Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
65.1%
Maldives
Lowest
0.0%
Benin
Median
14.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 65.1% in Maldives; the lowest is 0.0% in Benin.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.9%, and the mean is 17.8%.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 7,327.3%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 65.1% 2010 up 229.3% volatile
2 Barbados 65.0% 2010 down 9.3% rising
3 Botswana 59.6% 2010 up 7.9% volatile
4 Zimbabwe 55.5% 2010 down 14.0% volatile
5 Sri Lanka 55.2% 2010 up 452.1% volatile
6 China 46.6% 2010 up 134.4% rising
7 Gambia 44.4% 2010 up 49.6% volatile
8 Congo 43.2% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
9 Malta 38.5% 2010 up 83.7% volatile
10 Belize 37.3% 2010 up 13.8% volatile
11 Jordan 36.8% 2010 up 119.5% rising
12 Viet Nam 36.3% 2010 down 3.8% rising
13 Albania 36.2% 2010 down 40.5% rising
14 Kuwait 35.6% 2010 up 87.4% rising
15 Uruguay 34.5% 2010 down 1.7% rising
16 Thailand 33.8% 2010 up 119.9% volatile
17 Togo 33.5% 2010 up 283.2% volatile
18 Zambia 33.4% 2010 up 2.4% volatile
19 Ghana 33.0% 2010 down 4.8% rising
20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 32.9% 2010 up 24.6% volatile
21 Tunisia 31.5% 2010 up 53.4% volatile
22 Mexico 30.9% 2010 up 0.4% volatile
23 Sierra Leone 29.8% 2010 up 193.1% volatile
24 Denmark 29.3% 2010 up 75.5% rising
25 Guyana 29.1% 2010 up 10.6% rising
26 Portugal 28.6% 2010 up 96.4% volatile
27 Norway 28.2% 2010 down 0.4% rising
28 Uganda 28.1% 2010 up 193.7% volatile
29 Spain 27.6% 2010 down 7.4% rising
30 Jamaica 27.4% 2010 down 5.0% rising
31 Eswatini 27.2% 2010 up 94.3% rising
32 Dominican Republic 26.6% 2010 up 4.8% rising
33 Philippines 25.9% 2010 up 51.0% rising
34 Türkiye 24.5% 2010 up 121.0% volatile
35 Egypt 23.8% 2010 up 17.3% volatile
36 Luxembourg 23.6% 2010 up 15.4% flat
37 Indonesia 23.5% 2010 up 37.6% rising
38 Namibia 22.9% 2010 up 35.5% rising
39 Republic of Moldova 22.8% 2010 down 33.7% falling
40 Brazil 22.8% 2010 up 6.6% rising
41 Germany 22.4% 2010 up 95.3% volatile
42 Nicaragua 21.9% 2010 up 37.5% volatile
43 Gabon 21.8% 2010 up 33.5% rising
43 Italy 21.8% 2010 down 26.0% rising
45 Honduras 21.3% 2010 up 33.2% volatile
46 Nepal 21.3% 2010 up 17.1% volatile
47 Tonga 20.5% 2010 down 63.7% rising
48 Bangladesh 20.4% 2010 up 50.0% rising
49 Australia 19.9% 2010 up 1,279.9% volatile
50 Brunei Darussalam 19.8% 2010 up 5.8% rising
51 El Salvador 19.6% 2010 down 6.0% volatile
52 Iran, Islamic Republic of 19.4% 2010 up 38.9% volatile
53 Finland 19.4% 2010 up 20.2% falling
53 Netherlands 19.4% 2010 down 5.1% volatile
55 Tajikistan 18.7% 2010 up 40.4% volatile
56 Yemen 18.6% 2010 up 77.0% volatile
57 Latvia 18.2% 2010 down 50.7% flat
58 Saudi Arabia 18.1% 2010 down 1.9% rising
59 Qatar 18.1% 2010 up 1.3% rising
60 Switzerland 18.0% 2010 up 53.9% rising
61 India 17.8% 2010 up 14.6% rising
62 Romania 17.6% 2010 down 24.7% falling
63 Cambodia 17.1% 2010 up 121.5% rising
64 Estonia 16.9% 2010 down 22.8% flat
65 Paraguay 16.6% 2010 up 74.1% rising
66 Guatemala 16.3% 2010 up 136.8% volatile
67 Colombia 16.0% 2010 down 20.6% rising
68 Hungary 15.7% 2010 down 15.2% rising
69 Macau, China 15.6% 2010 down 50.2% rising
70 Malawi 15.3% 2010 up 162.6% volatile
71 Chile 15.2% 2010 up 13.9% falling
72 South Africa 15.0% 2010 down 63.9% rising
73 France 14.7% 2010 down 1.2% rising
74 Mauritius 14.6% 2010 down 46.2% volatile
75 Syrian Arab Republic 14.1% 2010 down 28.2% rising
76 Senegal 13.8% 2010 up 401.1% volatile
77 Liberia 13.2% 2010 up 7.1% rising
78 Austria 12.8% 2010 up 28.4% falling
79 Bulgaria 12.6% 2010 down 24.3% falling
80 Pakistan 12.2% 2010 up 72.5% rising
81 Belgium 12.2% 2010 down 9.7% falling
82 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12.1% 2010 up 26.4% falling
83 Lithuania 11.9% 2010 down 34.5% volatile
84 Costa Rica 11.8% 2010 down 34.1% rising
85 Iraq 11.7% 2010 down 7.1% rising
86 Tanzania, United Republic of 11.5% 2010 up 78.0% volatile
87 United Arab Emirates 11.4% 2010 down 32.6% rising
88 Canada 11.0% 2010 down 58.0% falling
88 Cuba 11.0% 2010 down 71.8% rising
90 Sweden 11.0% 2010 up 15.9% falling
91 Morocco 11.0% 2010 up 8.1% rising
92 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 10.9% 2010 down 36.1% rising
93 Panama 10.7% 2010 down 35.5% falling
94 Cameroon 10.7% 2010 down 22.3% rising
95 Bahrain 10.4% 2010 down 48.8% rising
96 Lesotho 10.3% 2010 up 3,441.4% volatile
97 Kenya 10.2% 2010 down 46.9% rising
98 Mali 9.7% 2010 up 205.0% volatile
98 Mongolia 9.7% 2010 down 73.1% rising
100 Argentina 9.7% 2010 down 45.8% rising
101 Slovenia 9.4% 2010 down 5.8% falling
102 Cyprus 9.4% 2010 down 45.3% rising
103 Afghanistan 9.2% 2010 up 25.3% volatile
104 Haiti 9.2% 2010 down 9.6% rising
105 Malaysia 8.9% 2010 down 54.9% flat
106 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8.9% 2010 up 1.0% volatile
107 Mauritania 8.8% 2010 up 35.6% volatile
108 Serbia 8.8% 2010 down 45.5% falling
109 Ireland 8.5% 2010 down 47.8% falling
110 Poland 8.2% 2010 up 7,327.3% volatile
111 Central African Republic 8.1% 2010 down 8.9% volatile
112 Czechia 8.1% 2010 up 0.7% falling
113 Fiji 8.0% 2010 down 36.5% rising
114 Armenia 7.5% 2010 down 29.3% falling
115 Greece 7.4% 2010 down 51.9% falling
116 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.0% 2010 down 82.2% falling
116 Peru 7.0% 2010 down 56.1% flat
118 Japan 6.9% 2010 up 46.1% falling
119 Kyrgyzstan 6.8% 2010 up 7.7% volatile
120 Russian Federation 6.8% 2010 down 26.5% volatile
121 Ecuador 6.5% 2010 down 51.7% rising
122 Israel 6.1% 2010 down 4.8% falling
123 Côte d'Ivoire 6.0% 2010 down 51.1% rising
123 Libya 6.0% 2010 down 49.8% volatile
125 Slovakia 5.9% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
126 Hong Kong, China 5.6% 2010 down 68.9% falling
127 Papua New Guinea 5.5% 2010 up 413.0% volatile
128 Rwanda 5.2% 2010 up 48.9% rising
129 Algeria 5.1% 2010 down 1.4% rising
130 Sudan 4.8% 2010 down 61.3% volatile
131 Ukraine 4.0% 2010 down 67.8% volatile
132 Burundi 3.8% 2010 up 11.7% rising
133 Mozambique 3.7% 2010 up 98.9% volatile
134 Croatia 3.7% 2010 down 58.1% falling
135 Myanmar 3.5% 2010 up 30.1% volatile
136 Trinidad and Tobago 3.4% 2010 down 90.8% flat
137 Kazakhstan 2.9% 2010 down 24.2% volatile
138 Singapore 2.9% 2010 down 57.9% volatile
139 Niger 2.8% 2010 up 33.2% volatile
140 United States of America 1.9% 2010 down 43.2% falling
141 Iceland 0.8% 2010 down 90.8% falling
142 Republic of Korea 0.5% 2010 down 56.6% volatile
143 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 down 99.0% volatile
144 Benin 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 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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