Sweden vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary

Sweden
9.1%
in 2010
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
9.3%
in 2010
Sweden rank
25th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
24th

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

  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
0246810196019852010

How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 9.3% against 9.1% in Sweden, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sweden ahead.

Sweden ranks 25th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 24th of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 4 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sweden United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1960s 1.7% 1.0% 0.7% Sweden
1970s 2.3% 2.8% 0.5% United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1980s 5.3% 3.9% 1.4% Sweden
1990s 8.4% 5.7% 2.7% Sweden
2000s 9.3% 8.6% 0.7% Sweden
2010s 9.1% 9.3% 0.2% United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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, Sweden or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 9.3% against 9.1% in Sweden as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary between Sweden and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
0.2%, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Sweden and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for barro-lee: percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary?
Sweden ranks 25th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 24th 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

Sweden vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary. Statizoid. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-45-49-with-tertiary-schooling-incompleted-tertiary/sweden/united-kingdom/

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/sweden/united-kingdom/">Sweden vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 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