Egypt vs India: Share of population with no formal education
Egypt
20.8%
in 2020
India
20.6%
in 2020
Egypt rank
18th
India rank
19th
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Egypt
- India
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 20.8% against 20.6% in India, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was India ahead.
Egypt ranks 18th and India ranks 19th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 11 and India in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 99.5% | 99.5% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 99.2% | 99.1% | 0.2% | Egypt |
| 1890s | 98.7% | 97.8% | 0.8% | Egypt |
| 1900s | 97.7% | 95.4% | 2.2% | Egypt |
| 1910s | 95.8% | 90.9% | 4.9% | Egypt |
| 1920s | 93.9% | 84.8% | 9.2% | Egypt |
| 1930s | 94.7% | 80.2% | 14.5% | Egypt |
| 1940s | 94.5% | 76.6% | 17.9% | Egypt |
| 1950s | 91.8% | 73.7% | 18.1% | Egypt |
| 1960s | 86.8% | 70.8% | 16.0% | Egypt |
| 1970s | 78.9% | 65.2% | 13.7% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 60.2% | 60.9% | 0.7% | India |
| 1990s | 45.9% | 48.0% | 2.1% | India |
| 2000s | 34.2% | 38.4% | 4.1% | India |
| 2010s | 26.1% | 27.5% | 1.4% | India |
| 2020s | 20.8% | 20.6% | 0.2% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Egypt or India?
- Egypt, at 20.8% against 20.6% in India as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Egypt and India?
- 0.2%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and India?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Egypt and India rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Egypt ranks 18th and India ranks 19th 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.