 % | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Argentina
|
48.75 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Mali
|
48.57 % | 2019 | -3.4 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Saudi Arabia
|
48.43 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 58 |
#58
South Africa
|
47.38 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Spain
|
47.37 % | 2019 | -1.8 % | -1.5 % | View data |
| 60 |
#60
South Korea
|
47.35 % | 2020 | -0.9 % | -1.0 % | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Brazil
|
47.30 % | 2019 | -1.2 % | -7.2 % | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Mongolia
|
46.92 % | 2019 | -3.7 % | -1.2 % | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Chile
|
46.84 % | 2019 | -1.7 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 64 |
#64
Malta
|
46.22 % | 2019 | +5.0 % | +1.8 % | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Netherlands
|
44.24 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Senegal
|
43.92 % | 2017 | -6.8 % | NA | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Nepal
|
42.46 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Denmark
|
42.31 % | 2019 | +1.4 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Laos
|
42.27 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Trinidad and Tobago
|
41.93 % | 2019 | -1.1 % | -2.3 % | View data |
| 71 |
#71
Canada
|
41.39 % | 2020 | -5.5 % | -1.6 % | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Estonia
|
41.32 % | 2019 | -8.1 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 73 |
#73
United States
|
41.02 % | 2020 | -2.8 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 74 |
#74
Palestine
|
40.89 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Germany
|
40.26 % | 2019 | +2.4 % | +1.6 % | View data |
| 76 |
#76
Latvia
|
38.42 % | 2019 | +2.0 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 77 |
#77
Luxembourg
|
37.75 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Cyprus
|
37.29 % | 2019 | +3.2 % | -2.1 % | View data |
| 79 |
#79
Yemen
|
37.27 % | 2014 | NA | +6.2 % | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Austria
|
36.80 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Georgia
|
35.26 % | 2019 | -2.7 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Samoa
|
35.26 % | 2017 | NA | +7.0 % | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Ukraine
|
34.33 % | 2019 | -17.9 % | +10.1 % | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Italy
|
33.97 % | 2019 | -1.0 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Serbia
|
33.89 % | 2019 | +3.0 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Moldova
|
33.55 % | 2019 | +43.4 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Macedonia
|
32.72 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | -2.5 % | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Israel
|
32.33 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Romania
|
32.09 % | 2019 | +2.5 % | -2.5 % | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Armenia
|
31.98 % | 2019 | -5.8 % | -1.1 % | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Ireland
|
30.46 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | -1.6 % | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Comoros
|
30.42 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 93 |
#93
Niger
|
30.26 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 94 |
#94
Greece
|
29.51 % | 2019 | -7.2 % | -3.7 % | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Bulgaria
|
29.47 % | 2019 | +9.0 % | +2.1 % | View data |
| 96 |
#96
France
|
28.56 % | 2019 | -3.1 % | -2.1 % | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Hungary
|
28.14 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +3.2 % | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Belgium
|
27.89 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | -1.8 % | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Egypt
|
26.97 % | 2019 | -1.7 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 100 |
#100
Finland
|
26.93 % | 2019 | -1.8 % | -1.0 % | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Montenegro
|
25.42 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | +6.1 % | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Slovenia
|
24.68 % | 2019 | -8.6 % | -4.6 % | View data |
| 103 |
#103
Albania
|
23.95 % | 2019 | -1.4 % | -12.6 % | View data |
| 104 |
#104
Seychelles
|
23.37 % | 2019 | -4.0 % | -9.7 % | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Czech Republic
|
22.48 % | 2019 | +6.9 % | +1.6 % | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
22.01 % | 2019 | +4.1 % | -2.8 % | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Slovakia
|
21.88 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +1.1 % | View data |
| 108 |
#108
Russia
|
21.81 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | -4.8 % | View data |
| 109 |
#109
Lithuania
|
18.05 % | 2019 | +4.0 % | +2.0 % | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Poland
|
17.74 % | 2019 | +3.3 % | -1.5 % | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Croatia
|
17.48 % | 2019 | -0.5 % | -4.9 % | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Kosovo
|
14.90 % | 2019 | NA | -4.3 % | View data |
Source: World Bank