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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
53.4%
United States of America
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
5.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 53.4% in United States of America; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.9%, and the mean is 8.8%.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 1,574.7%), 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 United States of America 53.4% 2010 up 54.5% volatile
2 Russian Federation 50.7% 2010 up 46.1% volatile
3 Israel 36.6% 2010 up 18.6% volatile
4 Canada 34.7% 2010 up 176.9% volatile
5 Ukraine 34.0% 2010 up 68.3% volatile
6 Australia 29.9% 2010 up 118.7% rising
7 Estonia 28.6% 2010 up 57.7% volatile
8 United Arab Emirates 25.9% 2010 up 186.2% volatile
9 New Zealand 24.2% 2010 down 10.6% volatile
10 Kazakhstan 23.7% 2010 up 227.8% volatile
11 Switzerland 22.1% 2010 up 71.8% volatile
12 Ireland 22.0% 2010 up 95.2% volatile
13 Finland 21.8% 2010 up 97.6% volatile
14 Sweden 21.3% 2010 up 28.4% volatile
15 Norway 20.8% 2010 up 53.7% volatile
16 Germany 20.7% 2010 up 49.9% volatile
17 Mongolia 20.2% 2010 up 231.1% volatile
18 Bulgaria 18.8% 2010 up 61.8% volatile
19 Armenia 18.7% 2010 up 58.9% rising
20 Netherlands 18.3% 2010 up 53.1% volatile
21 Belgium 17.9% 2010 up 54.1% volatile
22 Luxembourg 17.7% 2010 up 150.1% volatile
23 Denmark 17.6% 2010 up 66.0% rising
24 Lithuania 16.7% 2010 up 58.7% volatile
25 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 16.0% 2010 up 187.3% volatile
26 Latvia 15.0% 2010 up 19.0% volatile
27 Slovenia 14.9% 2010 up 84.6% volatile
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.7% 2010 up 5.7% volatile
29 Serbia 14.6% 2010 up 1,574.7% volatile
30 Croatia 14.0% 2010 up 146.2% volatile
31 Kyrgyzstan 13.4% 2010 up 69.9% volatile
32 Austria 13.4% 2010 up 81.5% volatile
33 Hungary 13.3% 2010 up 64.6% volatile
34 Cyprus 13.2% 2010 up 121.3% volatile
35 Qatar 13.1% 2010 up 30.6% volatile
36 Philippines 12.8% 2010 down 42.8% rising
37 France 12.2% 2010 up 75.5% volatile
38 Republic of Moldova 12.1% 2010 up 99.2% volatile
39 Poland 12.0% 2010 up 34.6% volatile
40 Republic of Korea 11.5% 2010 up 47.6% volatile
41 Japan 11.3% 2010 up 38.2% volatile
42 Peru 11.2% 2010 down 0.8% volatile
43 Spain 11.2% 2010 up 92.1% volatile
44 Slovakia 11.0% 2010 down 8.4% volatile
45 Brunei Darussalam 10.8% 2010 up 107.5% volatile
46 Panama 10.8% 2010 up 40.2% volatile
47 Costa Rica 10.6% 2010 up 50.1% volatile
48 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.6% 2010 up 92.9% volatile
49 Greece 10.4% 2010 up 69.6% volatile
50 Czechia 10.2% 2010 up 3.4% volatile
51 Tajikistan 10.1% 2010 up 131.5% volatile
52 Chile 9.6% 2010 down 21.7% volatile
53 Singapore 9.4% 2010 up 147.1% volatile
54 Jamaica 9.4% 2010 up 46.9% volatile
55 Argentina 8.7% 2010 up 66.8% volatile
56 Iceland 8.4% 2010 up 31.2% volatile
57 Trinidad and Tobago 8.0% 2010 up 115.4% volatile
58 Colombia 7.7% 2010 up 105.4% volatile
59 Macau, China 7.7% 2010 up 86.6% volatile
60 Mexico 7.4% 2010 up 130.7% volatile
61 Saudi Arabia 7.2% 2010 up 8.0% volatile
62 Malta 7.1% 2010 up 47.9% volatile
63 Kuwait 7.0% 2010 up 10.6% volatile
64 Cuba 6.7% 2010 up 215.5% volatile
65 Uruguay 6.6% 2010 down 3.8% rising
66 Brazil 6.6% 2010 up 79.9% volatile
66 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 6.6% 2010 up 54.0% volatile
68 Fiji 6.6% 2010 up 39.8% volatile
69 Hong Kong, China 6.4% 2010 up 81.6% rising
70 Jordan 6.2% 2010 up 62.8% volatile
71 South Africa 6.1% 2010 up 22.9% volatile
72 Paraguay 6.0% 2010 up 64.4% volatile
73 Italy 5.8% 2010 up 24.0% volatile
74 India 5.8% 2010 up 78.2% volatile
75 Belize 5.5% 2010 up 60.9% volatile
76 Sri Lanka 5.4% 2010 up 28.3% volatile
77 Syrian Arab Republic 5.1% 2010 up 83.5% volatile
78 Portugal 5.0% 2010 up 48.6% volatile
79 Viet Nam 4.9% 2010 up 114.8% volatile
80 Egypt 4.9% 2010 up 81.5% volatile
81 Romania 4.9% 2010 down 5.8% rising
82 Nicaragua 4.7% 2010 up 48.9% rising
83 Bahrain 4.5% 2010 up 135.9% volatile
84 Thailand 4.3% 2010 up 266.7% volatile
85 El Salvador 4.2% 2010 down 0.2% volatile
86 Tonga 4.2% 2010 down 19.2% rising
86 Türkiye 4.2% 2010 up 47.5% volatile
88 Malaysia 4.0% 2010 up 214.0% volatile
89 Honduras 4.0% 2010 up 186.4% volatile
90 Algeria 3.9% 2010 up 485.1% volatile
91 Dominican Republic 3.9% 2010 down 14.3% volatile
92 Gabon 3.6% 2010 up 409.9% volatile
93 Libya 3.5% 2010 up 218.2% volatile
94 Iraq 3.4% 2010 up 115.0% volatile
95 Botswana 3.3% 2010 up 69.0% volatile
96 Bangladesh 3.2% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
97 Pakistan 3.0% 2010 up 53.3% volatile
98 Liberia 2.7% 2010 up 115.0% rising
99 Indonesia 2.3% 2010 up 529.7% volatile
100 Ecuador 2.3% 2010 down 43.4% volatile
101 Myanmar 2.2% 2010 up 102.7% volatile
102 Congo 2.2% 2010 up 266.7% volatile
103 Nepal 2.2% 2010 up 228.8% volatile
104 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.0% 2010 up 122.2% volatile
104 Namibia 2.0% 2010 up 100.0% rising
106 Tunisia 2.0% 2010 up 90.3% volatile
107 Afghanistan 1.9% 2010 up 90.0% volatile
107 Zambia 1.9% 2010 up 137.5% volatile
109 Gambia 1.9% 2010 up 74.1% volatile
110 Uganda 1.8% 2010 up 7.1% volatile
111 Mauritius 1.8% 2010 up 93.5% rising
112 China 1.6% 2010 up 9.3% volatile
113 Côte d'Ivoire 1.6% 2010 up 56.9% volatile
114 Ghana 1.5% 2010 down 49.0% volatile
115 Togo 1.3% 2010 up 78.1% volatile
116 Central African Republic 1.3% 2010 up 95.4% volatile
117 Benin 1.1% 2010 up 120.0% volatile
118 Senegal 1.0% 2010 up 136.4% volatile
119 Haiti 1.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
119 Zimbabwe 1.0% 2010 up 44.9% rising
121 Mali 1.0% 2010 up 385.0% volatile
122 Kenya 0.9% 2010 up 22.9% rising
123 Sudan 0.8% 2010 up 60.0% volatile
124 Barbados 0.8% 2010 unchanged rising
125 Morocco 0.7% 2010 up 1,300.0% volatile
126 Cameroon 0.5% 2010 up 66.7% volatile
126 Maldives 0.5% 2010 up 400.0% volatile
126 Mauritania 0.5% 2010 up 150.0% volatile
129 Cambodia 0.5% 2010 up 475.0% volatile
130 Lesotho 0.5% 2010 up 40.6% volatile
131 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4% 2010 up 310.0% volatile
132 Malawi 0.3% 2010 up 52.2% volatile
133 Albania 0.3% 2010 down 92.7% volatile
134 Burundi 0.3% 2010 up 121.4% volatile
135 Niger 0.3% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
135 Rwanda 0.3% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
137 Mozambique 0.3% 2010 up 107.7% volatile
138 Guyana 0.2% 2010 down 60.0% volatile
138 Papua New Guinea 0.2% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
138 Sierra Leone 0.2% 2010 down 50.0% rising
141 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.1% 2010 up 180.0% rising
142 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
143 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 95.2% 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Tertiary
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 tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)