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EconomyYearLabor force with basic education, female (% of female working-age population with basic education)
Afghanistan202118.9%
Albania202349.2%
Algeria201711.5%
American Samoa2023N/A
Andorra2023N/A
Angola202183.8%
Antigua and Barbuda201861.9%
Argentina202336%
Armenia202122.8%
Aruba2023N/A
Australia202335%
Austria202330.9%
Azerbaijan2023N/A
Bahamas, The202396.3%
Bahrain2023N/A
Bangladesh202245.9%
Barbados202146.9%
Belarus202313.4%
Belgium202319.9%
Belize202055.4%
Benin202263.4%
Bermuda2023N/A
Bhutan202351%
Bolivia202364.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina202319.8%
Botswana202359%
Brazil202332.1%
British Virgin Islands2023N/A
Brunei Darussalam202337%
Bulgaria202319.8%
Burkina Faso202333.2%
Burundi202076%
Cabo Verde201954.6%
Cambodia202174.3%
Cameroon202131.3%
Canada202335.8%
Cayman Islands201552.3%
Central African Republic2023N/A
Chad201847.1%
Channel Islands2023N/A
Chile202332%
China2023N/A
Colombia202336%
Comoros202130.5%
Congo, Dem. Rep.202057.3%
Congo, Rep.2023N/A
Costa Rica202335.7%
Cote d'Ivoire202248.9%
Croatia202311.3%
Cuba2023N/A
Curacao201821.8%
Cyprus202329.8%
Czechia202338.7%
Denmark202337.9%
Djibouti201715.8%
Dominica2023N/A
Dominican Republic202345.4%
Ecuador202346.6%
Egypt, Arab Rep.20238.1%
El Salvador202343.8%
Equatorial Guinea2023N/A
Eritrea2023N/A
Estonia202327.8%
Eswatini202145.1%
Ethiopia202154.5%
Faroe Islands2023N/A
Fiji201628.7%
Finland202327.6%
France202322.8%
French Polynesia2023N/A
Gabon2023N/A
Gambia, The202344.1%
Georgia202028.5%
Germany202336.1%
Ghana202259.3%
Gibraltar2023N/A
Greece202319.5%
Greenland2023N/A
Grenada202336.7%
Guam2023N/A
Guatemala202350.8%
Guinea201931.6%
Guinea-Bissau202250.7%
Guyana201933.8%
Haiti2023N/A
Honduras202338.2%
Hong Kong SAR, China202330.5%
Hungary202325.1%
Iceland202350.6%
India202331.7%
Indonesia202348.4%
Iran, Islamic Rep.20228.3%
Iraq20214.3%
Ireland202322.1%
Isle of Man2023N/A
Israel202320.7%
Italy202321.1%
Jamaica202342.9%
Japan2023N/A
Jordan20236.9%
Kazakhstan2023N/A
Kenya202169.3%
Kiribati202031%
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.2023N/A
Korea, Rep.202339.9%
Kosovo20225.5%
Kuwait201648%
Kyrgyz Republic201812.9%
Lao PDR202266%
Latvia202322.2%
Lebanon201917.9%
Lesotho201946.2%
Liberia201739.5%
Libya2023N/A
Liechtenstein2023N/A
Lithuania202316.7%
Luxembourg202332.7%
Macao SAR, China201659.3%
Madagascar201587.1%
Malawi202064.6%
Malaysia202241.4%
Maldives201942.1%
Mali202240.5%
Malta202326.5%
Marshall Islands202127.2%
Mauritania201924.8%
Mauritius202332.8%
Mexico202340.6%
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.2023N/A
Moldova202367.8%
Monaco201615.5%
Mongolia202341.3%
Montenegro202215.7%
Morocco202211.9%
Mozambique202269%
Myanmar202038.7%
Namibia201847.2%
Nauru202153.1%
Nepal201727.5%
Netherlands202340.1%
New Caledonia202235.4%
New Zealand202053.1%
Nicaragua2023N/A
Niger202262.1%
Nigeria202381.1%
North Macedonia202319.2%
Northern Mariana Islands2023N/A
Norway202345%
Oman202126.6%
Pakistan202117%
Palau202019.9%
Panama202336.2%
Papua New Guinea202248.7%
Paraguay201749.2%
Peru202358.7%
Philippines202245.5%
Poland202327.3%
Portugal202338.1%
Puerto Rico20155%
Qatar202249.5%
Romania202315.4%
Russian Federation202316.4%
Rwanda202359.5%
Samoa202227.7%
San Marino202252.9%
Sao Tome and Principe201723.1%
Saudi Arabia202323.2%
Senegal202234.2%
Serbia202327.9%
Seychelles202338.6%
Sierra Leone201842.5%
Singapore202348.4%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)2023N/A
Slovak Republic202312.8%
Slovenia202318.7%
Solomon Islands2023N/A
Somalia201924.7%
South Africa202339.9%
South Sudan2023N/A
Spain202336.4%
Sri Lanka202228.1%
St. Kitts and Nevis2023N/A
St. Lucia202381.9%
St. Martin (French part)2023N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines2023N/A
Sudan20229.9%
Suriname201649%
Sweden202339%
Switzerland202343.4%
Syrian Arab Republic2023N/A
Tajikistan201613.4%
Tanzania202034.3%
Thailand202361.3%
Timor-Leste202233.4%
Togo202265.1%
Tonga202144.4%
Trinidad and Tobago202327.4%
Tunisia202322.9%
Turkiye202327.7%
Turkmenistan2023N/A
Turks and Caicos Islands2023N/A
Tuvalu202221.3%
Uganda202178.1%
Ukraine202125.7%
United Arab Emirates202345.2%
United Kingdom202349.2%
United States202331.3%
Uruguay202350.1%
Uzbekistan20207.9%
Vanuatu202040.4%
Venezuela, RB201742.8%
Vietnam202367.9%
Virgin Islands (U.S.)2023N/A
West Bank and Gaza20225.7%
Yemen, Rep.2023N/A
Zambia202354.7%
Zimbabwe202359.7%

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