Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
62.5%
Barbados
Lowest
0.9%
Yemen
Median
11.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 62.5% in Barbados; the lowest is 0.9% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.1%, and the mean is 14.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 71.

Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 10,533.3%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 88.6%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Barbados 62.5% 2010 up 9.9% rising
2 Malta 59.5% 2010 up 235.2% volatile
3 Belize 51.1% 2010 up 81.5% volatile
4 Albania 45.5% 2010 up 17.6% volatile
5 China 44.9% 2010 up 90.6% volatile
6 Sri Lanka 43.8% 2010 up 112.4% rising
7 Tonga 40.5% 2010 down 4.9% rising
8 Italy 38.1% 2010 up 14.7% volatile
9 Ghana 37.5% 2010 up 49.9% volatile
10 Latvia 34.1% 2010 down 9.7% volatile
11 Zimbabwe 33.9% 2010 up 141.0% volatile
12 Botswana 33.2% 2010 up 20.9% volatile
13 Cuba 32.3% 2010 up 5.5% volatile
14 Spain 31.4% 2010 up 4.2% volatile
15 Viet Nam 29.3% 2010 up 68.2% volatile
16 Chile 29.1% 2010 up 198.7% rising
17 Macau, China 27.8% 2010 up 28.6% rising
18 Jordan 25.9% 2010 up 94.2% volatile
19 Brunei Darussalam 24.2% 2010 up 3.8% volatile
20 Jamaica 24.1% 2010 up 63.5% volatile
21 Australia 23.6% 2010 up 164.7% falling
22 Uruguay 23.5% 2010 up 41.6% volatile
23 France 22.9% 2010 up 35.5% volatile
24 Norway 22.8% 2010 up 32.3% rising
25 Congo 22.7% 2010 up 138.7% volatile
26 Fiji 22.6% 2010 down 15.6% volatile
27 Dominican Republic 22.2% 2010 up 137.8% volatile
28 Hong Kong, China 22.1% 2010 up 18.3% rising
29 Guyana 21.3% 2010 down 8.6% volatile
30 Denmark 21.3% 2010 down 20.2% 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 34.3% rising
35 Serbia 20.0% 2010 up 21.3% rising
36 Romania 19.7% 2010 down 35.7% rising
37 Ireland 19.7% 2010 down 12.9% rising
38 Mongolia 19.7% 2010 down 20.7% volatile
39 Kuwait 19.3% 2010 up 50.3% volatile
40 Croatia 19.2% 2010 down 3.5% rising
41 Portugal 18.4% 2010 up 125.3% volatile
42 Republic of Korea 18.4% 2010 down 23.6% rising
43 Togo 18.2% 2010 up 70.9% volatile
44 Hungary 17.8% 2010 down 41.4% volatile
45 Finland 17.7% 2010 down 12.5% rising
46 Iran, Islamic Republic of 17.7% 2010 up 62.4% volatile
47 Colombia 17.3% 2010 up 90.1% rising
48 Eswatini 16.9% 2010 up 37.6% volatile
49 Uganda 16.8% 2010 up 299.8% volatile
50 Bulgaria 16.5% 2010 up 2.9% rising
51 Philippines 16.1% 2010 up 43.8% rising
52 Luxembourg 15.7% 2010 down 18.5% rising
53 Slovenia 15.5% 2010 down 36.2% flat
54 South Africa 14.9% 2010 down 43.3% flat
55 Singapore 14.9% 2010 up 4.1% rising
56 Brazil 14.9% 2010 up 105.0% volatile
57 New Zealand 14.3% 2010 up 55.0% volatile
58 Bahrain 14.1% 2010 up 10.4% volatile
59 El Salvador 13.9% 2010 up 110.5% volatile
60 Austria 13.7% 2010 down 29.6% volatile
61 Canada 13.1% 2010 down 59.5% falling
62 United Arab Emirates 13.1% 2010 up 59.6% volatile
63 Argentina 12.9% 2010 up 12.7% rising
64 Syrian Arab Republic 12.2% 2010 up 50.2% volatile
65 Iceland 12.2% 2010 down 18.2% rising
66 Sweden 12.1% 2010 up 29.7% rising
67 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11.8% 2010 up 26.0% volatile
68 Cyprus 11.7% 2010 up 9.4% rising
69 Namibia 11.6% 2010 up 96.6% rising
70 Qatar 11.3% 2010 up 36.3% volatile
71 Saudi Arabia 11.3% 2010 up 77.1% rising
72 Tunisia 11.1% 2010 up 68.2% volatile
73 Republic of Moldova 11.0% 2010 down 65.6% volatile
74 Greece 11.0% 2010 up 33.3% falling
75 Panama 11.0% 2010 down 10.3% rising
76 Switzerland 11.0% 2010 up 12.3% rising
77 Nicaragua 10.8% 2010 up 84.8% volatile
78 Nepal 10.7% 2010 up 40.8% volatile
79 Gabon 10.7% 2010 up 121.0% volatile
80 Libya 10.6% 2010 up 107.8% volatile
81 Indonesia 10.4% 2010 up 16.4% volatile
82 Mauritius 10.2% 2010 down 29.5% volatile
83 Egypt 10.2% 2010 up 46.5% volatile
84 Germany 10.1% 2010 down 21.9% falling
85 India 10.1% 2010 up 29.3% volatile
86 Tajikistan 10.0% 2010 down 42.4% rising
87 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10.0% 2010 down 66.3% flat
88 Bangladesh 9.9% 2010 up 15.6% rising
89 Zambia 9.8% 2010 up 185.1% volatile
90 Cameroon 9.6% 2010 up 121.6% volatile
91 Paraguay 9.6% 2010 up 172.0% rising
92 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.6% 2010 up 91.8% volatile
93 Gambia 9.3% 2010 up 51.1% volatile
94 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 9.3% 2010 up 86.0% rising
95 Israel 9.1% 2010 up 30.9% falling
96 Côte d'Ivoire 8.8% 2010 up 34.2% volatile
97 Guatemala 8.8% 2010 up 192.0% volatile
98 Slovakia 7.9% 2010 down 26.4% falling
99 Benin 7.9% 2010 up 36.1% volatile
100 Türkiye 7.9% 2010 up 64.4% volatile
101 Costa Rica 7.8% 2010 down 23.7% rising
102 Pakistan 7.8% 2010 up 71.5% rising
103 Iraq 7.7% 2010 up 24.0% volatile
104 Ecuador 7.6% 2010 down 11.1% rising
105 Honduras 7.4% 2010 up 66.1% volatile
105 Kenya 7.4% 2010 down 7.3% volatile
107 Papua New Guinea 7.4% 2010 up 33.8% volatile
108 Sierra Leone 7.3% 2010 up 77.2% volatile
109 Czechia 7.2% 2010 down 54.3% falling
110 Cambodia 7.2% 2010 down 3.4% volatile
111 Thailand 7.1% 2010 up 29.3% volatile
112 Lesotho 7.0% 2010 up 1,172.7% volatile
113 Armenia 6.6% 2010 down 19.3% falling
114 Ukraine 6.5% 2010 down 34.5% volatile
115 Poland 6.4% 2010 up 10,533.3% volatile
116 Peru 6.2% 2010 up 25.2% rising
117 Estonia 6.1% 2010 down 66.2% rising
118 Central African Republic 6.1% 2010 up 110.0% volatile
119 Senegal 6.0% 2010 up 116.6% volatile
120 Russian Federation 6.0% 2010 down 36.3% volatile
121 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.9% 2010 up 153.2% volatile
122 Japan 5.7% 2010 down 60.6% rising
123 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.5% 2010 up 29.8% volatile
124 Haiti 5.4% 2010 up 36.4% rising
125 Kyrgyzstan 5.0% 2010 down 35.9% falling
126 Mali 4.3% 2010 up 625.0% volatile
127 Myanmar 4.3% 2010 down 28.7% falling
128 Morocco 4.0% 2010 down 36.8% volatile
129 Malawi 3.8% 2010 up 21.9% volatile
130 Liberia 3.3% 2010 down 2.6% rising
131 Sudan 3.3% 2010 up 94.1% volatile
132 Mauritania 3.1% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
133 United States of America 2.8% 2010 down 4.8% volatile
134 Lithuania 2.7% 2010 down 85.1% volatile
135 Kazakhstan 2.5% 2010 down 61.5% falling
136 Trinidad and Tobago 2.5% 2010 down 86.4% rising
137 Algeria 2.3% 2010 up 42.5% rising
138 Rwanda 2.1% 2010 up 18.9% volatile
139 Maldives 1.9% 2010 down 88.6% volatile
140 Afghanistan 1.6% 2010 up 53.8% volatile
141 Burundi 1.4% 2010 down 13.9% volatile
142 Mozambique 1.1% 2010 up 128.6% volatile
143 Niger 0.9% 2010 up 279.2% volatile
144 Yemen 0.9% 2010 up 2,833.3% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary
Source
World Bank
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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