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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education by country

Percentage of population age 75+ with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
99.8%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
34.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ 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 34.2%, and the mean is 39.5%.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 9,946.9%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 99.8% 2010 down 0.0% flat
2 Mozambique 94.5% 2010 down 1.5% flat
3 Afghanistan 94.0% 2010 down 2.6% flat
4 Senegal 93.6% 2010 up 10.0% rising
5 Sierra Leone 93.4% 2010 down 0.4% flat
6 Papua New Guinea 92.9% 2010 down 1.2% flat
7 Morocco 92.9% 2010 down 2.4% flat
8 Mali 92.5% 2010 down 4.6% flat
9 Benin 90.3% 2010 down 4.3% flat
10 Niger 90.3% 2010 down 0.3% flat
11 Nepal 90.0% 2010 down 0.7% falling
12 Iraq 90.0% 2010 down 5.7% falling
13 Gambia 89.9% 2010 down 1.4% falling
14 Togo 89.0% 2010 up 1.0% falling
15 Burundi 88.6% 2010 down 6.9% flat
16 Central African Republic 88.4% 2010 down 1.3% falling
17 Maldives 88.1% 2010 down 0.0% rising
18 Rwanda 88.1% 2010 down 6.6% falling
19 Côte d’Ivoire 88.0% 2010 down 3.6% falling
20 Liberia 88.0% 2010 up 0.9% flat
21 Algeria 87.9% 2010 down 3.0% flat
22 Gabon 86.0% 2010 down 4.2% flat
23 Eswatini 85.3% 2010 up 4.4% falling
24 Tunisia 84.7% 2010 down 5.8% falling
25 Sudan 82.8% 2010 down 1.8% falling
26 Congo 82.4% 2010 down 8.5% falling
27 Pakistan 76.9% 2010 down 12.5% falling
28 Libya 76.3% 2010 down 11.4% falling
29 Democratic Republic of the Congo 75.7% 2010 down 8.3% falling
30 Bahrain 75.3% 2010 down 13.1% falling
31 Cameroon 75.0% 2010 down 9.0% falling
32 Singapore 73.6% 2010 down 3.2% falling
33 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 73.0% 2010 down 10.4% falling
34 India 72.7% 2010 down 4.3% falling
35 Ghana 72.0% 2010 down 16.5% falling
36 Egypt 71.1% 2010 down 5.8% falling
37 Myanmar 71.1% 2010 down 6.8% falling
38 Tanzania 70.5% 2010 down 0.1% falling
39 Cambodia 69.8% 2010 down 6.3% falling
40 Haiti 69.0% 2010 down 5.9% falling
41 Kenya 66.0% 2010 down 10.5% falling
42 Malawi 64.4% 2010 down 7.4% falling
43 Syrian Arab Republic 63.1% 2010 up 12.9% falling
44 Mauritania 63.0% 2010 down 2.7% falling
45 Guatemala 62.5% 2010 up 0.5% falling
46 United Arab Emirates 61.0% 2010 down 17.9% falling
47 Malaysia 59.5% 2010 up 894.8% falling
48 Botswana 57.6% 2010 down 17.5% falling
49 Zambia 56.6% 2010 down 0.5% falling
50 Iran 56.3% 2010 down 19.6% falling
51 Honduras 55.8% 2010 up 1.4% falling
52 Nicaragua 55.7% 2010 down 4.5% falling
53 Bolivia 54.4% 2010 up 833.3% falling
54 Namibia 53.5% 2010 down 16.1% falling
55 Brunei Darussalam 52.9% 2010 down 22.9% falling
56 Bangladesh 52.6% 2010 up 55.5% falling
57 Jordan 51.2% 2010 down 26.8% falling
58 Saudi Arabia 51.1% 2010 down 4.1% falling
59 Uganda 48.6% 2010 up 223.4% falling
60 Indonesia 48.1% 2010 down 24.0% falling
61 Türkiye 47.4% 2010 down 12.1% falling
62 Portugal 47.1% 2010 up 13.7% falling
63 Cuba 44.3% 2010 down 4.4% rising
64 Brazil 44.1% 2010 down 17.4% falling
65 Hong Kong (China) 43.9% 2010 down 35.0% falling
66 Kuwait 42.6% 2010 down 37.4% falling
67 China (People’s Republic of) 40.7% 2010 down 26.0% falling
68 Qatar 39.9% 2010 down 52.9% falling
69 Mexico 39.8% 2010 up 1.7% falling
70 Ecuador 38.2% 2010 up 13.6% falling
71 Korea 36.6% 2010 down 43.6% falling
72 South Africa 35.2% 2010 up 364.6% falling
73 Venezuela 33.1% 2010 down 17.9% falling
74 Lesotho 32.7% 2010 up 1.1% falling
75 Dominican Republic 32.1% 2010 up 9,946.9% volatile
76 Peru 31.1% 2010 down 12.2% falling
77 Mauritius 29.4% 2010 up 446.1% falling
78 Macau (China) 28.8% 2010 down 30.4% falling
79 Colombia 28.7% 2010 down 5.3% falling
80 Italy 27.7% 2010 up 0.5% rising
81 Albania 27.6% 2010 up 1,448.3% volatile
82 Zimbabwe 26.3% 2010 up 673.2% volatile
83 Panama 25.8% 2010 up 7.8% falling
84 Mongolia 23.4% 2010 down 27.7% volatile
85 Serbia 19.9% 2010 down 20.5% falling
86 Guyana 19.6% 2010 down 1.6% falling
87 Costa Rica 19.3% 2010 down 14.9% falling
88 Paraguay 19.2% 2010 up 9.6% falling
89 Fiji 16.9% 2010 down 23.8% falling
90 Sri Lanka 15.2% 2010 down 44.7% falling
91 Malta 14.9% 2010 down 56.7% falling
92 Philippines 13.0% 2010 up 83.6% volatile
93 Greece 12.8% 2010 down 69.7% falling
94 Kyrgyzstan 12.5% 2010 down 42.7% falling
95 Ukraine 12.2% 2010 down 29.0% falling
96 Thailand 12.2% 2010 down 68.9% volatile
97 Chile 12.1% 2010 up 20.6% falling
98 Israel 11.9% 2010 up 173.1% volatile
99 Moldova 10.8% 2010 down 70.1% falling
100 Viet Nam 10.4% 2010 down 64.7% falling
101 Jamaica 10.0% 2010 down 13.9% volatile
102 Croatia 9.7% 2010 down 52.1% falling
103 Spain 9.4% 2010 down 80.6% falling
104 Romania 8.8% 2010 down 20.1% volatile
105 Trinidad and Tobago 8.7% 2010 down 36.5% falling
106 Belgium 8.1% 2010 up 2.4% volatile
107 El Salvador 7.4% 2010 down 87.1% falling
108 Uruguay 7.1% 2010 down 3.2% volatile
109 Cyprus 6.7% 2010 down 83.1% falling
110 Russia 5.5% 2010 down 9.0% volatile
111 Bulgaria 4.9% 2010 down 37.8% volatile
112 Tajikistan 4.4% 2010 down 10.6% volatile
113 Switzerland 3.5% 2010 down 91.4% volatile
114 France 3.0% 2010 down 49.4% volatile
115 Australia 3.0% 2010 up 7.7% rising
116 Armenia 2.8% 2010 down 12.5% volatile
117 Tonga 2.8% 2010 down 15.3% volatile
118 Sweden 2.4% 2010 up 8.9% rising
119 Argentina 2.4% 2010 down 73.4% falling
120 Canada 2.1% 2010 down 23.1% falling
121 Germany 1.9% 2010 down 81.3% volatile
122 Poland 1.6% 2010 down 87.8% volatile
123 Ireland 1.5% 2010 down 89.0% volatile
124 Slovenia 1.5% 2010 down 5.0% volatile
125 Denmark 1.4% 2010 up 163.6% volatile
126 Norway 1.3% 2010 up 309.4% volatile
127 United States 1.0% 2010 up 4.3% volatile
128 Slovak Republic 0.7% 2010 down 72.2% rising
129 Iceland 0.6% 2010 down 10.1% falling
130 Latvia 0.6% 2010 down 55.6% volatile
131 Luxembourg 0.4% 2010 down 39.3% volatile
132 Belize 0.3% 2010 down 98.5% falling
133 Japan 0.2% 2010 down 43.2% volatile
134 Estonia 0.2% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
135 Hungary 0.1% 2010 down 74.6% volatile
136 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 98.5% volatile
137 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 up 10.0% volatile
138 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 11.1% volatile
139 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 93.9% volatile
140 Barbados 0.0% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
141 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 United Kingdom 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
141 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ 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 75+ with no education