Challenge: Applying for a job, total (% of population ages 15+ without an ID)

The percentage of adult respondents without an ID who report that one limitation that they experience because they lack an ID is the inability apply for a job. If the minimum age for obtaining an ID is above 15, observations below the minimum age are excluded, total sample.

📅 2024📏 %29 entries

LaosZambiaUgandaEswatiniMozambiqueBangladeshSouth AfricaComorosJordanGabonIvory CoastPhilippinesTanzaniaNepalNigerNigeriaMaliTajikistan

49.86% – 45.49%44.57% – 33.67%32.77% – 28.79%28.32% – 20.49%19.84% – 12.92%No data

🇱🇦Laos

49.86%

🇿🇲Zambia

47.29%

🇺🇬Uganda

47.24%

🇸🇿Eswatini

47.21%

🇲🇿Mozambique

46.04%

🇧🇩Bangladesh

45.49%

🇿🇦South Africa

44.57%

🇰🇲Comoros

43.54%

🇸🇳Senegal

42.44%

🇯🇴Jordan

36.05%

🇲🇼Malawi

34.97%

🇬🇦Gabon

33.67%

🇨🇬Congo

32.77%

🇨🇮Ivory Coast

31.12%

🇬🇳Guinea

30.66%

🇨🇲Cameroon

30.10%

🇱🇸Lesotho

28.83%

🇵🇭Philippines

28.79%

🇹🇿Tanzania

28.32%

🇹🇬Togo

25.26%

🇳🇵Nepal

24.42%

🇳🇪Niger

21.31%

🇳🇬Nigeria

20.65%

🇨🇩DR Congo

20.49%

🇬🇭Ghana

19.84%

🇲🇱Mali

17.23%

🇸🇱Sierra Leone

16.04%

🇬🇲Gambia

15.51%

🇹🇯Tajikistan

12.92%

Highlights

As of 2024, Laos ranks first with 49.86%, followed by Zambia (47.29%) and Uganda (47.24%).

Across 29 countries and territories, values run from 49.86% (Laos) to 12.92% (Tajikistan), with a median of 30.66%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Africa and 3 from Asia.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Challenge: Applying for a job, total (% of population ages 15+ without an ID), 2024. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Challenge: Applying for a job, total (% of population ages 15+ without an ID) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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