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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education by country

Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
99.8%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
21.7%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 99.8% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.7%, and the mean is 33.2%.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 132 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 5,728.1%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 99.8% 2010 unchanged flat
2 Sierra Leone 93.7% 2010 down 0.4% flat
3 Mozambique 92.0% 2010 down 4.0% flat
4 Mali 91.2% 2010 down 5.5% falling
5 Afghanistan 90.8% 2010 down 3.1% falling
6 Iraq 90.5% 2010 down 3.8% falling
7 Niger 90.4% 2010 up 0.3% flat
8 Gambia 87.4% 2010 down 4.2% falling
9 Nepal 86.8% 2010 down 4.3% falling
10 Morocco 86.2% 2010 down 7.6% falling
11 Senegal 86.1% 2010 up 1.6% rising
12 Algeria 84.7% 2010 down 5.3% flat
13 Côte d'Ivoire 84.4% 2010 down 6.0% falling
14 Liberia 83.0% 2010 down 5.5% falling
15 Papua New Guinea 83.0% 2010 down 10.8% falling
16 Central African Republic 82.5% 2010 down 8.0% falling
17 Benin 82.2% 2010 down 8.5% falling
18 Sudan 82.1% 2010 down 1.9% falling
19 Eswatini 81.2% 2010 down 0.9% falling
20 Burundi 78.5% 2010 down 13.7% falling
21 Maldives 77.1% 2010 down 12.5% rising
22 Congo 75.6% 2010 down 15.7% falling
23 Bahrain 75.3% 2010 down 13.1% falling
24 Pakistan 75.2% 2010 down 13.3% falling
25 Rwanda 74.3% 2010 down 14.0% falling
26 Gabon 73.6% 2010 down 18.1% falling
27 Togo 72.9% 2010 down 16.3% falling
28 Tunisia 72.3% 2010 down 19.5% falling
29 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 71.8% 2010 down 13.1% falling
30 Libya 71.0% 2010 down 9.8% falling
31 India 70.2% 2010 down 8.3% falling
32 Cameroon 69.9% 2010 down 11.1% falling
33 Egypt 69.5% 2010 down 6.8% falling
34 Haiti 67.8% 2010 down 2.4% falling
35 Kenya 66.0% 2010 down 3.1% falling
36 Mauritania 63.0% 2010 up 0.7% falling
37 Lao People's Democratic Republic 62.1% 2010 down 13.5% falling
38 Guatemala 59.7% 2010 up 1.0% falling
39 Ghana 59.5% 2010 down 24.7% falling
40 Tanzania, United Republic of 57.8% 2010 down 18.2% falling
41 Bangladesh 57.1% 2010 down 7.5% falling
42 Singapore 56.0% 2010 down 20.3% falling
43 Myanmar 54.6% 2010 down 22.9% falling
44 Malawi 54.1% 2010 down 14.3% falling
45 United Arab Emirates 51.9% 2010 down 29.0% falling
46 Iran, Islamic Republic of 51.5% 2010 down 26.0% falling
47 Jordan 51.2% 2010 down 23.4% falling
48 Saudi Arabia 51.1% 2010 down 4.1% falling
49 Cambodia 50.8% 2010 down 29.3% falling
50 Syrian Arab Republic 49.8% 2010 down 10.9% falling
51 Nicaragua 48.4% 2010 down 17.1% falling
52 Uganda 47.8% 2010 down 21.7% falling
53 Botswana 47.5% 2010 down 15.3% falling
54 Kuwait 42.6% 2010 down 37.4% falling
55 Zambia 41.5% 2010 down 27.0% falling
56 Honduras 40.4% 2010 down 26.3% falling
57 Namibia 39.9% 2010 down 21.7% falling
58 Malaysia 33.4% 2010 down 35.9% falling
59 Indonesia 32.9% 2010 down 48.0% falling
60 Brazil 32.4% 2010 down 35.1% falling
61 Türkiye 31.7% 2010 down 41.1% falling
62 Ecuador 31.5% 2010 down 6.2% falling
63 Brunei Darussalam 30.0% 2010 down 40.0% falling
64 Mauritius 29.4% 2010 down 25.5% falling
65 Macau, China 28.8% 2010 down 30.4% falling
66 Mexico 27.6% 2010 down 29.3% falling
67 Lesotho 26.6% 2010 down 12.4% falling
68 Zimbabwe 26.1% 2010 down 29.5% falling
69 Portugal 26.1% 2010 down 16.5% falling
70 South Africa 25.1% 2010 down 42.2% falling
71 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 24.8% 2010 down 48.1% falling
72 Qatar 21.9% 2010 down 73.9% falling
73 Cuba 21.5% 2010 down 53.6% rising
74 Peru 21.0% 2010 down 40.8% falling
75 Republic of Korea 20.6% 2010 down 53.1% falling
76 China 20.4% 2010 down 62.8% falling
77 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 19.9% 2010 down 50.9% falling
78 Colombia 19.1% 2010 down 37.1% falling
79 Dominican Republic 18.6% 2010 up 5,728.1% volatile
80 Panama 18.2% 2010 down 23.8% falling
81 Hong Kong, China 17.7% 2010 down 73.7% falling
82 Sri Lanka 15.2% 2010 down 31.4% falling
83 Costa Rica 14.8% 2010 down 19.6% falling
84 Mongolia 13.3% 2010 down 59.0% volatile
85 Fiji 13.0% 2010 down 38.1% falling
86 Thailand 12.2% 2010 down 68.9% volatile
87 Italy 11.0% 2010 down 40.5% falling
88 Viet Nam 10.4% 2010 down 64.8% falling
89 Jamaica 8.9% 2010 down 10.9% volatile
90 Paraguay 8.3% 2010 down 52.8% falling
91 Israel 7.8% 2010 up 98.0% volatile
92 Belgium 7.3% 2010 down 8.9% volatile
93 Philippines 7.0% 2010 down 1.8% volatile
94 Chile 6.8% 2010 down 33.0% falling
95 El Salvador 6.3% 2010 down 88.3% falling
96 Guyana 6.0% 2010 down 69.6% falling
97 Albania 5.7% 2010 up 6.4% volatile
98 Spain 5.5% 2010 down 87.4% falling
99 Greece 4.9% 2010 down 86.3% falling
100 Kyrgyzstan 4.3% 2010 down 46.1% volatile
101 Serbia 3.8% 2010 down 81.2% falling
102 Bulgaria 3.3% 2010 up 15.6% volatile
102 Uruguay 3.3% 2010 down 54.4% volatile
104 Croatia 3.2% 2010 down 77.8% falling
105 Trinidad and Tobago 3.1% 2010 down 69.6% volatile
106 Malta 2.7% 2010 down 91.9% falling
107 Romania 2.7% 2010 down 60.4% volatile
108 Germany 2.5% 2010 down 72.5% volatile
109 France 2.4% 2010 down 60.5% volatile
110 Argentina 2.4% 2010 down 73.4% falling
111 Australia 2.0% 2010 down 25.6% rising
112 Switzerland 1.9% 2010 down 89.8% volatile
113 Ukraine 1.8% 2010 down 89.3% falling
114 Republic of Moldova 1.6% 2010 down 94.3% falling
115 Russian Federation 1.5% 2010 down 75.1% volatile
116 Denmark 1.5% 2010 up 131.7% volatile
117 Sweden 1.4% 2010 down 25.3% falling
118 Norway 1.4% 2010 up 280.6% volatile
119 Ireland 1.3% 2010 down 87.4% volatile
120 Cyprus 1.2% 2010 down 96.9% falling
121 Tajikistan 1.2% 2010 down 75.1% volatile
122 Canada 1.2% 2010 down 56.0% falling
122 Tonga 1.2% 2010 down 63.4% volatile
124 United States of America 0.7% 2010 down 22.3% volatile
125 Slovenia 0.6% 2010 down 63.1% volatile
126 Armenia 0.6% 2010 down 82.9% volatile
127 Iceland 0.5% 2010 down 19.0% volatile
128 Hungary 0.4% 2010 down 53.7% volatile
129 Kazakhstan 0.4% 2010 down 96.0% volatile
130 Luxembourg 0.3% 2010 down 31.7% volatile
131 Poland 0.2% 2010 down 97.8% volatile
132 Latvia 0.2% 2010 down 34.4% volatile
133 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 91.5% rising
134 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 98.8% falling
135 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 53.3% volatile
136 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2010 down 97.0% volatile
136 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 up 18.2% volatile
138 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 53.8% volatile
139 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 11.1% volatile
140 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 92.1% volatile
141 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 60.0% volatile
142 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with no education
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 70-74 with no education