Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-64 years old, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
110
Highest
39.5%
Sweden
Lowest
5.3%
Saint Lucia
Median
14.8%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
3,143
What the numbers show
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-64 years old, male (%) is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 39.5% in Sweden; the lowest is 5.3% in Saint Lucia.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.8%, and the mean is 16.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 155.2%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 42.9%).
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 39.5% | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands | 35.2% | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 35.1% | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 4 | Finland | 30.3% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 5 | Norway | 30.2% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 6 | Iceland | 28.6% | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 7 | Estonia | 26.4% | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 8 | Slovenia | 26.4% | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 24.8% | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 10 | Portugal | 24.5% | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 11 | Togo | 24.5% | 2022 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 12 | Timor-Leste | 24.1% | 2022 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 23.7% | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 14 | Ireland | 23.1% | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 15 | Belarus | 23.1% | 2022 | up 112.9% | rising |
| 16 | Spain | 22.9% | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 17 | Namibia | 22.6% | 2018 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 18 | Nigeria | 22.6% | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 19 | Belgium | 22.4% | 2022 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 20 | Kenya | 22.4% | 2022 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 21 | Uganda | 21.9% | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 22 | Malta | 21.1% | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 23 | Angola | 20.9% | 2022 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 24 | Malawi | 20.7% | 2020 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 25 | Panama | 19.3% | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 26 | Latvia | 19.1% | 2023 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 27 | Ghana | 19.0% | 2022 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 28 | Zambia | 18.9% | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 29 | Argentina | 18.7% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 30 | Israel | 18.7% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 31 | Egypt | 18.7% | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 18.3% | 2022 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 33 | Côte d'Ivoire | 18.1% | 2022 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 34 | Australia | 18.1% | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 35 | Philippines | 18.1% | 2022 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 36 | Peru | 18.1% | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 37 | Senegal | 17.9% | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 38 | Hungary | 17.8% | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 39 | Chile | 17.5% | 2024 | up 34.8% | flat |
| 40 | Germany | 17.5% | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 41 | Ecuador | 17.4% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 42 | Lithuania | 17.3% | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 43 | Uruguay | 17.2% | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 17.0% | 2024 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 45 | El Salvador | 16.7% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 46 | Türkiye | 16.4% | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 15.5% | 2022 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 48 | Croatia | 15.5% | 2023 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 49 | Romania | 15.4% | 2022 | up 28.4% | flat |
| 50 | India | 15.3% | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 51 | Paraguay | 15.3% | 2023 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 52 | Jordan | 15.0% | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 15.0% | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 54 | Rwanda | 15.0% | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 55 | South Africa | 14.9% | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 56 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 14.8% | 2017 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 14.7% | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 58 | Serbia | 14.6% | 2024 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 59 | Mexico | 14.5% | 2025 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 60 | France | 14.3% | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 61 | Bhutan | 14.3% | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 62 | Jamaica | 14.2% | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 63 | Brazil | 14.1% | 2024 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 64 | Colombia | 14.0% | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 65 | Greece | 13.9% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.8% | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 67 | Palestine, State of | 13.7% | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 68 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.3% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 13.2% | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 70 | Mongolia | 13.2% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 71 | Mali | 13.0% | 2022 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 72 | Tunisia | 12.9% | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 73 | Austria | 12.7% | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 74 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12.6% | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 75 | Canada | 12.4% | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 76 | Georgia | 12.2% | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 77 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 12.2% | 2020 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 78 | United States of America | 12.1% | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 79 | Czechia | 12.0% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 80 | Botswana | 12.0% | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 81 | Myanmar | 11.8% | 2020 | up 155.2% | rising |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 11.8% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 11.7% | 2024 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 11.6% | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 85 | Viet Nam | 11.6% | 2023 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 86 | Niger | 11.5% | 2022 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 87 | Vanuatu | 11.4% | 2020 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 88 | Mauritius | 11.4% | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 89 | Honduras | 11.4% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 90 | Republic of Moldova | 11.3% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 91 | New Caledonia | 11.2% | 2022 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 92 | Guatemala | 11.2% | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 93 | Poland | 11.1% | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 94 | Brunei Darussalam | 11.0% | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 95 | Belize | 11.0% | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.0% | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 97 | Indonesia | 10.9% | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 98 | Pakistan | 10.8% | 2021 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 99 | Albania | 10.7% | 2023 | down 24.9% | flat |
| 100 | Montenegro | 10.7% | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 101 | Slovakia | 10.4% | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 102 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.3% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 103 | Switzerland | 10.1% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 104 | Cyprus | 10.1% | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 105 | Armenia | 9.6% | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 106 | Korea | 9.6% | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 107 | Grenada | 9.2% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 108 | Thailand | 9.0% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 109 | Cambodia | 9.0% | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 110 | Saint Lucia | 5.3% | 2024 | down 39.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 19.6%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 19.1%
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 19.0%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 18.8%
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 18.6%
- SDG: Oceania 18.6%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 18.3%
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 18.2%
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 18.2%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 18.1%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 18.0%
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 17.4%
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 17.0%
- SDG: Europe 16.6%
- SDG: Northern Africa 16.4%
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 16.3%
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 16.0%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 15.9%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 15.8%
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 15.5%
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 15.4%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 15.3%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 15.1%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 15.1%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 15.0%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 15.0%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 14.7%
- SDG: Southern Asia 14.7%
- SDG: Western Asia 14.6%
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 14.4%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 14.4%
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 14.2%
- SDG: World 13.5%
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 13.3%
- GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 13.2%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 12.9%
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 12.7%
- SDG: Northern America 12.1%
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 12.1%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 10.9%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release