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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary by country

Percentage of population age 70-74 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
24.0%
United States of America
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
3.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 24.0% in United States of America; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.8%, and the mean is 5.5%.

Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 1,225.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States of America 24.0% 2010 up 44.0% rising
2 Israel 23.9% 2010 up 257.4% volatile
3 Ukraine 23.6% 2010 up 86.0% volatile
4 Canada 20.2% 2010 up 201.0% volatile
5 Estonia 19.9% 2010 up 56.7% volatile
6 Australia 19.4% 2010 up 147.2% rising
7 Russian Federation 18.1% 2010 up 90.4% volatile
8 Ireland 14.7% 2010 up 143.0% volatile
9 Switzerland 14.4% 2010 up 96.1% volatile
10 Sweden 13.9% 2010 up 61.0% volatile
11 Mongolia 13.7% 2010 up 137.6% volatile
12 Germany 13.5% 2010 up 70.7% volatile
13 Finland 13.4% 2010 up 138.5% volatile
14 Armenia 13.2% 2010 up 60.0% rising
15 Hungary 12.6% 2010 up 66.4% volatile
16 Netherlands 11.9% 2010 up 55.5% volatile
17 New Zealand 11.9% 2010 down 7.6% volatile
18 Belgium 11.8% 2010 up 88.0% volatile
19 Lithuania 11.6% 2010 up 94.5% volatile
20 Luxembourg 11.6% 2010 up 187.3% volatile
21 Bulgaria 11.0% 2010 up 38.8% volatile
22 Latvia 10.7% 2010 up 40.1% volatile
23 Cyprus 10.4% 2010 up 121.4% volatile
24 Norway 10.4% 2010 up 132.7% volatile
25 Slovenia 10.4% 2010 up 83.6% volatile
26 Serbia 10.1% 2010 up 1,013.2% volatile
27 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.1% 2010 up 189.9% volatile
28 Costa Rica 10.0% 2010 up 78.8% volatile
29 Croatia 9.7% 2010 up 143.1% volatile
30 Greece 9.3% 2010 up 127.9% volatile
30 Kyrgyzstan 9.3% 2010 up 69.1% volatile
32 Peru 9.2% 2010 up 23.2% volatile
33 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9.2% 2010 up 9.7% volatile
34 Iran, Islamic Republic of 9.1% 2010 up 97.0% volatile
35 Qatar 9.1% 2010 up 214.9% volatile
36 Kazakhstan 9.0% 2010 up 78.1% volatile
37 Republic of Korea 8.9% 2010 up 116.2% volatile
38 Panama 8.9% 2010 up 38.2% volatile
39 Denmark 8.8% 2010 up 54.0% rising
40 Austria 8.7% 2010 up 214.0% volatile
41 Republic of Moldova 8.4% 2010 up 105.7% volatile
42 United Arab Emirates 8.0% 2010 up 191.2% volatile
42 Brunei Darussalam 8.0% 2010 up 102.0% volatile
44 Poland 7.9% 2010 up 58.8% volatile
45 Japan 7.5% 2010 up 45.4% volatile
46 Spain 7.3% 2010 up 140.3% volatile
47 Tajikistan 7.2% 2010 up 134.6% volatile
48 Trinidad and Tobago 6.6% 2010 up 123.7% volatile
49 Colombia 6.6% 2010 up 219.4% volatile
50 France 6.5% 2010 up 17.0% volatile
51 Slovakia 6.3% 2010 down 11.9% volatile
52 Malta 6.2% 2010 up 88.5% volatile
53 Singapore 6.1% 2010 up 235.0% volatile
54 Argentina 6.1% 2010 up 61.6% rising
55 Czechia 5.9% 2010 up 14.4% volatile
56 Mexico 5.6% 2010 up 132.2% volatile
57 Cuba 5.5% 2010 up 220.9% volatile
58 Hong Kong, China 5.5% 2010 up 88.1% volatile
59 Jamaica 5.5% 2010 up 38.6% volatile
60 Saudi Arabia 5.4% 2010 up 15.7% volatile
61 Macau (China) 5.3% 2010 up 85.4% volatile
62 Iceland 5.3% 2010 up 19.2% volatile
63 Brazil 5.2% 2010 up 189.9% volatile
64 Paraguay 4.9% 2010 up 64.1% volatile
65 Chile 4.9% 2010 down 21.9% volatile
66 Kuwait 4.9% 2010 up 78.0% volatile
67 Jordan 4.4% 2010 up 77.8% volatile
68 Bahrain 4.3% 2010 up 134.6% volatile
69 Philippines 4.3% 2010 down 42.7% rising
70 Uruguay 3.9% 2010 up 52.2% rising
71 Italy 3.8% 2010 up 25.7% volatile
72 Belize 3.8% 2010 up 50.2% volatile
73 Sri Lanka 3.8% 2010 up 27.6% volatile
74 Nicaragua 3.6% 2010 up 79.1% rising
75 Syrian Arab Republic 3.5% 2010 up 82.1% volatile
76 Viet Nam 3.4% 2010 up 109.1% volatile
77 Romania 3.4% 2010 down 8.1% rising
78 Fiji 3.3% 2010 down 6.2% volatile
79 Tonga 2.9% 2010 up 32.6% rising
80 India 2.9% 2010 up 67.3% volatile
81 Honduras 2.8% 2010 up 298.6% volatile
82 Türkiye 2.7% 2010 up 49.5% volatile
83 Pakistan 2.6% 2010 up 96.3% volatile
84 El Salvador 2.5% 2010 up 113.6% volatile
85 Botswana 2.5% 2010 up 97.6% volatile
86 Bangladesh 2.4% 2010 up 115.3% volatile
87 Portugal 2.3% 2010 up 65.7% volatile
88 Egypt 2.0% 2010 up 27.5% volatile
89 Malaysia 1.9% 2010 up 240.0% volatile
90 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.9% 2010 up 66.1% volatile
91 Ecuador 1.7% 2010 down 43.3% volatile
91 Myanmar 1.7% 2010 up 259.6% volatile
93 Thailand 1.7% 2010 up 187.9% volatile
94 Indonesia 1.6% 2010 up 523.1% volatile
95 Liberia 1.5% 2010 up 55.1% rising
96 Namibia 1.5% 2010 up 115.7% rising
97 Afghanistan 1.4% 2010 up 88.3% volatile
98 Zambia 1.4% 2010 up 136.1% volatile
99 Gambia 1.4% 2010 up 164.8% volatile
100 Tunisia 1.4% 2010 up 211.4% volatile
101 Uganda 1.2% 2010 up 6.8% volatile
102 Iraq 1.2% 2010 up 45.2% volatile
103 China 1.1% 2010 up 8.6% volatile
103 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.1% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
105 Ghana 1.0% 2010 down 49.3% volatile
106 Dominican Republic 1.0% 2010 down 34.2% rising
107 Central African Republic 1.0% 2010 up 193.9% volatile
108 Côte d'Ivoire 0.9% 2010 up 63.2% volatile
109 Gabon 0.9% 2010 up 275.0% volatile
109 Nepal 0.9% 2010 up 95.7% volatile
109 Togo 0.9% 2010 up 164.7% volatile
112 Benin 0.8% 2010 up 140.0% volatile
112 Libya 0.8% 2010 up 265.2% volatile
114 Zimbabwe 0.8% 2010 up 58.3% rising
115 Mauritius 0.7% 2010 up 62.2% rising
116 Senegal 0.7% 2010 up 620.0% volatile
116 South Africa 0.7% 2010 up 20.0% rising
118 Haiti 0.7% 2010 up 73.2% volatile
119 Mali 0.7% 2010 up 737.5% volatile
120 Algeria 0.7% 2010 up 175.0% volatile
121 Kenya 0.6% 2010 up 15.4% rising
122 Barbados 0.6% 2010 up 1.8% rising
123 Morocco 0.5% 2010 up 1,225.0% volatile
124 Congo 0.4% 2010 up 207.7% volatile
125 Mauritania 0.4% 2010 up 153.3% volatile
125 Sudan 0.4% 2010 up 65.2% volatile
127 Cambodia 0.3% 2010 up 540.0% volatile
127 Lesotho 0.3% 2010 up 39.1% volatile
129 Malawi 0.3% 2010 up 63.2% volatile
129 Sierra Leone 0.3% 2010 up 24.0% volatile
129 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2010 up 342.9% volatile
132 Burundi 0.2% 2010 up 700.0% volatile
133 Cameroon 0.2% 2010 up 187.5% volatile
134 Albania 0.2% 2010 down 92.9% volatile
135 Guyana 0.1% 2010 down 57.1% volatile
135 Niger 0.1% 2010 up 87.5% rising
135 Rwanda 0.1% 2010 up 150.0% rising
138 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 160.0% volatile
138 Papua New Guinea 0.1% 2010 up 85.7% volatile
140 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 90.2% volatile
140 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
142 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0% 2010 unchanged flat
142 Maldives 0.0% 2010 up 50.0% flat
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of population age 70-74 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary