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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
81.3%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
28.7%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 81.3% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 28.7%, and the mean is 31.1%.

Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 762.4%), 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 81.3% 2010 up 9.9% rising
2 El Salvador 73.1% 2010 up 67.7% rising
3 Paraguay 72.8% 2010 up 1.1% rising
4 Trinidad and Tobago 71.7% 2010 down 3.2% flat
5 Lesotho 69.2% 2010 up 5.1% rising
6 Guyana 68.3% 2010 down 6.1% falling
7 Greece 65.4% 2010 up 58.0% rising
8 Uruguay 65.3% 2010 down 5.8% rising
9 Spain 65.0% 2010 up 74.3% rising
10 Fiji 64.5% 2010 up 15.2% rising
11 Malta 62.9% 2010 up 33.7% rising
12 Costa Rica 62.6% 2010 down 1.0% flat
13 Zimbabwe 62.0% 2010 up 11.4% rising
14 Philippines 59.4% 2010 up 32.5% rising
15 Portugal 59.4% 2010 down 1.1% rising
16 Argentina 59.1% 2010 down 14.4% falling
17 Dominican Republic 59.0% 2010 down 34.9% rising
18 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 57.6% 2010 up 18.5% rising
19 Ecuador 56.8% 2010 up 12.2% rising
20 Türkiye 56.0% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
21 Jamaica 55.9% 2010 down 12.2% falling
22 Cyprus 55.8% 2010 up 43.6% rising
23 Iceland 55.8% 2010 down 24.0% falling
24 Colombia 55.8% 2010 down 4.6% rising
25 New Zealand 53.7% 2010 up 1.7% falling
26 Indonesia 52.2% 2010 up 65.7% volatile
27 Macau, China 52.0% 2010 up 20.7% falling
28 Mexico 51.7% 2010 up 5.3% rising
29 Peru 51.0% 2010 up 13.6% rising
30 China 50.8% 2010 up 54.2% volatile
31 Panama 50.8% 2010 down 1.0% rising
32 Mauritius 49.4% 2010 down 3.6% rising
33 Brazil 48.9% 2010 down 3.0% rising
34 Chile 47.4% 2010 down 5.3% falling
35 Italy 46.9% 2010 down 10.9% falling
36 Namibia 46.8% 2010 up 14.4% rising
37 Zambia 46.6% 2010 up 15.9% rising
38 Ireland 46.4% 2010 down 0.4% falling
39 Malaysia 45.8% 2010 up 20.3% rising
40 Honduras 45.1% 2010 up 6.1% rising
41 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 44.8% 2010 up 30.0% rising
42 Hong Kong, China 42.4% 2010 up 139.9% rising
43 Malawi 42.0% 2010 up 19.4% rising
44 Nicaragua 41.7% 2010 up 10.6% rising
45 Viet Nam 41.6% 2010 down 18.5% rising
46 Cambodia 41.4% 2010 up 45.2% volatile
47 Uganda 40.5% 2010 up 11.2% volatile
48 Poland 40.4% 2010 down 0.2% falling
49 Tanzania, United Republic of 40.3% 2010 up 39.9% rising
50 Qatar 39.2% 2010 up 762.4% volatile
51 France 39.0% 2010 down 23.8% falling
52 Republic of Korea 38.4% 2010 down 4.4% rising
53 Albania 38.2% 2010 down 43.4% rising
54 Guatemala 37.3% 2010 up 11.7% rising
55 Sri Lanka 37.2% 2010 up 29.5% falling
56 Myanmar 36.2% 2010 up 30.0% volatile
57 Mauritania 35.1% 2010 down 3.8% rising
58 Luxembourg 34.7% 2010 down 35.8% falling
59 Syrian Arab Republic 34.6% 2010 down 10.8% rising
60 Brunei Darussalam 34.5% 2010 up 0.8% rising
61 Lao People's Democratic Republic 34.1% 2010 up 25.6% rising
62 Cameroon 33.4% 2010 up 29.5% rising
63 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 32.3% 2010 down 48.8% falling
64 Kuwait 32.1% 2010 up 80.5% volatile
65 Tonga 31.9% 2010 down 37.8% flat
66 Belgium 31.2% 2010 down 15.5% falling
67 Romania 31.1% 2010 down 25.4% falling
68 Austria 31.0% 2010 down 32.9% falling
69 Kenya 30.6% 2010 up 8.5% volatile
70 Gabon 30.5% 2010 up 94.8% volatile
71 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 28.9% 2010 up 33.1% volatile
72 Mongolia 28.8% 2010 down 30.2% volatile
73 Congo 28.7% 2010 up 45.1% volatile
74 South Africa 28.5% 2010 up 21.6% rising
75 Maldives 27.9% 2010 up 372.9% rising
76 Sweden 27.5% 2010 down 31.9% falling
77 Jordan 27.1% 2010 up 34.2% volatile
78 Haiti 27.0% 2010 up 19.6% volatile
79 Japan 26.6% 2010 down 30.9% falling
80 Saudi Arabia 26.3% 2010 down 2.0% rising
81 Algeria 26.3% 2010 up 98.8% rising
82 Botswana 26.1% 2010 down 9.3% rising
83 Libya 25.9% 2010 up 18.2% rising
84 Cuba 25.1% 2010 down 21.9% falling
85 Barbados 24.9% 2010 down 28.6% falling
86 Serbia 24.1% 2010 down 61.5% falling
87 Rwanda 23.2% 2010 up 81.1% volatile
88 Croatia 23.0% 2010 down 50.3% falling
89 Belize 22.6% 2010 down 57.5% falling
90 Israel 21.9% 2010 down 33.7% falling
91 Iran, Islamic Republic of 21.6% 2010 up 54.9% volatile
92 United Arab Emirates 21.4% 2010 up 21.9% volatile
93 Bangladesh 21.1% 2010 down 1.9% rising
94 Burundi 19.2% 2010 up 29.5% volatile
95 Tunisia 19.1% 2010 up 128.8% volatile
96 Tajikistan 18.9% 2010 down 52.8% flat
97 Netherlands 18.4% 2010 down 36.8% falling
98 Sudan 18.1% 2010 up 16.9% rising
99 Republic of Moldova 17.9% 2010 down 60.7% rising
100 Egypt 17.8% 2010 up 4.8% volatile
101 Kyrgyzstan 17.6% 2010 down 70.6% falling
102 Togo 17.5% 2010 up 78.2% volatile
103 Lithuania 17.1% 2010 down 57.4% falling
104 Denmark 14.7% 2010 down 59.5% falling
105 India 14.2% 2010 up 15.7% falling
106 Central African Republic 14.1% 2010 up 28.1% rising
107 Côte d'Ivoire 13.7% 2010 up 57.5% volatile
108 Eswatini 13.6% 2010 down 23.1% rising
109 Australia 12.8% 2010 down 18.8% volatile
110 Papua New Guinea 12.4% 2010 up 146.2% rising
111 Singapore 12.3% 2010 down 20.5% volatile
112 Armenia 12.1% 2010 down 61.9% falling
113 Canada 11.7% 2010 down 61.9% falling
114 Benin 11.0% 2010 up 57.1% rising
115 Pakistan 10.9% 2010 up 76.4% rising
116 Russian Federation 10.9% 2010 down 56.7% volatile
117 Nepal 10.3% 2010 up 72.0% volatile
118 Ukraine 10.0% 2010 down 72.7% volatile
119 Estonia 10.0% 2010 down 65.6% falling
120 Mozambique 9.8% 2010 up 58.9% rising
121 Ghana 9.0% 2010 up 93.5% rising
122 Liberia 8.9% 2010 up 69.4% rising
123 Senegal 8.9% 2010 down 40.1% falling
124 Niger 7.6% 2010 down 17.3% rising
125 Slovenia 7.5% 2010 down 57.9% falling
126 Sierra Leone 7.3% 2010 up 128.1% rising
127 Iraq 7.2% 2010 up 67.4% volatile
128 Bahrain 6.5% 2010 up 30.5% volatile
129 Afghanistan 6.2% 2010 up 41.1% volatile
130 Bulgaria 6.0% 2010 down 90.3% falling
131 Morocco 5.1% 2010 up 65.2% volatile
132 Latvia 4.9% 2010 down 74.9% volatile
133 Switzerland 4.7% 2010 down 85.4% falling
134 Hungary 4.5% 2010 down 85.5% volatile
135 Mali 4.2% 2010 up 9.7% rising
136 United States of America 2.6% 2010 down 54.3% volatile
137 Kazakhstan 2.3% 2010 down 94.6% falling
138 Gambia 2.3% 2010 up 49.7% rising
139 Germany 1.0% 2010 down 96.8% volatile
140 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 99.0% volatile
141 Norway 0.2% 2010 down 99.5% volatile
142 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 65.9% volatile
143 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Primary
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 primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)