Low income
Share of over-educated
Share of under-educated
Mali 2016
1%
89%
Tanzania 2014
1%
89%
Comoros 2014
3%
87%
Uganda 2012
2%
85%
Mozambique 2015
2%
83%
Gambia 2012
2%
80%
Liberia 2010
5%
75%
Senegal 2015
6%
75%
Ethiopia 2013
5%
74%
Afghanistan 2017
6%
73%
Congo, DR 2012
8%
59%
Nepal 2017
11%
46%
Madagascar 2015
23%
40%
Togo 2015
13%
39%
Zimbabwe 2011
13%
38%
Sierra Leone 2014
7%
37%
Rwanda 2017
9%
37%
Lower-middle income
Share of over-educated
Share of under-educated
Côte d'Ivoire 2016
2%
87%
Angola 2011
4%
84%
Timor-Leste 2016
8%
62%
Pakistan 2018
7%
62%
Kenya 2006
6%
62%
Cameroon 2014
6%
62%
Honduras 2018
6%
61%
Guatemala 2017
7%
60%
Bangladesh 2017
6%
59%
Yemen 2014
5%
57%
Solomon Islands 2013
13%
54%
Nicaragua 2014
11%
54%
Lao PDR 2017
9%
53%
Egypt 2017
8%
49%
Cambodia 2016
8%
49%
India 2018
14%
48%
Myanmar 2018
12%
47%
Indonesia 2018
6%
47%
El Salvador 2018
10%
45%
Bolivia 2018
13%
41%
Zambia 2017
14%
39%
Sri Lanka 2016
12%
38%
Cape Verde 2015
18%
37%
Swaziland 2016
19%
31%
Kiribati 2015
16%
28%
Viet Nam 2018
20%
28%
Ghana 2017
7%
25%
Moldova, Rep. of 2018
11%
25%
Micronesia 2014
25%
22%
Occupied Palestinian T. 2018
20%
21%
Tajikistan 2009
22%
10%
Mongolia 2018
23%
10%
Armenia 2017
16%
8%
Georgia 2018
24%
7%
Upper-middle income
Share of over-educated
Share of under-educated
Maldives 2016
7%
64%
Iraq 2012
9%
62%
Botswana 2009
12%
48%
Thailand 2018
11%
45%
Paraguay 2017
14%
41%
Namibia 2016
17%
40%
Venezuela 2012
14%
40%
Costa Rica 2018
12%
39%
Cook Islands 2016
18%
37%
Ecuador 2018
16%
36%
Dominican Rep. 2017
15%
33%
Mauritius 2018
15%
30%
Mexico 2018
16%
30%
Brazil 2018
16%
29%
Guyana 2017
18%
29%
Tuvalu 2016
15%
27%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018
11%
24%
Serbia 2018
16%
24%
Nauru 2013
21%
24%
Argentina 2018
18%
24%
South Africa 2018
30%
21%
Russian Federation 2018
26%
15%
Croatia 2017
15%
14%
Belize 2016
26%
14%
Fiji 2016
21%
13%
Albania 2013
11%
10%
Romania 2017
14%
9%
Bulgaria 2017
22%
8%
High income
Share of over-educated
Share of under-educated
Uruguay 2018
5%
49%
Portugal 2017
12%
34%
Brunei Darussalam 2017
17%
31%
United Arab Emirates 2018
20%
29%
Israel 2016
14%
23%
Sweden 2017
15%
22%
United Kingdom 2017
22%
22%
Malta 2017
15%
22%
Switzerland 2017
19%
21%
Italy 2017
20%
21%
France 2017
21%
21%
Austria 2017
20%
21%
Netherlands 2017
19%
20%
Norway 2017
15%
20%
Luxembourg 2017
11%
20%
Chile 2018
23%
19%
Denmark 2017
18%
19%
Iceland 2017
15%
19%
Czech Rep. 2017
14%
17%
Slovenia 2017
16%
17%
Greece 2017
21%
16%
Palau 2014
45%
16%
Estonia 2017
22%
15%
Finland 2017
22%
15%
United States 2018
27%
15%
Korea, Rep. of 2018
37%
15%
Ireland 2017
26%
14%
Belgium 2017
25%
14%
Latvia 2017
26%
13%
Slovakia 2017
20%
13%
Hungary 2017
18%
13%
Poland 2017
19%
12%
Cyprus 2017
32%
12%
Spain 2017
29%
10%
Lithuania 2017
24%
8%
