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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth education profiles — Population with at least 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
165
Highest
100 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Lowest
78.82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
Jamaica
Median
81.23 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 at least secondary education (accelerated scenario) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 100 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; the lowest is 78.82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years in Jamaica.

The median across all reporting countries is 81.23 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years, and the mean is 81.67 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 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 100 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 0.0% rising
2 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 99.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.3% volatile
3 Yemen, Republic of 99.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.0% volatile
4 South Sudan, Republic of 99.42 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.7% rising
5 United Arab Emirates 83.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.8% rising
6 Resource-rich countries 83.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.1% rising
7 Japan 83.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.7% rising
8 Russian Federation 83.14 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.2% flat
9 Qatar 83.14 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.4% rising
10 Kazakhstan, Republic of 83.1 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.9% falling
11 Belarus, Republic of 83.04 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.8% falling
12 Sierra Leone 82.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.2% volatile
13 Kuwait 82.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.7% rising
14 Mozambique, Republic of 82.69 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.7% volatile
15 Georgia 82.69 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.8% flat
16 Czechia 82.56 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.2% rising
17 Ukraine 82.56 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.0% rising
18 Azerbaijan, Republic of 82.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.4% rising
19 Côte d’Ivoire 82.52 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.8% volatile
20 Maldives 82.48 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.9% volatile
21 Central African Republic 82.41 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.6% volatile
22 Gabon 82.32 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 17.2% volatile
23 Ireland 82.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.6% rising
24 Bahrain, Kingdom of 82.22 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.6% rising
25 Eritrea, The State of 82.16 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 18.7% rising
26 Oman 82.14 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 16.4% rising
27 Haiti 82.11 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.9% volatile
28 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 82.1 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.2% volatile
29 Iran, Islamic Republic of 82.1 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.1% rising
30 Spain 82.09 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.2% rising
31 Armenia, Republic of 82.05 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.5% rising
32 Gambia, The 82.05 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 19.1% volatile
33 Togo 82.01 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.1% volatile
34 Seychelles 82.01 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.4% rising
35 Tajikistan, Republic of 82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.3% rising
36 Burundi 81.99 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 26.5% volatile
37 Angola 81.97 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 24.2% volatile
38 Guinea-Bissau 81.93 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 19.0% volatile
39 Vanuatu 81.92 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 16.4% volatile
40 Greece 81.91 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.5% rising
41 Congo, Republic of 81.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 18.3% volatile
42 Barbados 81.88 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.9% rising
43 Samoa 81.86 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.2% rising
44 Trinidad and Tobago 81.82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.7% rising
45 China (People’s Republic of) 81.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.3% rising
46 Tunisia 81.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.1% rising
47 Guinea 81.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.0% volatile
48 Kyrgyz Republic 81.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.7% rising
49 Italy 81.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.4% rising
50 Turkmenistan 81.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.0% flat
51 Cameroon 81.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 17.5% volatile
52 Mongolia 81.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.2% rising
53 Australia 81.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.3% falling
54 East African Community 81.72 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 17.6% volatile
55 Hungary 81.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.0% rising
56 Solomon Islands 81.66 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.7% volatile
57 Senegal 81.66 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.2% volatile
58 Lao People's Democratic Republic 81.64 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.5% volatile
59 Burkina Faso 81.61 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.8% volatile
60 Papua New Guinea 81.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.4% rising
61 Myanmar 81.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.7% volatile
62 Tonga 81.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.8% rising
63 World outside Africa 81.52 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.1% rising
64 Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 81.51 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.4% rising
65 Tanzania, United Republic of 81.51 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.1% volatile
66 Morocco 81.51 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.0% volatile
67 Namibia 81.5 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.0% rising
68 Ghana 81.46 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.5% volatile
69 Saudi Arabia 81.43 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.7% rising
70 Liberia 81.42 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.8% volatile
71 Algeria 81.41 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.2% rising
72 Iraq 81.4 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.8% volatile
73 Singapore 81.39 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 0.6% flat
74 Uzbekistan, Republic of 81.38 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.5% flat
75 Djibouti 81.35 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.5% rising
76 Mali 81.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.5% volatile
77 Uruguay 81.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.0% rising
78 Benin 81.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.4% volatile
79 Costa Rica 81.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.4% rising
80 Cuba 81.29 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.6% rising
81 Chad 81.25 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.7% volatile
82 Honduras 81.24 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.9% volatile
83 Guatemala 81.23 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.0% volatile
84 Cambodia 81.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 17.2% volatile
85 Niger 81.18 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.8% volatile
86 Somalia 81.17 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.4% volatile
87 Comoros, Union of the 81.17 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.9% volatile
88 Brazil 81.14 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.9% rising
89 Africa, fragile states 81.13 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 18.0% volatile
90 Pakistan 81.13 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.5% rising
91 Zimbabwe 81.12 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.7% rising
92 Austria 81.12 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.8% rising
93 Belgium 81.11 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.8% rising
94 Portugal 81.08 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.2% rising
95 France 81.08 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.8% rising
96 Bahamas, The 81.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.5% falling
97 Libya 81.01 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.6% rising
98 OECD 80.98 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.9% rising
99 Rwanda 80.94 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 18.4% volatile
100 Bhutan 80.94 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.2% volatile
101 Canada 80.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.6% rising
102 Jordan 80.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.5% rising
103 Bulgaria 80.89 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.4% rising
104 Nicaragua 80.89 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.4% rising
105 Luxembourg 80.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.0% rising
106 Brunei Darussalam 80.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.2% rising
107 Germany 80.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.9% rising
108 Romania 80.84 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.5% rising
109 Paraguay 80.83 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.0% rising
110 New Zealand 80.82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.0% falling
111 Thailand 80.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.6% rising
112 Montenegro 80.79 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.1% rising
113 Indonesia 80.79 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.5% rising
114 Serbia, Republic of 80.79 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.9% rising
115 United Kingdom 80.78 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.1% rising
116 Switzerland 80.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.4% rising
117 Mexico 80.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.0% rising
118 Finland 80.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.9% rising
119 Suriname 80.72 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.8% rising
120 Egypt, Arab Republic of 80.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.1% rising
121 Belize 80.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.5% rising
122 Argentina 80.62 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.3% rising
123 India 80.61 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.5% rising
124 Botswana 80.58 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.3% rising
125 Bolivia 80.58 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.8% rising
126 Ecuador 80.5 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.9% rising
127 Uganda 80.49 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.1% volatile
128 Lebanon 80.49 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.3% rising
129 Bangladesh 80.47 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.2% volatile
130 Panama 80.46 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.4% rising
131 Chile 80.42 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.7% rising
132 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 80.38 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.8% rising
133 Kenya 80.38 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.6% volatile
134 Iceland 80.35 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.8% rising
135 Sri Lanka 80.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.5% rising
136 Colombia 80.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.4% rising
137 Nepal 80.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.6% rising
138 United States 80.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.6% rising
139 Kiribati 80.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.0% rising
140 Norway 80.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.6% rising
141 North Macedonia, Republic of 80.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.6% rising
142 Peru 80.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.1% rising
143 South Africa 80.29 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.4% rising
144 Dominican Republic 80.28 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.9% rising
145 Malawi 80.26 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.8% volatile
146 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 80.24 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.3% rising
147 El Salvador 80.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.7% volatile
148 Zambia 80.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.2% volatile
149 Malta 80.13 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.1% rising
150 Sudan 80.12 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.3% volatile
151 Cyprus 80.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.8% rising
152 Israel 80.04 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.1% rising
153 Sweden 80.01 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.9% rising
154 Grenada 80 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.9% rising
155 Albania 79.95 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.3% rising
156 Philippines 79.93 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.2% rising
157 Guyana 79.88 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.3% rising
158 Nigeria 79.72 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.8% rising
159 Antigua and Barbuda 79.52 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.4% rising
160 Mauritius 79.35 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.2% rising
161 Denmark 79.29 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.1% rising
162 Bosnia and Herzegovina 79.27 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.6% rising
163 St. Lucia 79.23 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.3% rising
164 Malaysia 78.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.3% rising
165 Jamaica 78.82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.0% rising

Regions and income groups

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

  • Least Developed Countries 82.92 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Ethiopia 82.85 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Slovenia 82.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Mauritania 82.4 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Madagascar 82.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Equatorial Guinea 82.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Poland 82.03 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Slovak Republic 81.89 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Estonia 81.88 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Korea 81.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Croatia 81.65 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Latvia 81.34 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years

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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth education profiles — Population with at least secondary education (accelerated scenario)
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Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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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. <br><br> 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.