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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
62.5%
Barbados
Lowest
0.8%
Yemen
Median
12.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 62.5% in Barbados; the lowest is 0.8% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.2%, and the mean is 15.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 74.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 9,014.3%), and the largest decrease in Trinidad and Tobago (down 86.4%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Barbados 62.5% 2010 up 9.9% rising
2 Malta 60.5% 2010 up 146.5% volatile
3 Belize 51.1% 2010 up 81.5% volatile
4 Viet Nam 46.3% 2010 up 165.9% volatile
5 Albania 45.5% 2010 up 17.6% rising
6 China 44.9% 2010 up 44.7% volatile
7 Congo 44.4% 2010 up 95.8% volatile
8 Sri Lanka 43.8% 2010 up 112.4% rising
9 Tonga 40.5% 2010 down 18.0% rising
10 Italy 38.1% 2010 up 14.7% rising
11 Ghana 37.5% 2010 up 8.8% volatile
12 Latvia 34.7% 2010 down 7.5% rising
13 Zimbabwe 33.9% 2010 up 141.0% volatile
14 Botswana 33.2% 2010 up 20.9% volatile
15 Cuba 32.3% 2010 up 5.5% volatile
16 Brunei Darussalam 31.8% 2010 up 36.1% volatile
17 Spain 31.4% 2010 down 2.5% volatile
18 Macau, China 31.0% 2010 up 43.6% rising
19 Chile 29.1% 2010 up 99.9% rising
20 Jamaica 27.9% 2010 up 38.2% volatile
21 Fiji 27.3% 2010 down 10.7% volatile
22 Jordan 25.9% 2010 up 71.2% volatile
23 Australia 23.7% 2010 up 352.6% falling
24 Uruguay 23.5% 2010 up 1.6% rising
25 France 22.9% 2010 up 8.1% rising
26 Norway 22.8% 2010 up 21.0% rising
27 Dominican Republic 22.2% 2010 up 141.7% volatile
28 Hong Kong, China 22.1% 2010 up 12.0% rising
29 Guyana 21.4% 2010 down 8.5% volatile
30 Denmark 21.3% 2010 down 24.0% rising
31 Malaysia 20.9% 2010 up 13.3% volatile
32 Netherlands 20.8% 2010 down 11.8% rising
33 Mexico 20.1% 2010 up 48.6% volatile
34 Belgium 20.1% 2010 down 33.6% rising
35 Serbia 20.0% 2010 up 9.5% rising
36 Romania 19.7% 2010 down 38.9% rising
37 Ireland 19.7% 2010 down 26.3% rising
38 Kuwait 19.3% 2010 up 30.0% volatile
39 Croatia 19.2% 2010 down 3.5% rising
40 Portugal 18.4% 2010 up 112.3% volatile
41 Mongolia 18.3% 2010 down 26.0% volatile
42 Togo 18.2% 2010 up 23.8% volatile
43 Hungary 17.8% 2010 down 41.4% volatile
44 Finland 17.7% 2010 up 39.8% rising
45 Iran, Islamic Republic of 17.7% 2010 up 79.8% volatile
46 Egypt 17.6% 2010 up 57.8% volatile
47 Colombia 17.3% 2010 up 29.4% rising
48 Uganda 16.8% 2010 up 299.8% volatile
49 Luxembourg 16.4% 2010 down 20.4% rising
50 Eswatini 16.4% 2010 down 10.3% volatile
51 Philippines 16.1% 2010 up 43.8% rising
52 Libya 16.0% 2010 up 50.9% volatile
53 Gabon 15.9% 2010 up 36.0% volatile
54 Saudi Arabia 15.7% 2010 up 38.8% volatile
55 United Arab Emirates 15.6% 2010 up 32.7% volatile
56 Iraq 15.5% 2010 up 154.4% volatile
57 Slovenia 15.5% 2010 down 33.7% falling
58 Argentina 15.3% 2010 up 33.5% rising
59 Bahrain 15.2% 2010 up 4.3% volatile
60 Bulgaria 15.2% 2010 up 4.0% rising
61 South Africa 14.9% 2010 down 43.3% flat
62 Brazil 14.9% 2010 up 36.5% volatile
63 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14.6% 2010 up 115.3% volatile
64 Singapore 14.4% 2010 down 11.8% rising
65 New Zealand 14.3% 2010 up 55.0% volatile
66 El Salvador 13.9% 2010 up 49.5% volatile
67 Nicaragua 13.5% 2010 up 76.8% volatile
68 Iceland 13.4% 2010 down 10.5% rising
69 Austria 13.3% 2010 down 15.0% volatile
70 Canada 13.1% 2010 down 59.5% falling
71 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12.9% 2010 up 254.7% volatile
72 Syrian Arab Republic 12.2% 2010 up 50.2% volatile
73 Sweden 12.1% 2010 down 20.4% rising
74 Mauritius 11.9% 2010 down 17.7% volatile
75 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11.8% 2010 up 26.1% volatile
76 Cyprus 11.7% 2010 up 11.5% rising
77 Tunisia 11.6% 2010 up 16.3% volatile
78 Namibia 11.6% 2010 up 96.6% rising
79 Qatar 11.3% 2010 up 0.4% volatile
80 Cameroon 11.2% 2010 up 32.9% volatile
81 Republic of Moldova 11.0% 2010 down 63.5% rising
82 Greece 11.0% 2010 up 5.6% falling
83 Panama 11.0% 2010 down 10.3% rising
84 Switzerland 11.0% 2010 up 12.3% rising
85 Nepal 10.9% 2010 up 24.2% volatile
86 India 10.8% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
87 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10.5% 2010 down 69.6% flat
88 Indonesia 10.4% 2010 up 16.4% volatile
89 Republic of Korea 10.3% 2010 down 56.8% volatile
90 Germany 10.1% 2010 down 5.8% falling
90 Haiti 10.1% 2010 up 80.7% volatile
92 Zambia 10.0% 2010 down 3.3% volatile
93 Tajikistan 10.0% 2010 down 42.4% flat
94 Bangladesh 9.9% 2010 up 15.6% rising
95 Côte d'Ivoire 9.7% 2010 up 21.6% volatile
96 Gambia 9.6% 2010 up 49.5% volatile
96 Paraguay 9.6% 2010 up 172.0% rising
98 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 9.3% 2010 up 86.0% rising
98 Sudan 9.3% 2010 up 181.8% volatile
100 Israel 9.1% 2010 up 11.4% falling
101 Thailand 8.8% 2010 up 70.6% rising
102 Guatemala 8.8% 2010 up 192.0% volatile
103 Sierra Leone 8.5% 2010 up 42.1% volatile
104 Slovakia 7.9% 2010 down 25.1% falling
105 Türkiye 7.9% 2010 up 17.0% volatile
106 Costa Rica 7.8% 2010 down 33.3% rising
107 Pakistan 7.8% 2010 up 46.0% rising
108 Ecuador 7.6% 2010 down 11.1% rising
109 Honduras 7.4% 2010 up 30.9% volatile
109 Kenya 7.4% 2010 down 29.3% volatile
111 Papua New Guinea 7.3% 2010 up 19.0% volatile
112 Czechia 7.2% 2010 down 56.3% falling
113 Cambodia 7.2% 2010 down 15.4% volatile
114 Lesotho 7.0% 2010 up 1,791.9% volatile
115 Armenia 6.6% 2010 down 19.3% falling
116 Ukraine 6.5% 2010 down 34.5% volatile
117 Poland 6.4% 2010 up 9,014.3% volatile
118 Peru 6.2% 2010 down 45.4% rising
119 Central African Republic 6.1% 2010 up 109.6% volatile
119 Estonia 6.1% 2010 down 66.2% rising
121 Senegal 6.0% 2010 up 62.2% volatile
122 Japan 5.7% 2010 down 60.6% falling
123 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.5% 2010 up 29.8% volatile
124 Morocco 5.4% 2010 up 51.0% volatile
125 Kyrgyzstan 5.0% 2010 down 36.2% falling
126 Benin 4.8% 2010 down 17.8% volatile
127 Liberia 4.5% 2010 down 34.0% rising
128 Russian Federation 4.5% 2010 down 29.1% volatile
129 Mali 4.3% 2010 up 219.9% volatile
130 Maldives 4.2% 2010 down 75.1% volatile
131 Algeria 4.2% 2010 up 43.4% volatile
132 Malawi 3.8% 2010 up 21.9% volatile
133 Myanmar 3.2% 2010 down 42.3% falling
134 Mauritania 3.1% 2010 up 98.7% volatile
135 United States of America 2.9% 2010 down 1.7% volatile
136 Lithuania 2.7% 2010 down 46.6% volatile
137 Afghanistan 2.5% 2010 up 144.2% volatile
138 Trinidad and Tobago 2.5% 2010 down 86.4% volatile
139 Rwanda 2.0% 2010 up 16.6% volatile
140 Kazakhstan 1.7% 2010 down 32.9% volatile
141 Niger 1.6% 2010 up 166.1% volatile
142 Burundi 1.4% 2010 down 13.9% volatile
143 Mozambique 1.4% 2010 up 12.3% volatile
144 Yemen 0.8% 2010 up 2,700.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary
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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