Egypt vs Togo: Share of population with no formal education
Egypt
20.8%
in 2020
Togo
22.0%
in 2020
Egypt rank
18th
Togo rank
16th
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Egypt
- Togo
How they compare
Togo currently reports 22.0% against 20.8% in Egypt, a difference of 1.2%.
That makes Togo's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Togo ahead.
Egypt ranks 18th and Togo ranks 16th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 5 and Togo in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 99.5% | 99.8% | 0.2% | Togo |
| 1880s | 99.2% | 99.7% | 0.4% | Togo |
| 1890s | 98.7% | 99.4% | 0.8% | Togo |
| 1900s | 97.7% | 98.9% | 1.3% | Togo |
| 1910s | 95.8% | 97.8% | 2.0% | Togo |
| 1920s | 93.9% | 97.0% | 3.1% | Togo |
| 1930s | 94.7% | 93.9% | 0.8% | Egypt |
| 1940s | 94.5% | 92.9% | 1.6% | Egypt |
| 1950s | 91.8% | 91.1% | 0.8% | Egypt |
| 1960s | 86.8% | 87.5% | 0.6% | Togo |
| 1970s | 78.9% | 77.0% | 1.9% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 60.2% | 58.7% | 1.5% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 45.9% | 45.9% | 0.0% | Togo |
| 2000s | 34.2% | 40.3% | 6.1% | Togo |
| 2010s | 26.1% | 31.3% | 5.2% | Togo |
| 2020s | 20.8% | 22.0% | 1.2% | Togo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Egypt or Togo?
- Togo, at 22.0% against 20.8% in Egypt as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Egypt and Togo?
- 1.2%, with Togo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Togo?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Egypt and Togo rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Egypt ranks 18th and Togo ranks 16th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) β 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.