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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
42.8%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
3.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 42.8% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.0%, and the mean is 5.5%.

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 433.3%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with tertiary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 42.8% 2010 up 16.7% volatile
2 United States of America 27.1% 2010 down 1.6% rising
3 Finland 25.6% 2010 up 41.8% volatile
4 Canada 23.2% 2010 up 83.5% volatile
5 New Zealand 21.0% 2010 down 2.5% volatile
6 France 18.0% 2010 up 87.8% volatile
7 Ireland 17.2% 2010 up 112.6% volatile
8 Norway 16.6% 2010 up 29.6% volatile
9 Philippines 16.3% 2010 up 10.1% volatile
10 Israel 15.5% 2010 up 17.0% rising
11 Japan 14.8% 2010 up 7.7% volatile
12 Ukraine 13.8% 2010 up 0.1% volatile
13 Switzerland 13.2% 2010 up 77.4% rising
13 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 13.2% 2010 up 16.2% volatile
15 Luxembourg 13.2% 2010 up 124.7% volatile
16 Australia 13.0% 2010 up 39.5% rising
17 Chile 12.7% 2010 up 12.3% volatile
18 Argentina 12.6% 2010 up 27.8% volatile
19 Belgium 12.4% 2010 up 32.5% volatile
20 Portugal 11.8% 2010 up 46.9% volatile
21 Denmark 11.6% 2010 up 24.9% rising
22 Spain 11.2% 2010 up 52.5% volatile
22 Malaysia 11.2% 2010 up 87.3% volatile
24 Sweden 11.1% 2010 up 17.8% rising
25 Estonia 10.7% 2010 down 3.0% volatile
25 Netherlands 10.7% 2010 up 27.2% volatile
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10.6% 2010 up 29.4% volatile
28 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.5% 2010 up 50.4% volatile
29 Lithuania 10.2% 2010 up 59.3% volatile
30 Dominican Republic 9.3% 2010 up 1.6% volatile
31 Germany 8.9% 2010 up 9.4% volatile
32 Czechia 8.7% 2010 up 28.0% volatile
33 Jordan 8.6% 2010 up 15.7% volatile
34 Panama 8.6% 2010 up 17.8% volatile
35 Bulgaria 8.6% 2010 up 15.5% volatile
36 Slovenia 8.5% 2010 up 58.7% volatile
37 Slovakia 8.4% 2010 up 26.6% volatile
38 Iceland 8.0% 2010 up 14.8% volatile
39 Cyprus 7.8% 2010 up 21.3% volatile
40 Kazakhstan 7.8% 2010 up 34.5% volatile
40 Poland 7.8% 2010 up 93.8% volatile
42 Singapore 7.0% 2010 up 226.0% volatile
43 Armenia 6.9% 2010 up 10.5% rising
44 Austria 6.6% 2010 up 55.2% volatile
45 South Africa 6.5% 2010 down 29.1% volatile
46 Croatia 6.3% 2010 up 69.5% volatile
47 Qatar 6.2% 2010 up 19.0% rising
48 United Arab Emirates 5.8% 2010 up 10.8% volatile
49 Uruguay 5.7% 2010 up 0.2% rising
50 Ecuador 5.4% 2010 down 24.7% volatile
51 Macau, China 5.4% 2010 up 125.0% volatile
52 Latvia 5.2% 2010 down 14.5% rising
53 Peru 5.2% 2010 down 8.5% volatile
54 Serbia 5.1% 2010 up 2.4% volatile
55 Italy 5.0% 2010 up 27.5% volatile
56 Kyrgyzstan 4.9% 2010 down 1.8% rising
57 Sri Lanka 4.9% 2010 up 4.7% volatile
58 Mexico 4.8% 2010 up 54.1% volatile
59 Republic of Moldova 4.7% 2010 up 14.1% rising
60 Gabon 4.6% 2010 up 38.0% volatile
61 Saudi Arabia 4.6% 2010 up 18.4% rising
62 Jamaica 4.5% 2010 up 7.1% volatile
63 Paraguay 4.1% 2010 up 106.0% volatile
64 Republic of Korea 4.1% 2010 down 28.5% volatile
64 Romania 4.1% 2010 up 27.9% rising
66 Iraq 4.1% 2010 up 48.5% volatile
67 Morocco 3.7% 2010 up 65.3% volatile
68 Brazil 3.6% 2010 up 39.1% volatile
69 Türkiye 3.6% 2010 up 15.3% volatile
70 Tunisia 3.5% 2010 up 85.3% volatile
71 Fiji 3.4% 2010 up 24.1% volatile
72 India 3.1% 2010 up 23.3% volatile
73 Hong Kong, China 3.0% 2010 up 9.4% rising
74 Tajikistan 3.0% 2010 down 19.9% rising
75 Kenya 2.9% 2010 up 73.7% volatile
76 Afghanistan 2.9% 2010 up 8.0% volatile
77 Liberia 2.8% 2010 up 69.3% volatile
78 Colombia 2.7% 2010 up 79.3% volatile
79 Cuba 2.6% 2010 down 14.8% volatile
80 Indonesia 2.6% 2010 up 193.2% volatile
81 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.6% 2010 up 93.9% volatile
82 Thailand 2.5% 2010 up 186.0% volatile
83 Mauritius 2.4% 2010 up 53.5% rising
84 Kuwait 2.3% 2010 down 40.1% rising
85 Malta 2.3% 2010 up 211.0% rising
86 Maldives 2.3% 2010 up 94.8% volatile
87 Algeria 2.2% 2010 up 40.0% volatile
88 Greece 2.1% 2010 up 79.0% volatile
89 Trinidad and Tobago 2.1% 2010 up 85.1% volatile
90 Syrian Arab Republic 2.0% 2010 up 27.8% volatile
91 Belize 2.0% 2010 down 7.0% rising
92 Tonga 2.0% 2010 down 45.1% volatile
93 El Salvador 1.9% 2010 down 20.8% volatile
94 Honduras 1.9% 2010 up 18.1% volatile
95 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.8% 2010 up 9.1% volatile
96 Brunei Darussalam 1.8% 2010 up 73.5% volatile
97 Hungary 1.7% 2010 up 44.1% volatile
97 Viet Nam 1.7% 2010 up 57.4% volatile
99 Libya 1.7% 2010 up 13.6% volatile
100 Congo 1.5% 2010 down 59.0% volatile
100 Nepal 1.5% 2010 up 36.0% volatile
102 Côte d'Ivoire 1.5% 2010 up 7.1% volatile
103 Bangladesh 1.5% 2010 up 20.3% volatile
104 Costa Rica 1.4% 2010 up 21.6% rising
105 Myanmar 1.3% 2010 down 33.3% volatile
106 Pakistan 1.2% 2010 up 28.3% volatile
107 China 1.1% 2010 down 5.2% volatile
108 Uganda 1.0% 2010 down 34.6% volatile
109 Botswana 1.0% 2010 down 35.3% volatile
110 Namibia 0.9% 2010 down 21.7% rising
111 Mongolia 0.9% 2010 up 19.5% rising
112 Ghana 0.9% 2010 down 30.0% volatile
113 Senegal 0.9% 2010 up 61.1% volatile
114 Lesotho 0.8% 2010 up 61.2% volatile
115 Papua New Guinea 0.7% 2010 up 6.0% volatile
116 Cameroon 0.7% 2010 up 268.4% volatile
117 Benin 0.7% 2010 down 14.1% volatile
117 Yemen 0.7% 2010 up 318.8% volatile
119 Gambia 0.7% 2010 down 20.5% volatile
120 Cambodia 0.6% 2010 up 433.3% volatile
120 Mauritania 0.6% 2010 down 7.2% volatile
122 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6% 2010 up 71.4% volatile
123 Zimbabwe 0.6% 2010 down 19.4% rising
124 Egypt 0.5% 2010 down 75.2% rising
124 Mali 0.5% 2010 up 278.6% volatile
126 Albania 0.5% 2010 down 75.5% volatile
127 Central African Republic 0.4% 2010 down 53.3% volatile
127 Sudan 0.4% 2010 up 27.3% rising
129 Zambia 0.4% 2010 down 64.0% volatile
130 Togo 0.4% 2010 down 49.4% volatile
131 Bahrain 0.4% 2010 down 35.7% volatile
132 Barbados 0.3% 2010 down 2.9% volatile
132 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2010 up 3.0% volatile
134 Niger 0.3% 2010 up 57.1% volatile
135 Rwanda 0.3% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
135 Sierra Leone 0.3% 2010 up 113.3% volatile
137 Haiti 0.2% 2010 up 11.8% rising
138 Nicaragua 0.2% 2010 up 0.0% volatile
139 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 down 12.5% volatile
140 Malawi 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
141 Burundi 0.1% 2010 down 63.0% volatile
142 Guyana 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
143 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 96.6% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary
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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