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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary by country

Percentage of population age 75+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary

Countries reporting
142
Highest
61.4%
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
11.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 61.4% in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.5%, and the mean is 15.5%.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 2,237.5%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with primary schooling. Co: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Trinidad and Tobago 61.4% 2010 up 1.0% rising
2 France 55.7% 2010 up 89.4% rising
3 Colombia 55.0% 2010 up 150.5% volatile
4 Greece 48.5% 2010 up 65.2% rising
5 Iceland 48.4% 2010 down 14.9% flat
6 Poland 47.6% 2010 up 11.9% rising
7 Lithuania 44.4% 2010 up 24.6% falling
8 Malta 43.9% 2010 up 149.9% rising
9 Ireland 43.6% 2010 up 17.1% falling
10 Guyana 42.1% 2010 down 1.5% falling
11 Spain 41.5% 2010 up 100.6% rising
12 Uruguay 40.9% 2010 up 0.8% rising
13 Argentina 39.8% 2010 up 0.9% rising
14 Albania 37.5% 2010 up 245.8% volatile
15 Cyprus 34.0% 2010 up 133.3% rising
16 Italy 33.6% 2010 down 30.7% rising
17 New Zealand 33.4% 2010 up 14.3% falling
18 South Korea 33.4% 2010 up 50.9% rising
19 Sweden 33.1% 2010 up 6.4% falling
20 Luxembourg 33.1% 2010 down 24.4% rising
21 Venezuela 29.4% 2010 up 34.2% volatile
22 Austria 29.4% 2010 down 14.8% falling
23 Jamaica 28.8% 2010 up 0.7% rising
24 Tonga 28.7% 2010 up 19.3% rising
25 Turkey 28.6% 2010 up 12.6% volatile
26 Croatia 27.9% 2010 down 11.2% rising
27 United Kingdom 27.1% 2010 down 44.8% falling
28 Belgium 26.8% 2010 down 15.6% falling
29 Portugal 26.5% 2010 down 9.3% rising
30 Belize 26.4% 2010 down 46.4% falling
31 Ecuador 24.6% 2010 up 3.8% rising
32 Costa Rica 24.0% 2010 down 14.4% rising
33 Fiji 23.4% 2010 up 57.3% volatile
34 Panama 23.2% 2010 up 18.1% rising
35 Tajikistan 22.9% 2010 down 10.6% rising
36 Denmark 22.5% 2010 down 35.9% falling
37 Japan 22.5% 2010 down 31.6% falling
37 Philippines 22.5% 2010 up 36.3% rising
39 Sri Lanka 22.3% 2010 up 29.7% rising
40 Armenia 22.2% 2010 down 12.2% falling
41 Israel 22.2% 2010 down 44.7% falling
42 Peru 22.0% 2010 up 39.4% rising
43 Moldova 20.8% 2010 up 24.1% rising
44 Kyrgyzstan 20.6% 2010 down 20.4% rising
45 Netherlands 20.3% 2010 down 30.0% falling
46 Mongolia 19.4% 2010 up 11.4% volatile
47 Vietnam 19.1% 2010 down 11.0% rising
48 Bangladesh 19.1% 2010 down 11.5% rising
49 Ukraine 18.9% 2010 up 115.4% falling
50 Estonia 18.7% 2010 down 13.9% falling
51 Chile 18.7% 2010 up 56.1% falling
52 Brazil 18.7% 2010 up 1.1% rising
53 El Salvador 18.6% 2010 up 265.7% volatile
54 Hong Kong 18.1% 2010 up 125.4% rising
55 Russia 17.2% 2010 up 1.4% falling
56 Serbia 17.1% 2010 down 0.4% flat
57 Mauritania 16.5% 2010 up 12.7% rising
58 Indonesia 16.2% 2010 up 58.1% volatile
59 Kazakhstan 16.2% 2010 down 10.7% rising
60 Paraguay 16.0% 2010 down 13.5% rising
61 Zimbabwe 15.6% 2010 down 16.9% volatile
62 Mexico 15.0% 2010 up 3.1% rising
63 Slovenia 14.8% 2010 down 1.9% falling
64 Thailand 14.8% 2010 up 753.8% volatile
65 Macao 14.7% 2010 down 17.6% falling
66 Cuba 14.3% 2010 down 4.4% falling
67 China 13.8% 2010 up 94.5% volatile
68 Jordan 13.2% 2010 up 55.2% volatile
69 Brunei 12.2% 2010 up 45.5% rising
70 Saudi Arabia 12.0% 2010 down 4.1% rising
71 Bulgaria 11.6% 2010 down 70.2% volatile
72 Malaysia 11.5% 2010 up 318.5% rising
73 Laos 11.1% 2010 up 51.0% rising
74 Namibia 10.5% 2010 up 35.8% volatile
75 Cameroon 9.9% 2010 up 46.5% volatile
76 Kuwait 9.6% 2010 up 111.0% volatile
77 Botswana 8.8% 2010 up 29.1% volatile
78 Canada 8.7% 2010 down 23.2% falling
79 Honduras 8.7% 2010 up 15.5% rising
80 Latvia 8.6% 2010 up 9.8% falling
81 Tanzania 8.6% 2010 down 0.1% rising
82 Nicaragua 8.3% 2010 up 6.3% flat
83 Syria 8.2% 2010 up 187.5% volatile
84 Zambia 8.2% 2010 down 0.5% volatile
85 Barbados 8.2% 2010 up 41.3% volatile
86 Iran 7.9% 2010 down 10.3% volatile
87 Pakistan 7.8% 2010 up 68.0% volatile
88 Egypt 7.5% 2010 up 11.9% volatile
89 Myanmar 7.1% 2010 up 15.7% rising
90 Cambodia 7.0% 2010 up 98.3% volatile
91 Australia 6.4% 2010 down 33.4% volatile
92 Mauritius 6.4% 2010 down 24.9% volatile
93 Guatemala 6.3% 2010 down 30.3% rising
94 Kenya 5.6% 2010 up 31.0% rising
95 Qatar 5.6% 2010 up 2,237.5% volatile
96 Tunisia 5.6% 2010 up 92.1% volatile
98 Dominican Republic 5.5% 2010 down 37.0% volatile
99 Gabon 5.4% 2010 up 46.1% rising
100 Sudan 4.9% 2010 up 43.3% volatile
101 Burundi 4.8% 2010 up 153.7% volatile
102 Hungary 4.6% 2010 down 71.8% volatile
104 Niger 4.3% 2010 up 10.1% rising
105 Democratic Republic of Congo 4.1% 2010 up 21.2% volatile
106 Congo 4.0% 2010 up 105.2% rising
107 United Arab Emirates 3.9% 2010 up 118.5% volatile
108 Singapore 3.7% 2010 down 13.8% volatile
109 Liberia 3.7% 2010 up 25.0% rising
110 Libya 3.6% 2010 up 90.0% volatile
111 Ghana 3.6% 2010 up 174.8% rising
112 India 3.5% 2010 up 11.3% flat
113 Cote d'Ivoire 3.5% 2010 up 39.7% volatile
114 Haiti 3.4% 2010 up 1.2% rising
115 Lesotho 3.2% 2010 up 29.4% flat
116 Malawi 3.0% 2010 up 29.4% volatile
117 Bahrain 2.9% 2010 up 18.7% rising
118 Benin 2.9% 2010 up 63.8% rising
119 United States 2.9% 2010 down 20.6% volatile
120 Switzerland 2.8% 2010 down 86.8% falling
121 Algeria 2.8% 2010 up 12.0% rising
122 Romania 2.7% 2010 up 4.6% falling
123 Senegal 2.6% 2010 down 70.8% volatile
124 Mozambique 2.3% 2010 up 42.6% falling
125 Sierra Leone 2.1% 2010 down 4.0% falling
126 Eswatini 2.1% 2010 down 28.5% volatile
127 Slovakia 2.1% 2010 down 89.3% falling
128 Iraq 2.0% 2010 up 130.6% volatile
129 Bolivia 1.9% 2010 down 82.6% falling
130 Nepal 1.9% 2010 down 0.5% volatile
131 Togo 1.9% 2010 down 11.5% rising
131 Uganda 1.9% 2010 down 94.0% volatile
133 Germany 1.4% 2010 down 95.1% falling
134 Maldives 1.3% 2010 down 30.4% falling
135 Rwanda 1.3% 2010 up 74.7% volatile
136 Morocco 1.2% 2010 up 66.7% rising
137 Papua New Guinea 1.0% 2010 down 2.0% rising
138 Mali 0.7% 2010 up 89.2% volatile
139 Gambia 0.5% 2010 up 1.9% rising
140 Afghanistan 0.2% 2010 up 142.9% volatile
141 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 83.1% volatile
142 Norway 0.1% 2010 down 99.8% volatile
143 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with primary schooling. 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 75+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary