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Inequality in education (percent)

Name: Inequality in education (percent) by country, 2023
Creator: UNDP, Human Development Report Office (CC BY 3.0 IGO)
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UNDP, Human Development Report Office (CC BY 3.0 IGO)CC BY 3.0 IGOupdated 2023

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187 countries · 2023

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Inequality in education (percent) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Guinea	50.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
2	Afghanistan	48.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
3	Bhutan	48.2	South Asia	Lower middle income
4	Sierra Leone	47.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Gambia, The	47	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Senegal	47	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
7	Yemen, Rep.	46.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
8	Cote d'Ivoire	46.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Burkina Faso	46.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Djibouti	45.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
11	Timor-Leste	44.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
12	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	44.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Comoros	44.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
14	Benin	44	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Mauritania	44	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Pakistan	43.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
17	Chad	42.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Ethiopia	42.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Sudan	42.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Liberia	42.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Guinea-Bissau	42.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
22	Morocco	41.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
23	Mali	40.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	Nepal	39.8	South Asia	Lower middle income
25	South Sudan	39.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Burundi	39.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
27	Nigeria	37.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
28	Togo	37.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	St. Lucia	37.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
30	Haiti	37.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
31	Egypt, Arab Rep.	36.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
32	India	36.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
33	Bangladesh	35.3	South Asia	Lower middle income
34	Central African Republic	35.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Niger	35	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
36	Guatemala	35	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
37	Mozambique	34.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
38	Angola	34.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Algeria	33.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
40	Ghana	33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
41	Papua New Guinea	32.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
42	Cameroon	31.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	Lao PDR	31.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
44	Iraq	29.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
45	Maldives	29.3	South Asia	Upper middle income
46	Tunisia	29.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
47	Madagascar	28.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
48	Cambodia	28.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
49	Malawi	28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
50	Uganda	27.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
51	Cabo Verde	27.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
52	Rwanda	27.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
53	Myanmar	26.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
54	Congo, Dem. Rep.	26.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
55	Tanzania	26.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Nicaragua	25.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
57	Namibia	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Botswana	23.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
59	Kuwait	22.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
60	Iran, Islamic Rep.	21.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
61	Honduras	21.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
62	El Salvador	21.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
63	Eswatini	21	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
64	Congo, Rep.	20.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	Gabon	20.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
66	Zambia	20.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
67	Kenya	19.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Lesotho	19.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Peru	19.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
70	Sao Tome and Principe	18.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
71	Suriname	18.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Vanuatu	17.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
73	Solomon Islands	17.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
74	South Africa	17.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
75	Colombia	17	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Dominica	16.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Thailand	16	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
78	Mexico	16	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
79	Viet Nam	15.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
80	Brazil	15.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
81	Bolivia	15	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
82	Belize	14.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Paraguay	14.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
84	Zimbabwe	14.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
85	Dominican Republic	14.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	Bahrain	13.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
87	Jordan	13	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
88	Indonesia	12.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
89	Saudi Arabia	12.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
90	Turkiye	12.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
91	Albania	12.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Ecuador	12.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Philippines	12	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
94	Mongolia	11.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
95	Sri Lanka	11.3	South Asia	Upper middle income
96	Costa Rica	11	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
97	Guyana	10.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
98	China	10.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
100	Brunei Darussalam	10.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
101	Qatar	10.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
102	Antigua and Barbuda	9.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
103	Panama	9.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
104	Portugal	9.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
105	Venezuela, RB	9.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
106	Kiribati	9.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
107	Spain	9.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
108	West Bank and Gaza	9.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
109	United Arab Emirates	9.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
110	Tuvalu	9.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
111	Cuba	9.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
112	Malaysia	9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
113	Naoero	8.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
114	Singapore	8.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
115	Hong Kong SAR, China	8.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
116	Fiji	8.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
117	North Macedonia	8.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
118	Montenegro	7.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	Uruguay	7.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
120	Italy	7.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
121	Mauritius	7.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
122	Grenada	7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
123	Samoa	7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
124	Greece	6.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	6.7	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
126	Seychelles	6.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
127	Oman	6.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
128	Korea, Rep.	6.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
129	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	6.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
130	Tajikistan	6	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
131	Chile	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
132	Trinidad and Tobago	5.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
133	Jamaica	5.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
134	Palau	5.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
135	Japan	5.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
136	Andorra	5.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
137	Barbados	5.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
138	Cyprus	5.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Luxembourg	5.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	France	5.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Israel	5.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
142	Malta	5.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
143	Argentina	4.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
144	Poland	4.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Netherlands	4.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Bulgaria	4.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Tonga	4.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
148	Australia	4.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
149	Azerbaijan	4.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
150	San Marino	4.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Serbia	4.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
152	New Zealand	4.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
153	Belgium	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Marshall Islands	4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
155	Romania	3.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Germany	3.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Ukraine	3.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
158	Bahamas, The	3.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
159	Kyrgyz Republic	3.4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
160	Kazakhstan	3.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
161	United Kingdom	3.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Croatia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	Turkmenistan	2.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
164	Armenia	2.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
165	Belarus	2.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
166	United States	2.7	North America	High income
167	Austria	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Sweden	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Ireland	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Hungary	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Georgia	2.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
172	Denmark	2.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
173	Iceland	2.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
174	Moldova	2.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
175	Canada	2.2	North America	High income
176	Monaco	2.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
177	Finland	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Lithuania	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
179	Slovenia	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
180	Norway	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
181	Uzbekistan	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
182	Switzerland	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
183	Latvia	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
184	Estonia	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
185	Russian Federation	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
186	Slovak Republic	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
187	Czechia	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Inequality in education (percent)