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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of population age 70-74 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
80.6%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
27.3%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 80.6% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 27.3%, and the mean is 30.8%.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 1,034.1%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 80.6% 2010 up 42.3% rising
2 El Salvador 73.1% 2010 up 89.9% rising
3 Paraguay 72.8% 2010 up 1.1% rising
4 Trinidad and Tobago 71.7% 2010 down 2.7% flat
5 Lesotho 69.2% 2010 up 6.4% rising
6 Fiji 68.5% 2010 up 32.1% rising
7 Guyana 66.6% 2010 down 8.5% falling
8 Greece 65.4% 2010 up 44.3% rising
9 Uruguay 65.3% 2010 up 8.6% rising
10 Spain 65.0% 2010 up 77.0% rising
11 Malta 62.9% 2010 up 150.7% rising
12 Costa Rica 62.6% 2010 down 5.0% flat
13 Zimbabwe 61.2% 2010 up 10.1% rising
14 Iceland 60.5% 2010 down 15.4% falling
15 Jamaica 59.6% 2010 down 9.1% falling
16 Philippines 59.4% 2010 up 32.5% rising
17 Portugal 59.4% 2010 up 4.9% rising
18 Dominican Republic 59.0% 2010 down 34.9% rising
19 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 57.6% 2010 up 19.2% rising
20 Argentina 56.8% 2010 down 17.6% falling
21 Ecuador 56.8% 2010 up 12.2% rising
22 Türkiye 56.0% 2010 up 46.8% volatile
23 Cyprus 55.8% 2010 up 43.6% rising
24 Colombia 55.8% 2010 down 1.1% rising
25 Indonesia 52.2% 2010 up 65.7% volatile
26 New Zealand 52.1% 2010 up 2.9% falling
27 Mexico 51.7% 2010 up 5.3% rising
28 Peru 51.0% 2010 up 22.5% rising
29 China 50.8% 2010 up 54.2% volatile
30 Panama 50.8% 2010 down 1.0% rising
31 Mauritius 49.4% 2010 down 3.6% rising
32 Chile 47.4% 2010 down 5.3% falling
33 Italy 46.9% 2010 down 10.9% falling
34 Ireland 46.3% 2010 down 8.8% falling
35 Namibia 46.2% 2010 up 13.0% rising
36 Zambia 46.1% 2010 up 14.9% rising
37 Malaysia 45.8% 2010 up 20.3% rising
38 Honduras 45.1% 2010 up 15.1% rising
39 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 44.8% 2010 up 30.0% rising
40 Brazil 43.3% 2010 up 5.4% rising
41 Hong Kong, China 42.4% 2010 up 139.9% rising
42 Malawi 41.8% 2010 up 18.9% rising
43 Viet Nam 41.6% 2010 down 18.3% rising
44 Republic of Korea 41.5% 2010 up 16.9% volatile
45 Cambodia 41.4% 2010 up 63.0% volatile
46 Austria 41.1% 2010 down 17.1% falling
47 Uganda 40.5% 2010 up 11.2% volatile
48 Luxembourg 40.5% 2010 down 29.3% falling
49 Poland 40.4% 2010 down 17.9% falling
50 Tanzania, United Republic of 40.2% 2010 up 39.7% rising
51 Nicaragua 40.0% 2010 up 17.0% rising
52 France 39.5% 2010 up 19.7% falling
53 Qatar 39.2% 2010 up 1,034.1% volatile
54 Albania 38.2% 2010 down 43.4% volatile
55 Sri Lanka 37.2% 2010 up 29.5% falling
56 Mongolia 36.9% 2010 down 10.4% volatile
57 Myanmar 35.9% 2010 up 38.9% volatile
58 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 35.3% 2010 down 47.8% falling
59 Mauritania 35.0% 2010 down 3.9% rising
60 Syrian Arab Republic 34.6% 2010 down 10.8% rising
61 Brunei Darussalam 33.3% 2010 down 1.1% rising
62 Lao People's Democratic Republic 32.4% 2010 up 25.1% rising
63 Guatemala 32.2% 2010 down 3.5% rising
64 Kuwait 32.1% 2010 up 94.0% volatile
65 Tonga 31.9% 2010 down 43.9% flat
66 Denmark 31.8% 2010 down 29.5% falling
67 Belgium 31.3% 2010 down 27.0% falling
68 Romania 31.1% 2010 down 25.3% falling
69 Kenya 30.6% 2010 up 7.3% volatile
70 Macau, China 30.5% 2010 down 29.2% falling
71 South Africa 28.5% 2010 up 21.6% rising
72 Sweden 27.5% 2010 down 40.0% falling
73 Jordan 27.1% 2010 up 38.3% volatile
74 Saudi Arabia 25.8% 2010 down 4.1% rising
75 Cameroon 25.7% 2010 up 31.3% rising
76 Botswana 25.4% 2010 down 9.3% rising
77 Japan 25.4% 2010 down 35.4% falling
78 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 25.1% 2010 up 57.2% volatile
79 Serbia 24.1% 2010 down 62.1% flat
80 Cuba 23.8% 2010 down 25.9% falling
81 Barbados 23.2% 2010 down 33.6% falling
82 Rwanda 23.1% 2010 up 80.8% volatile
83 Croatia 23.0% 2010 down 53.6% falling
84 Belize 22.6% 2010 down 57.2% falling
85 Haiti 22.4% 2010 down 11.8% volatile
86 Maldives 22.3% 2010 up 277.0% falling
87 Israel 21.9% 2010 down 45.4% falling
88 Libya 21.8% 2010 up 16.7% rising
89 Gabon 21.1% 2010 up 141.6% rising
90 United Arab Emirates 20.8% 2010 up 50.1% volatile
91 Bangladesh 20.7% 2010 down 3.9% rising
92 Congo 19.7% 2010 up 124.0% rising
92 Kazakhstan 19.7% 2010 down 54.0% falling
94 Russian Federation 19.4% 2010 down 51.6% falling
95 Burundi 19.1% 2010 up 128.7% volatile
96 Tunisia 19.1% 2010 up 176.9% volatile
97 Netherlands 18.4% 2010 down 36.8% falling
98 Iran, Islamic Republic of 18.0% 2010 up 25.4% volatile
99 Republic of Moldova 17.9% 2010 down 58.2% rising
100 Kyrgyzstan 17.6% 2010 down 70.5% falling
101 Togo 17.5% 2010 up 107.4% volatile
102 Tajikistan 17.5% 2010 down 56.4% rising
103 Lithuania 17.1% 2010 down 64.0% falling
104 Egypt 16.8% 2010 down 2.2% volatile
105 Sudan 15.5% 2010 up 4.7% rising
106 Canada 15.0% 2010 down 51.2% falling
107 Central African Republic 14.0% 2010 up 52.9% rising
108 Algeria 12.9% 2010 up 39.4% rising
109 Australia 12.7% 2010 down 21.4% volatile
110 Papua New Guinea 12.4% 2010 up 145.7% rising
111 India 12.0% 2010 up 4.6% falling
112 Armenia 11.2% 2010 down 65.0% falling
113 Benin 10.9% 2010 up 56.1% rising
114 Pakistan 10.9% 2010 up 95.3% rising
115 Singapore 10.8% 2010 down 18.4% volatile
116 Eswatini 10.7% 2010 down 14.6% rising
117 Côte d'Ivoire 10.4% 2010 up 48.2% volatile
118 Bulgaria 9.6% 2010 down 85.3% falling
119 Niger 9.2% 2010 down 4.2% rising
120 Estonia 9.2% 2010 down 68.4% falling
121 Ukraine 9.1% 2010 down 72.4% falling
122 Latvia 9.1% 2010 down 56.6% falling
123 Ghana 9.0% 2010 up 93.5% rising
124 Senegal 8.9% 2010 down 33.9% falling
125 Liberia 8.0% 2010 up 52.6% rising
126 Nepal 7.6% 2010 up 26.6% volatile
127 Slovenia 7.6% 2010 down 57.4% falling
128 Mozambique 7.2% 2010 up 86.5% falling
129 Bahrain 6.5% 2010 up 30.5% rising
130 Afghanistan 6.2% 2010 up 40.7% volatile
131 Morocco 5.1% 2010 up 64.1% volatile
132 Switzerland 4.6% 2010 down 86.9% falling
133 Hungary 4.5% 2010 down 85.5% falling
134 Iraq 4.3% 2010 up 48.1% volatile
135 Mali 4.2% 2010 up 34.5% rising
136 United States of America 3.7% 2010 down 35.1% volatile
137 Sierra Leone 3.2% 2010 down 6.2% rising
138 Gambia 2.2% 2010 up 50.3% rising
139 Germany 0.9% 2010 down 97.5% volatile
140 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 99.0% volatile
141 Norway 0.2% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
142 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 68.9% 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 70-74 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 70-74 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)