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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
42.8%
Uganda
Lowest
0.0%
Serbia
Median
4.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 42.8% in Uganda; the lowest is 0.0% in Serbia.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.4%, and the mean is 8.7%.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 243.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uganda 42.8% 2010 up 19.4% rising
2 Malawi 41.5% 2010 up 13.0% rising
3 Myanmar 39.9% 2010 down 1.9% volatile
4 Kuwait 38.3% 2010 up 84.9% volatile
5 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 37.4% 2010 up 46.5% rising
6 Cambodia 36.4% 2010 down 10.3% rising
7 El Salvador 36.1% 2010 up 37.8% rising
8 Lesotho 36.0% 2010 down 3.7% falling
9 Haiti 35.2% 2010 up 3.1% volatile
10 Guatemala 30.5% 2010 up 1.3% rising
11 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 29.5% 2010 up 19.4% rising
12 Maldives 28.5% 2010 up 100.1% rising
13 Nicaragua 27.9% 2010 up 5.2% rising
14 Honduras 27.2% 2010 down 17.1% falling
15 Mauritius 25.1% 2010 down 31.6% falling
16 Cameroon 25.0% 2010 down 4.3% rising
17 Qatar 24.4% 2010 up 221.9% volatile
18 Paraguay 21.4% 2010 down 22.0% falling
19 Iraq 20.8% 2010 up 243.0% volatile
20 Namibia 20.4% 2010 down 20.6% falling
21 Kenya 20.4% 2010 down 11.6% rising
22 Eswatini 20.3% 2010 up 8.5% flat
23 Zambia 17.8% 2010 down 1.4% falling
24 Dominican Republic 17.4% 2010 down 65.6% falling
25 Mauritania 17.1% 2010 up 12.7% falling
26 Côte d'Ivoire 16.4% 2010 up 51.9% volatile
27 Tunisia 15.7% 2010 down 16.0% rising
28 United Arab Emirates 14.6% 2010 up 41.3% volatile
29 Central African Republic 14.6% 2010 up 21.5% rising
30 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14.4% 2010 down 27.0% rising
31 Algeria 14.2% 2010 down 39.4% rising
32 Senegal 14.2% 2010 down 31.6% falling
33 Sierra Leone 14.1% 2010 up 62.7% volatile
34 Gabon 14.0% 2010 down 9.4% rising
35 Burundi 14.0% 2010 up 21.3% rising
35 Saudi Arabia 14.0% 2010 down 6.8% rising
37 Indonesia 13.8% 2010 down 38.5% falling
38 Costa Rica 13.7% 2010 up 28.5% volatile
39 Peru 13.5% 2010 down 7.3% falling
40 Guyana 13.5% 2010 down 29.1% falling
41 Ecuador 13.2% 2010 up 3.1% falling
42 Iran, Islamic Republic of 12.9% 2010 up 5.1% rising
43 Nepal 11.7% 2010 up 12.0% volatile
44 Mexico 11.0% 2010 down 45.7% falling
45 Tanzania, United Republic of 10.9% 2010 down 13.2% falling
46 South Africa 10.6% 2010 down 45.1% falling
47 Philippines 10.4% 2010 down 45.9% falling
48 Syrian Arab Republic 10.4% 2010 down 72.1% flat
49 Brazil 10.4% 2010 down 23.1% volatile
50 Fiji 10.0% 2010 up 58.6% volatile
51 Mozambique 9.7% 2010 down 2.3% volatile
52 Benin 9.4% 2010 up 38.7% rising
53 Rwanda 9.2% 2010 down 61.1% rising
54 Afghanistan 8.9% 2010 down 39.1% volatile
55 Viet Nam 8.6% 2010 down 65.6% falling
56 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.4% 2010 down 46.4% falling
57 Niger 8.1% 2010 up 44.7% rising
58 China (People’s Republic of) 7.8% 2010 down 18.8% falling
59 Zimbabwe 7.5% 2010 down 64.5% falling
60 Panama 7.4% 2010 down 21.1% falling
61 New Zealand 6.3% 2010 up 9.7% falling
61 Yemen 6.3% 2010 up 53.5% volatile
63 Malaysia 5.8% 2010 down 27.5% volatile
64 Sri Lanka 5.5% 2010 up 0.9% volatile
65 Thailand 5.4% 2010 down 88.6% falling
66 Chile 5.4% 2010 down 57.1% falling
67 Liberia 5.4% 2010 up 12.1% rising
68 Mali 5.2% 2010 down 54.7% volatile
69 Uruguay 5.1% 2010 down 30.5% volatile
70 Ghana 4.5% 2010 down 18.8% falling
71 Argentina 4.5% 2010 down 52.4% volatile
72 Bahrain 4.4% 2010 down 29.4% rising
73 Jamaica 4.4% 2010 down 41.6% volatile
74 Iceland 4.3% 2010 down 35.2% volatile
75 Türkiye 3.8% 2010 unchanged falling
76 Jordan 3.0% 2010 down 18.2% falling
77 Macau, China 3.0% 2010 down 74.2% falling
78 Cuba 2.9% 2010 down 22.3% volatile
79 Pakistan 2.6% 2010 up 23.1% falling
80 Botswana 2.4% 2010 up 4.4% volatile
81 Barbados 2.3% 2010 down 64.9% volatile
82 Belgium 2.3% 2010 up 9.0% volatile
82 Papua New Guinea 2.3% 2010 down 24.3% volatile
84 Luxembourg 2.1% 2010 down 52.4% volatile
85 Spain 1.9% 2010 down 49.1% falling
86 United Kingdom 1.9% 2010 down 34.8% volatile
87 Egypt 1.8% 2010 down 70.9% rising
88 Mongolia 1.6% 2010 down 62.5% volatile
89 Bangladesh 1.6% 2010 down 11.0% volatile
90 Romania 1.6% 2010 down 33.8% volatile
91 Trinidad and Tobago 1.4% 2010 down 55.5% volatile
92 Israel 1.2% 2010 down 22.4% volatile
93 Japan 1.1% 2010 down 21.8% volatile
93 Tonga 1.1% 2010 down 66.1% volatile
95 Singapore 1.1% 2010 down 78.9% falling
96 Netherlands 1.1% 2010 down 20.0% volatile
97 Ireland 1.1% 2010 down 27.2% volatile
98 Congo 1.0% 2010 down 89.9% falling
99 Australia 1.0% 2010 down 69.0% volatile
100 Austria 0.9% 2010 down 81.3% volatile
101 Canada 0.8% 2010 down 57.9% volatile
102 India 0.8% 2010 down 50.6% volatile
103 Malta 0.7% 2010 up 183.3% volatile
104 Cyprus 0.7% 2010 down 13.3% volatile
104 United States 0.7% 2010 down 13.3% volatile
106 France 0.6% 2010 down 81.0% volatile
107 Gambia 0.4% 2010 down 63.0% rising
108 Sweden 0.4% 2010 up 95.2% volatile
109 Bulgaria 0.4% 2010 down 84.9% volatile
109 Switzerland 0.4% 2010 down 89.2% volatile
109 Germany 0.4% 2010 down 86.2% volatile
112 Russia 0.3% 2010 up 25.9% volatile
113 Togo 0.3% 2010 down 94.6% falling
114 Greece 0.2% 2010 down 45.5% volatile
115 Slovenia 0.2% 2010 up 130.0% volatile
116 Lithuania 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
117 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2010 down 64.4% volatile
118 Armenia 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
118 Latvia 0.1% 2010 up 133.3% volatile
118 Tajikistan 0.1% 2010 down 39.1% volatile
121 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2010 down 94.5% volatile
121 Ukraine 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
123 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 90.8% volatile
123 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 57.7% volatile
123 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2010 down 85.5% volatile
126 Hungary 0.1% 2010 down 77.8% volatile
127 Estonia 0.1% 2010 up 12.5% volatile
128 Brunei Darussalam 0.1% 2010 down 60.0% volatile
128 Croatia 0.1% 2010 down 94.9% volatile
130 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
131 Korea 0.0% 2010 down 71.4% volatile
132 Slovak Republic 0.0% 2010 down 98.6% volatile
133 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% falling
133 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 75.0% volatile
135 Denmark 0.0% 2010 — volatile
135 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
135 Hong Kong, China 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
135 Italy 0.0% 2010 — volatile
135 Libya 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
135 Morocco 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
135 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
135 Portugal 0.0% 2010 — volatile
135 Sudan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
135 Serbia 0.0% 2010 — volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 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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