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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education by country

Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
99.9%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
21.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 99.9% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.4%, and the mean is 31.5%.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 5,728.1%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 99.9% 2010 unchanged flat
2 Niger 91.6% 2010 up 1.3% flat
3 Mali 91.2% 2010 down 4.6% falling
4 Afghanistan 91.1% 2010 down 3.0% falling
5 Mozambique 88.8% 2010 down 4.7% flat
6 Sierra Leone 88.5% 2010 down 5.8% falling
7 Gambia 88.2% 2010 down 3.4% falling
8 Morocco 86.9% 2010 down 7.2% falling
9 Senegal 86.1% 2010 up 4.0% rising
10 Papua New Guinea 83.3% 2010 down 10.6% falling
11 Central African Republic 82.8% 2010 down 5.5% falling
12 Benin 82.7% 2010 down 7.9% falling
13 Iraq 81.7% 2010 down 10.1% falling
14 Nepal 81.0% 2010 down 10.7% falling
15 Côte d'Ivoire 80.0% 2010 down 8.4% falling
16 Liberia 79.9% 2010 down 9.4% falling
17 Burundi 78.7% 2010 down 6.4% falling
18 Sudan 78.0% 2010 down 5.2% falling
19 Eswatini 77.9% 2010 up 5.7% falling
20 Bahrain 75.3% 2010 down 13.1% falling
21 Pakistan 75.2% 2010 down 10.2% falling
22 Rwanda 74.5% 2010 down 13.8% falling
23 Togo 72.9% 2010 down 13.3% falling
24 Tunisia 72.3% 2010 down 17.1% falling
25 Maldives 70.3% 2010 down 20.3% rising
26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 67.3% 2010 down 11.5% falling
27 Kenya 66.0% 2010 down 2.2% falling
28 Algeria 65.7% 2010 down 22.5% falling
29 Mauritania 63.1% 2010 up 0.8% falling
30 Haiti 63.1% 2010 down 7.8% falling
31 Egypt 62.6% 2010 down 11.1% falling
32 India 62.5% 2010 down 14.4% falling
33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 59.7% 2010 down 14.4% falling
34 Ghana 59.5% 2010 down 24.7% falling
35 Bangladesh 58.4% 2010 down 5.6% falling
36 Tanzania, United Republic of 57.9% 2010 down 18.0% falling
37 Libya 57.4% 2010 down 19.7% falling
38 Cameroon 56.9% 2010 down 18.9% falling
39 Congo 56.2% 2010 down 26.0% falling
40 Gabon 55.7% 2010 down 31.9% falling
41 Myanmar 55.1% 2010 down 19.7% falling
42 Guatemala 54.6% 2010 down 7.6% falling
43 Malawi 54.3% 2010 down 14.0% falling
44 Saudi Arabia 52.2% 2010 down 2.0% falling
45 Jordan 51.2% 2010 down 22.5% falling
46 Cambodia 50.8% 2010 down 25.7% falling
47 Syrian Arab Republic 49.8% 2010 down 10.9% falling
48 Botswana 48.7% 2010 down 11.1% falling
49 Iran, Islamic Republic of 47.9% 2010 down 30.6% falling
50 Uganda 47.8% 2010 down 21.7% falling
51 Singapore 45.7% 2010 down 27.8% falling
52 Nicaragua 44.6% 2010 down 15.6% falling
53 Kuwait 42.6% 2010 down 29.9% falling
54 Zambia 42.0% 2010 down 26.3% falling
55 Honduras 40.4% 2010 down 19.0% falling
56 Namibia 40.4% 2010 down 20.6% falling
57 Malaysia 33.4% 2010 down 35.9% falling
58 Indonesia 32.9% 2010 down 48.0% falling
59 Türkiye 31.7% 2010 down 34.1% falling
60 Ecuador 31.5% 2010 down 6.2% falling
61 Brunei Darussalam 31.1% 2010 down 38.8% falling
62 Mauritius 29.4% 2010 down 25.5% falling
63 Mexico 27.6% 2010 down 29.3% falling
64 Brazil 26.7% 2010 down 26.4% falling
65 Lesotho 26.6% 2010 down 9.7% falling
66 Zimbabwe 26.4% 2010 down 28.7% falling
67 Portugal 26.1% 2010 up 1.1% falling
68 South Africa 25.1% 2010 down 42.2% falling
69 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 24.8% 2010 down 48.1% falling
70 Cuba 22.7% 2010 down 51.1% rising
71 Qatar 21.9% 2010 down 71.6% falling
72 United Arab Emirates 21.8% 2010 down 63.3% falling
73 Peru 21.0% 2010 down 25.2% falling
74 China 20.4% 2010 down 62.8% falling
75 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 19.9% 2010 down 51.2% falling
76 Colombia 19.1% 2010 down 22.0% falling
77 Dominican Republic 18.6% 2010 up 5,728.1% volatile
78 Panama 18.2% 2010 down 23.8% falling
79 Hong Kong, China 17.7% 2010 down 73.7% falling
80 Sri Lanka 15.2% 2010 down 31.4% falling
81 Costa Rica 14.8% 2010 down 20.2% falling
82 Republic of Korea 11.2% 2010 down 60.4% falling
83 Italy 11.0% 2010 down 40.5% falling
84 Viet Nam 10.4% 2010 down 64.9% falling
85 Mongolia 8.4% 2010 down 74.0% volatile
86 Paraguay 8.3% 2010 down 52.8% falling
87 Fiji 8.2% 2010 down 40.3% volatile
88 Israel 7.8% 2010 down 38.3% falling
89 Jamaica 7.7% 2010 down 19.2% volatile
90 Belgium 7.3% 2010 down 11.6% volatile
91 Macau, China 7.2% 2010 down 82.4% falling
92 Philippines 7.0% 2010 down 1.8% volatile
93 Chile 6.8% 2010 down 33.0% falling
94 El Salvador 6.3% 2010 down 86.0% falling
95 Guyana 6.2% 2010 down 68.9% falling
96 Albania 5.7% 2010 up 6.4% volatile
97 Spain 5.5% 2010 down 85.6% falling
98 Thailand 5.0% 2010 down 76.5% volatile
99 Greece 4.9% 2010 down 85.9% falling
100 Kyrgyzstan 4.3% 2010 down 45.1% volatile
101 Serbia 3.8% 2010 down 80.9% volatile
102 Luxembourg 3.5% 2010 up 984.4% volatile
103 Uruguay 3.3% 2010 down 37.6% volatile
104 Croatia 3.2% 2010 down 78.1% volatile
105 Trinidad and Tobago 3.1% 2010 down 62.0% volatile
106 France 2.9% 2010 down 63.1% volatile
107 Malta 2.7% 2010 down 89.0% falling
108 Romania 2.7% 2010 down 57.7% falling
109 Argentina 2.4% 2010 down 72.3% falling
110 Bulgaria 2.4% 2010 up 4.0% volatile
111 Germany 2.3% 2010 down 74.2% volatile
112 Denmark 1.9% 2010 up 166.7% volatile
113 Switzerland 1.7% 2010 down 88.5% volatile
114 Republic of Moldova 1.6% 2010 down 93.6% volatile
115 Sweden 1.4% 2010 down 7.3% falling
116 Norway 1.4% 2010 up 197.8% volatile
117 Australia 1.4% 2010 down 51.3% rising
118 Tajikistan 1.3% 2010 down 73.1% volatile
119 Cyprus 1.2% 2010 down 96.9% volatile
119 Ireland 1.2% 2010 down 85.7% falling
121 Tonga 1.2% 2010 down 48.1% volatile
122 Canada 0.9% 2010 down 67.8% falling
123 Ukraine 0.8% 2010 down 89.7% falling
124 Russian Federation 0.8% 2010 down 58.3% volatile
125 Slovenia 0.7% 2010 down 56.2% volatile
126 Armenia 0.6% 2010 down 81.6% volatile
127 Iceland 0.5% 2010 down 19.7% volatile
128 Hungary 0.4% 2010 down 53.7% volatile
129 United States of America 0.3% 2010 down 68.1% volatile
130 Poland 0.2% 2010 down 97.6% volatile
131 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 91.5% volatile
132 Latvia 0.2% 2010 down 47.2% volatile
133 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 98.8% falling
133 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
135 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2010 down 96.7% falling
136 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 up 18.2% volatile
137 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 52.0% volatile
138 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
139 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 91.5% volatile
140 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2010 down 99.7% volatile
141 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 60.0% volatile
142 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of population age 65-69 with no education