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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
54.7%
Belize
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
8.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 54.7% in Belize; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.5%, and the mean is 12.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,823.

Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 1,429.5%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 90.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belize 54.7% 2010 up 109.3% volatile
2 Finland 52.1% 2010 up 406.8% volatile
3 Barbados 50.9% 2010 up 17.0% rising
4 Hungary 49.8% 2010 up 7.9% volatile
5 Tonga 41.9% 2010 up 14.4% rising
6 Latvia 38.3% 2010 up 10.1% volatile
7 Romania 35.1% 2010 up 13.4% volatile
8 Republic of Moldova 34.2% 2010 up 172.0% volatile
9 Bulgaria 34.1% 2010 up 133.7% volatile
10 Denmark 33.4% 2010 up 25.7% volatile
11 Netherlands 33.2% 2010 up 16.4% rising
12 Slovakia 31.8% 2010 down 8.5% volatile
13 Albania 31.7% 2010 up 152.3% volatile
14 Sri Lanka 31.6% 2010 up 33.8% rising
15 Norway 29.4% 2010 up 45.0% volatile
16 Viet Nam 29.3% 2010 up 153.8% volatile
17 Slovenia 28.0% 2010 down 23.9% rising
18 Serbia 27.6% 2010 up 239.7% volatile
18 Tajikistan 27.6% 2010 up 6.4% volatile
20 Cuba 26.3% 2010 up 121.5% volatile
21 Japan 26.3% 2010 down 10.9% volatile
22 Australia 25.9% 2010 up 23.0% rising
23 Czechia 25.8% 2010 down 27.1% volatile
24 Croatia 25.1% 2010 up 40.8% volatile
25 Lithuania 25.1% 2010 up 36.3% volatile
26 Ukraine 24.6% 2010 up 10.5% volatile
27 Canada 24.1% 2010 down 29.2% rising
28 Estonia 23.1% 2010 down 17.5% volatile
29 Austria 22.8% 2010 down 3.0% volatile
30 Belgium 21.5% 2010 down 22.9% rising
31 Germany 21.4% 2010 up 28.1% rising
32 Ghana 21.0% 2010 up 134.3% volatile
33 Malta 20.9% 2010 up 62.1% volatile
34 Luxembourg 20.9% 2010 up 14.4% rising
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 20.7% 2010 up 34.1% rising
36 Italy 20.4% 2010 up 35.0% rising
37 Kyrgyzstan 20.4% 2010 up 92.2% rising
38 China 18.6% 2010 up 146.8% volatile
39 Republic of Korea 18.1% 2010 up 63.1% volatile
40 Russian Federation 17.8% 2010 down 12.7% volatile
41 Switzerland 16.8% 2010 up 25.8% rising
41 Macau, China 16.8% 2010 up 195.4% volatile
43 Chile 16.7% 2010 up 71.9% rising
44 France 15.6% 2010 up 17.5% volatile
45 Botswana 15.4% 2010 up 46.6% volatile
46 Ireland 15.4% 2010 down 7.6% rising
47 Iceland 14.7% 2010 up 67.1% volatile
48 New Zealand 14.7% 2010 up 31.8% volatile
49 Uruguay 14.7% 2010 up 40.0% volatile
50 Armenia 14.3% 2010 down 8.4% falling
51 South Africa 14.0% 2010 down 27.9% rising
52 Hong Kong, China 13.9% 2010 up 128.3% volatile
53 Jamaica 12.9% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
54 Singapore 12.7% 2010 up 112.2% volatile
55 Mongolia 12.2% 2010 up 23.2% volatile
56 Guyana 12.1% 2010 up 245.0% volatile
57 Fiji 12.0% 2010 down 17.9% volatile
58 Dominican Republic 11.9% 2010 up 268.1% rising
59 Brunei Darussalam 11.3% 2010 up 124.3% volatile
60 Argentina 10.7% 2010 up 103.4% rising
60 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.7% 2010 up 76.2% volatile
62 Spain 10.6% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
63 Kuwait 10.3% 2010 up 36.1% volatile
64 Qatar 9.7% 2010 up 189.9% volatile
65 Colombia 9.5% 2010 up 48.5% rising
66 Congo 9.5% 2010 up 252.2% volatile
67 El Salvador 9.4% 2010 up 153.4% volatile
68 Cyprus 9.1% 2010 up 121.1% rising
69 Philippines 9.1% 2010 down 19.1% rising
70 United Arab Emirates 8.9% 2010 up 98.7% volatile
71 Jordan 8.9% 2010 up 61.7% volatile
72 Israel 8.6% 2010 up 44.4% falling
73 Brazil 8.4% 2010 up 77.1% volatile
74 Mexico 8.4% 2010 up 55.5% rising
75 Panama 8.0% 2010 up 9.8% rising
76 Bangladesh 7.5% 2010 up 4.6% rising
77 Malaysia 7.5% 2010 up 69.9% volatile
78 Sweden 7.4% 2010 up 19.1% rising
79 Eswatini 7.4% 2010 up 17.8% volatile
80 Paraguay 7.1% 2010 up 296.6% rising
81 Egypt 7.0% 2010 up 38.0% volatile
82 Zimbabwe 6.8% 2010 up 93.4% volatile
83 Cambodia 6.7% 2010 up 173.6% volatile
83 Uganda 6.7% 2010 up 1,429.5% volatile
85 India 6.6% 2010 up 45.4% rising
86 Kazakhstan 6.5% 2010 down 50.5% volatile
87 Saudi Arabia 6.4% 2010 up 8.1% rising
88 Portugal 6.1% 2010 up 38.3% volatile
89 Indonesia 5.7% 2010 up 116.7% volatile
90 Gambia 5.6% 2010 up 29.6% rising
91 Nepal 5.5% 2010 up 168.1% volatile
92 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.3% 2010 up 74.6% volatile
93 Libya 5.1% 2010 up 111.6% volatile
94 Syrian Arab Republic 5.1% 2010 up 152.0% volatile
95 United States of America 5.0% 2010 down 60.9% falling
96 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.0% 2010 up 108.8% flat
97 Togo 5.0% 2010 up 23.6% volatile
98 Greece 4.9% 2010 down 2.4% falling
99 Gabon 4.9% 2010 up 399.0% volatile
100 Mauritius 4.7% 2010 up 35.0% volatile
101 Nicaragua 4.7% 2010 up 53.5% rising
102 Cameroon 4.4% 2010 up 130.9% volatile
103 Zambia 4.3% 2010 up 355.8% volatile
104 Haiti 4.3% 2010 up 10.3% rising
105 Guatemala 4.3% 2010 up 184.0% volatile
106 Pakistan 4.1% 2010 up 12.1% rising
107 Myanmar 3.9% 2010 up 142.0% falling
108 Bahrain 3.8% 2010 up 62.8% volatile
108 Costa Rica 3.8% 2010 down 27.7% rising
110 Namibia 3.8% 2010 up 31.0% falling
111 Iraq 3.7% 2010 up 123.0% volatile
112 Türkiye 3.6% 2010 up 59.0% rising
113 Morocco 3.5% 2010 up 106.5% volatile
114 Peru 3.5% 2010 up 76.9% volatile
115 Benin 3.3% 2010 up 92.4% volatile
116 Honduras 3.3% 2010 up 124.7% volatile
117 Tunisia 3.3% 2010 up 109.0% volatile
118 Côte d'Ivoire 3.2% 2010 up 57.3% volatile
119 Thailand 3.2% 2010 up 40.5% volatile
120 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.1% 2010 up 84.7% volatile
121 Senegal 2.8% 2010 up 183.7% volatile
122 Sierra Leone 2.4% 2010 up 75.9% volatile
123 Mali 2.1% 2010 up 919.0% volatile
124 Ecuador 2.1% 2010 down 61.6% rising
125 Malawi 2.0% 2010 up 122.5% volatile
126 Papua New Guinea 1.9% 2010 up 136.6% volatile
127 Trinidad and Tobago 1.8% 2010 down 73.7% rising
128 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.8% 2010 up 56.6% volatile
129 Sudan 1.7% 2010 up 70.0% volatile
130 Liberia 1.7% 2010 down 13.8% rising
131 Kenya 1.5% 2010 down 42.8% rising
131 Lesotho 1.5% 2010 up 157.9% volatile
133 Algeria 1.1% 2010 up 67.6% rising
134 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.0% 2010 up 316.7% volatile
135 Rwanda 1.0% 2010 up 209.7% volatile
136 Central African Republic 0.9% 2010 up 122.0% volatile
137 Burundi 0.9% 2010 up 64.2% volatile
138 Maldives 0.7% 2010 down 87.5% volatile
139 Mauritania 0.6% 2010 up 72.2% volatile
140 Mozambique 0.5% 2010 up 145.0% volatile
141 Afghanistan 0.4% 2010 up 5.6% volatile
142 Niger 0.2% 2010 up 140.0% rising
143 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 90.0% volatile
144 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 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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