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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with primary schooling. Incomplete Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
51.1%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Togo
Median
1.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with primary schooling. Incomplete Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 51.1% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Togo.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.1%, and the mean is 5.8%.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 6,950.0%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 51.1% 2010 up 10.4% rising
2 Uganda 46.6% 2010 up 22.6% rising
3 Haiti 41.3% 2010 up 15.1% rising
4 Lesotho 34.8% 2010 up 24.5% falling
5 Kenya 28.5% 2010 down 3.8% rising
6 Eswatini 28.4% 2010 up 21.7% flat
7 Cambodia 27.2% 2010 down 24.5% rising
8 Guatemala 26.3% 2010 down 19.4% rising
9 Kuwait 24.5% 2010 down 50.6% volatile
10 Nicaragua 23.4% 2010 down 11.5% falling
11 El Salvador 23.2% 2010 up 6.3% falling
12 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21.5% 2010 down 23.3% flat
13 Qatar 21.0% 2010 up 273.3% volatile
14 Myanmar 20.7% 2010 down 43.7% rising
15 Congo 20.1% 2010 down 25.3% volatile
16 Mauritania 17.1% 2010 up 14.9% falling
17 Nepal 16.6% 2010 up 33.7% volatile
18 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 16.3% 2010 up 21.6% falling
19 Senegal 16.1% 2010 down 21.9% falling
20 Tanzania, United Republic of 15.9% 2010 up 29.0% falling
21 Algeria 15.8% 2010 up 11.2% falling
22 Namibia 14.8% 2010 down 33.1% falling
23 Honduras 13.9% 2010 down 35.3% falling
24 Cameroon 12.0% 2010 down 39.3% falling
25 Côte d'Ivoire 11.7% 2010 down 3.7% rising
26 Burundi 11.0% 2010 down 32.5% rising
27 Liberia 9.9% 2010 up 60.1% rising
28 Paraguay 9.6% 2010 down 42.8% volatile
29 Mauritius 9.3% 2010 down 66.3% falling
30 New Zealand 8.8% 2010 up 257.7% volatile
31 Central African Republic 8.6% 2010 down 29.0% rising
32 Dominican Republic 8.3% 2010 down 57.5% falling
33 Costa Rica 7.5% 2010 down 32.5% volatile
34 Syrian Arab Republic 7.5% 2010 down 86.1% rising
35 Ecuador 7.3% 2010 up 7.9% volatile
35 Zimbabwe 7.3% 2010 down 12.6% volatile
37 Mozambique 7.0% 2010 down 27.9% falling
38 Guyana 6.2% 2010 down 54.3% falling
39 Indonesia 6.0% 2010 down 51.0% volatile
40 Gabon 5.9% 2010 down 58.4% falling
41 Türkiye 5.8% 2010 up 103.1% falling
42 Niger 5.6% 2010 down 21.9% rising
43 Mali 5.5% 2010 down 42.6% rising
44 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.5% 2010 down 47.0% falling
45 United Arab Emirates 5.2% 2010 down 63.4% volatile
46 South Africa 5.0% 2010 down 42.7% volatile
47 Tunisia 4.9% 2010 down 60.8% falling
48 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.8% 2010 down 51.9% falling
49 Panama 4.7% 2010 down 37.2% volatile
50 Maldives 4.6% 2010 down 81.5% falling
51 Mexico 4.4% 2010 down 57.7% volatile
52 Bahrain 4.4% 2010 down 5.2% falling
53 Peru 4.2% 2010 down 50.3% volatile
54 Philippines 3.9% 2010 down 45.0% volatile
55 Benin 3.4% 2010 down 52.3% rising
56 Viet Nam 3.4% 2010 down 70.6% volatile
57 Pakistan 3.4% 2010 up 58.0% falling
58 Iraq 3.1% 2010 down 76.4% volatile
59 Uruguay 2.9% 2010 down 46.6% volatile
60 Afghanistan 2.9% 2010 up 118.8% volatile
61 Ghana 2.8% 2010 down 48.5% volatile
62 Malaysia 2.8% 2010 down 27.6% volatile
63 Yemen 2.7% 2010 down 68.0% volatile
64 Zambia 2.7% 2010 down 73.6% volatile
65 Brazil 2.6% 2010 down 72.9% volatile
65 Romania 2.6% 2010 down 50.2% volatile
67 China (People’s Republic of) 2.5% 2010 down 61.2% volatile
68 Saudi Arabia 2.0% 2010 down 80.8% falling
69 Mongolia 1.5% 2010 down 61.4% volatile
70 Austria 1.4% 2010 up 6,950.0% volatile
71 Kazakhstan 1.1% 2010 up 338.5% volatile
72 Spain 1.1% 2010 down 55.5% volatile
73 Tajikistan 1.1% 2010 up 620.0% volatile
74 Jordan 1.0% 2010 down 58.2% volatile
75 Iceland 1.0% 2010 down 64.9% volatile
76 Argentina 1.0% 2010 down 79.4% volatile
77 Luxembourg 0.9% 2010 down 49.1% volatile
78 Ukraine 0.9% 2010 up 443.8% volatile
79 Chile 0.8% 2010 down 85.4% volatile
80 United Kingdom 0.8% 2010 down 37.4% volatile
81 Cuba 0.7% 2010 down 77.9% volatile
82 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2010 down 60.0% volatile
83 Thailand 0.6% 2010 down 86.3% volatile
84 Tonga 0.6% 2010 down 71.0% volatile
85 Lithuania 0.6% 2010 down 47.8% volatile
86 Fiji 0.6% 2010 down 92.8% volatile
87 Japan 0.5% 2010 down 15.0% volatile
88 Netherlands 0.5% 2010 down 39.8% volatile
89 Israel 0.5% 2010 down 48.3% volatile
90 Germany 0.4% 2010 down 88.8% volatile
91 Albania 0.4% 2010 down 75.9% volatile
92 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4% 2010 down 55.4% volatile
93 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.3% 2010 down 96.0% volatile
94 Ireland 0.3% 2010 down 41.5% volatile
95 Jamaica 0.3% 2010 down 89.7% volatile
96 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 64.2% volatile
97 Russia 0.3% 2010 down 35.7% volatile
98 Greece 0.3% 2010 up 4.0% volatile
98 Macau, China 0.3% 2010 down 90.0% volatile
98 Singapore 0.3% 2010 down 78.0% volatile
101 United States 0.2% 2010 down 54.2% volatile
102 Armenia 0.2% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
103 Switzerland 0.2% 2010 down 94.4% volatile
104 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2010 down 92.9% volatile
104 Sweden 0.1% 2010 down 16.7% volatile
106 Botswana 0.1% 2010 up 1,200.0% volatile
107 Belgium 0.1% 2010 down 87.9% volatile
107 Malta 0.1% 2010 — volatile
109 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 54.5% volatile
110 Cyprus 0.1% 2010 down 76.5% volatile
110 Poland 0.1% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
112 Croatia 0.1% 2010 down 92.7% volatile
113 Hungary 0.1% 2010 down 64.7% volatile
114 Colombia 0.1% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
115 Czechia 0.0% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
116 France 0.0% 2010 down 95.8% volatile
117 Australia 0.0% 2010 down 97.3% volatile
117 Canada 0.0% 2010 down 97.7% volatile
119 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
119 Egypt 0.0% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
119 Estonia 0.0% 2010 down 92.9% volatile
119 Korea 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
119 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% volatile
119 Slovenia 0.0% 2010 down 90.0% volatile
125 Bangladesh 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
125 Bulgaria 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
125 Brunei Darussalam 0.0% 2010 — volatile
125 Denmark 0.0% 2010 — volatile
125 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
125 Gambia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
125 Hong Kong, China 0.0% 2010 — volatile
125 India 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
125 Italy 0.0% 2010 — volatile
125 Libya 0.0% 2010 — volatile
125 Latvia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
125 Morocco 0.0% 2010 — volatile
125 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
125 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
125 Portugal 0.0% 2010 — volatile
125 Rwanda 0.0% 2010 — volatile
125 Sudan 0.0% 2010 — volatile
125 Serbia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
125 Slovak Republic 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
125 Togo 0.0% 2010 — volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with primary schooling. Incomplete Primary
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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