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

Percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
63.8%
Czechia
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
7.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 63.8% in Czechia; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.2%, and the mean is 11.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,127.

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 753.3%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 91.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 63.8% 2010 up 44.2% volatile
2 Switzerland 51.4% 2010 up 305.0% rising
3 United States of America 45.1% 2010 down 1.9% rising
4 Germany 45.0% 2010 up 204.3% volatile
5 Norway 41.9% 2010 up 255.1% volatile
6 Slovenia 40.8% 2010 up 14.3% volatile
7 Armenia 40.0% 2010 up 6.6% rising
8 Latvia 35.1% 2010 up 19.9% volatile
9 Slovakia 34.9% 2010 up 334.0% volatile
10 Kazakhstan 34.6% 2010 up 69.7% volatile
11 Estonia 32.1% 2010 down 7.3% volatile
12 Hungary 31.9% 2010 down 22.5% volatile
13 Poland 31.3% 2010 up 30.0% volatile
14 Sweden 31.2% 2010 down 4.8% rising
15 Australia 29.6% 2010 down 28.5% rising
16 Japan 27.0% 2010 up 126.8% volatile
17 Tajikistan 26.8% 2010 up 8.6% volatile
18 Kyrgyzstan 26.4% 2010 up 224.4% volatile
19 Denmark 26.1% 2010 up 31.4% volatile
20 Bulgaria 26.0% 2010 up 605.4% volatile
21 Netherlands 25.3% 2010 down 8.0% volatile
22 South Africa 24.2% 2010 up 29.9% volatile
23 Israel 22.9% 2010 down 33.3% rising
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 22.9% 2010 up 652.6% volatile
25 Croatia 22.1% 2010 up 175.0% volatile
26 Canada 21.4% 2010 up 7.2% rising
27 Barbados 20.9% 2010 up 15.7% volatile
28 Austria 20.3% 2010 down 32.5% rising
29 Argentina 20.2% 2010 up 72.8% volatile
30 Ukraine 19.2% 2010 down 40.6% volatile
31 Luxembourg 18.1% 2010 up 13.5% rising
32 Belgium 17.8% 2010 up 43.9% volatile
33 Lithuania 17.4% 2010 up 42.1% volatile
34 Mongolia 17.0% 2010 up 64.5% volatile
35 France 16.9% 2010 down 12.7% volatile
36 Macau, China 16.2% 2010 up 180.2% volatile
37 Albania 16.1% 2010 down 4.4% volatile
38 Chile 15.9% 2010 down 10.5% rising
39 Finland 15.5% 2010 up 222.1% volatile
40 Republic of Moldova 15.4% 2010 up 77.3% volatile
41 Tonga 15.1% 2010 up 195.3% volatile
42 Mauritius 14.8% 2010 down 42.6% volatile
43 Romania 13.7% 2010 up 69.6% volatile
44 Viet Nam 13.7% 2010 up 149.4% volatile
45 Bangladesh 13.5% 2010 down 47.5% volatile
46 Iceland 12.5% 2010 up 112.9% volatile
47 Cyprus 11.7% 2010 up 23.8% volatile
48 Jamaica 10.9% 2010 up 37.8% volatile
49 Belize 10.7% 2010 up 468.6% volatile
50 Sri Lanka 10.7% 2010 down 34.9% volatile
51 Trinidad and Tobago 10.5% 2010 up 90.5% volatile
52 Russian Federation 10.4% 2010 down 15.0% volatile
53 Ireland 10.3% 2010 down 11.8% rising
54 Bahrain 9.9% 2010 up 139.8% volatile
54 Panama 9.9% 2010 down 0.2% rising
56 Republic of Korea 9.7% 2010 up 173.0% volatile
57 Peru 9.6% 2010 down 20.3% rising
58 New Zealand 9.3% 2010 down 62.5% falling
59 Iran, Islamic Republic of 9.3% 2010 up 105.8% volatile
60 Greece 9.2% 2010 up 29.2% volatile
60 Zimbabwe 9.2% 2010 up 100.2% volatile
62 Qatar 8.9% 2010 up 69.4% volatile
63 Cuba 8.7% 2010 up 16.1% rising
64 United Arab Emirates 8.7% 2010 up 51.2% volatile
65 Italy 8.6% 2010 up 21.1% rising
66 Saudi Arabia 8.5% 2010 up 16.4% rising
67 Serbia 8.4% 2010 up 49.0% volatile
68 Hong Kong, China 8.1% 2010 up 49.4% rising
69 Kuwait 8.1% 2010 up 42.4% volatile
70 Philippines 7.9% 2010 down 45.7% rising
71 Singapore 7.8% 2010 down 8.5% volatile
72 India 7.3% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
73 Brazil 7.2% 2010 up 126.6% volatile
74 Fiji 6.9% 2010 down 44.6% volatile
75 Jordan 6.6% 2010 up 46.1% volatile
76 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 6.6% 2010 up 78.3% volatile
77 Pakistan 6.2% 2010 up 108.4% volatile
78 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.1% 2010 down 86.8% volatile
79 Ghana 6.0% 2010 up 102.4% volatile
80 Costa Rica 5.9% 2010 up 27.7% volatile
81 Uruguay 5.8% 2010 down 46.1% volatile
82 Colombia 5.7% 2010 up 0.4% rising
83 Brunei Darussalam 5.5% 2010 up 96.8% volatile
84 Guatemala 5.4% 2010 up 38.7% rising
85 Paraguay 5.4% 2010 up 6.3% rising
86 Dominican Republic 5.0% 2010 up 277.3% volatile
87 Egypt 4.9% 2010 up 64.7% volatile
88 Malta 4.7% 2010 down 77.6% rising
89 China 4.6% 2010 up 60.0% volatile
90 Namibia 4.6% 2010 up 70.7% rising
91 Malaysia 4.2% 2010 down 91.5% volatile
92 Guyana 4.2% 2010 up 28.7% rising
93 Spain 4.1% 2010 up 18.7% volatile
94 Haiti 4.1% 2010 up 31.4% rising
95 Honduras 4.0% 2010 down 1.7% rising
96 Ecuador 3.8% 2010 down 40.8% rising
97 Botswana 3.7% 2010 up 117.8% volatile
98 Nicaragua 3.4% 2010 up 6.3% rising
99 Thailand 3.4% 2010 up 179.2% volatile
100 Türkiye 3.3% 2010 up 16.4% rising
101 Liberia 3.2% 2010 down 15.5% rising
102 Mexico 3.1% 2010 down 2.5% rising
103 Indonesia 2.6% 2010 up 44.2% volatile
104 Uganda 2.3% 2010 down 6.1% volatile
105 Libya 2.3% 2010 up 227.1% volatile
106 El Salvador 2.3% 2010 up 22.0% rising
107 Morocco 2.0% 2010 up 41.7% rising
108 Gambia 2.0% 2010 up 41.1% volatile
109 Iraq 2.0% 2010 up 160.5% volatile
110 Portugal 1.9% 2010 down 58.4% rising
110 Syrian Arab Republic 1.9% 2010 up 328.9% volatile
112 Lesotho 1.9% 2010 down 45.9% volatile
113 Cameroon 1.6% 2010 up 146.2% volatile
114 Togo 1.5% 2010 up 32.4% volatile
115 Sierra Leone 1.4% 2010 up 12.3% rising
115 Zambia 1.4% 2010 up 19.1% volatile
117 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.4% 2010 up 97.1% volatile
118 Tunisia 1.3% 2010 down 3.7% rising
119 Mali 1.3% 2010 up 753.3% volatile
120 Myanmar 1.2% 2010 up 28.9% rising
121 Benin 1.0% 2010 up 121.3% volatile
122 Côte d'Ivoire 1.0% 2010 up 57.8% volatile
122 Papua New Guinea 1.0% 2010 up 173.0% volatile
124 Kenya 1.0% 2010 up 43.5% volatile
125 Eswatini 0.9% 2010 down 10.6% rising
126 Congo 0.9% 2010 up 119.0% rising
127 Gabon 0.8% 2010 up 63.5% volatile
128 Nepal 0.8% 2010 up 31.7% rising
129 Sudan 0.7% 2010 up 53.3% rising
130 Malawi 0.7% 2010 up 51.1% volatile
131 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5% 2010 up 24.4% rising
132 Algeria 0.5% 2010 up 38.9% volatile
132 Cambodia 0.5% 2010 down 29.6% volatile
134 Central African Republic 0.5% 2010 up 11.4% volatile
135 Burundi 0.5% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
136 Afghanistan 0.4% 2010 up 95.2% volatile
137 Mauritania 0.4% 2010 up 135.3% volatile
138 Rwanda 0.4% 2010 up 48.0% rising
139 Senegal 0.3% 2010 up 10.3% volatile
140 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2010 up 31.8% rising
141 Mozambique 0.2% 2010 up 81.8% volatile
142 Maldives 0.1% 2010 down 48.3% volatile
143 Niger 0.1% 2010 up 30.0% rising
144 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary
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 75+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary