| # | Flag | Country | Labor force with basic education (% of total working-age population with basic education)Labor force with basic education (% of total working-age population with basic education) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 91.83% | 2013 | |
| 2 | Qatar | 90.6% | 2013 | |
| 3 | Madagascar | 89.78% | 2015 | |
| 4 | Nepal | 86.17% | 2008 | |
| 5 | Liberia | 83.92% | 2016 | |
| 6 | Togo | 83.19% | 2015 | |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 82.23% | 2011 | |
| 8 | Cambodia | 81.65% | 2016 | |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 80.6% | 2017 | |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 79.14% | 2013 | |
| 11 | Benin | 78.01% | 2011 | |
| 12 | Vietnam | 77.87% | 2017 | |
| 13 | Nauru | 76.73% | 2013 | |
| 14 | Cameroon | 75.24% | 2014 | |
| 15 | Iceland | 71.58% | 2017 | |
| 16 | Kenya | 71.23% | 1999 | |
| 17 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 70.81% | 2012 | |
| 18 | Mozambique | 70.33% | 2015 | |
| 19 | Ghana | 70.13% | 2015 | |
| 20 | Thailand | 70.04% | 2016 | |
| 21 | Malaysia | 69.09% | 2016 | |
| 22 | Niger | 69.09% | 2014 | |
| 23 | Angola | 68.32% | 2011 | |
| 24 | Tanzania | 68% | 2014 | |
| 25 | Myanmar | 66.68% | 2017 | |
| 26 | Cape Verde | 65.64% | 2017 | |
| 27 | Paraguay | 65.22% | 2017 | |
| 28 | Macao | 64.5% | 2016 | |
| 29 | East Timor | 64.09% | 2016 | |
| 30 | Republic of the Congo | 63.63% | 2005 | |
| 31 | Uruguay | 63.18% | 2017 | |
| 32 | Philippines | 63.11% | 2016 | |
| 33 | Bolivia | 62.67% | 2017 | |
| 34 | Honduras | 62.65% | 2017 | |
| 35 | Bhutan | 62.61% | 2010 | |
| 36 | Nicaragua | 62.6% | 2014 | |
| 37 | Ecuador | 62.07% | 2018 | |
| 38 | Indonesia | 61.82% | 2017 | |
| 39 | Venezuela | 61.63% | 2012 | |
| 40 | Guatemala | 61.61% | 2017 | |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 61.44% | 2017 | |
| 42 | Colombia | 61.12% | 2018 | |
| 43 | Nigeria | 60.66% | 2016 | |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 59.33% | 2017 | |
| 45 | Cayman Islands | 59.21% | 2015 | |
| 46 | El Salvador | 59.18% | 2017 | |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 58.77% | 2018 | |
| 48 | Burkina Faso | 58.63% | 2014 | |
| 49 | Namibia | 58.46% | 2016 | |
| 50 | Suriname | 58.13% | 2014 | |
| 51 | Belize | 57.79% | 2017 | |
| 52 | Botswana | 57.62% | 2010 | |
| 53 | Albania | 57.6% | 2017 | |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 57.52% | 2017 | |
| 55 | Mexico | 56.91% | 2018 | |
| 56 | Maldives | 56.57% | 2016 | |
| 57 | Federated States of Micronesia | 56.03% | 2014 | |
| 58 | Guyana | 55.36% | 2017 | |
| 59 | Tuvalu | 54.82% | 2016 | |
| 60 | Morocco | 54.36% | 2012 | |
| 61 | Mauritius | 54.15% | 2017 | |
| 62 | Panama | 54% | 2017 | |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 53.82% | 2016 | |
| 64 | Peru | 53.15% | 2018 | |
| 65 | Brunei | 52.84% | 2017 | |
| 66 | Rwanda | 52.7% | 2017 | |
| 67 | Tunisia | 52.64% | 2013 | |
| 68 | Australia | 52.14% | 2013 | |
| 69 | Pakistan | 52.02% | 2018 | |
| 70 | Fiji | 52% | 2016 | |
| 71 | Ivory Coast | 51.81% | 2016 | |
| 72 | India | 51.57% | 2012 | |
| 73 | Afghanistan | 51.2% | 2017 | |
| 74 | Portugal | 51.01% | 2017 | |
| 75 | Turkey | 50.6% | 2017 | |
| 76 | Switzerland | 50.55% | 2017 | |
| 77 | Uganda | 50.42% | 2017 | |
| 78 | Norway | 50.19% | 2017 | |
| 79 | Gambia | 49.26% | 2012 | |
| 80 | Spain | 49.02% | 2017 | |
| 81 | Mongolia | 48.95% | 2017 | |
| 82 | Swaziland | 48.78% | 2016 | |
| 83 | Iran | 48.75% | 2016 | |
| 84 | Palau | 48.66% | 2014 | |
| 85 | Argentina | 48.49% | 2017 | |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 48.43% | 2016 | |
| 87 | Sweden | 48.2% | 2017 | |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 47.94% | 2014 | |
| 89 | Brazil | 47.88% | 2018 | |
| 90 | Chile | 47.63% | 2018 | |
| 91 | South Africa | 47.45% | 2018 | |
| 92 | Mali | 47.14% | 2016 | |
| 93 | Hong Kong | 46.37% | 2016 | |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 45.58% | 2010 | |
| 95 | Sudan | 45.15% | 2011 | |
| 96 | Estonia | 44.49% | 2017 | |
| 97 | Netherlands | 44.01% | 2017 | |
| 98 | Denmark | 43.91% | 2017 | |
| 99 | Canada | 43.53% | 2018 | |
| 100 | Senegal | 43.31% | 2015 | |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.47% | 2016 | |
| 102 | Laos | 42.27% | 2017 | |
| 103 | United States | 41.99% | 2018 | |
| 104 | Comoros | 41.94% | 2004 | |
| 105 | Malta | 41.86% | 2017 | |
| 106 | Kiribati | 41.16% | 2015 | |
| 107 | Georgia | 40.47% | 2017 | |
| 108 | Malawi | 40.13% | 2017 | |
| 109 | Iraq | 39.77% | 2012 | |
| 110 | Germany | 38.87% | 2017 | |
| 111 | South Korea | 38.78% | 2015 | |
| 112 | Latvia | 38.31% | 2017 | |
| 113 | Moldova | 37.43% | 2018 | |
| 114 | Yemen | 37.27% | 2014 | |
| 115 | Mauritania | 37.16% | 2012 | |
| 116 | Austria | 36.97% | 2017 | |
| 117 | Luxembourg | 36.35% | 2017 | |
| 118 | Cyprus | 35.93% | 2017 | |
| 119 | Cuba | 35.66% | 2010 | |
| 120 | Guinea | 35.42% | 2002 | |
| 121 | Samoa | 35.26% | 2017 | |
| 122 | Armenia | 34.54% | 2017 | |
| 123 | Italy | 34.52% | 2017 | |
| 124 | Burundi | 33.78% | 2014 | |
| 125 | Serbia | 33.01% | 2018 | |
| 126 | Greece | 32.84% | 2017 | |
| 127 | Republic of Macedonia | 32.4% | 2017 | |
| 128 | Israel | 32.1% | 2013 | |
| 129 | Romania | 31.93% | 2017 | |
| 130 | Republic of Ireland | 31.75% | 2017 | |
| 131 | Zambia | 31.59% | 2017 | |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 30.63% | 2013 | |
| 133 | France | 30.28% | 2017 | |
| 134 | Seychelles | 30.02% | 2017 | |
| 135 | Belgium | 28.44% | 2017 | |
| 136 | Hungary | 27.8% | 2017 | |
| 137 | Tajikistan | 27.65% | 2009 | |
| 138 | Finland | 27.6% | 2017 | |
| 139 | Slovenia | 27.33% | 2017 | |
| 140 | Bulgaria | 26.52% | 2017 | |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.34% | 2014 | |
| 142 | Kosovo | 25.23% | 2016 | |
| 143 | Egypt | 25.11% | 2017 | |
| 144 | Montenegro | 24.93% | 2017 | |
| 145 | Slovakia | 21.81% | 2017 | |
| 146 | Czech Republic | 21.32% | 2017 | |
| 147 | Russia | 21.31% | 2017 | |
| 148 | Ukraine | 19.87% | 2016 | |
| 149 | Croatia | 18.73% | 2017 | |
| 150 | Poland | 17.62% | 2017 | |
| 151 | Lithuania | 16.07% | 2017 |