Labor force with primary education (% of total) - Labor force structure - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators

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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 force structure - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (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
13Japan (2007)60.1
14Albania (2002)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 (2006)42.63
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
50South Africa (2007)33.6
51Cuba (2007)33.3
52Upper middle income (2006)33.18
53Ecuador (2006)32.8
54Peru (2007)32.4
55Greece (2007)31.7
56New Caledonia (2004)31.7
57Philippines (2007)31.7
58Euro area (2007)31.39
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
67High income: OECD (2007)25.41
68High income (2007)25.3
69Kuwait (2003)25.2
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
88Denmark (2003)19
89Austria (2007)18.9
90Europe & Central Asia (2007)18.32
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
116Bermuda (2000)8.4
117Lithuania (2007)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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