Labor force with primary education (% of total) - Labor - Education Statistics

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Labor force with primary education is the proportion of the labor force that has a primary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
Labor force with primary education (% of total) - Labor - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007)89
2Aruba (1994)80.7
3Uganda (1994)69.6
4Dominica (1997)67.9
5Sri Lanka (2007)67.5
6Syria (2003)65.9
7Portugal (2007)65.7
8Botswana (1996)63.2
9Paraguay (2007)61.5
10Malta (2007)61.3
11Netherlands (2007)60.9
12Namibia (2004)60.4
13Albania (2002)60.1
14Japan (2007)60.1
15St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1991)59.7
16Nepal (1995)58.9
17Nicaragua (1995)58.6
18Guatemala (2006)57.6
19Mexico (2007)57
20Costa Rica (2007)56.7
21Turkey (2007)56
22Indonesia (2007)55.7
23Madagascar (2005)55.4
24Rwanda (1996)54
25Uruguay (2007)53.8
26St. Lucia (2000)51.3
27West Bank and Gaza (2007)51
28Macau (2007)50.7
29Algeria (2004)50.4
30Iran (2007)50.4
31San Marino (2002)50
32Bolivia (2000)49.7
33Bahrain (1991)48.4
34Mauritius (2007)46.4
35Tunisia (1997)44.2
36Spain (2007)43.8
37Panama (2007)43.5
38Tanzania (1991)43.2
39Belgium (2006)43.2
40Brazil (2006)42.9
41Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2006)42.84
42Dominican Republic (2007)42.6
43Belize (2005)42.3
44El Salvador (1996)42
45Morocco (2006)39.5
46Italy (2007)39
47Iceland (2002)39
48Argentina (2006)35.3
49Oman (2000)34.8
50Upper middle income (2006)34.45
51South Africa (2007)33.6
52Cuba (2007)33.3
53Ecuador (2006)32.8
54Peru (2007)32.4
55New Caledonia (2004)31.7
56Philippines (2007)31.7
57Greece (2007)31.7
58Euro area (2007)31.33
59Trinidad and Tobago (2002)30.1
60United Arab Emirates (2005)29.3
61Hong Kong (2007)29.1
62Australia (2007)28.3
63Singapore (2007)27.7
64Guinea (1998)27.5
65France (2007)26
66Luxembourg (2007)25.9
67Kuwait (2003)25.2
68High income: OECD (2007)25.01
69High income (2007)24.89
70Ireland (2007)24.4
71Chile (2007)24.4
72Chad (1993)24.2
73Romania (2007)24.2
74Colombia (1998)24.1
75Qatar (2004)24.1
76Kyrgyzstan (2006)23.7
77North Korea (2007)23
78South Korea (2007)23
79Cyprus (2007)22.2
80United Kingdom (2007)21.5
81Ghana (1992)21.3
82Tajikistan (2004)21.3
83Nigeria (1995)20.9
84Ethiopia (1999)20.6
85Cayman Islands (2007)20.3
86Finland (2007)19.7
87Malaysia (2007)19.3
88Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2005)19.08
89Denmark (2003)19
90Austria (2007)18.9
91New Zealand (2007)17.9
92Croatia (2007)17.7
93Germany (2007)17
94Bulgaria (2007)16.4
95Pakistan (2007)16
96Antigua and Barbuda (2002)15.8
97Slovenia (2006)15.7
98Sweden (2007)15.6
99Switzerland (2007)15.4
100Barbados (2003)14.7
101Latvia (2007)14.2
102Hungary (2007)14.1
103Canada (2007)13.8
104St. Kitts and Nevis (2001)13.6
105Yemen (1999)12.5
106Ukraine (2005)11.7
107Norway (2007)11.4
108Montenegro (2005)11.3
109Estonia (2007)10.5
110Poland (2007)10.2
111Niger (2001)10
112Georgia (2007)9.5
113United States (2007)9.5
114Netherlands Antilles (2007)9.2
115Bahamas (2006)8.8
116Lithuania (2007)8.4
117Bermuda (2000)8.4
118Czech Republic (2007)7.1
119Slovakia (2007)6.9
120Russia (2007)6.4
121Kazakhstan (2004)6
122Israel (2007)5.9
123Azerbaijan (2007)3.6
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