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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
44.6%
United States
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
5.7%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 44.6% in United States; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.7%, and the mean is 8.2%.

Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 1,440.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 44.6% 2010 up 29.2% rising
2 Russia 42.2% 2010 up 88.4% volatile
3 Israel 36.6% 2010 up 252.4% volatile
4 Canada 34.7% 2010 up 176.9% volatile
5 Ukraine 34.0% 2010 up 87.3% volatile
6 Australia 29.7% 2010 up 143.7% rising
7 Estonia 28.6% 2010 up 57.7% volatile
8 New Zealand 24.2% 2010 down 6.5% volatile
9 Switzerland 22.1% 2010 up 93.2% volatile
10 Ireland 22.0% 2010 up 138.9% volatile
11 Finland 21.8% 2010 up 97.6% volatile
12 Sweden 21.3% 2010 up 58.7% volatile
13 Norway 20.8% 2010 up 83.5% volatile
14 Germany 20.7% 2010 up 68.4% volatile
15 Armenia 19.0% 2010 up 60.8% rising
16 Netherlands 18.3% 2010 up 53.1% volatile
17 Belgium 17.9% 2010 up 97.1% volatile
18 Luxembourg 17.7% 2010 up 183.2% volatile
19 Lithuania 16.7% 2010 up 95.7% volatile
20 Bulgaria 16.2% 2010 up 54.7% volatile
21 Bolivia 16.0% 2010 up 187.3% volatile
22 Latvia 15.4% 2010 up 40.9% volatile
23 Slovenia 14.9% 2010 up 84.6% volatile
24 Serbia 14.6% 2010 up 1,020.8% volatile
25 Mongolia 14.5% 2010 up 137.5% volatile
26 United Kingdom 14.1% 2010 up 8.1% volatile
27 Croatia 14.0% 2010 up 144.9% volatile
28 Denmark 13.4% 2010 up 51.9% rising
29 Kyrgyzstan 13.4% 2010 up 70.4% rising
30 Austria 13.4% 2010 up 210.0% volatile
31 Hungary 13.3% 2010 up 64.6% volatile
32 Cyprus 13.2% 2010 up 121.3% volatile
33 Qatar 13.1% 2010 up 216.9% volatile
34 Kazakhstan 13.0% 2010 up 79.1% volatile
35 Philippines 12.8% 2010 down 42.8% rising
36 France 12.2% 2010 up 42.9% volatile
37 Moldova 12.1% 2010 up 107.4% volatile
38 Poland 12.0% 2010 up 56.4% volatile
39 Brunei 11.5% 2010 up 103.7% volatile
40 United Arab Emirates 11.5% 2010 up 192.9% volatile
41 Japan 11.5% 2010 up 43.4% volatile
42 Peru 11.2% 2010 up 22.9% volatile
43 Spain 11.2% 2010 up 137.2% volatile
44 Slovakia 11.0% 2010 down 8.4% volatile
45 Panama 10.8% 2010 up 40.2% volatile
46 Costa Rica 10.6% 2010 up 78.8% volatile
47 Iran 10.6% 2010 up 96.8% volatile
48 Greece 10.4% 2010 up 125.2% volatile
49 Tajikistan 10.3% 2010 up 135.8% volatile
50 Czechia 10.2% 2010 up 19.1% volatile
51 Chile 9.6% 2010 down 21.7% volatile
52 South Korea 9.3% 2010 up 82.1% volatile
53 Argentina 9.3% 2010 up 76.9% volatile
54 Iceland 8.1% 2010 up 17.6% volatile
55 Trinidad and Tobago 8.0% 2010 up 118.3% volatile
56 Jamaica 7.9% 2010 up 39.3% volatile
57 Saudi Arabia 7.7% 2010 up 16.4% volatile
58 Colombia 7.7% 2010 up 220.5% volatile
59 Macao 7.7% 2010 up 86.6% volatile
60 Singapore 7.5% 2010 up 235.6% volatile
61 Mexico 7.4% 2010 up 130.7% volatile
62 Malta 7.1% 2010 up 89.8% volatile
63 Cuba 7.0% 2010 up 230.0% volatile
64 Kuwait 7.0% 2010 up 79.2% volatile
65 Uruguay 6.6% 2010 up 49.7% rising
66 Brazil 6.6% 2010 up 200.9% volatile
66 Venezuela 6.6% 2010 up 45.5% volatile
68 Hong Kong 6.4% 2010 up 81.6% rising
69 Jordan 6.2% 2010 up 72.8% volatile
70 South Africa 6.1% 2010 up 22.9% volatile
71 Paraguay 6.0% 2010 up 64.4% volatile
72 Italy 5.8% 2010 up 24.0% volatile
73 Belize 5.5% 2010 up 51.1% volatile
74 Sri Lanka 5.4% 2010 up 28.3% volatile
75 Syria 5.1% 2010 up 83.5% volatile
76 Portugal 5.0% 2010 up 76.8% volatile
77 Vietnam 4.9% 2010 up 110.2% volatile
78 Romania 4.9% 2010 down 7.8% rising
79 Fiji 4.8% 2010 down 5.5% volatile
80 Bahrain 4.5% 2010 up 135.9% volatile
81 El Salvador 4.2% 2010 up 89.2% volatile
82 Tonga 4.2% 2010 up 33.3% rising
82 Turkey 4.2% 2010 up 47.5% volatile
84 India 4.1% 2010 up 67.8% volatile
85 Malaysia 4.0% 2010 up 214.0% volatile
86 Honduras 4.0% 2010 up 301.0% volatile
87 Dominican Republic 3.9% 2010 down 14.3% volatile
88 Nicaragua 3.6% 2010 up 72.2% rising
89 Botswana 3.6% 2010 up 97.8% volatile
90 Bangladesh 3.4% 2010 up 115.7% volatile
91 Pakistan 3.0% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
92 Egypt 2.9% 2010 up 28.4% rising
93 Myanmar 2.4% 2010 up 262.7% volatile
94 Indonesia 2.3% 2010 up 529.7% volatile
95 Ecuador 2.3% 2010 down 43.4% volatile
96 Namibia 2.2% 2010 up 118.0% rising
97 Thailand 2.1% 2010 up 145.3% volatile
98 Afghanistan 2.1% 2010 up 90.0% volatile
99 Zambia 2.1% 2010 up 135.2% volatile
100 Liberia 2.1% 2010 up 54.9% rising
101 Gambia 2.0% 2010 up 162.8% volatile
102 Tunisia 2.0% 2010 up 206.2% volatile
103 Uganda 1.8% 2010 up 7.1% volatile
104 Mauritius 1.8% 2010 up 93.5% rising
105 Iraq 1.8% 2010 up 45.5% volatile
106 Laos 1.6% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
107 China 1.6% 2010 up 9.3% volatile
108 Ghana 1.5% 2010 down 49.0% volatile
109 Central African Republic 1.4% 2010 up 195.7% volatile
110 Cote d'Ivoire 1.3% 2010 up 62.2% volatile
111 Gabon 1.3% 2010 up 282.4% volatile
111 Nepal 1.3% 2010 up 97.0% volatile
111 Togo 1.3% 2010 up 165.3% volatile
114 Libya 1.2% 2010 up 266.7% volatile
115 Benin 1.2% 2010 up 140.0% volatile
116 Haiti 1.1% 2010 up 98.2% volatile
116 Zimbabwe 1.1% 2010 up 58.0% rising
118 Senegal 1.0% 2010 up 642.9% volatile
119 Mali 1.0% 2010 up 781.8% volatile
120 Algeria 1.0% 2010 up 182.4% volatile
121 Kenya 0.9% 2010 up 16.2% rising
122 Barbados 0.8% 2010 up 1.3% rising
123 Morocco 0.8% 2010 up 1,440.0% volatile
124 Congo 0.7% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
125 Mauritania 0.6% 2010 up 150.0% volatile
125 Sudan 0.6% 2010 up 66.7% volatile
127 Cambodia 0.5% 2010 up 557.1% volatile
128 Lesotho 0.5% 2010 up 40.6% volatile
128 Tanzania 0.5% 2010 up 350.0% volatile
130 Sierra Leone 0.4% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
131 Malawi 0.4% 2010 up 65.2% volatile
132 Burundi 0.3% 2010 up 580.0% volatile
133 Cameroon 0.3% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
133 Rwanda 0.3% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
135 Albania 0.3% 2010 down 92.7% volatile
136 Niger 0.2% 2010 up 100.0% rising
136 Papua New Guinea 0.2% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
138 Guyana 0.2% 2010 down 58.0% rising
139 Mozambique 0.2% 2010 up 171.4% volatile
140 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1% 2010 unchanged flat
140 Maldives 0.1% 2010 down 50.0% rising
140 Eswatini 0.1% 2010 down 90.6% volatile
140 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 70-74 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
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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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)