Brazil vs Sri Lanka: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary

Brazil
3.6%
in 2010
Sri Lanka
3.8%
in 2010
Brazil rank
63rd
Sri Lanka rank
61st

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary over time

  • Brazil
  • Sri Lanka
01234196019852010

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 3.8% against 3.6% in Brazil, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Brazil ranks 63rd and Sri Lanka ranks 61st of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Sri Lanka
1970s 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% Sri Lanka
1980s 0.8% 0.7% 0.2% Brazil
1990s 1.8% 1.7% 0.1% Brazil
2000s 2.9% 3.6% 0.8% Sri Lanka
2010s 3.6% 3.8% 0.2% Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary, Brazil or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 3.8% against 3.6% in Brazil as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary between Brazil and Sri Lanka?
0.2%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Sri Lanka?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Brazil and Sri Lanka rank globally for barro-lee: percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary?
Brazil ranks 63rd and Sri Lanka ranks 61st of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 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

Brazil vs Sri Lanka: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary. Statizoid. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-45-49-with-tertiary-schooling-incompleted-tertiary/brazil/sri-lanka/

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-45-49-with-tertiary-schooling-incompleted-tertiary/brazil/sri-lanka/">Brazil vs Sri Lanka: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 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