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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
182
Highest
99.98 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
North Korea
Lowest
9.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
Niger
Median
66.82 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 182 countries. The highest value is 99.98 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years in North Korea; the lowest is 9.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 66.82 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years, and the mean is 59.9 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 180 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: Projected youth education … least secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 North Korea 99.98 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 0.0% rising
1 Poland 80.34 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.7% rising
2 Kazakhstan 81.75 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.0% falling
2 Slovenia 79.84 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.2% rising
3 Japan 81.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.1% rising
3 Croatia 79.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.9% rising
4 Russia 81.57 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.4% flat
4 Moldova 77.95 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.7% rising
4 Lithuania 77.11 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.4% rising
5 Belarus 81.46 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.9% falling
5 Fiji 73.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.0% rising
6 Azerbaijan 81.27 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.5% flat
6 Estonia 76.57 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.3% rising
7 Ukraine 81.09 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.1% rising
7 Eswatini 66.25 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.8% rising
8 Turkmenistan 81.01 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.2% flat
8 Latvia 76.35 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.0% rising
9 Georgia 80.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.7% flat
9 Netherlands 76.17 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 0.7% rising
10 Kyrgyzstan 80.78 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.9% rising
11 Tajikistan 80.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 5.6% rising
12 Uzbekistan 80.51 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 4.6% flat
12 Türkiye 67.84 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.0% rising
13 Czechia 80.47 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 3.3% rising
13 Lesotho 43.27 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.8% rising
14 Armenia 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
15 Micronesia 67.46 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.9% rising
16 Hungary 79.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.2% rising
17 Serbia 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
18 Timor-Leste 65.39 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.3% rising
19 Montenegro 79.22 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 2.0% rising
20 Bahamas 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
23 Equatorial Guinea 32.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.2% rising
24 Greece 78.37 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.6% rising
24 Cabo Verde 28.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 26.5% rising
25 Singapore 78.33 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 0.6% falling
25 Mauritania 26.76 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 32.7% rising
26 Egypt 78.29 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.3% rising
26 Ethiopia 25.57 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 35.0% volatile
27 France 77.67 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.9% rising
27 Madagascar 18.39 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 39.7% rising
28 Cyprus 77.66 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.9% rising
28 Viet Nam 51.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.6% 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
30 Syrian Arab Republic 51.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 17.2% 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
37 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 24.4% 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 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 Saint 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 70.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.9% rising
67 China 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 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 Panama 66.42 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.6% rising
82 Lebanon 66.05 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 9.2% rising
83 Bolivia 65.84 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.7% rising
84 Colombia 65.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 7.7% rising
85 Jordan 65.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.8% rising
86 Dominican Republic 64.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.3% rising
87 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 64.61 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.4% rising
88 Bahrain 64.19 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.7% rising
89 Brazil 64.17 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.3% rising
90 Oman 63.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 19.6% rising
91 Qatar 63.2 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.8% rising
92 Tonga 61.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 16.7% rising
93 Morocco 61.39 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 25.4% rising
94 Mauritius 61.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.7% rising
95 Ecuador 60.78 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.9% rising
96 Sudan 59.19 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.0% rising
97 Costa Rica 58.99 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.6% rising
98 Jamaica 58.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.0% rising
99 Samoa 58.6 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 17.2% rising
100 India 57.91 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.9% rising
101 Yemen 57.08 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.1% rising
102 Nepal 56.44 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 11.5% rising
103 Kuwait 55.65 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.0% rising
104 Belize 55.58 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 12.8% rising
105 Nigeria 55.5 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.1% rising
106 Uruguay 55.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 14.4% rising
107 Laos 54.99 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.3% rising
108 Paraguay 54.63 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.7% rising
109 Namibia 54.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.3% rising
110 Kenya 54.22 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.7% rising
111 El Salvador 53.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.1% rising
112 Mexico 53.8 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 13.8% rising
113 Comoros 52.11 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.1% rising
114 South Sudan 51.63 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 24.6% rising
115 Haiti 51.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.4% rising
116 Suriname 49.53 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 16.9% rising
117 Pakistan 47.93 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.6% rising
118 Nicaragua 46.87 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 16.0% rising
119 Gabon 46.78 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 24.4% volatile
120 Iraq 46.31 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.9% rising
121 Myanmar 46.19 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 29.2% rising
122 Papua New Guinea 45.81 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.3% rising
123 Afghanistan 45.78 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 34.1% volatile
124 Solomon Islands 45.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.3% rising
125 Vanuatu 44.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 30.0% rising
126 Bangladesh 43.74 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.2% rising
127 Ghana 41.96 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 22.4% rising
128 Zambia 41.85 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 20.6% rising
129 Cameroon 40.69 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 25.9% rising
130 Guatemala 40.67 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 19.6% rising
131 Liberia 39.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 23.0% rising
132 Congo 39.19 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.3% rising
133 Cambodia 38.58 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 37.8% rising
134 Djibouti 37.43 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 25.4% rising
135 Gambia 37.32 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 25.6% rising
136 Eritrea 36.58 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 28.7% rising
137 Maldives 34.91 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 35.4% rising
138 Guinea-Bissau 33.77 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.8% rising
139 Honduras 33.32 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 21.9% rising
140 Bhutan 33.27 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 29.6% rising
141 Malawi 32.43 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 26.3% rising
142 Guinea 31.97 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 26.2% rising
143 Côte d’Ivoire 29.08 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 30.3% volatile
144 Sierra Leone 28.86 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.9% rising
145 Senegal 26.56 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 33.0% rising
146 Rwanda 25.03 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 32.2% rising
147 Togo 24.95 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 32.3% rising
148 Uganda 24.23 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 35.2% rising
149 Somalia 24.06 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 34.6% rising
150 Benin 22.73 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 34.6% rising
151 Central African Republic 22.64 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 34.9% rising
152 Mozambique 21.85 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 39.1% rising
153 Sao Tome and Principe 20.07 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 37.7% rising
154 Tanzania 19.89 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 37.7% volatile
155 Angola 18.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 37.1% volatile
156 Burkina Faso 18.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 36.9% volatile
157 Chad 18.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 37.8% volatile
158 Burundi 18.15 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 43.1% volatile
159 Mali 16.47 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 39.9% rising
160 Niger 9.02 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 43.3% volatile

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