Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
92.5%
Denmark
Lowest
0.4%
Sudan
Median
44.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 92.5% in Denmark; the lowest is 0.4% in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 44.2%, and the mean is 42.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 257.

Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Australia (up 2,405.8%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 94.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 92.5% 2010 up 2.9% rising
2 Finland 86.7% 2010 up 577.7% volatile
3 Norway 84.9% 2010 up 40.6% volatile
4 Italy 83.7% 2010 up 9.7% rising
5 Hungary 81.9% 2010 up 19.0% rising
6 Serbia 79.6% 2010 up 354.0% volatile
7 Czechia 77.3% 2010 down 6.4% volatile
8 Barbados 77.3% 2010 down 10.7% rising
9 Slovenia 76.2% 2010 down 5.6% rising
10 Romania 75.3% 2010 up 3.8% rising
11 Sweden 74.8% 2010 up 8.4% rising
12 Cyprus 72.8% 2010 down 4.7% rising
13 Türkiye 71.8% 2010 up 57.6% volatile
14 Bulgaria 71.7% 2010 up 264.7% rising
15 Switzerland 71.3% 2010 up 1,510.2% volatile
16 Botswana 70.4% 2010 up 3.6% volatile
17 Jordan 69.8% 2010 up 30.8% rising
18 Croatia 68.0% 2010 up 83.8% volatile
19 France 67.2% 2010 up 29.5% volatile
20 Estonia 66.7% 2010 up 25.4% volatile
21 Chile 66.5% 2010 up 82.6% rising
22 Maldives 66.4% 2010 up 132.8% volatile
23 Zambia 66.3% 2010 up 322.5% volatile
24 Tunisia 66.3% 2010 up 45.6% volatile
25 Greece 66.0% 2010 up 22.1% rising
26 Slovakia 63.7% 2010 up 153.0% volatile
27 Poland 62.9% 2010 up 224.8% rising
28 Republic of Moldova 62.1% 2010 down 6.4% flat
29 Malta 61.8% 2010 up 29.2% rising
30 Saudi Arabia 61.0% 2010 up 39.6% volatile
31 Portugal 60.6% 2010 up 125.2% volatile
32 Iceland 60.2% 2010 up 42.7% rising
33 Dominican Republic 59.8% 2010 up 23.7% rising
34 Netherlands 59.6% 2010 up 17.4% rising
35 Belize 58.9% 2010 up 40.5% rising
36 Latvia 58.5% 2010 down 0.7% volatile
37 Canada 57.6% 2010 down 22.2% rising
38 Israel 57.3% 2010 up 136.5% falling
39 Albania 56.9% 2010 down 21.5% rising
40 Bahrain 56.7% 2010 up 1.3% rising
41 Congo 56.6% 2010 up 31.0% rising
42 Luxembourg 56.2% 2010 up 12.6% volatile
43 Qatar 56.0% 2010 up 39.6% rising
44 Belgium 55.8% 2010 down 2.5% rising
45 Spain 55.4% 2010 up 37.2% rising
46 Sri Lanka 55.2% 2010 up 388.6% volatile
47 Germany 54.7% 2010 up 845.2% volatile
48 Ireland 54.6% 2010 down 0.4% rising
49 Jamaica 54.5% 2010 down 5.7% rising
50 New Zealand 54.0% 2010 up 131.9% rising
51 Macau, China 53.9% 2010 up 4.0% rising
52 Guyana 52.1% 2010 up 18.7% rising
53 Gambia 51.7% 2010 up 68.5% volatile
54 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 51.5% 2010 up 202.3% rising
55 Cuba 50.9% 2010 down 24.5% rising
56 Philippines 50.5% 2010 up 28.8% rising
57 Indonesia 50.2% 2010 up 520.3% volatile
58 Zimbabwe 49.8% 2010 down 21.0% volatile
59 Gabon 49.5% 2010 up 49.0% rising
60 Honduras 49.3% 2010 up 73.8% volatile
61 Argentina 48.8% 2010 up 1.8% rising
62 Ghana 48.3% 2010 up 19.2% rising
63 Lithuania 48.1% 2010 down 0.0% falling
64 Togo 48.0% 2010 up 94.5% volatile
65 Australia 47.4% 2010 up 2,405.8% volatile
66 Mexico 46.5% 2010 up 9.4% rising
67 Uruguay 46.3% 2010 down 11.3% rising
68 Tajikistan 45.9% 2010 up 5.7% falling
69 China 45.2% 2010 up 84.0% falling
70 Colombia 44.8% 2010 up 25.0% rising
71 Brazil 44.7% 2010 up 26.8% volatile
72 India 44.2% 2010 up 74.6% volatile
73 Paraguay 44.2% 2010 up 172.4% rising
74 Syrian Arab Republic 43.4% 2010 up 479.4% volatile
75 Trinidad and Tobago 42.4% 2010 down 31.4% rising
76 South Africa 42.1% 2010 down 29.6% rising
77 Egypt 42.1% 2010 down 6.7% volatile
78 United States of America 41.6% 2010 up 31.8% rising
79 Ukraine 41.1% 2010 down 13.4% falling
80 Mongolia 41.0% 2010 up 10.1% rising
81 Sierra Leone 40.6% 2010 up 125.4% volatile
82 Iraq 40.2% 2010 up 34.0% rising
83 United Arab Emirates 40.0% 2010 up 0.4% volatile
84 Lao People's Democratic Republic 39.8% 2010 up 25.0% rising
85 Russian Federation 39.3% 2010 down 13.6% falling
86 Tonga 39.0% 2010 down 48.8% flat
87 Brunei Darussalam 38.9% 2010 up 13.5% rising
88 Fiji 36.9% 2010 down 10.5% rising
89 Austria 36.1% 2010 up 9.5% rising
90 Kyrgyzstan 35.2% 2010 up 71.0% rising
91 Peru 34.9% 2010 up 3.8% rising
92 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 34.3% 2010 down 5.2% rising
93 Panama 33.8% 2010 up 16.7% rising
94 Thailand 33.8% 2010 down 2.8% volatile
95 Costa Rica 32.7% 2010 down 4.4% rising
96 Nicaragua 32.0% 2010 up 32.8% volatile
97 Morocco 32.0% 2010 up 52.0% volatile
98 Benin 30.6% 2010 up 67.8% volatile
99 Bangladesh 30.0% 2010 up 51.1% rising
100 Armenia 29.6% 2010 down 21.5% rising
101 Kuwait 29.1% 2010 down 47.2% rising
102 Eswatini 29.1% 2010 down 0.1% rising
103 Nepal 28.0% 2010 up 32.1% volatile
104 Pakistan 27.0% 2010 up 65.7% rising
105 Yemen 26.9% 2010 up 29.5% volatile
106 Japan 26.6% 2010 up 6.9% falling
107 Libya 25.8% 2010 down 12.7% volatile
108 Viet Nam 25.7% 2010 up 39.7% volatile
109 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 25.6% 2010 down 57.4% falling
110 Cameroon 24.9% 2010 up 16.7% rising
111 Kazakhstan 24.7% 2010 down 12.6% rising
112 Tanzania, United Republic of 24.4% 2010 up 1,404.3% volatile
113 Cambodia 23.6% 2010 up 126.6% falling
114 Algeria 22.9% 2010 up 18.4% rising
115 Guatemala 22.5% 2010 up 101.2% rising
116 El Salvador 21.1% 2010 down 18.9% volatile
117 Mali 20.9% 2010 up 194.2% volatile
118 Rwanda 19.9% 2010 up 122.3% volatile
119 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 19.8% 2010 up 26.4% volatile
120 Mauritius 19.2% 2010 down 58.9% rising
121 Afghanistan 19.2% 2010 up 26.4% volatile
122 Malaysia 19.0% 2010 down 27.0% rising
123 Côte d'Ivoire 16.3% 2010 down 10.8% rising
124 Kenya 15.8% 2010 down 35.5% volatile
125 Uganda 15.8% 2010 up 208.0% rising
126 Iran, Islamic Republic of 15.2% 2010 down 36.1% rising
127 Hong Kong, China 14.1% 2010 down 52.4% falling
128 Central African Republic 12.9% 2010 up 6.8% rising
129 Mauritania 12.9% 2010 up 28.1% rising
130 Burundi 12.4% 2010 up 147.0% volatile
131 Senegal 11.9% 2010 up 203.3% flat
132 Namibia 11.6% 2010 up 26.1% rising
133 Mozambique 11.6% 2010 up 504.7% volatile
134 Lesotho 11.2% 2010 down 2.6% volatile
135 Myanmar 11.1% 2010 up 55.7% falling
136 Papua New Guinea 11.1% 2010 up 186.1% falling
137 Malawi 10.7% 2010 up 151.2% volatile
138 Niger 8.1% 2010 up 90.3% volatile
139 Liberia 8.0% 2010 down 18.4% rising
140 Haiti 7.3% 2010 down 36.2% rising
141 Singapore 6.6% 2010 down 54.8% falling
142 Ecuador 1.4% 2010 down 93.6% flat
143 Republic of Korea 0.7% 2010 down 94.0% volatile
144 Sudan 0.4% 2010 down 94.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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