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

Percentage of population age 75+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
40.1%
United States
Lowest
0.0%
Togo
Median
3.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 40.1% in United States; the lowest is 0.0% in Togo.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.6%, and the mean is 5.7%.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 40.1% 2010 up 16.1% rising
2 Australia 29.4% 2010 up 203.2% rising
3 Estonia 28.6% 2010 up 285.3% volatile
4 Russia 28.2% 2010 up 25.8% volatile
5 Israel 27.6% 2010 up 183.6% rising
6 Canada 23.9% 2010 up 90.5% rising
7 Ukraine 19.1% 2010 up 32.4% volatile
8 New Zealand 18.1% 2010 down 15.7% volatile
9 Luxembourg 17.7% 2010 up 248.3% volatile
10 United Kingdom 16.2% 2010 up 24.4% volatile
11 Switzerland 14.7% 2010 up 137.7% rising
12 Ireland 14.2% 2010 up 93.6% volatile
13 Germany 14.2% 2010 up 63.1% rising
14 Denmark 13.3% 2010 up 70.4% rising
15 Hungary 13.3% 2010 up 262.6% volatile
16 Sweden 12.7% 2010 down 5.4% rising
17 Armenia 12.6% 2010 up 6.5% rising
18 Bulgaria 12.4% 2010 up 74.9% volatile
19 Finland 12.3% 2010 up 11.4% rising
20 Norway 12.0% 2010 up 49.1% volatile
21 Netherlands 11.8% 2010 down 0.8% rising
22 Philippines 11.8% 2010 down 47.0% rising
23 Belgium 11.1% 2010 up 35.4% volatile
24 Latvia 11.0% 2010 up 41.1% rising
25 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.6% 2010 up 96.5% volatile
26 Lithuania 10.3% 2010 up 166.6% volatile
27 Czechia 10.2% 2010 up 63.3% volatile
28 Mongolia 9.7% 2010 up 58.7% volatile
29 Austria 9.7% 2010 up 122.9% volatile
30 Kazakhstan 9.4% 2010 up 29.8% volatile
31 Argentina 9.3% 2010 up 76.9% volatile
32 Slovenia 8.7% 2010 up 7.0% volatile
33 Croatia 8.6% 2010 up 68.5% volatile
34 Costa Rica 8.4% 2010 up 93.4% volatile
35 Poland 8.4% 2010 up 74.9% volatile
36 Republic of Moldova 7.8% 2010 up 58.8% rising
37 Saudi Arabia 7.7% 2010 up 16.4% volatile
38 Macau, China 7.7% 2010 up 86.6% volatile
39 United Arab Emirates 7.5% 2010 up 103.8% volatile
40 Kyrgyzstan 7.4% 2010 up 10.6% rising
41 Iceland 7.4% 2010 up 48.6% volatile
42 France 7.0% 2010 down 14.2% volatile
43 Kuwait 7.0% 2010 up 79.2% volatile
44 Chile 6.9% 2010 down 44.1% volatile
45 Malta 6.6% 2010 up 97.6% rising
46 Japan 6.6% 2010 up 2.2% rising
47 Korea 6.5% 2010 up 147.2% volatile
47 Panama 6.5% 2010 down 14.7% volatile
49 Spain 6.4% 2010 up 74.0% volatile
50 Jordan 6.2% 2010 up 79.4% volatile
51 Slovak Republic 6.1% 2010 down 48.8% volatile
52 Greece 6.0% 2010 up 45.4% volatile
53 Jamaica 6.0% 2010 up 61.7% volatile
54 Peru 5.8% 2010 down 37.1% volatile
55 Trinidad and Tobago 5.7% 2010 up 112.3% volatile
56 Brunei Darussalam 5.7% 2010 up 92.2% volatile
57 Uruguay 5.5% 2010 up 16.8% rising
58 Cyprus 5.4% 2010 down 9.0% volatile
59 Sri Lanka 5.4% 2010 up 58.5% volatile
60 Qatar 5.1% 2010 up 39.8% rising
61 Viet Nam 4.9% 2010 up 105.0% volatile
62 Tajikistan 4.8% 2010 up 8.7% rising
63 Fiji 4.7% 2010 down 22.9% volatile
63 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.7% 2010 down 1.9% volatile
65 Dominican Republic 4.6% 2010 up 0.4% volatile
66 Bahrain 4.5% 2010 up 135.9% volatile
67 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.4% 2010 down 56.7% volatile
68 Brazil 4.3% 2010 up 120.5% volatile
69 Mexico 4.2% 2010 up 31.1% rising
70 Romania 4.1% 2010 down 5.3% rising
71 South Africa 3.9% 2010 up 14.7% volatile
72 Singapore 3.7% 2010 up 158.0% volatile
73 Italy 3.5% 2010 down 21.8% rising
74 Portugal 3.4% 2010 up 46.8% rising
75 Colombia 3.4% 2010 up 41.0% rising
76 Paraguay 3.4% 2010 down 7.2% volatile
77 India 3.3% 2010 up 37.6% volatile
78 Egypt 3.0% 2010 up 26.2% rising
79 Pakistan 3.0% 2010 up 126.7% volatile
80 Hong Kong, China 2.9% 2010 down 19.2% rising
81 Belize 2.6% 2010 up 3.6% volatile
82 Cuba 2.5% 2010 up 16.4% rising
83 Nicaragua 2.4% 2010 up 11.7% rising
84 Türkiye 2.3% 2010 down 14.3% volatile
85 Uganda 2.1% 2010 up 74.8% volatile
86 Thailand 2.1% 2010 up 145.3% volatile
87 Bangladesh 1.9% 2010 down 3.5% volatile
88 Iraq 1.9% 2010 up 87.4% volatile
89 Botswana 1.8% 2010 up 244.2% volatile
89 Syrian Arab Republic 1.8% 2010 down 35.6% volatile
91 Mauritius 1.8% 2010 up 89.4% rising
92 El Salvador 1.8% 2010 down 7.4% rising
93 Tonga 1.4% 2010 down 52.5% rising
94 Malaysia 1.4% 2010 down 89.8% volatile
95 Liberia 1.3% 2010 down 9.7% rising
96 Afghanistan 1.2% 2010 up 73.1% volatile
97 Gambia 1.1% 2010 up 44.9% volatile
98 Côte d'Ivoire 1.1% 2010 up 55.7% volatile
99 China (People’s Republic of) 1.1% 2010 down 28.7% volatile
100 Namibia 1.0% 2010 up 108.0% falling
101 Barbados 1.0% 2010 down 15.6% rising
102 Zambia 1.0% 2010 up 14.8% volatile
103 Myanmar 1.0% 2010 up 79.6% rising
104 Indonesia 1.0% 2010 up 159.5% volatile
104 Mali 1.0% 2010 up 1,500.0% volatile
106 Libya 0.9% 2010 up 308.7% volatile
107 Ghana 0.9% 2010 down 73.5% volatile
108 Serbia 0.9% 2010 down 87.5% volatile
109 Kenya 0.9% 2010 up 38.7% rising
110 Haiti 0.8% 2010 up 112.5% rising
111 Nepal 0.8% 2010 up 19.7% volatile
112 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.8% 2010 up 181.5% volatile
113 Tunisia 0.7% 2010 up 7.8% rising
114 Algeria 0.7% 2010 up 112.5% volatile
115 Honduras 0.7% 2010 down 32.3% rising
115 Zimbabwe 0.7% 2010 up 182.6% volatile
117 Central African Republic 0.6% 2010 up 103.2% volatile
118 Lesotho 0.6% 2010 up 93.8% volatile
119 Guyana 0.6% 2010 up 20.0% rising
120 Senegal 0.6% 2010 up 383.3% volatile
121 Gabon 0.6% 2010 up 64.7% rising
122 Sudan 0.5% 2010 up 56.2% volatile
123 Benin 0.5% 2010 up 390.0% volatile
124 Congo 0.5% 2010 up 152.6% volatile
124 Sierra Leone 0.5% 2010 up 29.7% volatile
126 Ecuador 0.4% 2010 down 89.5% volatile
127 Albania 0.3% 2010 down 87.1% volatile
128 Cameroon 0.2% 2010 up 108.3% volatile
128 Malawi 0.2% 2010 up 92.3% volatile
130 Mauritania 0.2% 2010 up 91.7% volatile
131 Niger 0.2% 2010 up 53.8% rising
132 Rwanda 0.1% 2010 down 6.7% rising
133 Papua New Guinea 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
134 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 71.4% volatile
134 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2010 up 20.0% rising
136 Burundi 0.1% 2010 up 120.0% volatile
137 Morocco 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
137 Eswatini 0.1% 2010 down 90.5% volatile
137 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
140 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.1% 2010 unchanged falling
140 Maldives 0.1% 2010 down 50.0% rising
142 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Cambodia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Togo 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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