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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
46.3%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Togo
Median
3.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 46.3% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Togo.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.1%, and the mean is 8.2%.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 371.4%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 46.3% 2010 up 17.4% rising
2 Kuwait 44.2% 2010 up 114.4% volatile
3 Uganda 42.6% 2010 up 11.6% rising
4 Myanmar 36.7% 2010 down 8.9% volatile
5 Haiti 35.9% 2010 up 5.5% rising
6 Cambodia 35.0% 2010 down 0.3% rising
7 Lesotho 33.7% 2010 up 6.9% falling
8 Guatemala 32.5% 2010 down 0.2% rising
9 El Salvador 30.7% 2010 up 10.3% falling
10 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 28.7% 2010 up 41.5% rising
11 Kenya 28.7% 2010 up 9.0% rising
12 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 28.0% 2010 up 70.3% rising
13 Congo 26.9% 2010 up 333.8% volatile
14 Qatar 26.8% 2010 up 297.2% volatile
15 Nicaragua 26.4% 2010 down 7.4% flat
16 Eswatini 23.3% 2010 up 9.3% flat
17 Mauritius 22.5% 2010 down 32.9% falling
18 Namibia 22.2% 2010 down 2.2% falling
19 Maldives 22.1% 2010 down 10.8% rising
20 Honduras 21.2% 2010 down 21.0% falling
21 Cameroon 21.0% 2010 down 11.3% rising
22 Senegal 18.4% 2010 down 11.6% falling
23 Sierra Leone 18.1% 2010 up 105.1% volatile
24 Burundi 17.3% 2010 up 76.1% rising
25 Paraguay 17.2% 2010 down 27.3% falling
26 Dominican Republic 15.8% 2010 down 52.5% falling
27 Mauritania 15.7% 2010 up 17.1% falling
28 Gabon 14.9% 2010 up 10.4% rising
29 United Arab Emirates 14.3% 2010 up 51.8% volatile
30 Algeria 14.0% 2010 down 39.0% rising
31 Iraq 14.0% 2010 up 5.2% volatile
32 Guyana 13.5% 2010 down 29.1% falling
33 Tunisia 13.1% 2010 down 17.3% rising
34 Côte d'Ivoire 12.9% 2010 up 4.4% volatile
35 Central African Republic 12.8% 2010 up 18.5% rising
36 Nepal 12.4% 2010 up 18.4% volatile
37 Tanzania, United Republic of 12.4% 2010 up 27.8% falling
38 Costa Rica 12.2% 2010 up 0.7% volatile
39 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10.9% 2010 down 26.0% falling
40 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.5% 2010 down 24.9% rising
41 Saudi Arabia 10.4% 2010 down 30.4% falling
42 Mozambique 10.3% 2010 up 18.2% falling
43 Zambia 10.2% 2010 down 52.6% falling
44 Peru 9.9% 2010 down 26.3% falling
45 Syrian Arab Republic 9.3% 2010 down 81.2% rising
46 Mexico 9.1% 2010 down 27.2% falling
47 Ecuador 9.0% 2010 down 1.3% volatile
48 Indonesia 9.0% 2010 down 43.7% falling
48 Yemen 9.0% 2010 up 113.1% volatile
50 Bahrain 8.7% 2010 up 59.8% rising
51 Zimbabwe 8.4% 2010 down 7.5% falling
52 Brazil 8.2% 2010 down 43.7% volatile
53 Fiji 7.7% 2010 up 24.4% volatile
54 Niger 7.7% 2010 up 24.8% rising
55 Benin 7.5% 2010 down 3.0% rising
56 Philippines 7.5% 2010 down 34.3% falling
57 Viet Nam 7.3% 2010 down 66.8% falling
58 Papua New Guinea 7.1% 2010 — volatile
59 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 6.7% 2010 down 48.8% falling
60 Panama 6.6% 2010 down 18.2% volatile
61 South Africa 6.6% 2010 down 53.2% volatile
62 Liberia 6.3% 2010 up 0.2% rising
63 Mali 5.6% 2010 down 56.4% volatile
64 Malaysia 4.8% 2010 down 7.6% volatile
65 China 4.7% 2010 down 56.7% falling
66 Uruguay 4.1% 2010 down 44.4% volatile
67 Ghana 3.8% 2010 down 26.6% falling
68 Argentina 3.5% 2010 down 45.1% volatile
69 New Zealand 3.5% 2010 down 12.2% falling
70 Mongolia 3.5% 2010 up 97.7% volatile
71 Cuba 3.2% 2010 up 3.9% volatile
72 Türkiye 3.1% 2010 down 14.9% falling
73 Iceland 3.1% 2010 down 27.7% volatile
74 Jamaica 3.1% 2010 down 42.6% volatile
75 Thailand 3.0% 2010 down 87.8% volatile
76 Pakistan 2.9% 2010 up 32.7% falling
77 Egypt 2.9% 2010 down 35.9% rising
78 Sri Lanka 2.8% 2010 down 29.0% volatile
79 Chile 2.7% 2010 down 78.2% volatile
80 Romania 2.5% 2010 up 17.6% volatile
81 Jordan 2.4% 2010 up 12.4% falling
82 Belgium 2.2% 2010 up 72.2% volatile
83 Macau, China 1.7% 2010 down 77.7% falling
84 Spain 1.7% 2010 down 43.4% falling
85 Afghanistan 1.3% 2010 down 92.5% volatile
86 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.3% 2010 down 30.5% volatile
87 Bangladesh 1.3% 2010 down 25.7% volatile
88 Barbados 1.2% 2010 down 72.2% volatile
89 Luxembourg 1.2% 2010 down 61.2% volatile
90 Trinidad and Tobago 1.0% 2010 down 36.5% volatile
91 Israel 0.9% 2010 down 43.3% volatile
92 Bulgaria 0.9% 2010 down 68.4% volatile
93 Tonga 0.8% 2010 down 75.0% volatile
94 Netherlands 0.7% 2010 down 33.0% volatile
95 Japan 0.7% 2010 down 41.6% volatile
96 Singapore 0.6% 2010 down 79.1% volatile
97 Canada 0.5% 2010 down 55.0% volatile
98 Ireland 0.5% 2010 down 41.6% volatile
99 Australia 0.5% 2010 down 68.3% volatile
100 United States of America 0.5% 2010 down 43.7% volatile
101 Slovakia 0.4% 2010 down 72.3% volatile
102 France 0.4% 2010 down 89.9% volatile
103 India 0.4% 2010 down 67.6% volatile
104 Russian Federation 0.3% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
104 Sweden 0.3% 2010 up 118.8% volatile
106 Latvia 0.3% 2010 up 371.4% volatile
107 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 45.6% volatile
108 Germany 0.3% 2010 down 87.2% volatile
108 Greece 0.3% 2010 down 12.1% volatile
110 Lithuania 0.3% 2010 up 21.7% volatile
111 Switzerland 0.2% 2010 down 91.3% volatile
112 Cyprus 0.2% 2010 down 55.1% volatile
113 Armenia 0.2% 2010 up 23.1% volatile
113 Ukraine 0.2% 2010 up 23.1% volatile
115 Tajikistan 0.1% 2010 down 6.2% volatile
116 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 88.6% volatile
117 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2010 down 93.0% volatile
118 Slovenia 0.1% 2010 up 20.0% volatile
119 Croatia 0.1% 2010 down 93.5% volatile
120 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 71.0% volatile
120 Estonia 0.1% 2010 up 0.0% volatile
122 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 38.5% volatile
123 Hungary 0.1% 2010 down 68.2% volatile
124 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2010 down 89.3% volatile
125 Austria 0.0% 2010 down 99.4% volatile
125 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2010 down 77.8% volatile
127 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% falling
128 Brunei Darussalam 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Botswana 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Denmark 0.0% 2010 — 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 Italy 0.0% 2010 — volatile
128 Libya 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Morocco 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Malta 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
128 Portugal 0.0% 2010 — volatile
128 Rwanda 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
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 30-34 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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