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Share of the population with no formal education with projections by country

Countries reporting
200
Highest
11.65
South Sudan
Lowest
0.011
Turkmenistan
Median
0.3625
Years covered
151
1950–2100
Data points
6,005

What the numbers show

Share of the population with no formal education with projections is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 11.65 in South Sudan; the lowest is 0.011 in Turkmenistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3625, and the mean is 0.9438.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,055.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 198 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 3.8%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 50.4%).

Share of the population with no formal education with projections: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Sudan 11.65 2100 down 19.7% falling
1 Mayotte 0.1431 2100 down 37.1% volatile
2 Western Sahara 7.14 2100 down 25.7% falling
3 Burkina Faso 6.4 2100 down 27.4% volatile
4 Mauritania 6.37 2100 down 25.2% falling
5 Senegal 5.98 2100 down 25.6% volatile
6 Nigeria 5.3 2100 down 12.4% volatile
7 Pakistan 5.22 2100 down 24.0% volatile
8 Central African Republic 4.87 2100 down 9.2% volatile
9 Sudan 4.7 2100 down 23.1% volatile
10 Côte d'Ivoire 4.38 2100 down 21.4% volatile
11 Djibouti 4.23 2100 down 30.1% volatile
12 Eritrea 4.02 2100 down 28.6% volatile
13 French Guiana 3.92 2100 down 11.4% falling
14 Ethiopia 3.62 2100 down 29.2% volatile
15 Madagascar 3.46 2100 down 14.9% volatile
16 Guinea 3.4 2100 down 35.3% volatile
17 Zimbabwe 3.36 2100 down 8.4% volatile
18 Afghanistan 3.08 2100 down 35.5% volatile
19 Iraq 3.04 2100 down 9.5% volatile
20 Cameroon 2.97 2100 down 18.3% volatile
21 Kenya 2.81 2100 down 13.9% volatile
22 Vanuatu 2.73 2100 down 14.8% volatile
23 Mali 2.73 2100 down 35.2% volatile
24 Niger 2.59 2100 down 33.1% volatile
25 Mozambique 2.45 2100 down 36.5% volatile
26 Chad 2.44 2100 down 28.9% volatile
27 Algeria 2.3 2100 down 13.1% volatile
28 Yemen 2.21 2100 down 38.2% volatile
29 Bhutan 2.12 2100 down 39.1% volatile
30 Liberia 2.02 2100 down 30.0% volatile
31 Somalia 1.74 2100 down 33.1% volatile
32 Myanmar 1.62 2100 down 19.4% volatile
33 Syrian Arab Republic 1.61 2100 down 17.6% volatile
34 Morocco 1.6 2100 down 10.9% volatile
35 Timor-Leste 1.54 2100 down 32.1% volatile
36 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.5 2100 down 20.3% volatile
37 Papua New Guinea 1.42 2100 down 21.2% volatile
38 Nicaragua 1.42 2100 down 26.8% volatile
39 Cambodia 1.42 2100 down 29.7% volatile
40 Solomon Islands 1.36 2100 down 20.0% volatile
41 Honduras 1.34 2100 down 25.5% volatile
42 Qatar 1.29 2100 down 20.7% volatile
43 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.27 2100 down 17.0% volatile
44 United States Virgin Islands 1.22 2100 down 15.3% falling
45 Zambia 1.22 2100 down 21.9% volatile
46 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.15 2100 down 17.9% volatile
47 Antigua and Barbuda 1.08 2100 down 12.3% falling
48 Gambia 1.07 2100 down 41.4% volatile
49 Grenada 1.07 2100 down 11.6% falling
50 Saint Lucia 1.03 2100 down 12.0% volatile
51 Barbados 1.01 2100 down 14.0% falling
52 Libya 1 2100 down 24.1% volatile
53 Congo 0.9796 2100 down 12.6% volatile
54 Benin 0.912 2100 down 38.3% volatile
55 Brunei Darussalam 0.8687 2100 down 18.0% falling
56 Sierra Leone 0.8431 2100 down 36.7% volatile
57 Bangladesh 0.8211 2100 down 46.0% volatile
58 United Arab Emirates 0.7859 2100 down 33.0% volatile
59 Sao Tome and Principe 0.7555 2100 down 11.6% volatile
60 India 0.7016 2100 down 47.4% volatile
61 Nepal 0.6891 2100 down 44.9% volatile
62 Switzerland 0.6655 2100 down 4.6% volatile
63 Mongolia 0.6634 2100 down 12.5% volatile
64 Guatemala 0.6631 2100 down 34.3% volatile
65 Slovakia 0.6407 2100 down 0.5% volatile
66 Jordan 0.6149 2100 down 32.1% volatile
67 Burundi 0.602 2100 down 41.8% volatile
68 Guadeloupe 0.5641 2100 down 18.9% volatile
69 Angola 0.5585 2100 down 45.4% volatile
70 Egypt 0.5521 2100 down 38.4% volatile
71 Colombia 0.538 2100 down 25.8% volatile
72 Malaysia 0.5369 2100 down 20.7% volatile
73 Montenegro 0.5344 2100 down 3.4% volatile
74 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.528 2100 down 38.6% volatile
75 Ecuador 0.5262 2100 down 25.9% volatile
76 Puerto Rico 0.5066 2100 down 30.7% volatile
77 Maldives 0.5028 2100 down 28.6% volatile
78 Equatorial Guinea 0.4927 2100 down 21.7% volatile
79 Malawi 0.4896 2100 down 32.5% volatile
80 El Salvador 0.4766 2100 down 41.4% volatile
81 Guinea-Bissau 0.4743 2100 down 44.7% volatile
82 Bahrain 0.4668 2100 down 34.6% volatile
83 Macau, China 0.441 2100 down 32.2% volatile
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4344 2100 down 19.3% volatile
85 New Caledonia 0.4249 2100 down 27.4% volatile
86 Hong Kong, China 0.4134 2100 down 31.8% volatile
87 Lebanon 0.4133 2100 down 22.5% volatile
88 Kuwait 0.4099 2100 down 33.8% volatile
89 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.4088 2100 down 21.7% volatile
90 Albania 0.3964 2100 down 29.1% volatile
91 Thailand 0.3936 2100 down 24.8% volatile
92 Greece 0.3908 2100 down 20.0% volatile
93 Aruba 0.3906 2100 down 36.4% volatile
94 Haiti 0.39 2100 down 44.3% volatile
95 Saudi Arabia 0.3888 2100 down 36.6% volatile
96 Dominican Republic 0.3871 2100 down 39.7% volatile
97 Guam 0.3772 2100 down 29.8% falling
98 Portugal 0.3768 2100 down 32.2% volatile
99 Ghana 0.3673 2100 down 41.9% volatile
100 Serbia 0.3668 2100 down 12.8% volatile
101 Togo 0.3582 2100 down 41.6% volatile
102 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.3478 2100 down 30.5% volatile
103 Brazil 0.3312 2100 down 33.5% volatile
104 Eswatini 0.3262 2100 down 26.8% volatile
105 Réunion 0.3261 2100 down 29.8% volatile
106 Oman 0.3179 2100 down 35.4% volatile
107 Curaçao 0.3045 2100 down 39.3% volatile
108 Singapore 0.3016 2100 down 32.3% volatile
109 Namibia 0.2933 2100 down 28.3% volatile
110 Belize 0.2856 2100 down 30.8% volatile
111 Botswana 0.2612 2100 down 26.9% volatile
112 Comoros 0.2598 2100 down 45.6% volatile
113 Martinique 0.2556 2100 down 19.9% volatile
114 Rwanda 0.2454 2100 down 41.2% volatile
115 Cape Verde 0.2418 2100 down 34.9% volatile
116 Sri Lanka 0.2352 2100 down 43.2% volatile
117 Panama 0.2166 2100 down 34.3% volatile
118 Viet Nam 0.2146 2100 down 36.7% volatile
119 Mexico 0.206 2100 down 32.6% volatile
120 Palestine, State of 0.2015 2100 down 29.2% volatile
121 Costa Rica 0.2006 2100 down 33.3% volatile
122 North Macedonia 0.1996 2100 down 22.7% volatile
123 Gabon 0.1967 2100 down 40.7% volatile
124 Indonesia 0.1961 2100 down 27.1% volatile
125 Tonga 0.1919 2100 up 0.7% volatile
126 Guyana 0.1849 2100 down 34.5% volatile
127 Seychelles 0.1815 2100 down 48.0% volatile
128 Spain 0.1786 2100 down 28.5% volatile
129 Lesotho 0.1777 2100 down 36.4% volatile
130 Romania 0.1722 2100 down 32.0% volatile
131 Bulgaria 0.1595 2100 down 34.1% volatile
132 Uganda 0.157 2100 down 40.9% volatile
133 Trinidad and Tobago 0.152 2100 down 18.5% volatile
134 Philippines 0.1415 2100 down 29.7% volatile
135 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1389 2100 up 3.8% volatile
136 Paraguay 0.1369 2100 down 33.6% volatile
137 Peru 0.1356 2100 down 32.9% volatile
138 Mauritius 0.1297 2100 down 32.7% volatile
139 Bahamas 0.125 2100 down 34.7% volatile
140 Suriname 0.1185 2100 down 39.1% volatile
141 Kiribati 0.1141 2100 down 48.7% volatile
142 France 0.1111 2100 down 32.2% volatile
143 Jamaica 0.1092 2100 down 28.2% volatile
144 Cuba 0.1056 2100 down 30.2% volatile
145 Cyprus 0.1046 2100 down 33.8% volatile
146 Taiwan, China 0.1044 2100 down 34.1% volatile
147 Israel 0.1042 2100 down 29.3% volatile
148 Armenia 0.1028 2100 down 30.0% volatile
149 South Africa 0.1016 2100 down 37.8% volatile
150 Chile 0.0994 2100 down 32.4% volatile
151 French Polynesia 0.0981 2100 down 38.6% volatile
152 Tunisia 0.0976 2100 down 49.0% volatile
153 Malta 0.0969 2100 down 14.1% volatile
154 Georgia 0.0952 2100 down 31.2% volatile
155 Italy 0.0741 2100 down 30.7% volatile
156 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0722 2100 down 34.0% volatile
157 Kazakhstan 0.0715 2100 down 23.7% volatile
158 New Zealand 0.0713 2100 down 42.0% volatile
159 Croatia 0.067 2100 down 37.3% volatile
160 Republic of Moldova 0.0669 2100 down 33.4% volatile
161 Russian Federation 0.0626 2100 down 29.5% volatile
162 Kyrgyzstan 0.0625 2100 down 20.3% volatile
163 Fiji 0.0593 2100 down 14.8% volatile
164 Belgium 0.0587 2100 down 35.0% volatile
165 Japan 0.0571 2100 down 19.5% volatile
166 United States of America 0.0569 2100 down 40.5% volatile
167 Australia 0.0552 2100 down 32.8% volatile
168 Argentina 0.0548 2100 down 36.1% volatile
169 China 0.0534 2100 down 39.3% volatile
170 Uzbekistan 0.0533 2100 down 24.1% volatile
171 Luxembourg 0.0502 2100 down 32.0% volatile
172 Republic of Korea 0.0466 2100 down 33.1% volatile
173 Türkiye 0.0422 2100 down 48.8% volatile
174 Latvia 0.0361 2100 down 40.3% flat
175 Samoa 0.0359 2100 down 50.4% volatile
176 Uruguay 0.0325 2100 down 33.5% volatile
177 Lithuania 0.032 2100 down 42.4% volatile
178 Austria 0.032 2100 down 28.1% volatile
179 Estonia 0.0289 2100 down 38.2% volatile
180 Canada 0.0271 2100 down 39.6% volatile
181 Ukraine 0.0268 2100 down 36.6% volatile
182 Czechia 0.0266 2100 down 38.6% volatile
183 Germany 0.0246 2100 down 26.9% volatile
184 Sweden 0.0233 2100 down 30.1% volatile
185 Azerbaijan 0.0227 2100 down 34.6% volatile
186 Ireland 0.0224 2100 down 29.3% volatile
187 Slovenia 0.0222 2100 down 31.4% volatile
188 Iceland 0.0222 2100 down 0.1% volatile
189 Hungary 0.0222 2100 down 36.8% volatile
190 Finland 0.022 2100 down 24.5% volatile
191 Belarus 0.0219 2100 down 36.1% volatile
192 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0216 2100 down 27.6% volatile
193 Norway 0.0211 2100 down 39.1% volatile
194 Poland 0.0209 2100 down 25.6% volatile
195 Netherlands 0.0205 2100 down 22.4% volatile
196 Denmark 0.0152 2100 down 28.8% falling
197 Tajikistan 0.013 2100 down 40.4% volatile
198 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.0112 2100 down 9.3% volatile
199 Turkmenistan 0.011 2100 down 22.0% volatile

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Indicator
Share of the population with no formal education with projections
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 6,005 data points, 1950–2100
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