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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
182
Highest
100 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
North Korea
Lowest
78.82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
Jamaica
Median
81.21 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 182 countries. The highest value is 100 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years in North Korea; the lowest is 78.82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years in Jamaica.

The median across all reporting countries is 81.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years, and the mean is 81.6 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years.

Africa's Development: Projected youth education … least accelerated: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 North Korea 100 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 0.0% rising
2 Afghanistan 99.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.3% volatile
3 Yemen 99.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.0% volatile
3 Ethiopia 82.85 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.1% volatile
4 South Sudan 99.42 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.7% rising
4 Mauritania 82.4 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.7% rising
5 United Arab Emirates 83.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.8% rising
6 Japan 83.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.7% rising
6 Madagascar 82.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.6% volatile
7 Russia 83.14 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.2% flat
7 Equatorial Guinea 82.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.8% volatile
8 Qatar 83.14 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.4% rising
8 Slovenia 82.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.1% rising
9 Kazakhstan 83.1 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.9% falling
10 Belarus 83.04 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.8% falling
10 Croatia 81.65 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.0% rising
11 Sierra Leone 82.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.2% volatile
12 Kuwait 82.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.7% rising
12 Poland 82.03 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.3% rising
13 Mozambique 82.69 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.7% volatile
13 Lesotho 81.26 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 16.5% volatile
14 Georgia 82.69 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.8% flat
14 Estonia 81.88 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.0% rising
15 Czechia 82.56 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.2% rising
16 Ukraine 82.56 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.0% rising
17 Azerbaijan 82.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.4% rising
17 Syrian Arab Republic 81.67 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.5% volatile
18 Côte d’Ivoire 82.52 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.8% volatile
19 Maldives 82.48 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.9% volatile
20 Central African Republic 82.41 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.6% volatile
21 Gabon 82.32 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 17.2% volatile
21 Viet Nam 81.44 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.0% rising
21 Moldova 81.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.1% rising
22 Ireland 82.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.6% rising
22 Eswatini 80.92 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.3% volatile
23 Bahrain 82.22 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.6% rising
23 Cabo Verde 80.85 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.4% volatile
24 Eritrea 82.16 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 18.7% rising
24 Latvia 81.34 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.2% rising
25 Oman 82.14 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 16.4% rising
26 Haiti 82.11 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.9% volatile
27 Sao Tome and Principe 82.1 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.2% volatile
27 Fiji 80.17 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.0% rising
28 Iran 82.1 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.1% rising
29 Spain 82.09 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.2% rising
30 Armenia 82.05 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.5% rising
31 Gambia 82.05 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 19.1% volatile
32 Togo 82.01 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.1% volatile
33 Seychelles 82.01 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.4% rising
34 Tajikistan 82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.3% rising
35 Burundi 81.99 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 26.5% volatile
35 Türkiye 81.05 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.6% rising
36 Angola 81.97 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 24.2% volatile
37 Guinea-Bissau 81.93 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 19.0% volatile
38 Vanuatu 81.92 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 16.4% volatile
39 Greece 81.91 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.5% rising
40 Congo 81.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 18.3% volatile
41 Barbados 81.88 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.9% rising
42 Samoa 81.86 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.2% rising
42 Democratic Republic of the Congo 80.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 17.2% volatile
43 Trinidad and Tobago 81.82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.7% rising
44 China 81.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.3% rising
44 Netherlands 80.55 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.3% rising
45 Tunisia 81.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.1% rising
46 Guinea 81.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.0% volatile
46 Lithuania 80.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.5% rising
47 Kyrgyzstan 81.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.7% rising
47 Micronesia 79.26 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.8% rising
48 Italy 81.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.4% rising
48 Timor-Leste 78.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.0% rising
49 Turkmenistan 81.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.0% flat
50 Cameroon 81.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 17.5% volatile
51 Mongolia 81.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.2% rising
52 Australia 81.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.3% falling
53 Hungary 81.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.0% rising
54 Solomon Islands 81.66 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.7% volatile
55 Senegal 81.66 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.2% volatile
56 Laos 81.64 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.5% volatile
57 Burkina Faso 81.61 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.8% volatile
58 Papua New Guinea 81.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.4% rising
59 Myanmar 81.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.7% volatile
60 Tonga 81.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.8% rising
61 Tanzania 81.51 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.1% volatile
62 Morocco 81.51 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.0% volatile
63 Namibia 81.5 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.0% rising
64 Ghana 81.46 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.5% volatile
65 Saudi Arabia 81.43 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.7% rising
66 Liberia 81.42 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.8% volatile
67 Algeria 81.41 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.2% rising
68 Iraq 81.4 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.8% volatile
69 Singapore 81.39 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 0.6% flat
70 Uzbekistan 81.38 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.5% flat
71 Djibouti 81.35 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.5% rising
72 Mali 81.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.5% volatile
73 Uruguay 81.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.0% rising
74 Benin 81.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.4% volatile
75 Costa Rica 81.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.4% rising
76 Cuba 81.29 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.6% rising
77 Chad 81.25 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.7% volatile
78 Honduras 81.24 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.9% volatile
79 Guatemala 81.23 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.0% volatile
80 Cambodia 81.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 17.2% volatile
81 Niger 81.18 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.8% volatile
82 Somalia 81.17 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.4% volatile
83 Comoros 81.17 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.9% volatile
84 Brazil 81.14 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.9% rising
85 Pakistan 81.13 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.5% rising
86 Zimbabwe 81.12 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.7% rising
87 Austria 81.12 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.8% rising
88 Belgium 81.11 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.8% rising
89 Portugal 81.08 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.2% rising
90 France 81.08 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.8% rising
91 Bahamas 81.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.5% falling
92 Libya 81.01 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.6% rising
93 OECD 80.98 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.9% rising
94 Rwanda 80.94 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 18.4% volatile
95 Bhutan 80.94 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.2% volatile
96 Canada 80.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.6% rising
97 Jordan 80.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.5% rising
98 Bulgaria 80.89 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.4% rising
99 Nicaragua 80.89 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.4% rising
100 Luxembourg 80.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.0% rising
101 Brunei Darussalam 80.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.2% rising
102 Germany 80.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.9% rising
103 Romania 80.84 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.5% rising
104 Paraguay 80.83 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.0% rising
105 New Zealand 80.82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.0% falling
106 Thailand 80.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.6% rising
107 Montenegro 80.79 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.1% rising
108 Indonesia 80.79 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.5% rising
109 Serbia 80.79 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.9% rising
110 United Kingdom 80.78 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.1% rising
111 Switzerland 80.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.4% rising
112 Mexico 80.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.0% rising
113 Finland 80.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.9% rising
114 Suriname 80.72 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.8% rising
115 Egypt 80.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.1% rising
116 Belize 80.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.5% rising
117 Argentina 80.62 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.3% rising
118 India 80.61 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.5% rising
119 Botswana 80.58 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.3% rising
120 Bolivia 80.58 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.8% rising
121 Ecuador 80.5 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.9% rising
122 Uganda 80.49 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.1% volatile
123 Lebanon 80.49 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.3% rising
124 Bangladesh 80.47 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.2% volatile
125 Panama 80.46 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.4% rising
126 Chile 80.42 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.7% rising
127 Venezuela 80.38 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.8% rising
128 Kenya 80.38 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.6% volatile
129 Iceland 80.35 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.8% rising
130 Sri Lanka 80.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.5% rising
131 Colombia 80.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.4% rising
132 Nepal 80.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.6% rising
133 United States 80.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.6% rising
134 Kiribati 80.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.0% rising
135 Norway 80.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.6% rising
136 North Macedonia 80.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.6% rising
137 Peru 80.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.1% rising
138 South Africa 80.29 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.4% rising
139 Dominican Republic 80.28 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.9% rising
140 Malawi 80.26 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.8% volatile
141 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 80.24 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.3% rising
142 El Salvador 80.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.7% volatile
143 Zambia 80.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.2% volatile
144 Malta 80.13 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.1% rising
145 Sudan 80.12 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.3% volatile
146 Cyprus 80.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.8% rising
147 Israel 80.04 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.1% rising
148 Sweden 80.01 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.9% rising
149 Grenada 80 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.9% rising
150 Albania 79.95 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.3% rising
151 Philippines 79.93 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.2% rising
152 Guyana 79.88 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.3% rising
153 Nigeria 79.72 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.8% rising
154 Antigua and Barbuda 79.52 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.4% rising
155 Mauritius 79.35 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.2% rising
156 Denmark 79.29 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.1% rising
157 Bosnia and Herzegovina 79.27 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.6% rising
158 Saint Lucia 79.23 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.3% rising
159 Malaysia 78.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.3% rising
160 Jamaica 78.82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.0% rising

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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth education profiles — Population with at least secondary education (accelerated scenario)
Unit
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. 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.