Poland vs Uruguay: Share of population with no formal education
Poland
0.2%
in 2020
Uruguay
0.3%
in 2020
Poland rank
104th
Uruguay rank
101st
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Poland
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.3% against 0.2% in Poland, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.5 times Poland's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
Poland ranks 104th and Uruguay ranks 101st of 111 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Poland | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 70.0% | 90.8% | 20.8% | Uruguay |
| 1880s | 65.6% | 86.3% | 20.8% | Uruguay |
| 1890s | 60.8% | 80.9% | 20.1% | Uruguay |
| 1900s | 54.4% | 76.5% | 22.1% | Uruguay |
| 1910s | 45.4% | 63.1% | 17.7% | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 38.0% | 47.2% | 9.3% | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 27.1% | 34.0% | 6.9% | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 13.0% | 23.7% | 10.7% | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 7.8% | 14.2% | 6.5% | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 3.8% | 9.2% | 5.4% | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 1.4% | 6.0% | 4.7% | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 3.8% | 3.2% | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 3.0% | 2.2% | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.5% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Poland or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.3% against 0.2% in Poland as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Poland and Uruguay?
- 0.1%, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Uruguay?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Poland and Uruguay rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Poland ranks 104th and Uruguay ranks 101st 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.