Up to almost half of the young African workforce considered having mismatching skills for their correspondent jobs in survey conducted in 2019. Self-employed individuals registered the highest mismatch rate with 34 percent of those being underskilled for their job. In contrast, waged employees reflected the highest share of overskilled individuals with more than 23 percent of them having more skills and qualifications than necessary.
Distribution of young working population with skills mismatches in Africa as of 2019, by employment status
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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