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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of population age 75+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
81.6%
El Salvador
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
30.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 81.6% in El Salvador; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 30.9%, and the mean is 31.9%.

Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 1,150.3%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 El Salvador 81.6% 2010 up 124.3% rising
2 Thailand 80.6% 2010 up 42.3% rising
3 Spain 76.0% 2010 up 114.7% rising
4 Trinidad and Tobago 74.5% 2010 up 0.8% flat
5 Uruguay 73.0% 2010 up 21.3% flat
6 Guyana 71.7% 2010 down 1.5% falling
7 Cyprus 70.3% 2010 up 80.9% rising
8 Paraguay 69.8% 2010 down 3.1% rising
9 Iceland 69.6% 2010 down 16.3% falling
10 Greece 67.8% 2010 up 64.6% rising
11 Fiji 65.4% 2010 up 24.3% rising
12 Lesotho 63.4% 2010 up 0.3% rising
13 Costa Rica 63.4% 2010 down 2.1% falling
14 Jamaica 62.8% 2010 down 7.4% falling
15 Serbia 62.7% 2010 up 11.1% rising
16 Ireland 62.7% 2010 up 15.1% falling
17 Malta 61.4% 2010 up 147.2% falling
18 Philippines 61.2% 2010 up 36.3% rising
19 Poland 58.4% 2010 up 2.1% falling
20 France 58.3% 2010 up 64.7% falling
21 Argentina 56.8% 2010 down 17.6% falling
22 Lithuania 55.4% 2010 up 28.6% rising
23 Colombia 55.0% 2010 down 2.4% rising
24 Ecuador 54.5% 2010 up 7.7% rising
25 Chile 53.4% 2010 up 6.6% falling
26 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 52.3% 2010 up 8.7% rising
27 Panama 52.1% 2010 up 1.6% rising
28 Peru 50.8% 2010 up 22.0% rising
29 Dominican Republic 50.4% 2010 down 44.4% rising
30 Mauritius 49.4% 2010 up 43.2% rising
31 Italy 48.2% 2010 down 4.3% falling
32 New Zealand 48.0% 2010 up 12.2% falling
33 Sweden 47.6% 2010 up 4.6% falling
34 Luxembourg 47.6% 2010 down 25.7% falling
35 Mexico 47.4% 2010 down 3.5% flat
36 Romania 46.5% 2010 up 0.8% falling
37 Zimbabwe 46.4% 2010 up 51.3% rising
38 Indonesia 45.5% 2010 up 44.5% volatile
39 Republic of Moldova 45.2% 2010 up 14.1% rising
40 Tonga 45.2% 2010 up 0.5% falling
41 Uganda 44.7% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
42 Türkiye 44.2% 2010 up 15.8% volatile
43 China 44.2% 2010 up 34.2% volatile
44 Portugal 43.1% 2010 down 11.2% rising
45 Belgium 43.0% 2010 down 10.9% falling
46 Mongolia 42.2% 2010 up 2.5% volatile
47 Austria 42.2% 2010 down 16.3% falling
48 Viet Nam 41.6% 2010 down 18.1% rising
49 Qatar 40.5% 2010 up 1,150.3% volatile
50 Zambia 39.9% 2010 down 0.5% rising
51 Albania 39.0% 2010 up 107.4% rising
52 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 39.0% 2010 down 45.7% falling
53 Honduras 38.8% 2010 up 0.5% rising
54 Hong Kong, China 38.2% 2010 up 116.1% rising
55 Republic of Korea 37.7% 2010 up 54.3% rising
56 Brazil 37.7% 2010 down 1.0% rising
57 Namibia 37.6% 2010 up 21.7% rising
58 Russian Federation 37.4% 2010 down 6.7% falling
59 Sri Lanka 37.2% 2010 up 30.4% falling
60 Mauritania 36.0% 2010 up 3.6% rising
61 Tajikistan 35.8% 2010 down 10.6% rising
62 Nicaragua 35.6% 2010 up 5.1% rising
63 Kazakhstan 35.2% 2010 down 17.8% rising
64 Croatia 34.1% 2010 down 28.4% falling
65 Malawi 33.7% 2010 up 14.6% rising
66 Kyrgyzstan 33.6% 2010 down 33.7% falling
67 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 33.1% 2010 up 33.5% rising
68 Denmark 32.4% 2010 down 37.0% falling
69 Japan 32.3% 2010 down 32.8% falling
70 Kuwait 32.1% 2010 up 94.0% volatile
71 Malaysia 32.0% 2010 up 272.7% rising
72 Syrian Arab Republic 31.1% 2010 down 20.0% rising
73 Cuba 30.7% 2010 down 4.4% falling
74 Brunei Darussalam 30.7% 2010 up 35.8% rising
75 Kenya 30.6% 2010 up 31.9% rising
76 Macau (China) 30.5% 2010 down 29.2% falling
77 Israel 29.9% 2010 down 25.7% falling
78 Guatemala 29.8% 2010 down 5.0% rising
79 Tanzania, United Republic of 28.8% 2010 down 0.1% rising
80 Armenia 27.9% 2010 down 12.2% falling
81 Cambodia 27.9% 2010 up 21.6% volatile
82 Jordan 27.1% 2010 up 55.2% volatile
83 Belize 26.6% 2010 down 46.7% falling
84 Saudi Arabia 25.8% 2010 down 4.1% rising
85 Botswana 25.6% 2010 up 22.3% rising
86 South Africa 24.9% 2010 up 17.9% rising
87 Myanmar 24.7% 2010 up 19.8% rising
88 Netherlands 24.5% 2010 down 15.4% falling
89 Ukraine 24.4% 2010 up 114.1% volatile
90 Lao People's Democratic Republic 24.1% 2010 up 38.9% rising
91 Canada 23.6% 2010 down 23.2% falling
92 Barbados 22.7% 2010 up 48.2% falling
93 Haiti 22.4% 2010 up 8.6% volatile
94 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21.6% 2010 up 35.5% volatile
95 Cameroon 21.6% 2010 up 34.7% rising
96 Bangladesh 20.8% 2010 down 9.0% rising
97 Latvia 20.1% 2010 down 32.1% falling
98 Estonia 19.6% 2010 down 13.1% falling
99 United Arab Emirates 18.8% 2010 up 38.3% volatile
100 Libya 18.5% 2010 up 49.9% rising
101 Bulgaria 18.1% 2010 down 74.9% falling
102 Slovenia 16.9% 2010 down 5.2% falling
103 Egypt 16.4% 2010 up 2.9% volatile
104 Sudan 14.9% 2010 up 5.2% rising
105 Congo 14.1% 2010 up 69.9% rising
106 Iran, Islamic Republic of 13.2% 2010 down 5.6% volatile
107 Australia 12.6% 2010 down 22.4% volatile
108 Tunisia 12.2% 2010 up 76.6% rising
109 Gabon 11.7% 2010 up 34.2% rising
110 India 11.6% 2010 down 0.6% falling
111 Maldives 11.5% 2010 up 94.9% falling
112 Rwanda 11.1% 2010 up 121.4% volatile
113 Burundi 10.4% 2010 up 132.7% rising
114 Algeria 10.3% 2010 up 24.1% falling
115 Central African Republic 10.0% 2010 up 8.4% rising
116 Pakistan 10.0% 2010 up 91.6% volatile
117 Niger 9.3% 2010 up 1.3% rising
118 Singapore 8.1% 2010 down 20.8% volatile
119 Eswatini 8.0% 2010 down 35.6% rising
120 Ghana 7.8% 2010 up 152.4% flat
121 Côte d'Ivoire 7.7% 2010 up 28.5% rising
122 Bahrain 6.5% 2010 up 30.5% volatile
123 Benin 6.3% 2010 up 50.2% falling
123 Liberia 6.3% 2010 up 20.9% rising
125 Nepal 6.0% 2010 down 0.7% volatile
126 Togo 5.5% 2010 down 28.6% rising
127 Senegal 5.2% 2010 down 60.6% volatile
128 Mozambique 5.0% 2010 up 30.9% falling
129 Papua New Guinea 5.0% 2010 down 1.2% rising
130 Hungary 4.8% 2010 down 71.5% volatile
130 Mali 4.8% 2010 up 76.3% volatile
132 United States of America 4.6% 2010 down 18.5% volatile
133 Iraq 4.3% 2010 up 111.9% volatile
134 Switzerland 4.0% 2010 down 87.0% falling
135 Afghanistan 4.0% 2010 up 70.5% volatile
136 Sierra Leone 3.2% 2010 down 5.1% rising
137 Morocco 3.1% 2010 up 70.2% rising
138 Slovakia 3.0% 2010 down 89.5% falling
139 Germany 2.0% 2010 down 95.2% falling
140 Gambia 1.5% 2010 down 0.7% rising
141 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 83.7% volatile
142 Norway 0.1% 2010 down 99.8% volatile
143 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)
Unit
Incomplete and 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)