| # | Flag | Country | Labor force with basic education, male (% of male working-age population with basic education)Labor force with basic education, male (% of male working-age population with basic education) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 96.42% | 2013 | |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 95.06% | 2013 | |
| 3 | Madagascar | 92.33% | 2015 | |
| 4 | Liberia | 91.75% | 2016 | |
| 5 | Nepal | 90.85% | 2008 | |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 90.77% | 2017 | |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 88.25% | 2011 | |
| 8 | Uganda | 87.39% | 2013 | |
| 9 | Cambodia | 86.52% | 2016 | |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 86.51% | 2017 | |
| 11 | Malaysia | 86.41% | 2016 | |
| 12 | Nauru | 85.83% | 2013 | |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 85.76% | 2013 | |
| 14 | Honduras | 82.95% | 2017 | |
| 15 | Benin | 82.71% | 2011 | |
| 16 | Myanmar | 82.62% | 2017 | |
| 17 | Guatemala | 82.46% | 2017 | |
| 18 | Vietnam | 81.91% | 2017 | |
| 19 | Togo | 81.77% | 2015 | |
| 20 | Niger | 81.7% | 2014 | |
| 21 | Cameroon | 80.86% | 2014 | |
| 22 | Iran | 80.86% | 2016 | |
| 23 | Palau | 80.48% | 2014 | |
| 24 | Paraguay | 80.26% | 2017 | |
| 25 | Tunisia | 80.23% | 2013 | |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 80.18% | 2014 | |
| 27 | Morocco | 80.06% | 2012 | |
| 28 | Philippines | 79.14% | 2016 | |
| 29 | Venezuela | 78.43% | 2012 | |
| 30 | Thailand | 78.24% | 2016 | |
| 31 | Iceland | 78.15% | 2017 | |
| 32 | Colombia | 77.5% | 2018 | |
| 33 | Indonesia | 77.39% | 2017 | |
| 34 | Pakistan | 77.2% | 2018 | |
| 35 | Sri Lanka | 77.06% | 2016 | |
| 36 | Maldives | 77% | 2016 | |
| 37 | Tuvalu | 76.75% | 2016 | |
| 38 | El Salvador | 76.71% | 2017 | |
| 39 | Mexico | 76.62% | 2018 | |
| 40 | India | 76.55% | 2012 | |
| 41 | Belize | 76.23% | 2017 | |
| 42 | Fiji | 75.47% | 2016 | |
| 43 | Ghana | 75.31% | 2015 | |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 75.18% | 2018 | |
| 45 | Ecuador | 75.07% | 2018 | |
| 46 | Mozambique | 75.02% | 2015 | |
| 47 | Mauritius | 74.56% | 2017 | |
| 48 | Angola | 74.21% | 2011 | |
| 49 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 73.93% | 2012 | |
| 50 | Suriname | 73.84% | 2014 | |
| 51 | Uruguay | 73.15% | 2017 | |
| 52 | Guyana | 73% | 2017 | |
| 53 | Cape Verde | 72.9% | 2017 | |
| 54 | Bolivia | 72.83% | 2017 | |
| 55 | Kenya | 72.3% | 1999 | |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 71.81% | 2017 | |
| 57 | Tanzania | 71.23% | 2014 | |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 71.1% | 2016 | |
| 59 | East Timor | 71.09% | 2016 | |
| 60 | Federated States of Micronesia | 70.82% | 2014 | |
| 61 | Panama | 70.58% | 2017 | |
| 62 | Bhutan | 70.19% | 2010 | |
| 63 | Turkey | 70.09% | 2017 | |
| 64 | Macao | 69.97% | 2016 | |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 68.34% | 2017 | |
| 66 | Afghanistan | 67.44% | 2017 | |
| 67 | Iraq | 66.63% | 2012 | |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 65.76% | 2014 | |
| 69 | Sudan | 65.07% | 2011 | |
| 70 | Albania | 65.07% | 2017 | |
| 71 | Republic of the Congo | 64.81% | 2005 | |
| 72 | Cayman Islands | 64.8% | 2015 | |
| 73 | Botswana | 64.01% | 2010 | |
| 74 | Argentina | 63.6% | 2017 | |
| 75 | Switzerland | 63.36% | 2017 | |
| 76 | Brunei | 62.94% | 2017 | |
| 77 | Namibia | 62.23% | 2016 | |
| 78 | Rwanda | 61.02% | 2017 | |
| 79 | Australia | 60.54% | 2013 | |
| 80 | Brazil | 60.33% | 2018 | |
| 81 | Chile | 60.28% | 2018 | |
| 82 | Ivory Coast | 60.08% | 2016 | |
| 83 | Peru | 59.59% | 2018 | |
| 84 | Nigeria | 59.56% | 2016 | |
| 85 | Malta | 59.28% | 2017 | |
| 86 | Mali | 58.66% | 2016 | |
| 87 | Spain | 58.48% | 2017 | |
| 88 | Portugal | 58.23% | 2017 | |
| 89 | Gambia | 57.4% | 2012 | |
| 90 | Hong Kong | 56.44% | 2016 | |
| 91 | Yemen | 55.57% | 2014 | |
| 92 | Mongolia | 55.53% | 2017 | |
| 93 | Comoros | 55.19% | 2004 | |
| 94 | Netherlands | 55.09% | 2017 | |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 55% | 2016 | |
| 96 | Norway | 54.68% | 2017 | |
| 97 | Cuba | 54.56% | 2010 | |
| 98 | South Africa | 54.36% | 2018 | |
| 99 | United States | 53.8% | 2018 | |
| 100 | Sweden | 52.93% | 2017 | |
| 101 | Swaziland | 52.87% | 2016 | |
| 102 | Senegal | 52.86% | 2015 | |
| 103 | Denmark | 52.8% | 2017 | |
| 104 | Kiribati | 52.69% | 2015 | |
| 105 | Estonia | 52.4% | 2017 | |
| 106 | Kosovo | 52.37% | 2016 | |
| 107 | Republic of Macedonia | 52.33% | 2017 | |
| 108 | Mauritania | 51.69% | 2012 | |
| 109 | Germany | 51.11% | 2017 | |
| 110 | Canada | 50.18% | 2018 | |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | 48.87% | 2014 | |
| 112 | Samoa | 48.82% | 2017 | |
| 113 | Austria | 47.7% | 2017 | |
| 114 | Italy | 46.82% | 2017 | |
| 115 | Malawi | 46.77% | 2017 | |
| 116 | Latvia | 46.54% | 2017 | |
| 117 | South Korea | 46.21% | 2015 | |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 45.64% | 2010 | |
| 119 | Serbia | 44.49% | 2018 | |
| 120 | Laos | 44.42% | 2017 | |
| 121 | Romania | 44.09% | 2017 | |
| 122 | Cyprus | 43.39% | 2017 | |
| 123 | Luxembourg | 43.33% | 2017 | |
| 124 | Greece | 43.16% | 2017 | |
| 125 | Israel | 42.88% | 2013 | |
| 126 | Georgia | 42.66% | 2017 | |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 42.52% | 2013 | |
| 128 | Republic of Ireland | 42.29% | 2017 | |
| 129 | Armenia | 40.07% | 2017 | |
| 130 | Seychelles | 38.47% | 2017 | |
| 131 | Moldova | 38.36% | 2018 | |
| 132 | Burundi | 38.35% | 2014 | |
| 133 | Zambia | 38.24% | 2017 | |
| 134 | Egypt | 38.19% | 2017 | |
| 135 | France | 37.77% | 2017 | |
| 136 | Slovenia | 37.77% | 2017 | |
| 137 | Guinea | 37.38% | 2002 | |
| 138 | Hungary | 36.96% | 2017 | |
| 139 | Belgium | 36.71% | 2017 | |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 36.56% | 2009 | |
| 141 | Montenegro | 35.92% | 2017 | |
| 142 | Bulgaria | 34.91% | 2017 | |
| 143 | Finland | 34.75% | 2017 | |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34.59% | 2014 | |
| 145 | Russia | 31.17% | 2017 | |
| 146 | Slovakia | 29.15% | 2017 | |
| 147 | Czech Republic | 28.45% | 2017 | |
| 148 | Croatia | 26.94% | 2017 | |
| 149 | Poland | 26.12% | 2017 | |
| 150 | Lithuania | 25.07% | 2017 | |
| 151 | Ukraine | 24.17% | 2016 |