Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
48.0%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Serbia
Median
4.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 48.0% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Serbia.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.8%, and the mean is 9.3%.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 308.4%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 48.0% 2010 down 19.9% rising
2 Maldives 43.0% 2010 up 202.0% rising
3 Uganda 40.6% 2010 up 13.2% rising
4 Myanmar 40.4% 2010 down 0.8% volatile
5 Malawi 39.4% 2010 up 7.4% rising
6 Kuwait 38.3% 2010 up 140.4% volatile
7 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 37.4% 2010 up 46.5% rising
8 Cambodia 36.4% 2010 down 16.9% rising
9 El Salvador 36.1% 2010 up 23.4% rising
10 Lesotho 36.0% 2010 down 18.2% falling
11 Haiti 34.0% 2010 down 6.7% volatile
12 Nicaragua 29.4% 2010 up 1.4% rising
13 Mauritius 28.0% 2010 down 24.0% falling
14 Honduras 27.2% 2010 down 20.0% rising
15 Guatemala 27.2% 2010 down 9.6% rising
16 Cameroon 24.6% 2010 down 10.7% rising
17 Qatar 24.4% 2010 up 269.0% volatile
18 Algeria 23.5% 2010 down 8.6% rising
19 Namibia 22.7% 2010 down 11.6% rising
20 Zambia 21.5% 2010 down 7.4% falling
21 Paraguay 21.4% 2010 down 44.0% falling
22 Kenya 20.4% 2010 down 8.6% rising
23 Guyana 19.0% 2010 down 0.1% falling
24 Eswatini 18.7% 2010 up 7.5% rising
25 Afghanistan 17.7% 2010 up 22.4% volatile
26 Dominican Republic 17.4% 2010 down 65.6% falling
27 Rwanda 17.0% 2010 down 39.5% rising
28 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 16.4% 2010 down 47.3% rising
29 Tunisia 15.9% 2010 down 6.4% volatile
30 Lao People's Democratic Republic 15.4% 2010 down 30.1% rising
31 Saudi Arabia 15.0% 2010 up 1.0% rising
32 United Arab Emirates 14.5% 2010 up 36.2% volatile
33 Senegal 14.2% 2010 down 12.7% falling
34 Gabon 14.0% 2010 down 23.4% rising
35 Mauritania 13.9% 2010 down 9.2% falling
36 Iraq 13.8% 2010 up 5.9% volatile
37 Indonesia 13.8% 2010 down 38.7% falling
38 Costa Rica 13.7% 2010 up 19.1% volatile
39 Peru 13.5% 2010 down 25.3% falling
40 Ecuador 13.2% 2010 up 3.0% falling
41 Côte d'Ivoire 12.8% 2010 up 30.4% volatile
42 Iran, Islamic Republic of 12.0% 2010 up 15.7% rising
43 Philippines 11.2% 2010 down 45.1% falling
44 Central African Republic 11.2% 2010 down 7.6% rising
45 Brazil 11.1% 2010 down 43.0% falling
46 Mexico 11.0% 2010 down 45.7% falling
47 Fiji 11.0% 2010 up 20.4% volatile
48 South Africa 10.6% 2010 down 45.1% flat
49 Nepal 10.5% 2010 up 13.8% volatile
50 Syrian Arab Republic 10.4% 2010 down 72.1% flat
51 Burundi 10.2% 2010 down 12.2% rising
52 Tanzania, United Republic of 9.7% 2010 down 22.9% falling
53 Viet Nam 9.6% 2010 down 66.7% falling
54 Zimbabwe 9.1% 2010 down 57.0% falling
55 Mozambique 9.0% 2010 up 19.7% volatile
56 Sierra Leone 9.0% 2010 up 21.9% volatile
57 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.4% 2010 down 46.4% falling
58 Benin 8.1% 2010 up 18.5% rising
59 China 7.8% 2010 down 37.1% falling
60 Argentina 7.7% 2010 down 17.5% volatile
61 Panama 7.4% 2010 down 21.1% falling
62 Niger 6.4% 2010 up 32.7% falling
63 Bahrain 6.2% 2010 down 6.2% rising
64 Congo 6.2% 2010 down 56.3% rising
65 Sri Lanka 5.7% 2010 up 4.4% volatile
66 Jamaica 5.6% 2010 down 50.2% volatile
67 Mali 5.4% 2010 down 56.7% volatile
68 Chile 5.4% 2010 down 69.8% falling
69 Macau, China 5.3% 2010 down 53.9% falling
70 Malaysia 5.3% 2010 down 33.4% falling
71 Uruguay 5.1% 2010 down 57.3% volatile
72 Iceland 5.0% 2010 down 34.8% volatile
73 Egypt 4.7% 2010 down 33.5% rising
74 Ghana 4.6% 2010 down 18.8% falling
75 New Zealand 4.5% 2010 down 23.0% volatile
76 Barbados 4.4% 2010 down 33.7% volatile
77 Yemen 4.4% 2010 up 308.4% volatile
78 Liberia 4.3% 2010 up 11.0% rising
79 Türkiye 3.8% 2010 down 38.1% falling
80 Austria 3.7% 2010 down 20.6% volatile
81 Togo 3.2% 2010 down 51.7% falling
82 Cuba 3.1% 2010 down 20.2% volatile
83 Jordan 3.0% 2010 down 55.2% falling
84 Luxembourg 2.6% 2010 down 47.2% volatile
85 Pakistan 2.6% 2010 up 60.0% falling
86 Belgium 2.3% 2010 down 4.9% volatile
87 Morocco 2.2% 2010 down 71.4% volatile
88 Singapore 2.1% 2010 down 71.8% falling
89 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.0% 2010 down 51.8% volatile
90 Spain 1.9% 2010 down 50.4% falling
91 Mongolia 1.9% 2010 down 57.4% volatile
92 Libya 1.8% 2010 down 89.2% falling
93 Bangladesh 1.8% 2010 down 3.3% volatile
94 Botswana 1.6% 2010 down 65.7% volatile
95 Romania 1.6% 2010 down 56.1% volatile
96 Trinidad and Tobago 1.4% 2010 down 55.6% volatile
97 Australia 1.4% 2010 down 55.9% volatile
98 Japan 1.3% 2010 down 14.6% volatile
99 Israel 1.2% 2010 down 51.0% volatile
100 Tonga 1.1% 2010 down 80.7% volatile
101 Gambia 1.1% 2010 down 27.4% rising
102 India 1.1% 2010 down 65.1% volatile
103 Ireland 1.1% 2010 down 51.1% volatile
104 Netherlands 1.1% 2010 down 6.1% volatile
105 Canada 0.8% 2010 down 57.9% volatile
106 Cyprus 0.7% 2010 down 36.9% volatile
107 France 0.6% 2010 down 87.7% volatile
108 United States of America 0.6% 2010 down 16.9% volatile
109 Switzerland 0.4% 2010 down 89.7% volatile
110 Sweden 0.4% 2010 down 46.8% volatile
111 Germany 0.4% 2010 down 86.8% volatile
112 Bulgaria 0.3% 2010 down 88.6% volatile
113 Russian Federation 0.3% 2010 down 9.4% volatile
114 Greece 0.2% 2010 down 69.2% volatile
115 Slovenia 0.2% 2010 up 5.0% volatile
116 Lithuania 0.2% 2010 down 20.0% volatile
117 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 30.4% volatile
118 Brunei Darussalam 0.1% 2010 down 95.3% volatile
119 Malta 0.1% 2010 up 133.3% volatile
120 Armenia 0.1% 2010 down 7.1% volatile
120 Ukraine 0.1% 2010 up 8.3% volatile
122 Hungary 0.1% 2010 down 73.3% volatile
122 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2010 down 94.5% volatile
124 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 90.8% volatile
124 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 57.7% volatile
124 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2010 down 87.9% volatile
127 Estonia 0.1% 2010 up 12.5% volatile
127 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2010 down 71.0% volatile
129 Croatia 0.1% 2010 down 94.9% volatile
130 Latvia 0.1% 2010 up 16.7% volatile
131 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 53.8% volatile
132 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 89.1% volatile
133 Slovakia 0.0% 2010 down 99.0% volatile
134 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
134 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 80.0% volatile
136 Denmark 0.0% 2010 volatile
136 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
136 Hong Kong, China 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
136 Italy 0.0% 2010 volatile
136 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
136 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
136 Portugal 0.0% 2010 volatile
136 Sudan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
136 Serbia 0.0% 2010 volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 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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