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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
56.9%
Barbados
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
10.3%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 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 10.3%, and the mean is 13.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,898.

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,215.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 92.3%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Barbados 56.9% 2010 up 12.0% rising
2 Belize 53.2% 2010 up 104.0% volatile
3 Tonga 44.4% 2010 up 18.8% rising
4 Sri Lanka 43.0% 2010 up 89.5% volatile
5 Albania 40.5% 2010 up 59.5% volatile
6 Latvia 36.4% 2010 down 1.2% volatile
7 Finland 33.0% 2010 up 90.5% volatile
8 Ghana 32.7% 2010 up 116.6% volatile
9 Romania 32.5% 2010 up 3.5% volatile
10 Malta 30.7% 2010 up 108.8% volatile
11 China 30.6% 2010 up 111.5% volatile
12 Cuba 30.6% 2010 up 16.4% volatile
13 Italy 30.4% 2010 up 28.3% volatile
14 Serbia 29.8% 2010 up 154.1% volatile
15 Viet Nam 29.3% 2010 up 104.5% volatile
16 Botswana 27.5% 2010 up 77.7% volatile
17 Australia 26.0% 2010 up 51.5% falling
18 Netherlands 25.9% 2010 down 6.8% rising
19 Bulgaria 25.6% 2010 up 61.3% volatile
20 Denmark 25.4% 2010 down 6.8% volatile
21 Slovenia 24.1% 2010 down 16.7% rising
22 Croatia 23.9% 2010 up 25.1% volatile
23 Chile 23.5% 2010 up 141.4% rising
24 Belgium 23.1% 2010 down 18.9% rising
25 Hungary 23.1% 2010 down 55.3% volatile
26 Macau, China 22.7% 2010 up 34.1% rising
27 Brunei Darussalam 22.4% 2010 up 91.8% volatile
27 Guyana 22.4% 2010 up 79.5% volatile
29 Republic of Korea 21.8% 2010 up 39.6% volatile
30 Spain 21.2% 2010 up 11.4% volatile
31 Republic of Moldova 20.9% 2010 down 16.8% volatile
32 Uruguay 20.5% 2010 up 68.8% volatile
33 Norway 20.3% 2010 down 7.5% rising
34 Hong Kong, China 19.9% 2010 up 60.4% volatile
35 Ireland 19.2% 2010 up 3.5% rising
36 France 18.0% 2010 up 21.3% volatile
37 Luxembourg 17.4% 2010 down 14.3% rising
38 Austria 17.3% 2010 down 25.4% volatile
39 Tajikistan 17.3% 2010 down 37.4% rising
40 South Africa 17.0% 2010 down 26.0% flat
41 Jordan 16.7% 2010 up 145.7% volatile
42 Singapore 16.7% 2010 up 98.2% volatile
43 Canada 15.8% 2010 down 54.8% flat
44 Malaysia 15.7% 2010 up 75.3% volatile
45 Kuwait 15.6% 2010 up 70.8% volatile
46 Iceland 15.4% 2010 up 33.2% volatile
47 Japan 15.2% 2010 down 36.5% volatile
48 New Zealand 15.0% 2010 up 54.1% volatile
49 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.9% 2010 down 24.3% rising
50 Dominican Republic 14.9% 2010 up 212.8% rising
51 Jamaica 14.3% 2010 up 31.6% volatile
52 Zimbabwe 14.1% 2010 up 108.7% volatile
53 Mongolia 14.0% 2010 down 22.1% volatile
54 Slovakia 13.9% 2010 down 31.5% rising
55 Colombia 13.7% 2010 up 108.5% rising
56 Mexico 13.6% 2010 up 78.7% volatile
57 Switzerland 13.4% 2010 up 32.1% rising
58 Germany 13.3% 2010 down 26.8% rising
59 Czechia 13.3% 2010 down 52.2% rising
60 Estonia 12.9% 2010 down 53.6% volatile
61 Sweden 12.8% 2010 up 101.4% volatile
62 Togo 12.7% 2010 up 150.6% volatile
63 Iran, Islamic Republic of 12.3% 2010 up 87.3% volatile
64 Philippines 12.2% 2010 up 8.8% rising
65 Russian Federation 12.1% 2010 down 41.2% volatile
66 Fiji 12.0% 2010 down 30.2% volatile
67 Eswatini 11.6% 2010 up 66.0% volatile
68 Brazil 11.3% 2010 up 115.9% volatile
69 Panama 10.9% 2010 up 13.3% rising
69 Portugal 10.9% 2010 up 101.5% volatile
71 Argentina 10.7% 2010 up 17.2% rising
72 Uganda 10.6% 2010 up 648.9% volatile
73 Bahrain 10.0% 2010 up 112.5% volatile
74 Ukraine 10.0% 2010 down 58.7% volatile
75 Kyrgyzstan 9.6% 2010 down 17.1% rising
76 Congo 9.5% 2010 up 254.9% volatile
77 Lithuania 9.5% 2010 down 63.9% volatile
78 Cyprus 9.2% 2010 up 26.4% rising
79 Israel 9.1% 2010 up 42.8% falling
80 Indonesia 9.1% 2010 down 3.2% volatile
81 United Arab Emirates 8.9% 2010 up 88.2% volatile
82 Qatar 8.8% 2010 up 82.4% volatile
83 Greece 8.7% 2010 up 44.0% volatile
84 El Salvador 8.7% 2010 up 99.5% volatile
85 Tunisia 8.6% 2010 up 185.7% volatile
86 Bangladesh 8.6% 2010 up 14.7% rising
87 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.6% 2010 up 48.1% volatile
88 Cambodia 8.2% 2010 up 88.5% volatile
89 Armenia 8.2% 2010 down 42.9% falling
90 Mauritius 8.0% 2010 down 7.5% volatile
91 India 7.8% 2010 up 58.1% volatile
92 Nepal 7.6% 2010 up 128.0% volatile
93 Syrian Arab Republic 7.5% 2010 up 95.1% volatile
94 Guatemala 7.1% 2010 up 207.0% volatile
95 Egypt 6.7% 2010 up 37.1% volatile
96 Côte d'Ivoire 6.5% 2010 up 165.2% volatile
97 Kazakhstan 6.5% 2010 down 66.3% volatile
98 Saudi Arabia 6.4% 2010 unchanged rising
99 Paraguay 6.3% 2010 up 256.2% rising
100 Nicaragua 6.3% 2010 up 69.8% rising
101 Costa Rica 6.3% 2010 down 0.3% rising
102 Gambia 6.2% 2010 up 14.0% rising
103 Morocco 6.1% 2010 up 68.7% volatile
104 Türkiye 6.1% 2010 up 147.8% volatile
105 Myanmar 6.0% 2010 up 41.8% falling
106 Iraq 5.9% 2010 up 275.3% volatile
107 Namibia 5.9% 2010 up 55.3% falling
108 Benin 5.8% 2010 up 74.9% volatile
109 Peru 5.6% 2010 up 168.3% rising
110 Pakistan 5.4% 2010 up 34.7% rising
111 Papua New Guinea 5.3% 2010 up 166.3% volatile
112 Senegal 5.2% 2010 up 357.5% volatile
113 Libya 5.1% 2010 up 111.6% volatile
114 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.0% 2010 up 87.6% volatile
115 Gabon 4.6% 2010 up 156.4% volatile
116 Thailand 4.6% 2010 up 74.1% volatile
117 Honduras 4.5% 2010 up 71.1% volatile
118 Tanzania, United Republic of 4.2% 2010 up 323.0% volatile
119 Cameroon 4.2% 2010 up 128.4% volatile
120 Sierra Leone 4.1% 2010 up 203.7% volatile
121 Haiti 4.0% 2010 up 2.9% rising
122 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.9% 2010 up 20.9% volatile
123 Lesotho 3.8% 2010 up 508.1% volatile
124 Zambia 3.3% 2010 down 24.1% volatile
125 United States of America 3.1% 2010 down 51.7% falling
126 Malawi 3.1% 2010 up 57.1% volatile
127 Ecuador 2.8% 2010 down 50.9% rising
128 Central African Republic 2.8% 2010 up 201.1% volatile
129 Mali 2.6% 2010 up 1,215.0% volatile
130 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.2% 2010 up 63.5% volatile
131 Liberia 2.2% 2010 down 6.8% rising
132 Trinidad and Tobago 2.1% 2010 down 79.5% rising
133 Kenya 1.9% 2010 down 25.7% rising
134 Sudan 1.7% 2010 up 70.0% volatile
135 Rwanda 1.7% 2010 up 69.7% volatile
136 Burundi 1.6% 2010 up 76.7% volatile
137 Mauritania 1.5% 2010 up 134.4% volatile
138 Afghanistan 1.0% 2010 up 156.4% volatile
139 Algeria 0.9% 2010 up 9.4% rising
140 Maldives 0.9% 2010 down 92.3% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.5% 2010 up 80.8% volatile
142 Niger 0.2% 2010 up 130.0% rising
143 Poland 0.1% 2010 up 114.3% volatile
144 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary
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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