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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
28.1%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
1.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 28.1% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.5%, and the mean is 3.0%.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 1,611.5%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 28.1% 2010 up 40.6% volatile
2 United States of America 24.1% 2010 up 34.6% volatile
3 Canada 14.5% 2010 up 149.1% volatile
4 Israel 12.7% 2010 up 15.5% volatile
5 New Zealand 12.2% 2010 down 9.5% volatile
6 Norway 10.4% 2010 up 33.0% volatile
7 Ukraine 10.4% 2010 up 70.7% volatile
8 Australia 10.3% 2010 up 113.0% rising
9 Finland 9.0% 2010 up 88.1% volatile
10 Estonia 8.7% 2010 up 60.1% volatile
11 Philippines 8.5% 2010 down 42.8% volatile
12 United Arab Emirates 7.9% 2010 up 189.7% volatile
13 Switzerland 7.6% 2010 up 67.3% rising
14 Sweden 7.4% 2010 up 25.1% volatile
15 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.4% 2010 up 254.3% volatile
16 Kazakhstan 7.2% 2010 up 232.6% volatile
17 Germany 7.2% 2010 up 46.0% volatile
18 Ireland 7.0% 2010 up 84.8% volatile
19 Netherlands 6.3% 2010 up 49.1% volatile
20 Luxembourg 6.1% 2010 up 143.3% volatile
21 Belgium 6.1% 2010 up 61.8% volatile
22 Denmark 6.1% 2010 up 61.7% rising
23 Bulgaria 6.0% 2010 up 61.5% volatile
24 Armenia 5.7% 2010 up 61.1% rising
25 France 5.7% 2010 up 134.6% volatile
26 South Africa 5.4% 2010 up 23.0% volatile
27 Lithuania 5.1% 2010 up 61.2% volatile
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.1% 2010 up 3.0% volatile
29 Slovakia 4.8% 2010 down 3.4% volatile
30 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.8% 2010 up 54.0% volatile
31 Chile 4.7% 2010 down 21.6% volatile
32 Austria 4.6% 2010 up 76.3% volatile
33 Latvia 4.6% 2010 up 20.5% volatile
34 Slovenia 4.6% 2010 up 87.3% volatile
35 Czechia 4.5% 2010 up 9.0% volatile
36 Serbia 4.5% 2010 up 1,611.5% volatile
37 Croatia 4.3% 2010 up 149.1% volatile
38 Poland 4.2% 2010 up 30.8% volatile
39 Kyrgyzstan 4.1% 2010 up 71.8% volatile
40 Qatar 4.0% 2010 up 32.5% volatile
41 Japan 3.9% 2010 up 34.5% rising
42 Spain 3.9% 2010 up 86.5% volatile
43 Republic of Moldova 3.7% 2010 up 102.2% volatile
44 Brunei Darussalam 3.3% 2010 up 110.2% volatile
45 Tajikistan 3.1% 2010 up 134.8% volatile
46 Iceland 2.9% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
47 Dominican Republic 2.9% 2010 down 4.3% volatile
48 Jamaica 2.9% 2010 up 49.0% volatile
49 Argentina 2.8% 2010 up 61.3% volatile
50 Cyprus 2.8% 2010 up 120.6% volatile
51 Portugal 2.6% 2010 up 42.3% volatile
52 Uruguay 2.5% 2010 down 17.1% rising
53 Macau, China 2.3% 2010 up 88.7% volatile
54 Saudi Arabia 2.2% 2010 up 9.5% rising
55 Malaysia 2.2% 2010 up 194.6% volatile
56 Kuwait 2.1% 2010 up 12.0% volatile
57 Fiji 2.0% 2010 up 42.3% volatile
57 Italy 2.0% 2010 up 21.0% volatile
59 Peru 2.0% 2010 down 4.9% volatile
60 Jordan 1.9% 2010 up 78.7% volatile
61 Panama 1.9% 2010 up 54.8% volatile
62 Singapore 1.9% 2010 up 148.7% volatile
63 Mexico 1.8% 2010 up 123.8% volatile
64 India 1.8% 2010 up 81.6% volatile
65 Paraguay 1.7% 2010 up 178.7% volatile
66 El Salvador 1.7% 2010 down 9.2% volatile
67 Belize 1.7% 2010 up 63.7% volatile
68 Sri Lanka 1.6% 2010 up 29.9% volatile
69 Syrian Arab Republic 1.6% 2010 up 85.7% volatile
70 Republic of Korea 1.5% 2010 up 6.9% volatile
71 Viet Nam 1.5% 2010 up 118.8% volatile
72 Egypt 1.5% 2010 up 84.0% volatile
73 Romania 1.5% 2010 down 5.1% rising
74 Brazil 1.5% 2010 up 108.6% volatile
75 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.4% 2010 up 93.3% volatile
76 Cuba 1.4% 2010 up 251.2% volatile
76 Türkiye 1.4% 2010 up 44.0% volatile
78 Trinidad and Tobago 1.4% 2010 up 93.1% volatile
79 Tonga 1.3% 2010 down 18.1% rising
80 Honduras 1.2% 2010 up 190.5% volatile
81 Algeria 1.2% 2010 up 500.0% volatile
82 Mongolia 1.1% 2010 up 222.9% volatile
83 Gabon 1.1% 2010 up 428.6% volatile
84 Colombia 1.1% 2010 up 103.8% volatile
84 Greece 1.1% 2010 up 47.9% volatile
86 Libya 1.1% 2010 up 224.2% volatile
87 Congo 1.1% 2010 up 360.9% volatile
88 Iraq 1.1% 2010 up 118.8% volatile
89 Botswana 1.0% 2010 up 68.3% volatile
90 Mauritius 1.0% 2010 up 143.9% volatile
91 Bangladesh 1.0% 2010 up 102.1% volatile
92 Hong Kong, China 0.9% 2010 up 50.8% rising
93 Thailand 0.9% 2010 up 384.2% volatile
94 Malta 0.9% 2010 up 53.6% rising
95 Hungary 0.7% 2010 up 44.9% volatile
95 Indonesia 0.7% 2010 up 545.5% volatile
95 Liberia 0.7% 2010 up 115.2% rising
98 Myanmar 0.7% 2010 up 106.1% volatile
99 Nepal 0.7% 2010 up 235.0% volatile
100 Costa Rica 0.7% 2010 up 43.5% rising
101 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.6% 2010 up 125.9% volatile
101 Namibia 0.6% 2010 up 103.3% rising
103 Tunisia 0.6% 2010 up 93.5% volatile
104 Afghanistan 0.6% 2010 up 93.3% volatile
104 Ecuador 0.6% 2010 down 42.6% volatile
104 Zambia 0.6% 2010 up 141.7% volatile
107 Gambia 0.6% 2010 up 72.7% volatile
108 Uganda 0.6% 2010 up 7.8% volatile
109 China 0.5% 2010 up 11.1% volatile
110 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5% 2010 up 58.1% volatile
111 Ghana 0.5% 2010 down 48.3% volatile
112 Togo 0.4% 2010 up 81.8% volatile
113 Central African Republic 0.4% 2010 up 105.3% volatile
114 Pakistan 0.3% 2010 up 45.8% volatile
115 Benin 0.3% 2010 up 126.7% volatile
116 Senegal 0.3% 2010 up 146.2% volatile
117 Mali 0.3% 2010 up 400.0% volatile
117 Zimbabwe 0.3% 2010 up 42.9% rising
119 Maldives 0.3% 2010 up 250.0% volatile
120 Kenya 0.3% 2010 up 23.8% rising
121 Barbados 0.2% 2010 unchanged rising
121 Sudan 0.2% 2010 up 60.0% volatile
123 Morocco 0.2% 2010 up 950.0% volatile
124 Haiti 0.2% 2010 down 25.9% volatile
125 Bahrain 0.2% 2010 up 171.4% volatile
126 Rwanda 0.2% 2010 up 220.0% volatile
127 Cameroon 0.1% 2010 up 66.7% volatile
127 Mauritania 0.1% 2010 up 150.0% volatile
129 Cambodia 0.1% 2010 up 600.0% volatile
130 Lesotho 0.1% 2010 up 30.0% volatile
130 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2010 up 333.3% volatile
132 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 92.4% volatile
132 Burundi 0.1% 2010 up 150.0% volatile
134 Niger 0.1% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
135 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
135 Papua New Guinea 0.1% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
137 Malawi 0.1% 2010 up 75.0% volatile
138 Guyana 0.1% 2010 down 60.0% volatile
138 Sierra Leone 0.1% 2010 down 50.0% rising
140 Nicaragua 0.1% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
141 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0% 2010 up 100.0% rising
142 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
143 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 94.4% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary
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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