Based on a comparison of 32 countries in 2016, Turkey ranked the highest in Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0-2) - Total with 37,054 '000 followed by Italy and Spain. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 70.6 '000, Luxembourg with 112 '000 and Estonia with 173 '000.
Data for more countries are available at Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0-2) - Total indicator page.
| Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0-2) - Total | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Austria | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,577 | 1,577 | 1,543 | 1,525 | 1,416 | ||||||||
| Belgium | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,892 | 2,847 | 2,825 | 2,751 | 2,678 | ||||||||
| Bulgaria | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,657 | 1,560 | 1,476 | 1,393 | 1,391 | ||||||||
| France | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15,565 | 15,307 | 14,930 | 13,881 | 13,641 | ||||||||
| Germany | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13,328 | 11,286 | 11,076 | 10,832 | 12,047 | ||||||||
| Hungary | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,184 | 2,129 | 2,033 | 1,943 | 1,844 | ||||||||
| Italy | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22,884 | 22,523 | 22,024 | 21,703 | 21,239 | ||||||||
| Netherlands | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,198 | 4,187 | 4,124 | 3,888 | 3,902 | ||||||||
| Poland | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,836 | 5,660 | 5,403 | 5,168 | 4,933 | ||||||||
| Portugal | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,658 | 5,410 | 5,189 | 4,996 | 4,764 | ||||||||
| Romania | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,457 | 5,317 | 5,165 | 5,048 | 5,344 | ||||||||
| Spain | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18,059 | 17,661 | 17,440 | 17,069 | 16,724 | ||||||||
| Sweden | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,889 | 1,863 | 1,835 | 1,780 | 1,737 | ||||||||
| Turkey | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36,366 | 36,706 | 36,728 | 36,893 | 37,514 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,833 | 10,249 | 10,165 | 9,976 | 9,650 |
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