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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
71.7%
Barbados
Lowest
0.1%
Benin
Median
12.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 71.7% in Barbados; the lowest is 0.1% in Benin.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.6%, and the mean is 16.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 796.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 3,476.9%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 95.3%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Barbados 71.7% 2010 up 13.9% rising
2 Zimbabwe 64.6% 2010 up 9.2% volatile
3 Botswana 55.2% 2010 up 54.9% volatile
4 Malta 53.4% 2010 up 58.5% volatile
5 China 53.3% 2010 up 158.4% rising
6 Albania 52.9% 2010 up 3.8% rising
7 Sri Lanka 52.4% 2010 up 271.8% volatile
8 Viet Nam 46.4% 2010 up 80.7% volatile
9 Belize 42.9% 2010 up 52.2% volatile
10 Jordan 42.8% 2010 up 133.8% volatile
11 Cuba 39.1% 2010 up 17.7% rising
12 Ghana 35.3% 2010 down 5.7% rising
13 Congo 35.2% 2010 down 22.8% volatile
14 Latvia 35.2% 2010 down 2.3% rising
15 Zambia 32.2% 2010 up 93.0% volatile
16 Maldives 31.6% 2010 up 66.4% volatile
17 Mexico 31.5% 2010 up 7.7% volatile
18 Gambia 29.7% 2010 up 113.7% volatile
19 Uruguay 28.3% 2010 down 7.9% rising
20 Jamaica 27.6% 2010 down 6.5% volatile
21 Italy 27.3% 2010 down 31.3% rising
22 Dominican Republic 26.7% 2010 up 52.6% rising
23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 26.4% 2010 up 45.7% volatile
24 Tonga 26.4% 2010 down 56.2% rising
25 Spain 25.8% 2010 down 17.5% volatile
26 Guyana 25.1% 2010 up 15.7% rising
27 Portugal 24.5% 2010 up 114.6% volatile
28 Republic of Moldova 24.4% 2010 down 1.3% rising
29 Kuwait 23.5% 2010 up 22.2% rising
30 Iran, Islamic Republic of 22.5% 2010 up 56.7% volatile
31 Philippines 21.5% 2010 up 43.5% rising
32 Romania 20.8% 2010 up 35.9% flat
33 Chile 20.2% 2010 up 48.9% rising
34 Indonesia 19.9% 2010 up 123.3% volatile
35 Uganda 19.9% 2010 up 206.0% volatile
36 Mongolia 19.6% 2010 down 33.6% rising
37 Macau, China 19.4% 2010 down 39.4% rising
38 Fiji 19.4% 2010 down 28.9% volatile
39 Egypt 19.3% 2010 down 13.7% volatile
40 Togo 18.9% 2010 up 21.8% volatile
41 Tunisia 18.6% 2010 up 24.7% volatile
42 Saudi Arabia 18.5% 2010 up 17.9% rising
43 Thailand 18.2% 2010 up 78.7% volatile
44 Nepal 18.1% 2010 up 40.4% volatile
45 Brunei Darussalam 17.8% 2010 down 42.3% rising
46 Bahrain 17.8% 2010 up 10.6% volatile
47 Malaysia 17.6% 2010 down 31.5% rising
48 El Salvador 17.2% 2010 up 28.4% volatile
49 United Arab Emirates 16.9% 2010 down 3.0% volatile
49 Namibia 16.9% 2010 up 8.3% rising
51 Brazil 16.8% 2010 up 11.1% volatile
52 Argentina 16.6% 2010 up 11.2% rising
53 Nicaragua 15.9% 2010 up 11.8% volatile
54 Syrian Arab Republic 15.9% 2010 up 41.5% volatile
55 Serbia 15.7% 2010 up 13.4% rising
56 Gabon 15.6% 2010 down 3.0% volatile
57 India 15.6% 2010 up 31.1% volatile
58 Denmark 15.4% 2010 down 19.7% falling
59 Eswatini 15.3% 2010 down 33.2% rising
60 Norway 15.3% 2010 down 20.8% rising
61 Bulgaria 15.2% 2010 up 29.3% falling
62 Colombia 14.3% 2010 down 10.6% rising
63 Hong Kong, China 13.9% 2010 down 29.3% rising
64 Mauritius 13.9% 2010 down 49.7% volatile
65 Estonia 13.6% 2010 up 78.0% falling
66 Bangladesh 13.6% 2010 up 30.2% rising
67 Finland 13.4% 2010 up 12.0% falling
68 Tajikistan 13.3% 2010 up 64.8% falling
69 Cameroon 13.1% 2010 up 7.2% volatile
70 Australia 12.9% 2010 up 510.9% volatile
71 South Africa 12.8% 2010 down 60.3% rising
72 Netherlands 12.8% 2010 down 27.3% falling
73 Paraguay 12.5% 2010 up 110.3% rising
74 Luxembourg 12.3% 2010 down 30.2% falling
74 Ukraine 12.3% 2010 up 67.4% volatile
76 France 12.3% 2010 down 39.1% rising
77 Sudan 12.3% 2010 up 1.4% volatile
78 Côte d'Ivoire 12.2% 2010 down 6.0% volatile
79 Greece 12.1% 2010 down 19.4% rising
80 Iraq 12.0% 2010 down 18.6% volatile
81 Cyprus 11.9% 2010 up 13.8% rising
82 Libya 11.9% 2010 down 36.8% volatile
83 Hungary 11.8% 2010 down 43.9% rising
84 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11.8% 2010 down 21.2% rising
85 Guatemala 11.5% 2010 up 117.2% volatile
86 Honduras 11.5% 2010 down 8.1% volatile
87 Austria 11.1% 2010 down 7.8% falling
88 Pakistan 10.9% 2010 up 63.0% rising
89 Qatar 10.9% 2010 down 30.3% rising
90 New Zealand 10.9% 2010 up 9.5% volatile
91 Belgium 10.8% 2010 down 40.2% falling
92 Lithuania 10.8% 2010 up 48.8% volatile
93 Armenia 10.7% 2010 up 69.3% falling
94 Cambodia 10.6% 2010 up 30.1% rising
95 Yemen 10.5% 2010 up 64.5% volatile
96 Panama 10.2% 2010 down 35.0% flat
97 Haiti 10.2% 2010 down 5.4% volatile
98 Germany 10.1% 2010 up 4.6% rising
99 Sierra Leone 10.0% 2010 down 14.8% volatile
100 Costa Rica 9.8% 2010 down 40.9% rising
101 Morocco 9.7% 2010 up 50.6% rising
102 Türkiye 9.5% 2010 up 3.3% rising
103 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 9.4% 2010 down 10.4% flat
104 Lesotho 9.3% 2010 up 3,476.9% volatile
105 Ireland 9.1% 2010 down 57.8% falling
106 Switzerland 8.8% 2010 down 3.1% rising
107 Croatia 8.8% 2010 down 40.2% falling
108 Kenya 8.6% 2010 down 47.1% volatile
109 Canada 8.5% 2010 down 62.8% falling
110 Central African Republic 8.5% 2010 down 13.2% volatile
111 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8.4% 2010 down 52.8% volatile
112 Sweden 8.2% 2010 down 22.3% rising
113 Iceland 7.9% 2010 down 42.6% flat
114 Ecuador 7.6% 2010 down 40.6% rising
115 Russian Federation 7.4% 2010 up 48.2% volatile
116 Peru 7.3% 2010 down 20.7% rising
117 Liberia 7.1% 2010 down 46.1% volatile
118 Afghanistan 7.0% 2010 up 195.0% volatile
119 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.5% 2010 down 87.0% falling
120 Tanzania, United Republic of 6.5% 2010 up 17.5% volatile
121 Kyrgyzstan 6.4% 2010 up 49.6% falling
122 Mauritania 6.2% 2010 down 2.4% volatile
123 Malawi 5.8% 2010 up 42.9% volatile
124 Mali 5.8% 2010 up 139.0% volatile
125 Slovenia 5.7% 2010 down 64.2% falling
126 Israel 5.7% 2010 down 14.3% falling
126 Slovakia 5.7% 2010 up 20.2% volatile
128 Senegal 5.1% 2010 up 73.0% volatile
129 Czechia 5.0% 2010 down 26.1% falling
130 Algeria 4.9% 2010 down 10.7% rising
131 Japan 4.9% 2010 down 6.3% volatile
132 Singapore 4.2% 2010 down 57.2% volatile
133 Trinidad and Tobago 4.0% 2010 down 88.6% rising
134 Rwanda 3.4% 2010 up 69.7% volatile
135 United States of America 3.3% 2010 down 0.9% falling
136 Burundi 3.3% 2010 up 37.2% volatile
137 Kazakhstan 3.2% 2010 up 70.7% volatile
138 Myanmar 2.5% 2010 down 11.8% volatile
139 Niger 2.0% 2010 down 10.3% volatile
140 Mozambique 1.8% 2010 up 28.1% rising
141 Papua New Guinea 1.0% 2010 down 87.9% volatile
142 Republic of Korea 0.9% 2010 down 80.7% volatile
143 Poland 0.2% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
144 Benin 0.1% 2010 down 95.3% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 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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