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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
46.9%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Togo
Median
2.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 46.9% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Togo.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.4%, and the mean is 7.2%.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 3,182.3%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 46.9% 2010 up 13.0% rising
2 Kuwait 41.8% 2010 up 74.2% volatile
3 Uganda 38.9% 2010 down 1.4% rising
4 Congo 33.5% 2010 up 3,182.3% volatile
5 Cambodia 33.2% 2010 down 13.1% rising
6 Lesotho 33.2% 2010 up 7.2% falling
7 Eswatini 30.4% 2010 up 31.3% flat
8 Haiti 30.2% 2010 down 14.3% rising
9 Myanmar 29.7% 2010 down 25.5% rising
10 Guatemala 29.2% 2010 down 10.6% rising
11 Kenya 28.1% 2010 up 17.5% rising
12 El Salvador 26.7% 2010 up 8.3% falling
13 Qatar 26.0% 2010 up 245.2% volatile
14 Nicaragua 25.1% 2010 down 8.6% falling
15 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 23.0% 2010 down 21.9% rising
16 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 22.2% 2010 up 28.5% falling
17 Honduras 19.9% 2010 down 30.8% falling
18 Cameroon 18.6% 2010 down 22.3% rising
19 Senegal 18.3% 2010 down 28.4% falling
20 Mauritania 18.3% 2010 up 11.4% falling
21 Mauritius 17.9% 2010 down 41.7% falling
22 Burundi 16.7% 2010 up 24.5% rising
23 Namibia 16.1% 2010 down 21.2% falling
24 Nepal 15.7% 2010 up 34.1% volatile
25 Tanzania, United Republic of 14.7% 2010 up 34.8% falling
26 Algeria 14.5% 2010 up 11.0% rising
27 Paraguay 13.6% 2010 down 36.2% falling
28 Côte d'Ivoire 13.6% 2010 down 13.6% rising
29 Iraq 13.4% 2010 down 32.7% volatile
30 Gabon 12.9% 2010 down 3.9% flat
31 Central African Republic 11.3% 2010 down 19.5% rising
32 United Arab Emirates 11.2% 2010 up 64.9% volatile
33 Guyana 11.1% 2010 down 17.8% falling
34 Dominican Republic 11.1% 2010 down 66.6% falling
35 Costa Rica 10.4% 2010 down 12.8% volatile
36 Tunisia 9.5% 2010 down 35.0% rising
37 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.2% 2010 down 33.1% falling
38 Bahrain 9.1% 2010 up 82.6% rising
39 Mozambique 9.1% 2010 down 2.5% falling
40 Maldives 9.0% 2010 down 63.9% rising
41 Syrian Arab Republic 8.9% 2010 down 83.5% rising
42 Sierra Leone 8.8% 2010 down 36.6% volatile
43 Zambia 8.1% 2010 down 54.4% volatile
44 Zimbabwe 7.5% 2010 up 0.4% volatile
45 Indonesia 7.3% 2010 down 53.7% falling
46 Niger 7.2% 2010 down 7.2% rising
47 Liberia 7.2% 2010 down 2.3% rising
48 Ecuador 7.1% 2010 down 22.3% volatile
49 Mexico 6.6% 2010 down 47.0% volatile
50 Peru 6.4% 2010 down 45.2% falling
51 New Zealand 6.4% 2010 up 37.1% volatile
52 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6.3% 2010 down 49.7% rising
53 Saudi Arabia 6.1% 2010 down 56.6% falling
54 Yemen 5.8% 2010 down 3.3% volatile
55 Fiji 5.8% 2010 up 2.8% volatile
56 Viet Nam 5.8% 2010 down 71.7% falling
57 Mali 5.7% 2010 down 49.0% rising
58 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.7% 2010 down 59.7% falling
59 Panama 5.7% 2010 down 29.5% volatile
60 Brazil 5.7% 2010 down 56.3% volatile
61 Afghanistan 5.1% 2010 down 43.1% volatile
62 South Africa 5.0% 2010 down 53.0% volatile
63 Philippines 5.0% 2010 down 47.1% volatile
64 Benin 4.3% 2010 down 51.9% rising
65 Uruguay 3.8% 2010 down 32.5% volatile
66 Ghana 3.7% 2010 down 57.1% falling
67 Türkiye 3.7% 2010 up 38.6% volatile
68 Mongolia 3.5% 2010 up 114.3% volatile
69 Malaysia 3.4% 2010 down 24.4% volatile
70 China 3.1% 2010 down 65.0% volatile
71 Romania 2.9% 2010 down 5.8% volatile
72 Pakistan 2.4% 2010 up 21.8% falling
73 Iceland 2.3% 2010 down 40.3% volatile
74 Cuba 2.2% 2010 down 23.4% volatile
75 Argentina 2.0% 2010 down 62.0% volatile
76 Sri Lanka 2.0% 2010 down 25.6% volatile
77 Chile 2.0% 2010 down 74.7% volatile
78 Tajikistan 1.9% 2010 up 1,250.0% volatile
79 Jordan 1.8% 2010 down 36.3% volatile
79 Thailand 1.8% 2010 down 76.4% volatile
81 Spain 1.5% 2010 down 41.7% volatile
82 Egypt 1.4% 2010 down 16.5% falling
83 Austria 1.0% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
84 Macau, China 1.0% 2010 down 75.1% volatile
85 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9% 2010 down 49.2% volatile
86 Israel 0.7% 2010 down 47.6% volatile
87 Lithuania 0.7% 2010 down 11.0% volatile
88 Japan 0.6% 2010 down 39.6% volatile
89 Jamaica 0.6% 2010 down 85.3% volatile
89 Netherlands 0.6% 2010 down 33.3% volatile
89 Tonga 0.6% 2010 down 67.2% volatile
92 Latvia 0.6% 2010 up 307.1% volatile
93 Ukraine 0.6% 2010 up 323.1% volatile
94 Greece 0.5% 2010 up 56.2% volatile
95 Ireland 0.5% 2010 down 39.0% volatile
95 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% 2010 down 47.2% volatile
97 Malta 0.5% 2010 down 49.4% volatile
98 United States of America 0.4% 2010 down 48.1% volatile
99 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 65.3% volatile
100 Russian Federation 0.3% 2010 down 2.9% volatile
100 Singapore 0.3% 2010 down 80.7% volatile
100 Sweden 0.3% 2010 up 161.5% volatile
103 France 0.3% 2010 down 91.1% volatile
104 Switzerland 0.2% 2010 down 91.0% volatile
104 Germany 0.2% 2010 down 91.7% volatile
106 Albania 0.2% 2010 down 85.7% volatile
107 Estonia 0.2% 2010 up 80.0% volatile
108 Armenia 0.2% 2010 up 21.4% volatile
108 Bulgaria 0.2% 2010 down 94.6% volatile
110 Belgium 0.2% 2010 down 85.6% volatile
111 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2010 down 91.9% volatile
112 Australia 0.1% 2010 down 91.7% volatile
113 Botswana 0.1% 2010 down 95.2% volatile
113 Croatia 0.1% 2010 down 92.8% volatile
115 Cyprus 0.1% 2010 down 83.9% volatile
116 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 75.0% volatile
117 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 82.4% volatile
118 Hungary 0.1% 2010 down 73.7% volatile
118 Poland 0.1% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
118 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 96.2% volatile
121 Slovenia 0.0% 2010 down 60.0% volatile
122 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% volatile
123 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
123 Canada 0.0% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
123 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 66.7% volatile
123 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
123 Luxembourg 0.0% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
128 Bangladesh 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Brunei Darussalam 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Gambia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Hong Kong, China 0.0% 2010 — volatile
128 India 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Italy 0.0% 2010 — volatile
128 Libya 0.0% 2010 — volatile
128 Morocco 0.0% 2010 — volatile
128 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Portugal 0.0% 2010 — volatile
128 Rwanda 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Sudan 0.0% 2010 — volatile
128 Serbia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
128 Togo 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Incompleted 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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