The source adds the following note: "All estimations account for sampling weights. The ten countries included are Benin, Congo, Egypt, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia. The shares of respondents with appropriate skills (not shown) and of over‑skilled and under‑skilled respondents add up to 100%."
Data is based on "young workers’ perceptions about the relevance of their education to their current job requirements."
Percentages slightly below or above 100 are due to rounding.
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Young working population with skills mismatches in Africa 2019, by educational level
Almost half of the young African working population considered having mismatching skills for their correspondent jobs in a survey conducted in 2019. Over ** percent of the individuals with no education were lacking relevant skills or qualifications for their jobs. However, the share of the underskilled declined with higher educational attainments. On the other hand, around ** percent and ** percent of the youth having completed secondary or tertiary education, respectively, were overskilled for employment.
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