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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
89.6%
Czechia
Lowest
0.1%
Yemen
Median
18.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 89.6% in Czechia; the lowest is 0.1% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.4%, and the mean is 27.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,791.

Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 1,061.2%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 90.1%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 89.6% 2010 down 0.8% volatile
2 Slovakia 88.6% 2010 up 56.1% volatile
3 Hungary 81.8% 2010 up 37.2% volatile
4 Finland 78.2% 2010 up 444.3% volatile
5 Norway 77.6% 2010 up 81.5% volatile
6 Slovenia 76.9% 2010 up 6.0% rising
7 Barbados 76.0% 2010 up 18.7% volatile
8 Germany 75.9% 2010 up 75.5% volatile
9 Latvia 75.3% 2010 up 10.9% volatile
10 Belize 71.8% 2010 up 130.4% volatile
11 Switzerland 71.5% 2010 up 104.1% rising
12 Tajikistan 71.0% 2010 up 40.1% volatile
13 Bulgaria 70.9% 2010 up 230.2% volatile
14 Armenia 69.3% 2010 up 30.4% rising
15 Republic of Moldova 68.5% 2010 up 183.0% volatile
16 Kazakhstan 66.9% 2010 up 65.5% volatile
17 Lithuania 66.2% 2010 up 99.2% volatile
18 Kyrgyzstan 64.7% 2010 up 164.0% volatile
19 Netherlands 63.4% 2010 up 13.2% volatile
20 Japan 63.0% 2010 up 20.2% volatile
21 Tonga 62.8% 2010 up 70.7% rising
22 Estonia 62.1% 2010 up 18.1% volatile
23 Romania 61.4% 2010 up 32.7% volatile
24 Croatia 59.8% 2010 up 97.9% volatile
25 Serbia 57.5% 2010 up 289.1% volatile
26 Albania 55.8% 2010 up 145.1% volatile
27 Australia 55.6% 2010 down 19.3% rising
28 Ukraine 55.1% 2010 up 74.9% volatile
29 Denmark 53.3% 2010 up 17.3% volatile
30 United States of America 50.9% 2010 down 13.4% rising
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 50.5% 2010 up 234.9% rising
32 Sweden 49.8% 2010 up 28.1% rising
33 Canada 49.1% 2010 down 9.0% rising
34 Cuba 47.6% 2010 up 145.5% volatile
35 Poland 47.4% 2010 up 42.9% volatile
36 France 45.9% 2010 down 12.3% volatile
37 Austria 45.4% 2010 down 1.2% rising
38 Belgium 43.6% 2010 up 8.7% rising
39 Viet Nam 43.0% 2010 up 151.6% volatile
40 Sri Lanka 42.2% 2010 down 5.9% volatile
41 Luxembourg 41.5% 2010 up 15.2% rising
42 South Africa 40.3% 2010 up 43.2% rising
43 Russian Federation 36.9% 2010 up 17.0% volatile
44 Italy 36.2% 2010 up 50.3% volatile
45 Chile 36.2% 2010 up 31.5% rising
46 Mongolia 35.3% 2010 up 74.0% volatile
47 Israel 33.7% 2010 down 26.1% rising
48 Hong Kong, China 33.4% 2010 up 196.4% volatile
49 Macau, China 33.1% 2010 up 187.7% volatile
50 Argentina 31.5% 2010 up 86.1% rising
51 Iceland 30.9% 2010 up 47.7% volatile
52 Ireland 30.4% 2010 up 2.9% rising
53 Ghana 30.0% 2010 up 123.2% volatile
54 Cyprus 29.7% 2010 up 95.3% volatile
55 Republic of Korea 28.6% 2010 up 85.4% volatile
56 Malta 27.2% 2010 down 27.9% rising
57 Guyana 27.1% 2010 up 299.3% volatile
58 China 27.1% 2010 up 157.1% volatile
59 Qatar 25.8% 2010 up 204.2% volatile
60 Singapore 25.7% 2010 up 79.6% volatile
61 Brunei Darussalam 25.2% 2010 up 136.9% volatile
62 Uruguay 24.7% 2010 down 12.2% volatile
63 Jamaica 23.6% 2010 up 27.8% volatile
64 New Zealand 23.6% 2010 up 0.8% falling
65 Botswana 23.5% 2010 up 66.5% volatile
66 Philippines 20.9% 2010 down 19.0% rising
67 Panama 20.3% 2010 up 18.3% rising
68 Iran, Islamic Republic of 19.9% 2010 up 87.1% volatile
69 Mauritius 19.4% 2010 up 131.3% volatile
70 Greece 19.4% 2010 up 32.6% falling
71 Bangladesh 18.7% 2010 up 24.2% volatile
72 Dominican Republic 18.5% 2010 up 309.7% volatile
73 Kuwait 18.3% 2010 up 59.2% volatile
74 Spain 18.3% 2010 up 19.5% volatile
75 Brazil 17.8% 2010 up 158.1% volatile
76 Colombia 17.5% 2010 up 60.8% rising
77 Trinidad and Tobago 17.1% 2010 up 39.2% rising
78 Malaysia 16.8% 2010 up 97.1% volatile
79 Peru 16.7% 2010 up 21.9% rising
80 El Salvador 16.4% 2010 up 233.0% volatile
81 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 15.8% 2010 up 144.4% volatile
82 United Arab Emirates 15.8% 2010 up 73.3% volatile
83 Jordan 15.4% 2010 up 56.2% volatile
84 Saudi Arabia 15.4% 2010 up 16.4% rising
85 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 14.4% 2010 up 17.5% volatile
86 Fiji 13.8% 2010 down 37.7% volatile
87 Bahrain 13.7% 2010 up 111.9% volatile
88 India 13.7% 2010 up 44.2% volatile
89 Mexico 13.2% 2010 up 54.4% rising
90 Paraguay 13.0% 2010 up 90.2% rising
91 Indonesia 12.6% 2010 up 159.1% volatile
92 Costa Rica 12.0% 2010 up 22.5% rising
93 Namibia 11.8% 2010 up 63.2% rising
94 Zimbabwe 11.6% 2010 up 81.1% volatile
95 Pakistan 10.8% 2010 up 77.4% rising
96 Egypt 10.8% 2010 up 79.2% volatile
97 Honduras 10.5% 2010 up 111.3% rising
98 Syrian Arab Republic 10.5% 2010 up 323.9% volatile
99 Zambia 10.3% 2010 up 370.5% volatile
100 Uganda 9.9% 2010 up 1,061.2% volatile
101 Ecuador 9.4% 2010 down 20.0% rising
102 Portugal 9.3% 2010 down 1.3% volatile
103 Haiti 8.7% 2010 up 89.6% rising
104 Gambia 8.3% 2010 up 26.9% rising
104 Togo 8.3% 2010 up 110.6% volatile
106 Türkiye 8.1% 2010 up 56.0% rising
107 Guatemala 8.1% 2010 up 39.5% rising
108 Eswatini 8.1% 2010 up 60.8% volatile
109 Morocco 8.0% 2010 up 121.0% volatile
110 Nicaragua 8.0% 2010 up 48.9% rising
111 Cambodia 7.4% 2010 up 168.0% volatile
112 Myanmar 7.1% 2010 up 166.2% falling
113 Tunisia 6.6% 2010 up 154.2% volatile
114 Liberia 6.4% 2010 up 16.7% rising
115 Libya 6.0% 2010 up 161.0% volatile
116 Benin 5.7% 2010 up 110.7% volatile
117 Thailand 5.2% 2010 up 50.6% volatile
118 Papua New Guinea 4.4% 2010 up 147.5% volatile
119 Nepal 4.3% 2010 up 63.6% volatile
120 Cameroon 4.1% 2010 up 146.1% volatile
120 Congo 4.1% 2010 up 207.6% volatile
122 Gabon 4.0% 2010 up 268.8% volatile
123 Senegal 4.0% 2010 up 142.3% volatile
124 Côte d'Ivoire 3.9% 2010 up 63.1% volatile
125 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.8% 2010 up 118.2% volatile
126 Lesotho 3.8% 2010 down 11.3% volatile
127 Malawi 3.7% 2010 up 148.7% volatile
128 Mali 3.7% 2010 up 1,009.1% volatile
129 Iraq 3.5% 2010 up 87.7% volatile
130 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.0% 2010 up 130.3% volatile
131 Sierra Leone 2.6% 2010 up 20.0% rising
132 Kenya 2.5% 2010 down 3.9% volatile
133 Rwanda 2.2% 2010 up 233.3% volatile
134 Central African Republic 2.1% 2010 up 213.6% volatile
135 Burundi 2.0% 2010 up 244.8% volatile
136 Sudan 1.9% 2010 up 54.5% volatile
137 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.5% 2010 up 226.1% volatile
138 Algeria 1.4% 2010 up 54.8% rising
139 Mauritania 1.4% 2010 up 85.7% volatile
140 Afghanistan 0.9% 2010 up 14.3% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.6% 2010 up 156.5% volatile
142 Maldives 0.6% 2010 down 90.1% volatile
143 Niger 0.2% 2010 unchanged rising
144 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Secondary
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 secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)