Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary by country
Countries reporting
144
Highest
63.0%
Barbados
Lowest
0.2%
Poland
Median
13.3%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 63.0% in Barbados; the lowest is 0.2% in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.3%, and the mean is 16.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 350.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 2,371.8%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 97.3%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados | 63.0% | 2010 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 59.2% | 2010 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Malta | 57.3% | 2010 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 4 | China | 54.5% | 2010 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 46.9% | 2010 | up 166.4% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 46.3% | 2010 | up 156.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Congo | 45.7% | 2010 | up 101.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Belize | 45.6% | 2010 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Albania | 45.5% | 2010 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 10 | Ghana | 37.3% | 2010 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Jordan | 37.1% | 2010 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Botswana | 35.6% | 2010 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Latvia | 35.2% | 2010 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 14 | Italy | 35.2% | 2010 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 15 | Cuba | 33.2% | 2010 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Macau, China | 32.1% | 2010 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 17 | Tonga | 31.6% | 2010 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 18 | Brunei Darussalam | 30.2% | 2010 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Spain | 30.2% | 2010 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Mexico | 30.0% | 2010 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Jamaica | 28.8% | 2010 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Fiji | 27.3% | 2010 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 27.3% | 2010 | up 154.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Uruguay | 27.1% | 2010 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 25 | Chile | 25.2% | 2010 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 26 | Kuwait | 23.5% | 2010 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 22.5% | 2010 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Malaysia | 22.2% | 2010 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Togo | 21.9% | 2010 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Egypt | 21.9% | 2010 | up 98.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Portugal | 21.3% | 2010 | up 92.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Guyana | 21.2% | 2010 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Eswatini | 18.9% | 2010 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Libya | 18.9% | 2010 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Philippines | 18.9% | 2010 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 36 | Hong Kong, China | 18.5% | 2010 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 37 | Serbia | 18.5% | 2010 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 38 | Mongolia | 18.2% | 2010 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 38 | El Salvador | 18.2% | 2010 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 18.1% | 2010 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Australia | 17.5% | 2010 | up 349.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 17.4% | 2010 | up 171.2% | volatile |
| 43 | France | 17.3% | 2010 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 44 | Uganda | 17.0% | 2010 | up 204.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Netherlands | 16.7% | 2010 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 46 | Bahrain | 16.6% | 2010 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Denmark | 16.6% | 2010 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 48 | Zambia | 16.5% | 2010 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Tunisia | 16.5% | 2010 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Brazil | 16.3% | 2010 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Indonesia | 16.0% | 2010 | up 82.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Norway | 15.9% | 2010 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 15.7% | 2010 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Gabon | 15.7% | 2010 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 15.7% | 2010 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 56 | Colombia | 15.7% | 2010 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 57 | Namibia | 15.6% | 2010 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 15.6% | 2010 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Hungary | 15.6% | 2010 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Syrian Arab Republic | 15.5% | 2010 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Argentina | 15.3% | 2010 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 62 | Croatia | 15.1% | 2010 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 63 | Finland | 15.0% | 2010 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 64 | Romania | 14.9% | 2010 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 14.4% | 2010 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 66 | Iraq | 14.4% | 2010 | up 73.4% | volatile |
| 67 | New Zealand | 14.1% | 2010 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Ireland | 13.9% | 2010 | down 51.0% | rising |
| 69 | Gambia | 13.9% | 2010 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Belgium | 13.6% | 2010 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 70 | South Africa | 13.6% | 2010 | down 55.3% | rising |
| 72 | Greece | 13.4% | 2010 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 73 | Luxembourg | 13.3% | 2010 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 74 | Mauritius | 13.2% | 2010 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.0% | 2010 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Iceland | 13.0% | 2010 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 77 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 13.0% | 2010 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 78 | Nepal | 12.9% | 2010 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Republic of Moldova | 12.8% | 2010 | down 51.6% | rising |
| 80 | Sudan | 12.1% | 2010 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Paraguay | 12.0% | 2010 | up 239.0% | rising |
| 82 | Cameroon | 11.9% | 2010 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 83 | India | 11.9% | 2010 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 11.7% | 2010 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Slovenia | 11.7% | 2010 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 86 | Thailand | 11.6% | 2010 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 87 | Qatar | 11.4% | 2010 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Cyprus | 11.3% | 2010 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 89 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.9% | 2010 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 90 | Haiti | 10.7% | 2010 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Panama | 10.7% | 2010 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 92 | Honduras | 10.6% | 2010 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Estonia | 10.6% | 2010 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 94 | Bangladesh | 10.4% | 2010 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 95 | Austria | 10.3% | 2010 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Singapore | 10.1% | 2010 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 97 | Cambodia | 10.0% | 2010 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Kenya | 9.9% | 2010 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Switzerland | 9.9% | 2010 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 100 | Türkiye | 9.8% | 2010 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Lesotho | 9.6% | 2010 | up 2,371.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Germany | 9.6% | 2010 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 9.6% | 2010 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Guatemala | 9.4% | 2010 | up 130.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Canada | 9.4% | 2010 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 106 | Ecuador | 9.1% | 2010 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 107 | Pakistan | 8.5% | 2010 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 108 | Papua New Guinea | 8.3% | 2010 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 8.1% | 2010 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 7.9% | 2010 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 111 | Sweden | 7.4% | 2010 | down 51.2% | rising |
| 112 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7.3% | 2010 | down 83.1% | falling |
| 112 | Ukraine | 7.3% | 2010 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Maldives | 7.0% | 2010 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Peru | 6.9% | 2010 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 116 | Israel | 6.6% | 2010 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 117 | Yemen | 6.4% | 2010 | up 627.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Armenia | 6.3% | 2010 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 119 | Morocco | 6.3% | 2010 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 120 | Mauritania | 6.2% | 2010 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Liberia | 5.9% | 2010 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Mali | 5.7% | 2010 | up 144.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Senegal | 5.5% | 2010 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 5.5% | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 125 | Japan | 5.2% | 2010 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 126 | Lithuania | 5.2% | 2010 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Slovakia | 5.1% | 2010 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.6% | 2010 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 129 | Russian Federation | 4.5% | 2010 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Czechia | 4.3% | 2010 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 131 | Algeria | 4.1% | 2010 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.1% | 2010 | down 83.5% | rising |
| 133 | Malawi | 4.1% | 2010 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Republic of Korea | 4.0% | 2010 | down 78.8% | rising |
| 135 | United States of America | 3.7% | 2010 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Myanmar | 2.8% | 2010 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 137 | Burundi | 2.3% | 2010 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Afghanistan | 2.3% | 2010 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Niger | 2.2% | 2010 | up 121.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Rwanda | 1.9% | 2010 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Benin | 1.9% | 2010 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Kazakhstan | 1.7% | 2010 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Mozambique | 1.4% | 2010 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Poland | 0.2% | 2010 | down 97.3% | volatile |