Statizoid

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

De facto share of population withno education in a country or region.

Countries reporting
200
Highest
11.6%
South Sudan
Lowest
0.0%
Turkmenistan
Median
0.4%
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 11.6% in South Sudan; the lowest is 0.0% in Turkmenistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4%, and the mean is 0.9%.

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 11.6% 2100 down 19.7% falling
2 Western Sahara 7.1% 2100 down 25.7% falling
3 Burkina Faso 6.4% 2100 down 27.4% volatile
4 Mauritania 6.4% 2100 down 25.2% falling
5 Senegal 6.0% 2100 down 25.6% volatile
6 Nigeria 5.3% 2100 down 12.4% volatile
7 Pakistan 5.2% 2100 down 24.0% volatile
8 Central African Republic 4.9% 2100 down 9.2% volatile
9 Sudan 4.7% 2100 down 23.1% volatile
10 Cote d'Ivoire 4.4% 2100 down 21.4% volatile
11 Djibouti 4.2% 2100 down 30.1% volatile
12 Eritrea 4.0% 2100 down 28.6% volatile
13 French Guiana 3.9% 2100 down 11.4% falling
14 Ethiopia 3.6% 2100 down 29.2% volatile
15 Madagascar 3.5% 2100 down 14.9% volatile
16 Guinea 3.4% 2100 down 35.3% volatile
17 Zimbabwe 3.4% 2100 down 8.4% volatile
18 Afghanistan 3.1% 2100 down 35.5% volatile
19 Iraq 3.0% 2100 down 9.5% volatile
20 Cameroon 3.0% 2100 down 18.3% volatile
21 Kenya 2.8% 2100 down 13.9% volatile
22 Vanuatu 2.7% 2100 down 14.8% volatile
23 Mali 2.7% 2100 down 35.2% volatile
24 Niger 2.6% 2100 down 33.1% volatile
25 Mozambique 2.5% 2100 down 36.5% volatile
26 Chad 2.4% 2100 down 28.9% volatile
27 Algeria 2.3% 2100 down 13.1% volatile
28 Yemen 2.2% 2100 down 38.2% volatile
29 Bhutan 2.1% 2100 down 39.1% volatile
30 Liberia 2.0% 2100 down 30.0% volatile
31 Somalia 1.7% 2100 down 33.1% volatile
32 Myanmar 1.6% 2100 down 19.4% volatile
33 Syria 1.6% 2100 down 17.6% volatile
34 Morocco 1.6% 2100 down 10.9% volatile
35 East Timor 1.5% 2100 down 32.1% volatile
36 Tanzania 1.5% 2100 down 20.3% volatile
37 Papua New Guinea 1.4% 2100 down 21.2% volatile
38 Nicaragua 1.4% 2100 down 26.8% volatile
39 Cambodia 1.4% 2100 down 29.7% volatile
40 Solomon Islands 1.4% 2100 down 20.0% volatile
41 Honduras 1.3% 2100 down 25.5% volatile
42 Qatar 1.3% 2100 down 20.7% volatile
43 Micronesia (country) 1.3% 2100 down 17.0% volatile
44 United States Virgin Islands 1.2% 2100 down 15.3% falling
45 Zambia 1.2% 2100 down 21.9% volatile
46 Iran 1.1% 2100 down 17.9% volatile
47 Antigua and Barbuda 1.1% 2100 down 12.3% falling
48 Gambia 1.1% 2100 down 41.4% volatile
49 Grenada 1.1% 2100 down 11.6% falling
50 Saint Lucia 1.0% 2100 down 12.0% volatile
51 Barbados 1.0% 2100 down 14.0% falling
52 Libya 1.0% 2100 down 24.1% volatile
53 Congo 1.0% 2100 down 12.6% volatile
54 Benin 0.9% 2100 down 38.3% volatile
55 Brunei 0.9% 2100 down 18.0% falling
56 Sierra Leone 0.8% 2100 down 36.7% volatile
57 Bangladesh 0.8% 2100 down 46.0% volatile
58 United Arab Emirates 0.8% 2100 down 33.0% volatile
59 Sao Tome and Principe 0.8% 2100 down 11.6% volatile
60 India 0.7% 2100 down 47.4% volatile
61 Nepal 0.7% 2100 down 44.9% volatile
62 Switzerland 0.7% 2100 down 4.6% volatile
63 Mongolia 0.7% 2100 down 12.5% volatile
64 Guatemala 0.7% 2100 down 34.3% volatile
65 Slovakia 0.6% 2100 down 0.5% volatile
66 Jordan 0.6% 2100 down 32.1% volatile
67 Burundi 0.6% 2100 down 41.8% volatile
68 Guadeloupe 0.6% 2100 down 18.9% volatile
69 Angola 0.6% 2100 down 45.4% volatile
70 Egypt 0.6% 2100 down 38.4% volatile
71 Colombia 0.5% 2100 down 25.8% volatile
72 Malaysia 0.5% 2100 down 20.7% volatile
73 Montenegro 0.5% 2100 down 3.4% volatile
74 Laos 0.5% 2100 down 38.6% volatile
75 Ecuador 0.5% 2100 down 25.9% volatile
76 Puerto Rico 0.5% 2100 down 30.7% volatile
77 Maldives 0.5% 2100 down 28.6% volatile
78 Equatorial Guinea 0.5% 2100 down 21.7% volatile
79 Malawi 0.5% 2100 down 32.5% volatile
80 El Salvador 0.5% 2100 down 41.4% volatile
81 Guinea-Bissau 0.5% 2100 down 44.7% volatile
82 Bahrain 0.5% 2100 down 34.6% volatile
83 Macao 0.4% 2100 down 32.2% volatile
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4% 2100 down 19.3% volatile
85 New Caledonia 0.4% 2100 down 27.4% volatile
86 Hong Kong 0.4% 2100 down 31.8% volatile
87 Lebanon 0.4% 2100 down 22.5% volatile
88 Kuwait 0.4% 2100 down 33.8% volatile
89 Venezuela 0.4% 2100 down 21.7% volatile
90 Albania 0.4% 2100 down 29.1% volatile
91 Thailand 0.4% 2100 down 24.8% volatile
92 Greece 0.4% 2100 down 20.0% volatile
93 Aruba 0.4% 2100 down 36.4% volatile
94 Haiti 0.4% 2100 down 44.3% volatile
95 Saudi Arabia 0.4% 2100 down 36.6% volatile
96 Dominican Republic 0.4% 2100 down 39.7% volatile
97 Guam 0.4% 2100 down 29.8% falling
98 Portugal 0.4% 2100 down 32.2% volatile
99 Ghana 0.4% 2100 down 41.9% volatile
100 Serbia 0.4% 2100 down 12.8% volatile
101 Togo 0.4% 2100 down 41.6% volatile
102 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.3% 2100 down 30.5% volatile
103 Brazil 0.3% 2100 down 33.5% volatile
104 Eswatini 0.3% 2100 down 26.8% volatile
105 Reunion 0.3% 2100 down 29.8% volatile
106 Oman 0.3% 2100 down 35.4% volatile
107 Curacao 0.3% 2100 down 39.3% volatile
108 Singapore 0.3% 2100 down 32.3% volatile
109 Namibia 0.3% 2100 down 28.3% volatile
110 Belize 0.3% 2100 down 30.8% volatile
111 Botswana 0.3% 2100 down 26.9% volatile
112 Comoros 0.3% 2100 down 45.6% volatile
113 Martinique 0.3% 2100 down 19.9% volatile
114 Rwanda 0.2% 2100 down 41.2% volatile
115 Cape Verde 0.2% 2100 down 34.9% volatile
116 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2100 down 43.2% volatile
117 Panama 0.2% 2100 down 34.3% volatile
118 Vietnam 0.2% 2100 down 36.7% volatile
119 Mexico 0.2% 2100 down 32.6% volatile
120 Palestine 0.2% 2100 down 29.2% volatile
121 Costa Rica 0.2% 2100 down 33.3% volatile
122 North Macedonia 0.2% 2100 down 22.7% volatile
123 Gabon 0.2% 2100 down 40.7% volatile
124 Indonesia 0.2% 2100 down 27.1% volatile
125 Tonga 0.2% 2100 up 0.7% volatile
126 Guyana 0.2% 2100 down 34.5% volatile
127 Seychelles 0.2% 2100 down 48.0% volatile
128 Spain 0.2% 2100 down 28.5% volatile
129 Lesotho 0.2% 2100 down 36.4% volatile
130 Romania 0.2% 2100 down 32.0% volatile
131 Bulgaria 0.2% 2100 down 34.1% volatile
132 Uganda 0.2% 2100 down 40.9% volatile
133 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2% 2100 down 18.5% volatile
134 Mayotte 0.1% 2100 down 37.1% volatile
135 Philippines 0.1% 2100 down 29.7% volatile
136 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1% 2100 up 3.8% volatile
137 Paraguay 0.1% 2100 down 33.6% volatile
138 Peru 0.1% 2100 down 32.9% volatile
139 Mauritius 0.1% 2100 down 32.7% volatile
140 Bahamas 0.1% 2100 down 34.7% volatile
141 Suriname 0.1% 2100 down 39.1% volatile
142 Kiribati 0.1% 2100 down 48.7% volatile
143 France 0.1% 2100 down 32.2% volatile
144 Jamaica 0.1% 2100 down 28.2% volatile
145 Cuba 0.1% 2100 down 30.2% volatile
146 Cyprus 0.1% 2100 down 33.8% volatile
147 Taiwan 0.1% 2100 down 34.1% volatile
148 Israel 0.1% 2100 down 29.3% volatile
149 Armenia 0.1% 2100 down 30.0% volatile
150 South Africa 0.1% 2100 down 37.8% volatile
151 Chile 0.1% 2100 down 32.4% volatile
152 French Polynesia 0.1% 2100 down 38.6% volatile
153 Tunisia 0.1% 2100 down 49.0% volatile
154 Malta 0.1% 2100 down 14.1% volatile
155 Georgia 0.1% 2100 down 31.2% volatile
156 Italy 0.1% 2100 down 30.7% volatile
157 Bolivia 0.1% 2100 down 34.0% volatile
158 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2100 down 23.7% volatile
159 New Zealand 0.1% 2100 down 42.0% volatile
160 Croatia 0.1% 2100 down 37.3% volatile
161 Moldova 0.1% 2100 down 33.4% volatile
162 Russia 0.1% 2100 down 29.5% volatile
163 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2100 down 20.3% volatile
164 Fiji 0.1% 2100 down 14.8% volatile
165 Belgium 0.1% 2100 down 35.0% volatile
166 Japan 0.1% 2100 down 19.5% volatile
167 United States 0.1% 2100 down 40.5% volatile
168 Australia 0.1% 2100 down 32.8% volatile
169 Argentina 0.1% 2100 down 36.1% volatile
170 China 0.1% 2100 down 39.3% volatile
171 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2100 down 24.1% volatile
172 Luxembourg 0.1% 2100 down 32.0% volatile
173 South Korea 0.0% 2100 down 33.1% volatile
174 Turkey 0.0% 2100 down 48.8% volatile
175 Latvia 0.0% 2100 down 40.3% flat
176 Samoa 0.0% 2100 down 50.4% volatile
177 Uruguay 0.0% 2100 down 33.5% volatile
178 Lithuania 0.0% 2100 down 42.4% volatile
179 Austria 0.0% 2100 down 28.1% volatile
180 Estonia 0.0% 2100 down 38.2% volatile
181 Canada 0.0% 2100 down 39.6% volatile
182 Ukraine 0.0% 2100 down 36.6% volatile
183 Czechia 0.0% 2100 down 38.6% volatile
184 Germany 0.0% 2100 down 26.9% volatile
185 Sweden 0.0% 2100 down 30.1% volatile
186 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2100 down 34.6% volatile
187 Ireland 0.0% 2100 down 29.3% volatile
188 Slovenia 0.0% 2100 down 31.4% volatile
189 Iceland 0.0% 2100 down 0.1% volatile
190 Hungary 0.0% 2100 down 36.8% volatile
191 Finland 0.0% 2100 down 24.5% volatile
192 Belarus 0.0% 2100 down 36.1% volatile
193 United Kingdom 0.0% 2100 down 27.6% volatile
194 Norway 0.0% 2100 down 39.1% volatile
195 Poland 0.0% 2100 down 25.6% volatile
196 Netherlands 0.0% 2100 down 22.4% volatile
197 Denmark 0.0% 2100 down 28.8% falling
198 Tajikistan 0.0% 2100 down 40.4% volatile
199 North Korea 0.0% 2100 down 9.3% volatile
200 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2100 down 22.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Share of the population with no formal education with projections
Unit
%
Source
Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by 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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De facto share of population withno education in a country or region.