Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary by country
Countries reporting
144
Highest
56.9%
Barbados
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
11.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 56.9% in Barbados; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.2%, and the mean is 13.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,898.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 654.3%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 89.5%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados | 56.9% | 2010 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 2 | Belize | 53.2% | 2010 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Tonga | 44.4% | 2010 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 43.0% | 2010 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 5 | Albania | 40.5% | 2010 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Latvia | 35.7% | 2010 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Finland | 33.0% | 2010 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Ghana | 32.7% | 2010 | up 116.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Romania | 32.5% | 2010 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 10 | Malta | 30.7% | 2010 | up 78.5% | volatile |
| 11 | China | 30.6% | 2010 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Cuba | 30.6% | 2010 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Italy | 30.4% | 2010 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 14 | Serbia | 29.8% | 2010 | up 82.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 29.3% | 2010 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Botswana | 27.5% | 2010 | up 77.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Denmark | 27.2% | 2010 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Australia | 26.0% | 2010 | up 100.5% | falling |
| 19 | Netherlands | 25.9% | 2010 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 20 | Slovenia | 24.1% | 2010 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 21 | Croatia | 23.9% | 2010 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 22 | Chile | 23.5% | 2010 | up 141.4% | rising |
| 23 | Macau, China | 23.4% | 2010 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 24 | Belgium | 23.1% | 2010 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 25 | Hungary | 23.1% | 2010 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Congo | 22.7% | 2010 | up 138.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Fiji | 22.6% | 2010 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Republic of Korea | 22.6% | 2010 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Brunei Darussalam | 22.3% | 2010 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Guyana | 22.3% | 2010 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 21.3% | 2010 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Spain | 21.2% | 2010 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Republic of Moldova | 20.9% | 2010 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Uruguay | 20.5% | 2010 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Norway | 20.3% | 2010 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 36 | Hong Kong, China | 19.9% | 2010 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Jamaica | 19.3% | 2010 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Ireland | 19.2% | 2010 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 39 | Luxembourg | 18.8% | 2010 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 40 | Singapore | 18.4% | 2010 | up 79.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Austria | 18.2% | 2010 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 42 | France | 18.0% | 2010 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Tajikistan | 17.3% | 2010 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 44 | Mongolia | 17.2% | 2010 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 45 | South Africa | 17.0% | 2010 | down 26.0% | flat |
| 46 | Jordan | 16.7% | 2010 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Eswatini | 16.5% | 2010 | up 71.7% | volatile |
| 48 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16.0% | 2010 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 49 | Canada | 15.8% | 2010 | down 52.7% | flat |
| 50 | Malaysia | 15.7% | 2010 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Iceland | 15.6% | 2010 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Kuwait | 15.6% | 2010 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Japan | 15.2% | 2010 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 54 | New Zealand | 15.0% | 2010 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 14.9% | 2010 | up 118.2% | rising |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 14.1% | 2010 | up 108.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Slovakia | 13.9% | 2010 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 58 | Colombia | 13.7% | 2010 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 59 | Mexico | 13.6% | 2010 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Switzerland | 13.4% | 2010 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 61 | Germany | 13.3% | 2010 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 62 | Czechia | 13.3% | 2010 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 13.1% | 2010 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Bahrain | 13.0% | 2010 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Estonia | 12.9% | 2010 | down 53.6% | rising |
| 66 | Argentina | 12.9% | 2010 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 67 | Sweden | 12.8% | 2010 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 68 | Togo | 12.7% | 2010 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12.3% | 2010 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Philippines | 12.2% | 2010 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 71 | Saudi Arabia | 11.3% | 2010 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 72 | Brazil | 11.3% | 2010 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Gabon | 11.1% | 2010 | up 122.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Panama | 10.9% | 2010 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 74 | Portugal | 10.9% | 2010 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Egypt | 10.6% | 2010 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Libya | 10.6% | 2010 | up 107.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Uganda | 10.6% | 2010 | up 654.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Zambia | 10.1% | 2010 | up 128.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Ukraine | 10.0% | 2010 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.6% | 2010 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 82 | Lithuania | 9.5% | 2010 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 83 | India | 9.2% | 2010 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Cyprus | 9.2% | 2010 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 85 | Israel | 9.1% | 2010 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 86 | Indonesia | 9.1% | 2010 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Russian Federation | 9.1% | 2010 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Mauritius | 9.1% | 2010 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Qatar | 8.8% | 2010 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Nepal | 8.8% | 2010 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 8.7% | 2010 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 92 | Greece | 8.7% | 2010 | up 26.6% | falling |
| 93 | El Salvador | 8.7% | 2010 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Tunisia | 8.6% | 2010 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 8.6% | 2010 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 96 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 8.6% | 2010 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Cambodia | 8.2% | 2010 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Armenia | 8.2% | 2010 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 99 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.0% | 2010 | up 147.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Cameroon | 8.0% | 2010 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.5% | 2010 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Guatemala | 7.1% | 2010 | up 207.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.8% | 2010 | up 115.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Gambia | 6.4% | 2010 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 105 | Paraguay | 6.3% | 2010 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 6.3% | 2010 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 107 | Türkiye | 6.1% | 2010 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Namibia | 5.9% | 2010 | up 55.3% | falling |
| 109 | Sierra Leone | 5.9% | 2010 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Papua New Guinea | 5.8% | 2010 | up 194.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Iraq | 5.8% | 2010 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Benin | 5.8% | 2010 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Haiti | 5.7% | 2010 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 114 | Peru | 5.6% | 2010 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 115 | Pakistan | 5.4% | 2010 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 116 | Myanmar | 5.4% | 2010 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 117 | Senegal | 5.2% | 2010 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Thailand | 5.0% | 2010 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Honduras | 4.5% | 2010 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.2% | 2010 | up 323.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.9% | 2010 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 122 | Lesotho | 3.8% | 2010 | up 585.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.5% | 2010 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Morocco | 3.4% | 2010 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Sudan | 3.3% | 2010 | up 94.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Malawi | 3.1% | 2010 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Liberia | 3.0% | 2010 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 128 | United States of America | 2.9% | 2010 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 129 | Ecuador | 2.8% | 2010 | down 57.0% | rising |
| 130 | Central African Republic | 2.8% | 2010 | up 198.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Mali | 2.6% | 2010 | up 312.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Kazakhstan | 2.5% | 2010 | down 57.4% | rising |
| 133 | Algeria | 2.4% | 2010 | up 101.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.1% | 2010 | down 80.0% | rising |
| 135 | Kenya | 1.9% | 2010 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Rwanda | 1.7% | 2010 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Burundi | 1.6% | 2010 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Maldives | 1.6% | 2010 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Mauritania | 1.5% | 2010 | up 132.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Mozambique | 1.2% | 2010 | up 127.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Afghanistan | 1.0% | 2010 | up 153.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Niger | 0.6% | 2010 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Poland | 0.2% | 2010 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2010 | unchanged | rising |