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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth education profiles — Population with less than primary 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
0.4881 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
South Sudan, Republic of
Lowest
0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
Brunei Darussalam
Median
0.0208 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 less than primary education (accelerated scenario) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 0.4881 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years in South Sudan, Republic of; the lowest is 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0208 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years, and the mean is 0.0572 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 South Sudan, Republic of 0.4881 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 92.4% volatile
2 Yemen, Republic of 0.4317 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 93.6% volatile
3 Guinea 0.329 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 92.9% volatile
4 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.3205 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.3% volatile
5 Mali 0.2929 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.3% volatile
6 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.2491 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 81.3% volatile
7 Djibouti 0.2454 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 94.3% volatile
8 Bulgaria 0.2434 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 61.2% falling
9 Eritrea, The State of 0.228 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 94.3% volatile
10 Sudan 0.2222 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 92.7% volatile
11 Nigeria 0.2044 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 91.0% volatile
12 Pakistan 0.1967 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 93.1% volatile
13 Gambia, The 0.1826 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 94.1% volatile
14 Benin 0.1823 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.1% volatile
15 Philippines 0.1734 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 76.6% volatile
16 Côte d’Ivoire 0.1726 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.1% volatile
17 Haiti 0.1671 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 93.8% volatile
18 Somalia 0.1596 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.6% volatile
19 Rwanda 0.1584 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.3% volatile
20 Senegal 0.1483 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.5% volatile
21 Guinea-Bissau 0.1475 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.5% volatile
22 Niger 0.1442 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 97.4% volatile
23 Liberia 0.1424 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 94.7% volatile
24 India 0.1412 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 92.2% volatile
25 Africa, fragile states 0.1374 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.0% volatile
26 New Zealand 0.1336 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 68.3% falling
27 Burkina Faso 0.1279 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.7% volatile
28 Sierra Leone 0.1151 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.7% volatile
29 Chad 0.1092 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 97.4% volatile
30 Ireland 0.1092 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 58.5% falling
31 Jordan 0.107 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 90.7% volatile
32 Bhutan 0.1042 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.9% volatile
33 Libya 0.101 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 88.5% volatile
34 Mozambique, Republic of 0.0987 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 97.0% volatile
35 Comoros, Union of the 0.0981 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 93.7% volatile
36 Qatar 0.0966 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 91.8% volatile
37 Togo 0.0941 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.4% volatile
38 Belize 0.0937 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 92.8% volatile
39 Sweden 0.088 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 54.1% volatile
40 Oman 0.0868 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 90.5% volatile
41 Switzerland 0.0864 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 79.7% falling
42 Nepal 0.0862 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.6% volatile
43 Germany 0.0857 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 64.0% volatile
44 Nicaragua 0.0846 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.0% volatile
45 United Arab Emirates 0.0786 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 90.2% volatile
46 Angola 0.0751 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 97.6% volatile
47 Guatemala 0.0728 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.5% volatile
48 El Salvador 0.0714 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 93.7% volatile
49 France 0.0711 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 70.7% falling
50 Bangladesh 0.0709 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 97.0% volatile
51 World outside Africa 0.0706 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 92.9% volatile
52 Resource-rich countries 0.0671 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.0% falling
53 Kuwait 0.063 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 92.2% volatile
54 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0.0599 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 92.0% volatile
55 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0573 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.9% volatile
56 Mauritius 0.056 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 93.6% volatile
57 Myanmar 0.0549 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.3% volatile
58 Morocco 0.0549 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.4% volatile
59 United States 0.0535 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 81.6% volatile
60 Peru 0.0521 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 89.6% volatile
61 Romania 0.0509 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 77.2% volatile
62 Zambia 0.0506 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.7% volatile
63 Panama 0.0378 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 91.9% volatile
64 East African Community 0.037 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.9% volatile
65 Burundi 0.037 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 98.3% volatile
66 Ghana 0.0365 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.4% volatile
67 Brazil 0.0365 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 94.3% volatile
68 Iraq 0.0361 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.9% volatile
69 Sri Lanka 0.036 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 92.3% volatile
70 Honduras 0.0358 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 97.7% volatile
71 Dominican Republic 0.0354 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 94.6% volatile
72 Colombia 0.0354 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.2% volatile
73 Bolivia 0.0354 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 92.5% volatile
74 Uganda 0.035 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 97.9% volatile
75 Malawi 0.0343 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 97.8% volatile
76 Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) 0.0334 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.4% volatile
77 OECD 0.0281 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 85.8% volatile
78 Hungary 0.0245 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 80.6% falling
79 Namibia 0.0226 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.4% volatile
80 Mongolia 0.0218 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 85.9% volatile
81 Denmark 0.0216 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 78.6% volatile
82 Norway 0.0209 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 81.5% falling
83 Greece 0.0208 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 90.2% volatile
84 Costa Rica 0.0203 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.2% volatile
85 Thailand 0.0199 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.9% volatile
86 Cambodia 0.019 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 97.7% volatile
87 Zimbabwe 0.019 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.3% volatile
88 Argentina 0.0185 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 94.3% volatile
89 Ecuador 0.0182 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.7% volatile
90 Paraguay 0.0169 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 97.1% volatile
91 Singapore 0.0105 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 94.5% volatile
92 Portugal 0.0089 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 94.5% volatile
93 Australia 0.0081 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 94.1% falling
94 Canada 0.0079 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.7% falling
95 Austria 0.0079 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.3% volatile
96 Lebanon 0.007 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 94.2% volatile
97 Spain 0.0066 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 93.7% volatile
98 Belgium 0.0053 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 91.2% volatile
99 Saudi Arabia 0.0046 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 97.8% volatile
100 United Kingdom 0.0042 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.3% volatile
101 Israel 0.004 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 97.0% volatile
102 Ukraine 0.0031 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 94.6% falling
103 Russian Federation 0.0028 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 96.6% falling
104 Italy 0.0028 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.1% volatile
105 Malaysia 0.0025 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 98.3% volatile
106 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.0021 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.6% volatile
107 South Africa 0.0012 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 99.5% volatile
108 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.0011 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 91.1% volatile
109 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0011 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 99.4% volatile
110 Japan 0.0007 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 95.7% falling
111 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0004 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 99.8% volatile
112 Albania 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Armenia, Republic of 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% falling
112 Antigua and Barbuda 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Bahamas, The 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Belarus, Republic of 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% falling
112 Barbados 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Botswana 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Central African Republic 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Chile 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 China (People’s Republic of) 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Cameroon 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Congo, Republic of 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Cuba 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Cyprus 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% falling
112 Czechia 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% falling
112 Algeria 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Finland 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Gabon 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Georgia 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% falling
112 Grenada 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Guyana 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Indonesia 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Iceland 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Jamaica 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Kenya 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Kyrgyz Republic 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Kiribati 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 St. Lucia 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Luxembourg 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Maldives 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Mexico 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 North Macedonia, Republic of 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Malta 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Montenegro 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Papua New Guinea 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Solomon Islands 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Serbia, Republic of 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Suriname 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Seychelles 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Tajikistan, Republic of 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Turkmenistan 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Tonga 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Trinidad and Tobago 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Tunisia 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Uruguay 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Vanuatu 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile
112 Samoa 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 — volatile
112 Brunei Darussalam 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

  • Ethiopia 0.2689 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Mauritania 0.1523 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Least Developed Countries 0.1303 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Netherlands 0.0718 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Madagascar 0.0569 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Lesotho 0.0432 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Latvia 0.0371 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Lithuania 0.025 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Eswatini 0.0219 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Slovak Republic 0.0132 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Korea 0.0016 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years
  • Equatorial Guinea 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years

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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth education profiles — Population with less than primary 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. <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.