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

Percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
90.2%
Slovakia
Lowest
0.1%
Yemen
Median
14.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 90.2% in Slovakia; the lowest is 0.1% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.0%, and the mean is 22.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,503.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 510.4%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 94.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Slovakia 90.2% 2010 up 59.0% volatile
2 Czechia 89.6% 2010 down 2.7% volatile
3 Finland 87.7% 2010 up 510.4% volatile
4 Norway 86.6% 2010 up 137.9% volatile
5 Germany 82.0% 2010 up 110.8% volatile
6 Hungary 81.8% 2010 up 3.7% volatile
7 Switzerland 77.8% 2010 up 247.9% rising
8 Barbados 76.2% 2010 down 8.5% volatile
9 Slovenia 73.0% 2010 up 0.6% rising
10 Belize 70.5% 2010 up 130.9% volatile
11 Latvia 68.3% 2010 up 11.5% volatile
12 Bulgaria 64.5% 2010 up 408.8% volatile
13 Netherlands 63.6% 2010 up 13.6% volatile
14 Japan 60.8% 2010 up 35.1% volatile
15 Armenia 56.7% 2010 up 6.6% rising
16 Kazakhstan 55.3% 2010 up 36.7% volatile
17 Australia 55.1% 2010 down 22.8% rising
18 Tajikistan 55.0% 2010 up 8.6% volatile
19 United States of America 54.3% 2010 down 7.7% rising
20 Denmark 52.9% 2010 up 31.4% volatile
21 Estonia 51.6% 2010 down 26.0% volatile
22 Tonga 50.6% 2010 up 3.8% rising
23 Canada 50.4% 2010 down 6.6% rising
24 Austria 48.1% 2010 up 6.4% rising
25 Croatia 47.6% 2010 up 76.1% volatile
26 Kyrgyzstan 46.5% 2010 up 123.0% volatile
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 44.8% 2010 up 197.1% rising
28 Ukraine 44.3% 2010 down 21.9% volatile
29 Viet Nam 43.0% 2010 up 149.4% volatile
30 Sri Lanka 42.2% 2010 up 4.3% rising
31 Romania 40.6% 2010 up 5.9% volatile
32 Belgium 37.9% 2010 up 6.0% volatile
33 Sweden 37.2% 2010 down 4.0% rising
34 Republic of Moldova 36.1% 2010 up 88.0% rising
35 South Africa 36.0% 2010 down 47.0% rising
36 Luxembourg 34.3% 2010 up 13.5% rising
37 Lithuania 34.3% 2010 up 58.4% volatile
38 New Zealand 33.8% 2010 down 5.3% rising
39 Albania 33.2% 2010 down 57.1% volatile
40 Macau, China 33.1% 2010 up 187.7% volatile
41 France 31.7% 2010 down 37.3% volatile
42 Poland 31.6% 2010 up 28.7% rising
43 Argentina 31.5% 2010 up 86.1% rising
44 Israel 30.6% 2010 down 33.0% rising
45 Russian Federation 28.9% 2010 down 8.4% volatile
46 Chile 27.6% 2010 up 0.1% rising
47 Zimbabwe 26.7% 2010 down 59.4% volatile
48 Mongolia 24.6% 2010 up 21.6% volatile
49 Bangladesh 24.6% 2010 down 40.4% volatile
50 Cuba 22.5% 2010 up 16.1% rising
51 Iceland 22.4% 2010 up 100.1% volatile
52 Ireland 21.6% 2010 down 10.6% rising
53 Jamaica 21.2% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
54 Italy 20.5% 2010 up 17.4% rising
55 Iran, Islamic Republic of 19.9% 2010 up 87.9% volatile
56 Mauritius 19.4% 2010 down 67.1% volatile
57 Ghana 19.2% 2010 up 167.8% volatile
58 Republic of Korea 19.2% 2010 up 139.2% volatile
59 Kuwait 18.3% 2010 up 59.2% volatile
60 Cyprus 17.5% 2010 up 15.2% rising
61 Malta 17.1% 2010 down 54.2% volatile
62 Serbia 16.5% 2010 up 42.3% rising
63 Panama 15.6% 2010 down 9.2% rising
64 Jordan 15.4% 2010 up 69.8% volatile
65 Saudi Arabia 15.4% 2010 up 16.4% rising
66 Hong Kong, China 15.1% 2010 up 33.9% rising
67 Botswana 15.1% 2010 up 71.5% volatile
68 Singapore 14.6% 2010 up 19.0% volatile
69 Uruguay 14.5% 2010 down 48.1% volatile
70 Qatar 14.5% 2010 up 72.3% volatile
71 China 14.0% 2010 up 32.8% volatile
72 Philippines 14.0% 2010 down 45.7% rising
73 Brazil 13.9% 2010 up 111.5% volatile
74 Bahrain 13.7% 2010 up 111.9% volatile
75 Greece 13.4% 2010 up 8.7% volatile
76 Fiji 13.0% 2010 down 32.0% volatile
77 Dominican Republic 12.9% 2010 up 185.0% rising
78 Colombia 12.9% 2010 up 18.1% rising
79 United Arab Emirates 12.7% 2010 up 51.3% volatile
80 India 12.4% 2010 up 24.6% volatile
81 Peru 12.3% 2010 down 10.5% rising
82 Trinidad and Tobago 11.1% 2010 up 14.5% rising
83 Brunei Darussalam 10.8% 2010 up 83.0% rising
84 Pakistan 10.1% 2010 up 81.7% volatile
85 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 9.9% 2010 up 46.2% rising
86 Egypt 9.5% 2010 up 53.2% volatile
87 El Salvador 9.3% 2010 up 108.1% rising
88 Costa Rica 8.9% 2010 up 8.0% volatile
89 Mexico 8.6% 2010 up 0.6% rising
90 Spain 8.2% 2010 down 34.2% volatile
91 Guyana 8.1% 2010 up 19.6% rising
92 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8.0% 2010 down 86.4% volatile
93 Namibia 7.8% 2010 up 63.3% falling
94 Haiti 7.7% 2010 up 36.7% rising
95 Paraguay 7.7% 2010 up 12.4% rising
96 Guatemala 7.7% 2010 up 47.1% rising
97 Gambia 7.5% 2010 up 14.3% rising
98 Malaysia 7.2% 2010 down 90.1% volatile
99 Ecuador 6.9% 2010 down 41.6% rising
100 Eswatini 6.7% 2010 up 26.2% rising
101 Portugal 6.3% 2010 down 17.2% rising
102 Nicaragua 6.3% 2010 up 11.7% rising
103 Türkiye 6.0% 2010 up 16.6% rising
104 Togo 5.5% 2010 up 47.3% volatile
105 Indonesia 5.5% 2010 up 12.1% volatile
106 Thailand 5.2% 2010 up 50.6% volatile
107 Honduras 4.7% 2010 down 11.6% rising
108 Uganda 4.6% 2010 down 50.5% volatile
109 Libya 4.2% 2010 up 234.6% volatile
110 Liberia 4.1% 2010 down 32.5% rising
111 Syrian Arab Republic 4.0% 2010 up 61.9% volatile
112 Morocco 4.0% 2010 up 32.2% rising
113 Iraq 3.9% 2010 up 142.1% volatile
114 Lesotho 3.3% 2010 down 20.0% volatile
114 Myanmar 3.3% 2010 up 24.6% falling
116 Côte d'Ivoire 3.2% 2010 up 56.6% volatile
117 Nepal 3.2% 2010 up 20.8% volatile
118 Cameroon 3.1% 2010 up 129.4% volatile
119 Congo 3.1% 2010 up 103.3% volatile
120 Sierra Leone 2.9% 2010 up 16.5% rising
121 Benin 2.9% 2010 up 120.8% volatile
122 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.7% 2010 up 83.4% volatile
123 Zambia 2.5% 2010 up 15.0% volatile
124 Kenya 2.5% 2010 up 3.4% rising
124 Tunisia 2.5% 2010 down 5.4% rising
126 Cambodia 2.3% 2010 down 9.2% volatile
127 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.1% 2010 up 139.1% volatile
128 Papua New Guinea 2.0% 2010 up 154.5% volatile
129 Mali 1.8% 2010 up 483.3% volatile
130 Sudan 1.7% 2010 up 52.6% rising
131 Gabon 1.7% 2010 up 52.3% volatile
131 Malawi 1.7% 2010 up 76.6% volatile
133 Algeria 1.1% 2010 up 44.0% rising
134 Central African Republic 1.0% 2010 up 3.2% volatile
135 Burundi 0.9% 2010 up 180.6% volatile
136 Afghanistan 0.8% 2010 up 88.4% volatile
137 Mauritania 0.8% 2010 up 113.9% volatile
138 Rwanda 0.7% 2010 up 40.4% rising
139 Senegal 0.6% 2010 down 59.7% volatile
140 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.6% 2010 up 21.7% rising
141 Mozambique 0.4% 2010 up 65.2% volatile
142 Maldives 0.3% 2010 down 94.9% volatile
143 Niger 0.2% 2010 up 19.0% rising
144 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising

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