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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth education profiles — Population with at least secondary education (medium 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
99.98 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Lowest
9.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
Niger
Median
66.05 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 (medium scenario) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 99.98 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; the lowest is 9.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 66.05 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years, and the mean is 59.89 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 163 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 43.3%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 0.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 99.98 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 0.0% rising
2 Kazakhstan, Republic of 81.75 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.0% falling
3 Japan 81.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.1% rising
4 Russian Federation 81.57 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.4% flat
5 Belarus, Republic of 81.46 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.9% falling
6 Azerbaijan, Republic of 81.27 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.5% flat
7 Ukraine 81.09 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.1% rising
8 Turkmenistan 81.01 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.2% flat
9 Georgia 80.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.7% flat
10 Kyrgyz Republic 80.78 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.9% rising
11 Tajikistan, Republic of 80.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.6% rising
12 Uzbekistan, Republic of 80.51 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.6% flat
13 Czechia 80.47 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.3% rising
14 Armenia, Republic of 80.29 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.5% rising
15 Mongolia 79.38 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.3% rising
16 Hungary 79.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.2% rising
17 Serbia, Republic of 79.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.2% rising
18 Ireland 79.24 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.7% rising
19 Montenegro 79.22 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.0% rising
20 Bahamas, The 79.19 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.5% falling
21 Australia 78.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.6% falling
22 Bulgaria 78.86 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.7% rising
23 Finland 78.4 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.1% rising
24 Greece 78.37 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.6% rising
25 Singapore 78.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 0.6% falling
26 Egypt, Arab Republic of 78.29 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.3% rising
27 France 77.67 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.9% rising
28 Cyprus 77.66 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.9% rising
29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.65 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.5% rising
30 Romania 77.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.1% rising
31 New Zealand 77.56 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.2% falling
32 Canada 77.23 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.7% rising
33 Belgium 77.13 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.2% rising
34 Italy 77.09 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.4% rising
35 Germany 76.84 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.0% rising
36 Philippines 76.79 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.9% rising
37 Spain 76.61 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.4% rising
38 Cuba 76.26 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.8% rising
39 Algeria 76.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 16.0% rising
40 United States 76.17 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 0.5% rising
41 Sweden 75.88 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.3% rising
42 Austria 75.79 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.2% rising
43 Trinidad and Tobago 75.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.8% rising
44 Switzerland 75.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.9% rising
45 United Kingdom 75.54 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.6% flat
46 Malaysia 75.35 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.1% rising
47 Denmark 75.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 0.9% rising
48 Barbados 75.12 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.2% rising
49 North Macedonia, Republic of 74.89 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.4% rising
50 Norway 74.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.4% rising
51 Luxembourg 74.35 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.3% rising
52 Peru 73.91 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.1% rising
53 Grenada 73.85 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.3% rising
54 Thailand 73.68 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.5% rising
55 Chile 73.58 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.1% rising
56 Antigua and Barbuda 73.52 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.7% rising
57 Zimbabwe 73.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.2% rising
58 Seychelles 73.04 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.1% rising
59 St. Lucia 73.03 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.9% rising
60 Portugal 73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.0% rising
61 Israel 72.95 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.2% rising
62 OECD 72.78 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.9% rising
63 Iceland 71.94 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.5% rising
64 Saudi Arabia 71.46 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.2% rising
65 Malta 71.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.1% rising
66 Iran, Islamic Republic of 70.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.9% rising
67 China (People’s Republic of) 70.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 19.2% rising
68 Tunisia 69.84 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.2% rising
69 South Africa 69.45 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.4% rising
70 Libya 69.42 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.1% rising
71 Sri Lanka 69.39 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.0% rising
72 United Arab Emirates 69.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.7% rising
73 Indonesia 68.46 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.5% rising
74 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 68.14 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.3% rising
75 Albania 67.81 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.6% rising
76 Kiribati 67.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.6% rising
77 Botswana 67.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.9% rising
78 Brunei Darussalam 67.62 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.2% rising
79 Argentina 67.44 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.8% rising
80 Guyana 67.22 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.8% rising
81 Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 67 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 19.9% rising
82 Panama 66.42 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.6% rising
83 Lebanon 66.05 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.2% rising
84 Bolivia 65.84 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.7% rising
85 Colombia 65.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.7% rising
86 Jordan 65.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.8% rising
87 Dominican Republic 64.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.3% rising
88 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 64.61 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.4% rising
89 Bahrain, Kingdom of 64.19 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.7% rising
90 Brazil 64.17 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.3% rising
91 World outside Africa 64.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.3% rising
92 Oman 63.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 19.6% rising
93 Qatar 63.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.8% rising
94 Tonga 61.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 16.7% rising
95 Morocco 61.39 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 25.4% rising
96 Mauritius 61.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.7% rising
97 Ecuador 60.78 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.9% rising
98 Resource-rich countries 60.75 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.0% rising
99 Sudan 59.19 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.0% rising
100 Costa Rica 58.99 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.6% rising
101 Jamaica 58.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.0% rising
102 Samoa 58.6 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 17.2% rising
103 India 57.91 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.9% rising
104 Yemen, Republic of 57.08 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.1% rising
105 Nepal 56.44 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.5% rising
106 Kuwait 55.65 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.0% rising
107 Belize 55.58 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.8% rising
108 Nigeria 55.5 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.1% rising
109 Uruguay 55.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.4% rising
110 Lao People's Democratic Republic 54.99 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.3% rising
111 Paraguay 54.63 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.7% rising
112 Namibia 54.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.3% rising
113 Kenya 54.22 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.7% rising
114 El Salvador 53.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.1% rising
115 Mexico 53.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.8% rising
116 Comoros, Union of the 52.11 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.1% rising
117 South Sudan, Republic of 51.63 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 24.6% rising
118 Haiti 51.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.4% rising
119 Suriname 49.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 16.9% rising
120 Pakistan 47.93 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.6% rising
121 Nicaragua 46.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 16.0% rising
122 Gabon 46.78 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 24.4% volatile
123 Iraq 46.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.9% rising
124 Myanmar 46.19 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 29.2% rising
125 Papua New Guinea 45.81 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.3% rising
126 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 45.78 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 34.1% volatile
127 Solomon Islands 45.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.3% rising
128 Vanuatu 44.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 30.0% rising
129 Bangladesh 43.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.2% rising
130 Ghana 41.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.4% rising
131 Zambia 41.85 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.6% rising
132 Cameroon 40.69 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 25.9% rising
133 Guatemala 40.67 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 19.6% rising
134 Liberia 39.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.0% rising
135 Congo, Republic of 39.19 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.3% rising
136 Cambodia 38.58 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 37.8% rising
137 Djibouti 37.43 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 25.4% rising
138 Gambia, The 37.32 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 25.6% rising
139 Eritrea, The State of 36.58 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 28.7% rising
140 Africa, fragile states 35.36 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.6% rising
141 Maldives 34.91 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 35.4% rising
142 East African Community 34.48 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 24.0% rising
143 Guinea-Bissau 33.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.8% rising
144 Honduras 33.32 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.9% rising
145 Bhutan 33.27 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 29.6% rising
146 Malawi 32.43 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 26.3% rising
147 Guinea 31.97 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 26.2% rising
148 Côte d’Ivoire 29.08 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 30.3% volatile
149 Sierra Leone 28.86 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.9% rising
150 Senegal 26.56 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 33.0% rising
151 Rwanda 25.03 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 32.2% rising
152 Togo 24.95 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 32.3% rising
153 Uganda 24.23 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 35.2% rising
154 Somalia 24.06 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 34.6% rising
155 Benin 22.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 34.6% rising
156 Central African Republic 22.64 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 34.9% rising
157 Mozambique, Republic of 21.85 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 39.1% rising
158 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 20.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 37.7% rising
159 Tanzania, United Republic of 19.89 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 37.7% volatile
160 Angola 18.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 37.1% volatile
161 Burkina Faso 18.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 36.9% volatile
162 Chad 18.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 37.8% volatile
163 Burundi 18.15 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 43.1% volatile
164 Mali 16.47 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 39.9% rising
165 Niger 9.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 43.3% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

  • Poland 80.34 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Slovak Republic 80.16 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Korea 80.15 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Slovenia 79.84 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Croatia 79.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Moldova 77.95 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Lithuania 77.11 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Estonia 76.57 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Latvia 76.35 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Netherlands 76.17 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Fiji 73.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • ASEAN 65.95 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 (medium scenario)
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Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
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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.