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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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