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Share of population with some formal education

% · higher is better · 145 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020
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  1. 1Lithuania99.9%
  2. 1Tajikistan99.9%
  3. 1Kazakhstan99.9%
  4. 1United Kingdom99.9%
  5. 1Belize99.9%
  6. 2Ukraine99.8%
  7. 2Cyprus99.8%
  8. 2Poland99.8%
  9. 2Kyrgyz Republic99.8%
  10. 2Taiwan99.8%
  11. 2Czechia99.8%
  12. 2Japan99.8%
  13. 2Netherlands99.8%
  14. 3Korea, Rep.99.7%
  15. 3Slovak Republic99.7%
  16. 3Uruguay99.7%
  17. 3Hungary99.7%
  18. 4Tonga99.6%
  19. 4Finland99.6%
  20. 4Canada99.6%
  21. 4Ireland99.6%
  22. 4United States99.6%
  23. 5Estonia99.5%
  24. 5Hong Kong SAR, China99.5%
  25. 5Argentina99.5%
  26. 5Slovenia99.5%
  27. 6Trinidad and Tobago99.4%
  28. 6Greece99.4%
  29. 6Latvia99.4%
  30. 6Armenia99.4%
  31. 7Croatia99.3%
  32. 7Barbados99.3%
  33. 7Spain99.3%
  34. 8Australia99.1%
  35. 8Moldova99.1%
  36. 8Israel99.1%
  37. 9Albania99%
  38. 9Romania99%
  39. 9Mauritius99%
  40. 9Russian Federation99%
  41. 9Chile99%
  42. 9Italy99%
  43. 10Fiji98.9%
  44. 10France98.9%
  45. 10Switzerland98.9%
  46. 11Serbia98.8%
  47. 12China98.7%
  48. 13Germany98.4%
  49. 13Macao SAR, China98.4%
  50. 13Peru98.4%
  51. 14New Zealand98.3%
  52. 15Philippines98.2%
  53. 15Bulgaria98.2%
  54. 15Iceland98.2%
  55. 15Costa Rica98.2%
  56. 15El Salvador98.2%
  57. 16Austria98.1%
  58. 16Zimbabwe98.1%
  59. 16South Africa98.1%
  60. 17Venezuela, RB98%
  61. 17Cuba98%
  62. 18Malaysia97.8%
  63. 19Portugal97.6%
  64. 20Qatar97.5%
  65. 21Colombia97.4%
  66. 21Jordan97.4%
  67. 21Indonesia97.4%
  68. 22Kuwait97.3%
  69. 22Sri Lanka97.3%
  70. 23Botswana97.2%
  71. 24Thailand97.1%
  72. 24Ecuador97.1%
  73. 25Belgium97%
  74. 25Malta97%
  75. 26Sweden96.9%
  76. 26Paraguay96.9%
  77. 27Denmark96.7%
  78. 27Mexico96.7%
  79. 28Mongolia96.6%
  80. 29Singapore96.4%
  81. 30Turkiye96.3%
  82. 31Panama95.9%
  83. 32Brazil95.8%
  84. 33Dominican Republic95.7%
  85. 34Bolivia95.1%
  86. 35Jamaica94.9%
  87. 36Luxembourg94.6%
  88. 37Uganda94.3%
  89. 38Honduras93.6%
  90. 38Kenya93.6%
  91. 39Gabon93.5%
  92. 40Saudi Arabia93.4%
  93. 41Zambia93.2%
  94. 42Guyana93.1%
  95. 43Lesotho92.7%
  96. 44Norway92.3%
  97. 45Tanzania92%
  98. 46Malawi91.8%
  99. 47Syrian Arab Republic91.6%
  100. 48Myanmar91.5%
  101. 49United Arab Emirates91.2%
  102. 50Iran, Islamic Rep.90.8%
  103. 51Tunisia90.6%
  104. 52Nicaragua90.3%
  105. 53Algeria89.6%
  106. 54Guatemala89.5%
  107. 55Maldives89.1%
  108. 56Cameroon87.7%
  109. 57Cambodia87.3%
  110. 58Iraq86.8%
  111. 59Viet Nam86.4%
  112. 60Haiti85.2%
  113. 61Libya85.1%
  114. 62Ghana84.1%
  115. 63Mauritania81.8%
  116. 64Congo, Rep.81.2%
  117. 65Namibia80.8%
  118. 66Eswatini79.9%
  119. 67Nepal79.5%
  120. 68Brunei Darussalam79.4%
  121. 68India79.4%
  122. 69Egypt, Arab Rep.79.2%
  123. 70Bangladesh78.1%
  124. 71Togo78%
  125. 72Lao PDR76.4%
  126. 73Bahrain74.6%
  127. 74Morocco71.8%
  128. 75Cote d'Ivoire70.7%
  129. 76Congo, Dem. Rep.69.3%
  130. 77Pakistan68.6%
  131. 78Rwanda68.1%
  132. 79Burundi66.3%
  133. 80Afghanistan66.1%
  134. 81Papua New Guinea65.2%
  135. 82Sierra Leone64.9%
  136. 83Liberia64%
  137. 84Benin62.6%
  138. 85Yemen, Rep.62%
  139. 86Senegal58%
  140. 87Central African Republic57.8%
  141. 88Mozambique54.5%
  142. 89Sudan54.4%
  143. 90Gambia, The52.9%
  144. 91Mali43%
  145. 92Niger41.9%

Share of population with some formal education