Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary by country
Countries reporting
144
Highest
39.3%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
5.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 39.3% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.0%, and the mean is 7.6%.
Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 661.5%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 39.3% | 2010 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 2 | United States of America | 29.2% | 2010 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 3 | Iceland | 25.8% | 2010 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Philippines | 25.5% | 2010 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 5 | New Zealand | 22.8% | 2010 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 22.7% | 2010 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 7 | France | 22.5% | 2010 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Finland | 21.9% | 2010 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Portugal | 20.5% | 2010 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Japan | 20.4% | 2010 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Lithuania | 19.9% | 2010 | up 234.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Malaysia | 19.8% | 2010 | up 115.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Jordan | 19.7% | 2010 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Ireland | 19.1% | 2010 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Republic of Korea | 18.4% | 2010 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Ukraine | 17.2% | 2010 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Libya | 17.0% | 2010 | up 465.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 16.9% | 2010 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia | 16.4% | 2010 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 20 | Norway | 16.2% | 2010 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 21 | Slovakia | 15.7% | 2010 | up 122.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 15.5% | 2010 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 15.2% | 2010 | up 90.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 14.9% | 2010 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Chile | 14.8% | 2010 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Estonia | 14.7% | 2010 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 27 | Netherlands | 14.5% | 2010 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Macau, China | 14.1% | 2010 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Israel | 14.0% | 2010 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 30 | Switzerland | 13.8% | 2010 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 31 | Czechia | 13.8% | 2010 | up 124.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 13.8% | 2010 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 33 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.7% | 2010 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Belgium | 13.4% | 2010 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Latvia | 13.3% | 2010 | up 119.5% | rising |
| 36 | Sweden | 13.1% | 2010 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 12.2% | 2010 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 38 | Republic of Moldova | 11.3% | 2010 | up 150.9% | rising |
| 39 | Singapore | 11.3% | 2010 | up 202.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Armenia | 11.3% | 2010 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 41 | Slovenia | 11.2% | 2010 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Cyprus | 10.6% | 2010 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Tunisia | 10.6% | 2010 | up 245.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Croatia | 10.3% | 2010 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 9.9% | 2010 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 46 | Cuba | 9.8% | 2010 | up 364.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Iraq | 9.4% | 2010 | up 117.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Panama | 9.3% | 2010 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 9.3% | 2010 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Romania | 9.1% | 2010 | up 85.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Serbia | 9.0% | 2010 | up 98.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.8% | 2010 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 53 | Ecuador | 8.5% | 2010 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Germany | 8.3% | 2010 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Mexico | 8.1% | 2010 | up 111.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Egypt | 8.1% | 2010 | up 293.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Italy | 8.0% | 2010 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Jamaica | 7.7% | 2010 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Algeria | 7.1% | 2010 | up 94.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 6.8% | 2010 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.8% | 2010 | up 95.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Austria | 6.7% | 2010 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Fiji | 6.7% | 2010 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Peru | 6.3% | 2010 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Paraguay | 6.2% | 2010 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Myanmar | 6.2% | 2010 | up 224.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Kazakhstan | 6.2% | 2010 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 68 | Mauritius | 6.0% | 2010 | up 202.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Qatar | 6.0% | 2010 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 70 | Türkiye | 6.0% | 2010 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Hong Kong, China | 5.9% | 2010 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 72 | Gabon | 5.0% | 2010 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.9% | 2010 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Morocco | 4.8% | 2010 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Colombia | 4.4% | 2010 | up 157.1% | volatile |
| 75 | South Africa | 4.4% | 2010 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 77 | India | 4.3% | 2010 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Indonesia | 4.2% | 2010 | up 270.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Viet Nam | 4.0% | 2010 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Barbados | 4.0% | 2010 | up 661.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Brazil | 3.9% | 2010 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Kenya | 3.9% | 2010 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Uruguay | 3.9% | 2010 | down 38.9% | rising |
| 84 | Hungary | 3.8% | 2010 | up 127.7% | volatile |
| 85 | China | 3.7% | 2010 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Malta | 3.6% | 2010 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 87 | Thailand | 3.6% | 2010 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Afghanistan | 3.3% | 2010 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 3.2% | 2010 | down 56.5% | rising |
| 90 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.0% | 2010 | up 123.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Argentina | 3.0% | 2010 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.9% | 2010 | up 141.0% | rising |
| 93 | Tonga | 2.9% | 2010 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Greece | 2.7% | 2010 | up 98.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Saudi Arabia | 2.7% | 2010 | down 61.7% | rising |
| 96 | Kuwait | 2.5% | 2010 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 97 | Sudan | 2.5% | 2010 | up 169.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.3% | 2010 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Pakistan | 2.3% | 2010 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Liberia | 2.2% | 2010 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Benin | 2.2% | 2010 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 2.1% | 2010 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.0% | 2010 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Bangladesh | 1.9% | 2010 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Cameroon | 1.9% | 2010 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 1.9% | 2010 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 107 | Rwanda | 1.9% | 2010 | up 304.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Albania | 1.9% | 2010 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 1.8% | 2010 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 109 | Togo | 1.8% | 2010 | up 131.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Ghana | 1.7% | 2010 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Mongolia | 1.7% | 2010 | up 242.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Senegal | 1.7% | 2010 | up 194.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Belize | 1.7% | 2010 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 115 | El Salvador | 1.7% | 2010 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Cambodia | 1.6% | 2010 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Yemen | 1.6% | 2010 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Botswana | 1.5% | 2010 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Uganda | 1.3% | 2010 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Maldives | 1.0% | 2010 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Mali | 0.9% | 2010 | up 111.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Mauritania | 0.8% | 2010 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Eswatini | 0.8% | 2010 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Lesotho | 0.8% | 2010 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Bahrain | 0.8% | 2010 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Nepal | 0.8% | 2010 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Central African Republic | 0.7% | 2010 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Sierra Leone | 0.6% | 2010 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Burundi | 0.6% | 2010 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Niger | 0.5% | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 131 | Gambia | 0.5% | 2010 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4% | 2010 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Mozambique | 0.3% | 2010 | up 625.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 0.3% | 2010 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Guyana | 0.3% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.2% | 2010 | down 52.8% | rising |
| 137 | Haiti | 0.2% | 2010 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 138 | Namibia | 0.2% | 2010 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 139 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.2% | 2010 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 0.2% | 2010 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Congo | 0.1% | 2010 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Zambia | 0.1% | 2010 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2010 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |