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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth education profiles — Population with primary but not secondary education (accelerated scenario) by country

The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual...

Countries reporting
182
Highest
21.18 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
Jamaica
Lowest
0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
North Korea
Median
18.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
Years covered
41
2000–2040
Data points
7,228

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth education profiles — Population with primary but not secondary education (accelerated scenario) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 21.18 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years in Jamaica; the lowest is 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years in North Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years, and the mean is 18.34 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years.

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jamaica 21.18 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 17.4% falling
1 Timor-Leste 21.1 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 19.1% falling
1 Fiji 19.83 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 22.9% falling
2 Malaysia 21.04 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 10.3% falling
2 Micronesia 20.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 17.3% falling
3 Saint Lucia 20.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 10.8% falling
3 Lithuania 19.95 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 16.7% falling
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 8.8% falling
5 Denmark 20.69 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 3.7% falling
5 Netherlands 19.38 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 7.5% falling
5 Cabo Verde 19.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 31.7% falling
6 Mauritius 20.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 7.4% falling
6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 19.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 36.4% falling
6 Eswatini 19.06 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 29.0% falling
7 Antigua and Barbuda 20.48 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 14.0% falling
7 Moldova 18.93 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 19.7% falling
8 Guyana 20.12 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 18.9% falling
9 Nigeria 20.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 24.0% falling
10 Albania 20.05 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 21.3% falling
11 Grenada 20 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 22.6% falling
12 Israel 19.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 22.6% falling
13 Cyprus 19.93 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 9.4% falling
13 Türkiye 18.95 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 25.1% falling
14 Philippines 19.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 17.1% falling
14 Lesotho 18.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 35.7% falling
15 Sweden 19.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 15.5% falling
16 Malta 19.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 21.0% falling
17 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19.76 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 21.7% falling
18 Zambia 19.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 31.0% falling
18 Croatia 18.35 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 11.1% falling
19 El Salvador 19.72 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 21.3% falling
20 South Africa 19.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 23.2% falling
21 Malawi 19.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 32.5% falling
21 Equatorial Guinea 17.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 45.0% falling
22 North Macedonia 19.69 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 17.6% falling
22 Madagascar 17.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 42.4% flat
23 Kiribati 19.68 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 26.6% falling
23 Latvia 18.62 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 19.4% falling
24 Dominican Republic 19.68 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 21.0% falling
24 Mauritania 17.44 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 39.8% falling
25 Norway 19.67 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 12.0% falling
26 Sudan 19.65 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 23.3% rising
26 Ethiopia 16.88 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 35.7% rising
27 Iceland 19.65 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 18.4% falling
27 Viet Nam 18.56 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 35.8% falling
28 Peru 19.64 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 17.5% falling
29 Colombia 19.64 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 17.3% falling
30 Sri Lanka 19.63 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 18.6% falling
31 Kenya 19.62 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 28.9% falling
31 Syrian Arab Republic 18.25 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 25.4% falling
32 United States 19.62 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 8.5% falling
33 Venezuela 19.62 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 19.7% falling
34 Nepal 19.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 13.7% falling
34 Estonia 18.12 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 19.9% falling
35 Chile 19.58 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 15.3% falling
36 Lebanon 19.51 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 21.5% falling
36 Poland 17.97 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 12.7% falling
37 Panama 19.5 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 23.0% falling
38 Ecuador 19.48 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 23.8% falling
39 Uganda 19.48 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 37.8% falling
40 Bangladesh 19.46 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 24.7% falling
41 Botswana 19.42 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 27.8% falling
41 Slovenia 17.47 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 23.5% falling
42 Bolivia 19.38 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 21.7% falling
43 Argentina 19.36 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 21.1% falling
44 Suriname 19.28 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 28.9% falling
45 Finland 19.27 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 10.4% falling
46 Mexico 19.27 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 27.2% falling
47 India 19.25 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 19.5% falling
48 United Kingdom 19.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 19.2% falling
49 Serbia 19.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 7.2% falling
50 Indonesia 19.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 26.6% falling
51 Montenegro 19.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 10.9% falling
52 Belize 19.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 23.1% falling
53 Thailand 19.18 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 16.7% falling
54 Paraguay 19.15 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 26.1% falling
55 Switzerland 19.14 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 16.7% falling
56 Brunei Darussalam 19.13 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 25.9% falling
57 Luxembourg 19.13 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 15.7% falling
58 Romania 19.11 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 14.7% falling
59 Canada 19.09 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 12.1% falling
60 Germany 19.05 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 13.0% falling
61 Egypt 19.05 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 26.8% falling
62 New Zealand 19.04 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 13.0% rising
63 Nicaragua 19.03 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 24.8% falling
64 Jordan 18.99 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 25.8% falling
65 OECD 18.99 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 16.1% falling
66 Bahamas 18.98 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 12.0% rising
67 Bhutan 18.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 30.3% falling
68 Portugal 18.91 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 17.1% falling
69 Rwanda 18.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 31.0% flat
70 Libya 18.89 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 27.1% falling
71 Belgium 18.89 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 16.2% falling
72 Austria 18.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 15.9% falling
73 Bulgaria 18.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 16.5% falling
74 Zimbabwe 18.86 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 28.4% falling
75 France 18.85 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 12.8% falling
76 Brazil 18.83 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 22.1% falling
77 Cambodia 18.79 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 37.2% falling
78 Comoros 18.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 31.2% falling
79 Honduras 18.72 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 29.2% falling
80 Cuba 18.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 23.5% falling
81 Uruguay 18.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 28.3% falling
82 Guatemala 18.69 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 29.9% falling
83 Costa Rica 18.68 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 25.8% falling
84 Niger 18.68 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 39.7% rising
85 Pakistan 18.67 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 29.0% falling
86 Somalia 18.67 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 36.8% rising
87 Chad 18.64 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 37.1% rising
88 Uzbekistan 18.62 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 18.5% flat
89 Singapore 18.6 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 1.5% rising
90 Algeria 18.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 35.1% falling
91 Iraq 18.57 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 35.7% falling
92 Saudi Arabia 18.57 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 27.4% falling
93 Benin 18.52 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 33.5% falling
94 Ghana 18.5 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 35.5% falling
95 Tanzania 18.49 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 45.0% falling
96 Namibia 18.48 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 35.1% falling
97 Tonga 18.47 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 31.7% falling
98 Liberia 18.44 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 31.7% falling
99 Morocco 18.44 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 32.5% falling
100 Myanmar 18.41 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 29.7% falling
101 Papua New Guinea 18.41 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 35.6% falling
102 Djibouti 18.4 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 27.2% falling
103 Mali 18.39 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 34.1% rising
104 Solomon Islands 18.34 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 36.2% falling
105 Laos 18.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 31.5% falling
106 Hungary 18.27 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 11.1% falling
107 Australia 18.26 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 11.9% rising
108 Burkina Faso 18.26 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 39.6% rising
109 Cameroon 18.26 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 39.1% falling
110 Turkmenistan 18.26 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 24.8% falling
111 Mongolia 18.24 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 34.1% falling
112 Italy 18.23 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 15.8% falling
113 Kyrgyzstan 18.23 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 30.3% falling
114 Tunisia 18.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 37.0% falling
115 China 18.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 32.9% falling
116 Senegal 18.19 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 38.1% falling
117 Trinidad and Tobago 18.18 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 26.4% falling
118 Samoa 18.14 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 32.9% falling
119 Barbados 18.12 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 22.5% falling
120 Congo 18.1 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 40.9% falling
121 Vanuatu 18.08 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 37.2% falling
122 Greece 18.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 12.3% falling
123 Tajikistan 18 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 23.7% falling
124 Seychelles 17.99 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 33.5% falling
125 Burundi 17.97 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 45.7% flat
126 Angola 17.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 41.9% flat
127 Armenia 17.95 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 21.6% falling
128 Guinea-Bissau 17.92 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 35.6% falling
129 Spain 17.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 20.7% falling
130 Iran 17.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 32.6% falling
131 Guinea 17.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 34.2% flat
132 Sao Tome and Principe 17.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 45.1% falling
133 Togo 17.89 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 40.7% falling
134 Oman 17.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 37.7% falling
135 Gambia 17.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 36.6% flat
136 Haiti 17.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 31.3% falling
137 Bahrain 17.72 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 32.4% falling
138 Gabon 17.68 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 40.2% falling
139 Eritrea 17.61 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 34.3% falling
140 Central African Republic 17.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 46.4% falling
141 Ireland 17.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 21.8% falling
142 Maldives 17.52 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 45.3% falling
143 Azerbaijan 17.46 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 30.7% falling
144 Czechia 17.44 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 18.4% falling
145 Ukraine 17.44 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 20.9% falling
146 Georgia 17.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 29.7% flat
147 Côte d’Ivoire 17.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 39.8% falling
148 Mozambique 17.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 42.3% rising
149 Kuwait 17.04 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 38.1% falling
150 Sierra Leone 16.98 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 38.2% rising
151 Belarus 16.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 26.0% rising
152 Kazakhstan 16.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 35.8% rising
153 Russia 16.86 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 29.2% rising
154 Qatar 16.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 32.5% falling
155 Japan 16.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 15.2% falling
156 United Arab Emirates 15.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 35.6% falling
157 Afghanistan 0.0937 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 92.1% volatile
158 South Sudan 0.0903 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 76.1% volatile
159 Yemen 0.0352 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 80.5% volatile
160 North Korea 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth education profiles — Population with primary but not secondary education (accelerated scenario)
Unit
Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
235 places, 7,228 data points, 2000–2040
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The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 38 shows the projected youth population in 2040 with different education levels, according to the medium and accelerated scenario as calculated by the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital in 2018.