Argentina vs Canada: Share of population with no formal education
Argentina
0.5%
in 2020
Canada
0.4%
in 2020
Argentina rank
95th
Canada rank
97th
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Argentina
- Canada
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Canada, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Argentina's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Argentina ahead.
Argentina ranks 95th and Canada ranks 97th of 111 countries.
Argentina has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 89.8% | 28.5% | 61.2% | Argentina |
| 1880s | 85.9% | 23.8% | 62.1% | Argentina |
| 1890s | 83.0% | 19.8% | 63.2% | Argentina |
| 1900s | 74.3% | 14.9% | 59.3% | Argentina |
| 1910s | 57.8% | 12.4% | 45.3% | Argentina |
| 1920s | 40.5% | 8.0% | 32.5% | Argentina |
| 1930s | 27.6% | 4.5% | 23.1% | Argentina |
| 1940s | 18.5% | 2.5% | 16.0% | Argentina |
| 1950s | 12.6% | 1.5% | 11.1% | Argentina |
| 1960s | 8.9% | 1.0% | 7.9% | Argentina |
| 1970s | 5.2% | 0.8% | 4.5% | Argentina |
| 1980s | 4.0% | 0.8% | 3.2% | Argentina |
| 1990s | 3.5% | 0.6% | 3.0% | Argentina |
| 2000s | 1.8% | 0.5% | 1.2% | Argentina |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Argentina |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Argentina |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Argentina or Canada?
- Argentina, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Canada as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Argentina and Canada?
- 0.1%, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Canada?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Argentina and Canada rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Argentina ranks 95th and Canada ranks 97th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with no formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of adults aged between 15 and 64 years old with no formal education.