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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
29.5%
Cuba
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
0.3%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 29.5% in Cuba; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 2.4%.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 51,166.7%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cuba 29.5% 2010 — volatile
2 Republic of Korea 24.4% 2010 up 22.3% volatile
3 Armenia 20.3% 2010 — volatile
4 Libya 19.3% 2010 up 50.5% volatile
5 United States of America 16.9% 2010 up 53.5% volatile
6 Slovakia 15.4% 2010 up 51,166.7% volatile
7 Philippines 11.9% 2010 down 29.3% rising
8 Sri Lanka 11.8% 2010 up 234.7% volatile
9 Myanmar 11.5% 2010 up 139.3% volatile
10 Barbados 11.4% 2010 up 1,063.3% volatile
11 Egypt 10.9% 2010 up 59.2% volatile
12 Malaysia 10.6% 2010 up 64.1% volatile
13 Russian Federation 10.0% 2010 up 59.5% volatile
14 Croatia 7.5% 2010 up 258.1% volatile
15 Kazakhstan 7.4% 2010 up 1,181.0% volatile
16 Iraq 6.9% 2010 up 78.5% volatile
17 Ukraine 6.9% 2010 up 157.9% volatile
18 Jamaica 6.5% 2010 up 10.1% volatile
19 Singapore 6.0% 2010 up 1,032.1% volatile
20 Brunei Darussalam 5.3% 2010 up 13.9% volatile
21 Algeria 5.0% 2010 up 798.2% volatile
22 Belize 4.7% 2010 up 65.0% volatile
23 Argentina 4.4% 2010 up 14,600.0% volatile
24 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.3% 2010 up 330.7% volatile
25 Iran, Islamic Republic of 4.2% 2010 up 130.6% volatile
26 Gabon 4.0% 2010 unchanged rising
27 Mexico 4.0% 2010 up 39.6% volatile
27 Trinidad and Tobago 4.0% 2010 up 413.0% volatile
29 Canada 3.9% 2010 down 36.6% falling
30 Colombia 3.7% 2010 up 291.5% volatile
31 Morocco 3.5% 2010 up 23.0% rising
32 Panama 3.1% 2010 down 9.1% volatile
33 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.1% 2010 down 4.0% volatile
33 Latvia 3.1% 2010 — volatile
35 China 2.7% 2010 up 0.7% volatile
36 Thailand 2.4% 2010 up 89.1% volatile
37 Kyrgyzstan 2.2% 2010 — volatile
38 Saudi Arabia 2.1% 2010 up 7,066.7% volatile
39 Eswatini 2.1% 2010 up 40.1% volatile
40 New Zealand 2.0% 2010 down 75.9% falling
41 Hong Kong, China 2.0% 2010 up 1,407.7% volatile
42 Fiji 1.8% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
43 Yemen 1.7% 2010 up 34.1% volatile
44 United Arab Emirates 1.7% 2010 down 64.3% volatile
45 France 1.7% 2010 down 2.9% falling
46 Sierra Leone 1.6% 2010 up 229.8% volatile
47 Cameroon 1.3% 2010 up 94.1% volatile
48 India 1.3% 2010 up 377.8% volatile
49 Sudan 1.3% 2010 up 98.4% volatile
50 Tajikistan 1.2% 2010 up 6,000.0% volatile
51 Botswana 1.2% 2010 up 990.9% volatile
52 Nepal 1.1% 2010 — volatile
53 Afghanistan 1.1% 2010 down 10.5% rising
54 Benin 1.0% 2010 up 543.8% volatile
55 Togo 0.9% 2010 up 39.1% volatile
56 Tonga 0.9% 2010 up 56.4% volatile
57 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8% 2010 down 37.3% volatile
58 Cambodia 0.8% 2010 up 730.0% volatile
59 Gambia 0.7% 2010 unchanged volatile
60 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2010 up 1,475.0% volatile
61 Ghana 0.6% 2010 up 883.3% volatile
61 Mauritania 0.6% 2010 down 66.7% volatile
61 Netherlands 0.6% 2010 — volatile
61 Tunisia 0.6% 2010 down 33.7% volatile
65 Bangladesh 0.4% 2010 — volatile
66 Switzerland 0.3% 2010 — volatile
67 Spain 0.3% 2010 down 78.9% volatile
68 Brazil 0.3% 2010 down 42.1% volatile
69 Kenya 0.3% 2010 down 34.9% volatile
70 Côte d'Ivoire 0.3% 2010 down 15.6% volatile
71 Dominican Republic 0.3% 2010 down 96.7% volatile
71 Israel 0.3% 2010 down 86.7% volatile
73 Malta 0.2% 2010 down 78.4% volatile
74 Guyana 0.2% 2010 — volatile
74 Nicaragua 0.2% 2010 down 12.0% volatile
76 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.2% 2010 down 40.6% volatile
76 Qatar 0.2% 2010 down 92.5% volatile
78 Mali 0.2% 2010 down 69.0% volatile
79 Chile 0.2% 2010 down 97.9% volatile
79 Namibia 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
79 Niger 0.2% 2010 unchanged falling
79 Paraguay 0.2% 2010 down 85.7% volatile
83 Central African Republic 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
83 Liberia 0.1% 2010 down 93.4% volatile
83 Papua New Guinea 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
83 Türkiye 0.1% 2010 down 93.2% volatile
87 Belgium 0.1% 2010 down 13.3% volatile
87 Congo 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
89 Costa Rica 0.1% 2010 down 78.2% volatile
89 Viet Nam 0.1% 2010 down 89.9% volatile
91 Cyprus 0.1% 2010 down 87.0% volatile
91 Peru 0.1% 2010 down 97.9% volatile
93 Macau, China 0.1% 2010 — volatile
93 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
93 Senegal 0.1% 2010 down 76.9% volatile
96 Haiti 0.1% 2010 down 11.1% rising
96 Indonesia 0.1% 2010 — volatile
96 Zambia 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
99 Czechia 0.1% 2010 — volatile
99 Maldives 0.1% 2010 down 44.4% volatile
101 Burundi 0.0% 2010 up 33.3% falling
101 Rwanda 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
103 Austria 0.0% 2010 down 99.3% volatile
103 Mauritius 0.0% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
103 Malawi 0.0% 2010 — volatile
103 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2010 up 200.0% falling
103 South Africa 0.0% 2010 down 95.6% volatile
103 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2010 — volatile
109 Hungary 0.0% 2010 — volatile
109 Iceland 0.0% 2010 down 92.0% falling
109 Lesotho 0.0% 2010 down 92.6% volatile
109 Mongolia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
113 Ecuador 0.0% 2010 down 99.8% volatile
113 Portugal 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% volatile
115 Albania 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Australia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Bulgaria 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Bahrain 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Germany 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Estonia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Greece 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Honduras 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Ireland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Italy 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Jordan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Japan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Kuwait 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Luxembourg 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Pakistan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Poland 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Romania 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 El Salvador 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Serbia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Slovenia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Sweden 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Uganda 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Uruguay 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 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
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