Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary by country
Countries reporting
144
Highest
38.4%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
3.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 38.4% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.4%, and the mean is 5.7%.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 500.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with tertiary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 38.4% | 2010 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 2 | United States of America | 27.9% | 2010 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 3 | Finland | 27.3% | 2010 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Canada | 23.2% | 2010 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 5 | New Zealand | 21.0% | 2010 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 6 | France | 18.0% | 2010 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Ireland | 17.0% | 2010 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Philippines | 16.8% | 2010 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Norway | 16.6% | 2010 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 10 | Israel | 15.8% | 2010 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 11 | Japan | 15.2% | 2010 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Argentina | 14.3% | 2010 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Switzerland | 13.5% | 2010 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 13.4% | 2010 | up 104.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Australia | 13.2% | 2010 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 16 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 13.2% | 2010 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Ukraine | 13.0% | 2010 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Chile | 12.4% | 2010 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Belgium | 12.3% | 2010 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Portugal | 12.3% | 2010 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Denmark | 11.9% | 2010 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 22 | Iceland | 11.7% | 2010 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Spain | 11.5% | 2010 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Sweden | 11.3% | 2010 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 25 | Malaysia | 11.2% | 2010 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Netherlands | 10.9% | 2010 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.8% | 2010 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Estonia | 10.6% | 2010 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 29 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.5% | 2010 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Lithuania | 10.2% | 2010 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 9.3% | 2010 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 9.3% | 2010 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Jordan | 9.2% | 2010 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Germany | 9.1% | 2010 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Czechia | 8.9% | 2010 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Singapore | 8.7% | 2010 | up 227.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Panama | 8.6% | 2010 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Slovakia | 8.6% | 2010 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Slovenia | 8.5% | 2010 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Poland | 7.9% | 2010 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Cyprus | 7.8% | 2010 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Macau, China | 7.8% | 2010 | up 228.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 7.8% | 2010 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 44 | Armenia | 7.0% | 2010 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 45 | Austria | 6.7% | 2010 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 46 | South Africa | 6.5% | 2010 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Croatia | 6.3% | 2010 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Qatar | 6.2% | 2010 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 49 | Uruguay | 5.7% | 2010 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 5.5% | 2010 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 51 | Ecuador | 5.4% | 2010 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Peru | 5.3% | 2010 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Republic of Korea | 5.1% | 2010 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Paraguay | 5.1% | 2010 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Italy | 5.1% | 2010 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Jamaica | 5.1% | 2010 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Serbia | 5.1% | 2010 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 5.0% | 2010 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 59 | Fiji | 4.9% | 2010 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Gabon | 4.9% | 2010 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.9% | 2010 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 4.9% | 2010 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Mexico | 4.8% | 2010 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Latvia | 4.8% | 2010 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 65 | Republic of Moldova | 4.7% | 2010 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 66 | Romania | 4.1% | 2010 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 67 | Morocco | 3.9% | 2010 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Türkiye | 3.7% | 2010 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Brazil | 3.6% | 2010 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Tunisia | 3.5% | 2010 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 71 | India | 3.5% | 2010 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Iraq | 3.4% | 2010 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Mauritius | 3.4% | 2010 | up 118.1% | rising |
| 74 | Thailand | 3.2% | 2010 | up 215.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Algeria | 2.9% | 2010 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Afghanistan | 2.9% | 2010 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Kenya | 2.9% | 2010 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.7% | 2010 | up 115.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Hong Kong, China | 2.7% | 2010 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 80 | Colombia | 2.7% | 2010 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.7% | 2010 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Indonesia | 2.6% | 2010 | up 193.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 2.6% | 2010 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 84 | Liberia | 2.5% | 2010 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Hungary | 2.4% | 2010 | up 95.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Maldives | 2.4% | 2010 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Libya | 2.4% | 2010 | up 466.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Viet Nam | 2.4% | 2010 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Kuwait | 2.3% | 2010 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 90 | Malta | 2.3% | 2010 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 91 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.2% | 2010 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Greece | 2.1% | 2010 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.1% | 2010 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Cuba | 2.1% | 2010 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.0% | 2010 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Belize | 2.0% | 2010 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 97 | Tonga | 2.0% | 2010 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Congo | 1.9% | 2010 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 99 | El Salvador | 1.9% | 2010 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Honduras | 1.9% | 2010 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 1.8% | 2010 | up 230.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 1.7% | 2010 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Nepal | 1.7% | 2010 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Egypt | 1.6% | 2010 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 105 | Botswana | 1.6% | 2010 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Myanmar | 1.5% | 2010 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 1.4% | 2010 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 108 | Pakistan | 1.3% | 2010 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Mongolia | 1.1% | 2010 | up 48.1% | falling |
| 110 | China | 1.1% | 2010 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Uganda | 1.0% | 2010 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Yemen | 1.0% | 2010 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.0% | 2010 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Ghana | 0.9% | 2010 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Senegal | 0.9% | 2010 | up 128.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Cameroon | 0.9% | 2010 | up 138.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Benin | 0.8% | 2010 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Mauritania | 0.8% | 2010 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Lesotho | 0.8% | 2010 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Sudan | 0.7% | 2010 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.7% | 2010 | up 65.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Namibia | 0.7% | 2010 | down 44.2% | rising |
| 123 | Cambodia | 0.6% | 2010 | up 481.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Gambia | 0.6% | 2010 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Mali | 0.5% | 2010 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Albania | 0.5% | 2010 | down 75.5% | rising |
| 127 | Niger | 0.4% | 2010 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Central African Republic | 0.4% | 2010 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Rwanda | 0.4% | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.4% | 2010 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Barbados | 0.4% | 2010 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Togo | 0.4% | 2010 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Zambia | 0.4% | 2010 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Sierra Leone | 0.4% | 2010 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 0.3% | 2010 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 136 | Bahrain | 0.3% | 2010 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Haiti | 0.2% | 2010 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 138 | Nicaragua | 0.2% | 2010 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Burundi | 0.2% | 2010 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Malawi | 0.1% | 2010 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 142 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2010 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2010 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |