Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
65.5%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Norway
Median
9.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 65.5% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Norway.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.5%, and the mean is 12.9%.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 352.5%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 65.5% 2010 down 9.9% rising
2 Lesotho 58.5% 2010 down 1.8% rising
3 El Salvador 47.9% 2010 up 46.0% rising
4 Paraguay 43.0% 2010 down 19.7% falling
5 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 42.0% 2010 up 31.6% volatile
6 Mauritius 40.4% 2010 down 8.1% rising
7 Dominican Republic 39.8% 2010 down 45.1% rising
8 Honduras 37.6% 2010 up 15.9% rising
9 Cambodia 37.3% 2010 up 67.6% volatile
10 Malawi 36.5% 2010 up 2.0% rising
11 Uganda 34.9% 2010 up 7.4% volatile
12 Myanmar 34.8% 2010 up 46.3% volatile
13 Zimbabwe 34.4% 2010 down 17.1% rising
14 Nicaragua 31.6% 2010 up 5.6% rising
15 Namibia 30.5% 2010 down 6.2% rising
16 Ecuador 30.1% 2010 down 0.7% rising
17 Maldives 29.7% 2010 up 311.5% rising
18 Fiji 29.1% 2010 down 6.7% falling
19 Indonesia 28.2% 2010 down 7.1% rising
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 27.3% 2010 up 26.2% volatile
21 Mexico 26.7% 2010 down 25.8% falling
22 Tanzania, United Republic of 25.4% 2010 down 14.1% rising
23 Rwanda 25.1% 2010 up 22.0% volatile
24 Jamaica 24.6% 2010 down 26.5% falling
25 South Africa 24.1% 2010 up 12.6% rising
26 Guatemala 23.9% 2010 down 6.7% rising
27 Haiti 23.4% 2010 up 20.1% rising
28 Zambia 23.0% 2010 down 37.9% rising
29 Philippines 22.7% 2010 down 19.9% falling
30 Costa Rica 21.9% 2010 down 37.3% falling
31 Qatar 21.5% 2010 up 352.5% volatile
32 Peru 21.4% 2010 down 26.9% flat
33 Viet Nam 21.1% 2010 down 37.1% rising
34 Lao People's Democratic Republic 21.1% 2010 up 18.7% rising
35 Kuwait 20.9% 2010 up 58.0% volatile
36 Brazil 19.7% 2010 down 24.2% falling
37 Guyana 19.0% 2010 down 31.2% falling
38 China 18.6% 2010 down 7.4% rising
39 Argentina 17.8% 2010 down 15.6% falling
40 Congo 17.4% 2010 up 30.0% rising
41 Chile 17.4% 2010 down 54.4% falling
41 Algeria 17.4% 2010 up 66.0% rising
43 Libya 17.2% 2010 up 1.7% rising
44 Macau, China 17.1% 2010 down 8.9% falling
45 Cameroon 16.9% 2010 up 20.0% rising
46 Uruguay 16.9% 2010 down 45.0% falling
47 Mauritania 16.9% 2010 down 12.1% rising
48 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 15.6% 2010 down 37.2% rising
49 Panama 15.5% 2010 down 40.4% falling
50 Gabon 15.4% 2010 up 33.3% rising
51 Tunisia 15.1% 2010 up 131.8% volatile
52 Syrian Arab Republic 14.4% 2010 down 63.8% rising
53 Malaysia 14.1% 2010 down 35.5% falling
54 Saudi Arabia 14.1% 2010 unchanged rising
55 United Arab Emirates 13.3% 2010 up 2.2% volatile
56 Portugal 12.7% 2010 down 34.1% falling
57 Kenya 12.1% 2010 down 54.7% volatile
58 Burundi 11.8% 2010 up 13.3% volatile
59 Afghanistan 11.6% 2010 up 97.3% volatile
60 Papua New Guinea 11.3% 2010 up 25.8% rising
61 Iceland 11.3% 2010 down 29.5% falling
62 Botswana 11.1% 2010 down 35.1% falling
63 Barbados 11.0% 2010 down 30.5% falling
64 Central African Republic 10.7% 2010 up 38.9% rising
65 Jordan 10.5% 2010 up 0.2% volatile
66 Eswatini 10.5% 2010 down 22.3% rising
67 Mongolia 10.4% 2010 down 49.6% volatile
68 Spain 9.9% 2010 down 25.1% rising
69 Togo 9.9% 2010 up 2.6% rising
70 Hong Kong, China 9.8% 2010 down 0.1% falling
71 Sri Lanka 9.5% 2010 up 12.2% falling
72 New Zealand 9.5% 2010 down 20.9% falling
73 Türkiye 9.4% 2010 down 30.3% rising
74 Iran, Islamic Republic of 9.3% 2010 up 17.9% volatile
75 Brunei Darussalam 9.2% 2010 down 49.5% rising
76 Egypt 9.0% 2010 down 2.8% volatile
77 Côte d'Ivoire 8.8% 2010 up 54.8% volatile
78 Sudan 7.7% 2010 down 19.6% rising
79 Nepal 7.4% 2010 up 48.6% volatile
80 Benin 7.4% 2010 up 23.0% rising
81 Austria 7.2% 2010 down 38.0% falling
82 Romania 7.1% 2010 down 78.5% falling
83 Ireland 7.1% 2010 down 34.4% falling
83 Luxembourg 7.1% 2010 down 40.0% falling
85 Cuba 7.0% 2010 down 40.2% falling
86 Senegal 6.9% 2010 down 23.6% falling
87 Trinidad and Tobago 6.8% 2010 down 50.2% falling
88 Singapore 6.7% 2010 down 32.3% volatile
89 Iraq 6.6% 2010 up 182.6% volatile
90 Australia 6.6% 2010 down 17.3% volatile
91 India 6.5% 2010 down 13.9% falling
92 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.4% 2010 down 55.4% falling
93 Cyprus 5.8% 2010 down 63.5% falling
94 Bahrain 5.6% 2010 up 9.2% volatile
95 Belgium 5.5% 2010 down 41.3% falling
96 Mozambique 5.0% 2010 up 27.0% falling
96 Tonga 5.0% 2010 down 67.7% falling
98 Ghana 4.7% 2010 up 31.0% falling
99 Morocco 4.6% 2010 up 52.8% volatile
100 Japan 3.9% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
101 Niger 3.9% 2010 down 23.3% falling
102 Italy 3.5% 2010 down 59.9% volatile
103 Sierra Leone 3.5% 2010 up 222.4% volatile
104 Mali 3.3% 2010 up 2.8% rising
105 Liberia 3.2% 2010 up 30.3% rising
106 Canada 3.1% 2010 down 76.2% falling
107 Israel 2.5% 2010 down 71.4% volatile
108 Sweden 2.4% 2010 down 75.8% volatile
109 Pakistan 2.2% 2010 up 62.5% volatile
110 Serbia 2.0% 2010 down 94.1% falling
111 France 2.0% 2010 down 79.6% volatile
112 Greece 1.9% 2010 down 80.5% falling
113 Republic of Korea 1.8% 2010 down 45.2% rising
114 Bangladesh 1.8% 2010 down 8.8% volatile
114 Russian Federation 1.8% 2010 down 76.7% volatile
116 Netherlands 1.5% 2010 down 58.0% volatile
117 Denmark 1.5% 2010 down 82.9% volatile
118 Gambia 1.5% 2010 up 1.4% rising
119 Kazakhstan 1.2% 2010 down 91.7% volatile
120 United States of America 0.8% 2010 down 45.5% volatile
121 Switzerland 0.8% 2010 down 89.1% volatile
122 Tajikistan 0.8% 2010 down 83.7% volatile
123 Kyrgyzstan 0.8% 2010 down 94.9% falling
124 Republic of Moldova 0.8% 2010 down 95.8% falling
125 Bulgaria 0.4% 2010 down 96.3% volatile
126 Croatia 0.3% 2010 down 90.1% volatile
127 Slovenia 0.3% 2010 down 69.0% volatile
128 Germany 0.3% 2010 down 95.4% volatile
129 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 70.7% volatile
130 Armenia 0.2% 2010 down 81.2% volatile
130 Latvia 0.2% 2010 down 91.6% volatile
132 Albania 0.2% 2010 down 97.1% volatile
133 Belize 0.2% 2010 down 57.1% volatile
133 Malta 0.2% 2010 down 98.7% volatile
135 Ukraine 0.2% 2010 down 87.2% volatile
136 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 92.2% volatile
137 Lithuania 0.1% 2010 down 96.8% volatile
138 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 70.6% volatile
139 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
140 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged falling
141 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
141 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 85.7% volatile
143 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
143 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary
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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