Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
51.9%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Serbia
Median
6.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 51.9% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Serbia.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.5%, and the mean is 10.5%.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 338.8%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 51.9% 2010 down 24.3% rising
2 Lesotho 44.9% 2010 down 18.6% falling
3 Cambodia 43.5% 2010 up 16.8% rising
4 El Salvador 41.0% 2010 up 33.4% rising
5 Myanmar 40.7% 2010 up 16.9% volatile
6 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 40.2% 2010 up 28.3% rising
7 Uganda 37.5% 2010 up 12.0% rising
8 Malawi 36.7% 2010 up 0.7% rising
9 Haiti 34.2% 2010 down 5.8% volatile
10 Honduras 33.5% 2010 down 15.2% rising
11 Paraguay 30.8% 2010 down 19.5% falling
12 Guatemala 30.7% 2010 up 10.4% rising
13 Mauritius 29.4% 2010 down 31.6% flat
14 Kuwait 29.3% 2010 up 83.9% volatile
15 Nicaragua 28.4% 2010 down 6.3% rising
16 Cameroon 26.3% 2010 up 2.9% rising
17 Maldives 26.0% 2010 up 143.8% rising
18 Namibia 25.7% 2010 down 15.7% rising
19 Dominican Republic 25.2% 2010 down 55.4% flat
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 24.7% 2010 down 15.8% rising
21 Indonesia 24.3% 2010 down 4.8% rising
22 Qatar 23.7% 2010 up 338.8% volatile
23 Rwanda 23.7% 2010 down 5.5% volatile
24 Algeria 23.5% 2010 down 4.8% rising
25 Kenya 22.0% 2010 up 22.4% rising
26 Zimbabwe 21.2% 2010 down 38.3% falling
27 Lao People's Democratic Republic 19.9% 2010 down 14.0% rising
28 Tunisia 19.7% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
29 Guyana 19.0% 2010 down 0.1% falling
30 South Africa 18.5% 2010 down 18.7% rising
31 Zambia 18.1% 2010 down 22.3% falling
32 Ecuador 18.0% 2010 down 22.1% falling
33 Mexico 17.9% 2010 down 37.7% falling
34 Libya 17.8% 2010 up 7.2% rising
35 Eswatini 16.6% 2010 up 4.9% rising
36 Philippines 15.9% 2010 down 24.9% falling
37 Gabon 15.6% 2010 down 22.1% rising
38 Peru 15.4% 2010 down 18.3% falling
39 Mauritania 15.3% 2010 down 8.5% falling
40 Saudi Arabia 15.0% 2010 up 1.0% rising
41 Afghanistan 14.7% 2010 up 26.5% volatile
42 United Arab Emirates 14.5% 2010 up 28.1% volatile
43 Brazil 12.8% 2010 down 34.1% falling
44 Tanzania, United Republic of 12.6% 2010 down 50.5% falling
45 Costa Rica 12.4% 2010 down 38.8% falling
46 Central African Republic 12.1% 2010 up 13.9% rising
47 Syrian Arab Republic 11.7% 2010 down 68.6% rising
48 Burundi 11.6% 2010 down 1.4% rising
49 Iran, Islamic Republic of 11.1% 2010 up 8.5% volatile
50 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11.0% 2010 down 45.7% falling
51 Fiji 11.0% 2010 up 4.7% volatile
52 Côte d'Ivoire 10.9% 2010 up 1.7% volatile
53 Viet Nam 10.6% 2010 down 65.4% falling
54 China 10.5% 2010 down 39.6% falling
55 Nepal 10.5% 2010 up 18.7% volatile
56 Congo 10.1% 2010 down 28.8% rising
57 Mozambique 10.1% 2010 up 21.9% volatile
58 Senegal 9.8% 2010 down 34.5% falling
59 Chile 9.5% 2010 down 46.6% falling
60 Panama 9.0% 2010 down 45.2% falling
61 Sierra Leone 8.7% 2010 up 50.3% volatile
62 Malaysia 8.6% 2010 down 35.9% falling
63 Uruguay 8.5% 2010 down 28.6% falling
64 Sri Lanka 8.4% 2010 up 34.1% volatile
65 Argentina 7.7% 2010 down 47.6% falling
66 Jamaica 7.6% 2010 down 58.6% falling
67 Macau, China 7.4% 2010 down 56.4% falling
68 Iceland 7.3% 2010 down 22.9% falling
69 Bahrain 6.9% 2010 up 3.9% rising
70 Benin 6.8% 2010 down 7.2% rising
71 New Zealand 6.7% 2010 down 19.3% falling
72 Barbados 6.7% 2010 down 39.5% volatile
73 Jordan 6.2% 2010 down 36.7% rising
74 Egypt 6.1% 2010 down 19.9% rising
75 Iraq 6.1% 2010 down 56.2% volatile
76 Niger 5.6% 2010 up 47.3% falling
77 Türkiye 5.4% 2010 down 11.4% falling
78 Mali 5.0% 2010 down 48.8% volatile
79 Togo 5.0% 2010 down 38.7% rising
80 Austria 4.9% 2010 down 27.5% volatile
81 Morocco 4.7% 2010 down 50.9% volatile
82 Ghana 4.5% 2010 down 27.2% falling
83 Luxembourg 4.3% 2010 down 35.5% volatile
84 Yemen 4.2% 2010 up 174.8% volatile
85 Singapore 4.1% 2010 down 50.8% falling
86 Liberia 4.0% 2010 up 15.3% rising
87 Cuba 3.7% 2010 down 46.6% volatile
88 Spain 3.6% 2010 down 17.3% falling
89 Belgium 3.5% 2010 up 8.0% volatile
90 Papua New Guinea 3.0% 2010 down 72.6% rising
91 Australia 3.0% 2010 down 50.8% volatile
92 Mongolia 3.0% 2010 down 71.6% volatile
93 Trinidad and Tobago 3.0% 2010 down 58.2% volatile
94 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.8% 2010 down 58.2% volatile
95 Ireland 2.7% 2010 down 41.7% volatile
96 Romania 2.6% 2010 down 50.2% volatile
97 Pakistan 2.6% 2010 up 71.8% falling
98 Botswana 2.3% 2010 down 79.2% falling
99 Tonga 2.1% 2010 down 68.9% volatile
100 Israel 1.9% 2010 down 26.7% volatile
101 Bangladesh 1.8% 2010 up 2.8% volatile
102 India 1.6% 2010 down 69.4% volatile
103 Japan 1.6% 2010 down 63.0% volatile
104 Canada 1.4% 2010 down 64.5% volatile
105 Netherlands 1.4% 2010 down 25.4% volatile
106 Gambia 1.2% 2010 down 7.0% rising
107 France 1.1% 2010 down 75.7% volatile
108 Hong Kong, China 0.9% 2010 down 88.8% volatile
109 United States of America 0.8% 2010 down 5.7% volatile
110 Cyprus 0.8% 2010 down 52.8% volatile
111 Malta 0.6% 2010 down 91.3% volatile
112 Switzerland 0.6% 2010 down 89.4% volatile
112 Sweden 0.6% 2010 down 38.2% volatile
114 Greece 0.5% 2010 down 59.8% volatile
115 Germany 0.4% 2010 down 88.8% volatile
116 Sudan 0.3% 2010 down 94.7% falling
117 Russian Federation 0.3% 2010 down 38.2% volatile
118 Bulgaria 0.3% 2010 down 90.1% volatile
119 Republic of Korea 0.3% 2010 down 52.5% volatile
120 Hungary 0.2% 2010 down 51.9% volatile
121 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 70.9% volatile
122 Croatia 0.2% 2010 down 81.7% volatile
122 Lithuania 0.2% 2010 down 59.3% volatile
124 Brunei Darussalam 0.2% 2010 down 96.9% volatile
125 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 95.7% volatile
125 Slovenia 0.2% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
127 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2010 down 93.7% volatile
128 Armenia 0.1% 2010 down 44.0% volatile
129 Ukraine 0.1% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
130 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 94.3% volatile
131 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 84.0% volatile
132 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
133 Latvia 0.1% 2010 down 53.8% volatile
133 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 70.0% volatile
133 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 98.7% volatile
136 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 97.1% volatile
137 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
137 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 85.7% volatile
137 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 90.9% volatile
140 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Italy 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Portugal 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Serbia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 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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