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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |