Labor force with basic education, female (% of female working-age population with basic education) - Country Ranking
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.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
Find indicator:
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 88.55 | 2013 |
| 2 | Madagascar | 87.11 | 2015 |
| 3 | St. Lucia | 81.58 | 2019 |
| 4 | Singapore | 80.14 | 2014 |
| 5 | San Marino | 72.77 | 2019 |
| 6 | Cameroon | 69.97 | 2014 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 69.47 | 2013 |
| 8 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 68.14 | 2012 |
| 9 | Benin | 68.08 | 2018 |
| 10 | Cambodia | 67.15 | 2019 |
| 11 | Tanzania | 64.14 | 2014 |
| 12 | Mozambique | 63.96 | 2015 |
| 13 | Kenya | 63.00 | 2019 |
| 14 | Vietnam | 62.55 | 2020 |
| 15 | Ghana | 61.11 | 2017 |
| 16 | Qatar | 60.21 | 2020 |
| 17 | Thailand | 60.10 | 2020 |
| 18 | Macao SAR, China | 59.30 | 2016 |
| 19 | Iceland | 57.28 | 2020 |
| 20 | Timor-Leste | 56.84 | 2016 |
| 21 | Nauru | 54.81 | 2013 |
| 22 | Peru | 54.58 | 2020 |
| 23 | Cabo Verde | 54.57 | 2019 |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 54.23 | 2017 |
| 25 | Uruguay | 53.28 | 2019 |
| 26 | New Zealand | 53.08 | 2020 |
| 27 | Botswana | 52.72 | 2020 |
| 28 | Cayman Islands | 52.29 | 2015 |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 51.76 | 2019 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 51.48 | 2018 |
| 31 | Bolivia | 51.43 | 2020 |
| 32 | Barbados | 50.15 | 2019 |
| 33 | Paraguay | 49.17 | 2017 |
| 34 | Nigeria | 49.03 | 2019 |
| 35 | Suriname | 48.98 | 2016 |
| 36 | Myanmar | 48.54 | 2019 |
| 37 | Ecuador | 48.33 | 2019 |
| 38 | Congo | 48.16 | 2009 |
| 39 | Kuwait | 47.99 | 2016 |
| 40 | Indonesia | 47.78 | 2020 |
| 41 | Belize | 47.60 | 2019 |
| 42 | Namibia | 47.17 | 2018 |
| 43 | Chad | 47.11 | 2018 |
| 44 | Rwanda | 47.10 | 2020 |
| 45 | Mauritius | 46.72 | 2020 |
| 46 | Vanuatu | 45.95 | 2019 |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 45.57 | 2014 |
| 48 | Philippines | 45.53 | 2016 |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 45.51 | 2010 |
| 50 | Eswatini | 45.22 | 2016 |
| 51 | Togo | 44.65 | 2017 |
| 52 | Jamaica | 44.52 | 2020 |
| 53 | Norway | 44.27 | 2020 |
| 54 | Bhutan | 43.88 | 2015 |
| 55 | Haiti | 43.45 | 2012 |
| 56 | Colombia | 43.20 | 2019 |
| 57 | Malaysia | 42.99 | 2020 |
| 58 | New Caledonia | 42.84 | 2014 |
| 58 | Venezuela | 42.84 | 2017 |
| 60 | Sierra Leone | 42.48 | 2018 |
| 61 | Australia | 42.38 | 2017 |
| 62 | Lesotho | 42.22 | 2019 |
| 63 | Switzerland | 42.13 | 2020 |
| 64 | Malawi | 41.87 | 2020 |
| 65 | Korea | 41.81 | 2020 |
| 66 | Honduras | 41.79 | 2019 |
| 67 | El Salvador | 41.72 | 2020 |
| 68 | Sweden | 41.50 | 2020 |
| 69 | Brunei | 41.09 | 2019 |
| 70 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.82 | 2018 |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 40.18 | 2020 |
| 72 | Lao PDR | 39.97 | 2017 |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 39.07 | 2020 |
| 74 | Portugal | 38.74 | 2020 |
| 75 | Bangladesh | 38.22 | 2017 |
| 76 | Guatemala | 37.14 | 2019 |
| 77 | Mongolia | 36.34 | 2020 |
| 78 | Senegal | 36.07 | 2019 |
| 79 | Mali | 35.97 | 2018 |
| 80 | South Africa | 35.88 | 2020 |
| 81 | Mexico | 35.80 | 2020 |
| 81 | Spain | 35.80 | 2020 |
| 83 | Oman | 35.60 | 2018 |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 35.15 | 2019 |
| 85 | Canada | 35.09 | 2021 |
| 86 | Netherlands | 34.26 | 2020 |
| 87 | Denmark | 33.24 | 2020 |
| 88 | Panama | 33.00 | 2021 |
| 89 | Guyana | 32.70 | 2019 |
| 90 | Luxembourg | 32.33 | 2020 |
| 91 | Germany | 31.99 | 2020 |
| 92 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 31.96 | 2020 |
| 93 | Guinea | 31.60 | 2019 |
| 94 | Burkina Faso | 31.30 | 2018 |
| 95 | Argentina | 31.25 | 2020 |
| 96 | Tonga | 30.85 | 2018 |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 30.53 | 2019 |
| 98 | Brazil | 30.23 | 2020 |
| 99 | Malta | 30.19 | 2020 |
| 100 | United States | 29.84 | 2021 |
| 101 | Austria | 29.79 | 2020 |
| 102 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.77 | 2016 |
| 103 | Tuvalu | 29.58 | 2016 |
| 104 | Latvia | 29.07 | 2020 |
| 105 | Estonia | 28.89 | 2020 |
| 106 | Fiji | 28.67 | 2016 |
| 107 | Burundi | 28.44 | 2014 |
| 108 | Angola | 28.35 | 2014 |
| 109 | Cyprus | 27.35 | 2020 |
| 110 | Chile | 27.13 | 2020 |
| 111 | Moldova | 26.88 | 2020 |
| 112 | Ukraine | 26.25 | 2020 |
| 113 | Nepal | 25.67 | 2017 |
| 114 | Turkey | 24.99 | 2020 |
| 115 | Mauritania | 24.86 | 2017 |
| 116 | Serbia | 24.50 | 2020 |
| 117 | Zambia | 23.97 | 2019 |
| 118 | Somalia | 23.66 | 2019 |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 22.02 | 2009 |
| 120 | The Gambia | 21.90 | 2018 |
| 121 | Romania | 21.83 | 2020 |
| 122 | India | 21.62 | 2020 |
| 123 | Comoros | 21.60 | 2014 |
| 124 | France | 21.31 | 2020 |
| 125 | Hungary | 21.02 | 2020 |
| 126 | Italy | 20.80 | 2020 |
| 127 | Tunisia | 20.79 | 2017 |
| 128 | Bulgaria | 19.74 | 2020 |
| 129 | Belgium | 19.49 | 2020 |
| 130 | Greece | 19.29 | 2020 |
| 131 | Saudi Arabia | 19.28 | 2020 |
| 132 | Seychelles | 19.21 | 2020 |
| 133 | Sudan | 19.02 | 2011 |
| 134 | Albania | 18.89 | 2019 |
| 135 | Uzbekistan | 18.83 | 2020 |
| 136 | Finland | 18.69 | 2020 |
| 137 | Morocco | 18.67 | 2012 |
| 138 | Palau | 18.33 | 2014 |
| 139 | Niger | 17.90 | 2017 |
| 140 | Ireland | 17.89 | 2020 |
| 141 | Lebanon | 17.82 | 2019 |
| 142 | Israel | 17.27 | 2020 |
| 143 | Liberia | 17.22 | 2017 |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 17.03 | 2020 |
| 145 | Samoa | 17.00 | 2017 |
| 146 | Czech Republic | 16.86 | 2020 |
| 147 | Cuba | 16.78 | 2010 |
| 148 | Montenegro | 16.64 | 2020 |
| 149 | Slovenia | 16.48 | 2020 |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 16.23 | 2020 |
| 151 | Djibouti | 15.82 | 2017 |
| 152 | Monaco | 15.49 | 2016 |
| 153 | Kiribati | 15.07 | 2019 |
| 154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.82 | 2020 |
| 155 | Russia | 14.65 | 2020 |
| 156 | Pakistan | 14.50 | 2019 |
| 157 | Armenia | 13.63 | 2020 |
| 158 | Slovak Republic | 13.60 | 2020 |
| 159 | Kyrgyz Republic | 12.86 | 2018 |
| 160 | Belarus | 12.50 | 2020 |
| 161 | Georgia | 12.20 | 2020 |
| 162 | Croatia | 11.61 | 2020 |
| 163 | Algeria | 11.51 | 2017 |
| 164 | Lithuania | 10.70 | 2020 |
| 165 | Uganda | 10.64 | 2017 |
| 166 | Poland | 10.31 | 2020 |
| 167 | Iran | 9.14 | 2020 |
| 168 | Jordan | 6.93 | 2020 |
| 169 | Iraq | 6.66 | 2012 |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | 4.95 | 2015 |
| 171 | Egypt | 4.65 | 2020 |
| 172 | Yemen | 3.50 | 2014 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
