Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
66.4%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Norway
Median
12.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 66.4% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Norway.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.4%, and the mean is 15.4%.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 496.9%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 66.4% 2010 down 8.1% volatile
2 Lesotho 62.9% 2010 up 0.7% rising
3 El Salvador 53.4% 2010 up 70.6% rising
4 Paraguay 52.1% 2010 down 2.6% flat
5 Dominican Republic 49.5% 2010 down 38.7% rising
6 Mauritius 42.8% 2010 down 9.9% rising
7 Zimbabwe 41.6% 2010 down 3.3% volatile
8 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 41.3% 2010 up 56.6% volatile
9 Uganda 38.4% 2010 up 29.7% volatile
10 Philippines 37.6% 2010 up 32.5% falling
11 Zambia 37.0% 2010 up 15.9% rising
12 Malawi 35.7% 2010 up 12.1% rising
13 Costa Rica 34.7% 2010 down 11.9% falling
14 Ecuador 33.4% 2010 up 21.4% rising
15 Mexico 32.9% 2010 down 4.8% falling
16 Namibia 32.5% 2010 up 11.7% rising
17 Honduras 32.0% 2010 down 3.4% rising
18 Nicaragua 31.5% 2010 up 9.3% rising
19 Jamaica 30.1% 2010 down 17.9% falling
20 Peru 29.8% 2010 up 1.1% rising
21 Indonesia 29.7% 2010 up 45.7% rising
22 Tanzania, United Republic of 29.5% 2010 up 46.1% rising
23 Fiji 29.1% 2010 down 14.9% falling
24 Romania 28.7% 2010 down 26.5% falling
25 Chile 28.5% 2010 down 25.4% falling
26 Cambodia 28.1% 2010 up 31.7% volatile
27 Uruguay 27.9% 2010 down 15.5% falling
28 Guyana 27.6% 2010 down 8.1% falling
29 Guatemala 27.1% 2010 up 10.3% rising
30 Kenya 25.0% 2010 up 8.7% volatile
31 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 24.5% 2010 up 29.5% volatile
32 Myanmar 23.8% 2010 up 21.3% volatile
33 Maldives 23.6% 2010 up 488.8% rising
34 Brazil 23.4% 2010 down 9.3% rising
35 Qatar 23.4% 2010 up 496.9% volatile
36 Haiti 23.3% 2010 up 20.6% volatile
37 China (People’s Republic of) 22.7% 2010 up 6.0% rising
38 Kuwait 22.4% 2010 up 74.5% volatile
39 Spain 22.4% 2010 up 61.3% rising
40 Viet Nam 22.4% 2010 down 23.8% rising
41 Panama 22.4% 2010 down 29.4% rising
42 South Africa 21.8% 2010 up 16.5% rising
43 Malaysia 21.5% 2010 down 6.2% rising
44 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 20.9% 2010 down 15.8% rising
45 Rwanda 20.6% 2010 up 80.5% volatile
46 Mauritania 18.9% 2010 down 10.1% rising
47 Macau, China 18.8% 2010 down 25.7% rising
48 Cyprus 18.6% 2010 up 24.1% falling
49 Lao People's Democratic Republic 18.3% 2010 up 17.5% rising
50 Syrian Arab Republic 18.3% 2010 down 49.1% rising
51 Cameroon 18.0% 2010 up 21.1% rising
52 Portugal 17.9% 2010 down 21.0% flat
53 Argentina 17.8% 2010 down 40.0% falling
54 Congo 17.4% 2010 up 30.0% volatile
55 Algeria 17.4% 2010 up 76.4% rising
56 Libya 17.2% 2010 up 1.7% rising
57 Botswana 17.0% 2010 down 11.8% falling
58 Iceland 17.0% 2010 down 26.9% falling
59 Hong Kong, China 16.9% 2010 up 85.2% falling
60 Gabon 16.4% 2010 up 82.1% rising
61 New Zealand 16.3% 2010 down 2.1% falling
62 Barbados 15.8% 2010 down 30.5% falling
63 Brunei Darussalam 15.7% 2010 down 22.8% rising
64 Mongolia 15.5% 2010 down 34.8% volatile
65 Serbia 14.3% 2010 down 69.1% flat
66 Ireland 14.1% 2010 down 4.2% falling
66 Türkiye 14.1% 2010 up 4.0% volatile
68 Saudi Arabia 14.1% 2010 down 2.0% rising
69 Jordan 14.0% 2010 up 34.4% volatile
70 Sri Lanka 13.6% 2010 up 18.4% falling
71 United Arab Emirates 13.3% 2010 up 0.1% volatile
72 Trinidad and Tobago 13.2% 2010 down 3.7% falling
73 Cuba 11.7% 2010 down 32.1% falling
74 Luxembourg 10.6% 2010 down 38.2% falling
75 Togo 10.4% 2010 up 64.0% rising
76 Burundi 10.3% 2010 up 21.2% volatile
77 Tunisia 10.3% 2010 up 113.8% volatile
78 United Kingdom 9.8% 2010 down 50.8% falling
79 Tonga 9.8% 2010 down 47.5% falling
80 Sudan 9.7% 2010 down 2.0% rising
81 Republic of Moldova 9.6% 2010 down 63.2% falling
82 Egypt 9.6% 2010 down 1.9% volatile
83 Austria 9.4% 2010 down 35.5% falling
84 Eswatini 9.2% 2010 down 26.2% rising
85 Iran, Islamic Republic of 9.2% 2010 up 55.1% volatile
86 Belgium 9.1% 2010 down 16.4% falling
87 Papua New Guinea 9.0% 2010 up 121.2% rising
88 Italy 8.8% 2010 down 36.3% volatile
89 Sweden 8.4% 2010 down 34.5% falling
90 Japan 8.1% 2010 down 33.4% falling
91 Canada 7.6% 2010 down 60.7% falling
92 Central African Republic 7.6% 2010 up 19.8% rising
93 India 7.6% 2010 down 9.2% falling
94 Greece 7.4% 2010 down 26.4% falling
95 Côte d'Ivoire 7.4% 2010 up 47.4% volatile
96 Australia 6.8% 2010 down 24.3% volatile
97 Singapore 6.6% 2010 down 25.6% volatile
98 Nepal 6.6% 2010 up 60.6% volatile
99 Benin 5.9% 2010 up 46.9% rising
100 Afghanistan 5.9% 2010 up 40.0% volatile
101 Russia 5.8% 2010 down 59.5% volatile
102 Kyrgyzstan 5.8% 2010 down 75.1% falling
103 Israel 5.5% 2010 down 43.9% volatile
104 Mozambique 5.3% 2010 up 48.9% falling
105 Senegal 5.0% 2010 down 45.3% volatile
106 Tajikistan 4.9% 2010 down 66.4% falling
107 Ghana 4.8% 2010 up 80.9% falling
108 Denmark 4.5% 2010 down 61.0% falling
109 Niger 4.1% 2010 down 22.7% falling
110 Iraq 3.9% 2010 up 56.7% volatile
111 Bahrain 3.8% 2010 up 36.0% volatile
112 Korea 3.5% 2010 up 4.1% volatile
113 Netherlands 3.2% 2010 down 50.2% volatile
114 France 3.0% 2010 down 68.4% volatile
115 Liberia 3.0% 2010 up 37.4% rising
115 Morocco 3.0% 2010 up 58.4% volatile
115 Mali 3.0% 2010 down 5.9% rising
118 Pakistan 3.0% 2010 up 119.9% volatile
119 Sierra Leone 2.8% 2010 up 150.9% volatile
120 Croatia 2.1% 2010 down 75.6% volatile
121 Bangladesh 1.9% 2010 down 4.0% volatile
122 Latvia 1.5% 2010 down 84.5% volatile
123 Switzerland 1.4% 2010 down 86.0% volatile
124 Gambia 1.4% 2010 up 46.9% rising
125 Armenia 1.3% 2010 down 79.5% falling
126 Ukraine 1.3% 2010 down 84.5% volatile
127 Kazakhstan 1.2% 2010 down 95.0% falling
128 Lithuania 1.1% 2010 down 79.5% volatile
129 Poland 1.0% 2010 down 85.2% volatile
130 United States 1.0% 2010 down 55.7% volatile
131 Slovenia 0.9% 2010 down 67.4% volatile
132 Bulgaria 0.9% 2010 down 95.0% volatile
133 Albania 0.6% 2010 down 97.9% volatile
134 Hungary 0.5% 2010 down 69.9% volatile
135 Estonia 0.3% 2010 down 75.2% volatile
136 Germany 0.3% 2010 down 96.8% volatile
137 Malta 0.2% 2010 down 98.4% volatile
138 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 75.0% volatile
139 Slovak Republic 0.1% 2010 down 99.0% volatile
140 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 69.2% volatile
141 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
142 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
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 65-69 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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