Labor force with basic education, female (% of female working-age population with basic education) by country
The ratio of the labor force with basic education to the working-age population with basic education. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).
Countries reporting
125
Highest
88.7%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
6.2%
Palestine, State of
Median
36.5%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,685
What the numbers show
Labor force with basic education, female (% of female working-age population with basic education) is currently reported for 125 countries. The highest value is 88.7% in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 6.2% in Palestine, State of.
The median across all reporting countries is 36.5%, and the mean is 37.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in New Zealand (up 173.2%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 44.0%).
Labor force with basic education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 88.7% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 2 | Saint Lucia | 84.4% | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 3 | Nigeria | 81.8% | 2024 | up 127.0% | rising |
| 4 | Uganda | 78.2% | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 5 | Cambodia | 75.5% | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 6 | Angola | 70.5% | 2024 | up 148.8% | rising |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 69.1% | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 67.2% | 2024 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 67.1% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 10 | Togo | 65.1% | 2022 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 11 | Kenya | 63.7% | 2022 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 12 | Botswana | 63.3% | 2024 | up 20.7% | flat |
| 13 | Niger | 62.1% | 2022 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 14 | Thailand | 60.9% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 15 | Qatar | 60.2% | 2020 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 16 | Macau, China | 59.3% | 2016 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 17 | Zambia | 58.9% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 18 | Ghana | 58.8% | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 19 | Rwanda | 58.6% | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 20 | Peru | 56.1% | 2025 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 54.7% | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 22 | Cape Verde | 54.6% | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 23 | New Zealand | 53.1% | 2020 | up 173.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Iceland | 52.3% | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 25 | Albania | 51.4% | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 26 | Uruguay | 51.1% | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 50.2% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 28 | Guatemala | 49.7% | 2024 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 29 | Paraguay | 49.2% | 2017 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.9% | 2022 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 31 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 48.9% | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 32 | Indonesia | 48.4% | 2023 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 33 | Barbados | 47.8% | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 34 | Singapore | 47.7% | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 35 | Bhutan | 47.6% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 36 | Belize | 47.6% | 2019 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 37 | Namibia | 47.2% | 2018 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 38 | Norway | 46.9% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 46.1% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 40 | Malawi | 45.7% | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 41 | Philippines | 45.3% | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 45.2% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 44.7% | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 44 | Ecuador | 44.1% | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 45 | Jamaica | 42.9% | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 46 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 42.8% | 2017 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 47 | Malaysia | 41.4% | 2022 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 48 | Netherlands | 41.3% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 49 | Mexico | 40.9% | 2024 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 50 | Republic of Korea | 40.3% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 51 | El Salvador | 40.1% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 52 | South Africa | 39.8% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 39.8% | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 54 | Sweden | 39.0% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 55 | Denmark | 38.8% | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 56 | Seychelles | 38.8% | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 57 | Myanmar | 38.7% | 2020 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 58 | Czechia | 38.6% | 2024 | up 131.3% | falling |
| 59 | Panama | 38.2% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 60 | Honduras | 38.1% | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 61 | Germany | 36.9% | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 62 | Grenada | 36.7% | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 63 | Spain | 36.5% | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 64 | Brazil | 35.9% | 2025 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 65 | Colombia | 35.7% | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 66 | Portugal | 34.7% | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 67 | Malta | 34.5% | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 68 | Canada | 34.4% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 69 | Australia | 34.0% | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 33.4% | 2025 | down 26.3% | flat |
| 71 | Timor-Leste | 33.4% | 2022 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 72 | Mongolia | 33.0% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 73 | Brunei Darussalam | 32.7% | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 74 | Argentina | 32.7% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 75 | Estonia | 32.2% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 31.9% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 77 | Georgia | 31.3% | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 78 | Austria | 31.2% | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 79 | United States of America | 30.6% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 80 | India | 30.5% | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 81 | Hong Kong, China | 30.1% | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 82 | Serbia | 29.6% | 2024 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 83 | Cyprus | 29.0% | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 84 | Türkiye | 28.5% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 85 | Chile | 28.4% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 86 | Mauritius | 28.3% | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.9% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 27.0% | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 89 | Poland | 26.2% | 2024 | up 128.4% | rising |
| 90 | Armenia | 26.1% | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 91 | Ukraine | 25.7% | 2021 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 92 | Hungary | 25.4% | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 93 | Finland | 24.8% | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 94 | Pakistan | 23.4% | 2025 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 95 | Latvia | 23.2% | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 96 | Tunisia | 22.9% | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 97 | Fiji | 22.9% | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 98 | France | 22.3% | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 99 | Mali | 22.1% | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 100 | Belgium | 21.5% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 101 | Senegal | 21.2% | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 20.8% | 2024 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 103 | Italy | 20.2% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 104 | Ireland | 20.1% | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.0% | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 106 | Israel | 19.5% | 2024 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 19.2% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 108 | Greece | 19.0% | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 109 | Slovenia | 18.3% | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 110 | Montenegro | 18.1% | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 111 | Lithuania | 18.0% | 2024 | up 67.1% | falling |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 17.6% | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 113 | Romania | 16.2% | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 114 | Russian Federation | 15.9% | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 115 | Slovakia | 14.7% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 116 | Egypt | 14.4% | 2024 | up 142.4% | rising |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.9% | 2018 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 118 | Morocco | 11.9% | 2022 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 119 | Belarus | 11.3% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 120 | Croatia | 10.9% | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 121 | Kosovo | 7.8% | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 7.8% | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 124 | Jordan | 6.9% | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 125 | Palestine, State of | 6.2% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Lower middle income 45.9%
- Euro area 29.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 40.6%
- European Union 29.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean 40.2%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 40.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 34.3%
- OECD members 33.6%
- Post-demographic dividend 33.3%
- South Asia 31.7%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 31.7%
- North America 31.1%
- High income 30.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 28.7%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 23.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 20.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 16.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 14.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 14.0%
About this data
The ratio of the labor force with basic education to the working-age population with basic education. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).