China vs India: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary

China
6.8%
in 2010
India
7.4%
in 2010
China rank
58th
India rank
55th

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary over time

  • China
  • India
02468196019852010

How they compare

India currently reports 7.4% against 6.8% in China, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was China ahead.

China ranks 58th and India ranks 55th of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, China averaged higher in 1 and India in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade China India Difference Ahead
1960s 1.1% 1.0% 0.1% China
1970s 0.5% 1.9% 1.4% India
1980s 1.0% 3.0% 1.9% India
1990s 2.8% 5.0% 2.2% India
2000s 5.3% 6.0% 0.7% India
2010s 6.8% 7.4% 0.6% India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary, China or India?
India, at 7.4% against 6.8% in China as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary between China and India?
0.6%, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do China and India rank globally for barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary?
China ranks 58th and India ranks 55th of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

China vs India: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary. Statizoid. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-20-24-with-tertiary-schooling-incompleted-tertiary/china/india/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-20-24-with-tertiary-schooling-incompleted-tertiary/china/india/">China vs India: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed