Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary by country
Countries reporting
144
Highest
41.5%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
2.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 41.5% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.8%, and the mean is 4.9%.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 2,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 41.5% | 2010 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 2 | United States of America | 27.0% | 2010 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 3 | Canada | 20.6% | 2010 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Finland | 20.3% | 2010 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 5 | New Zealand | 19.4% | 2010 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Philippines | 14.9% | 2010 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Israel | 14.5% | 2010 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 8 | Ukraine | 13.8% | 2010 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Norway | 13.7% | 2010 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Japan | 13.5% | 2010 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Ireland | 13.1% | 2010 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Argentina | 11.6% | 2010 | up 77.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Switzerland | 11.6% | 2010 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 14 | France | 11.6% | 2010 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Australia | 11.5% | 2010 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 16 | Estonia | 11.2% | 2010 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 11.1% | 2010 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Belgium | 10.2% | 2010 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Chile | 10.1% | 2010 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Denmark | 10.1% | 2010 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands | 9.9% | 2010 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 9.5% | 2010 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Jordan | 9.5% | 2010 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 24 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 9.3% | 2010 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 9.1% | 2010 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Sweden | 9.1% | 2010 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Lithuania | 8.7% | 2010 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Germany | 8.7% | 2010 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.3% | 2010 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Spain | 8.2% | 2010 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Czechia | 8.2% | 2010 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Malaysia | 7.8% | 2010 | up 140.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 7.8% | 2010 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Slovakia | 7.8% | 2010 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 7.7% | 2010 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 36 | South Africa | 7.6% | 2010 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Panama | 7.4% | 2010 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Portugal | 7.2% | 2010 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Iceland | 7.0% | 2010 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Slovenia | 6.6% | 2010 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Qatar | 6.4% | 2010 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 42 | Cyprus | 6.3% | 2010 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Armenia | 6.2% | 2010 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 44 | Austria | 6.1% | 2010 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Latvia | 5.9% | 2010 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 5.8% | 2010 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Uruguay | 5.6% | 2010 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 48 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.5% | 2010 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 49 | Croatia | 5.3% | 2010 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Serbia | 5.2% | 2010 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Poland | 5.1% | 2010 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 52 | Singapore | 5.0% | 2010 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Ecuador | 4.6% | 2010 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Peru | 4.6% | 2010 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Gabon | 4.5% | 2010 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 4.5% | 2010 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 57 | Republic of Moldova | 4.5% | 2010 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 58 | Jamaica | 4.2% | 2010 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Italy | 3.9% | 2010 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Mexico | 3.8% | 2010 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 3.8% | 2010 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 3.8% | 2010 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 63 | Brazil | 3.6% | 2010 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Kuwait | 3.4% | 2010 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Iraq | 3.3% | 2010 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Fiji | 3.3% | 2010 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Romania | 3.2% | 2010 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 68 | Republic of Korea | 3.2% | 2010 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Macau, China | 3.2% | 2010 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Cuba | 3.1% | 2010 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Morocco | 3.0% | 2010 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Türkiye | 2.9% | 2010 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Paraguay | 2.7% | 2010 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Afghanistan | 2.7% | 2010 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 75 | India | 2.6% | 2010 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Liberia | 2.6% | 2010 | up 115.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Kenya | 2.5% | 2010 | up 342.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Thailand | 2.4% | 2010 | up 267.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Colombia | 2.3% | 2010 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Tunisia | 2.2% | 2010 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Algeria | 2.2% | 2010 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Indonesia | 2.1% | 2010 | up 146.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.1% | 2010 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.1% | 2010 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Congo | 2.0% | 2010 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Myanmar | 2.0% | 2010 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.0% | 2010 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Tonga | 2.0% | 2010 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 89 | El Salvador | 1.8% | 2010 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Belize | 1.8% | 2010 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 91 | Hong Kong, China | 1.8% | 2010 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 92 | Greece | 1.8% | 2010 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Mauritius | 1.7% | 2010 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 94 | Honduras | 1.7% | 2010 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.7% | 2010 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Viet Nam | 1.7% | 2010 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.6% | 2010 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Botswana | 1.5% | 2010 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Hungary | 1.4% | 2010 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.3% | 2010 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Nepal | 1.3% | 2010 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Malta | 1.3% | 2010 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 103 | Bangladesh | 1.2% | 2010 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 1.2% | 2010 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 104 | Namibia | 1.2% | 2010 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 106 | Zambia | 1.1% | 2010 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Maldives | 1.1% | 2010 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Egypt | 1.1% | 2010 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Mongolia | 1.0% | 2010 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 110 | Togo | 0.9% | 2010 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Central African Republic | 0.9% | 2010 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Gambia | 0.8% | 2010 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Pakistan | 0.8% | 2010 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Ghana | 0.8% | 2010 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Senegal | 0.8% | 2010 | up 71.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Benin | 0.8% | 2010 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Mali | 0.8% | 2010 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 0.7% | 2010 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritania | 0.7% | 2010 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 120 | China | 0.6% | 2010 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Uganda | 0.6% | 2010 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Lesotho | 0.6% | 2010 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Papua New Guinea | 0.5% | 2010 | up 130.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.4% | 2010 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Sierra Leone | 0.4% | 2010 | up 207.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Bahrain | 0.4% | 2010 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Libya | 0.4% | 2010 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Yemen | 0.4% | 2010 | up 2,000.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Cameroon | 0.4% | 2010 | up 311.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Barbados | 0.3% | 2010 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.3% | 2010 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Niger | 0.3% | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Burundi | 0.3% | 2010 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Cambodia | 0.3% | 2010 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Albania | 0.2% | 2010 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Rwanda | 0.2% | 2010 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 0.2% | 2010 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Haiti | 0.2% | 2010 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Mozambique | 0.1% | 2010 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Malawi | 0.1% | 2010 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Sudan | 0.1% | 2010 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 143 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2010 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |