Population aged 65 and above, above primary education (% of population with high edcuation) by country

Countries reporting
108
Highest
0.3%
Finland
Lowest
0.0%
Djibouti
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,455

What the numbers show

Population aged 65 and above, above primary education (% of population with high edcuation) is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 0.3% in Finland; the lowest is 0.0% in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 79.

Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 1,289.2%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 62.5%).

Population aged 65 and above, above primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 0.3% 2016 up 48.7% rising
2 Bulgaria 0.3% 2016 up 58.7% rising
3 Latvia 0.3% 2016 up 52.3% rising
4 Estonia 0.3% 2016 up 44.0% rising
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3% 2016 up 25.1% rising
6 Norway 0.3% 2016 up 24.4% rising
7 Slovenia 0.3% 2016 up 73.9% rising
8 Croatia 0.3% 2016 up 42.2% rising
9 Hungary 0.3% 2016 up 67.2% rising
10 Germany 0.2% 2011 up 22.3% rising
11 Netherlands 0.2% 2016 up 72.5% rising
12 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 up 93.3% rising
13 Sweden 0.2% 2016 up 112.6% rising
14 Slovakia 0.2% 2016 up 45.3% rising
15 Czechia 0.2% 2016 up 25.5% rising
16 Georgia 0.2% 2020 up 27.4% rising
17 United States of America 0.2% 2018 up 29.5% rising
18 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 up 95.6% rising
19 Armenia 0.2% 2020 up 54.1% rising
20 Poland 0.2% 2019 up 80.6% rising
21 Austria 0.2% 2003 down 0.7% flat
22 Belarus 0.2% 2019 up 81.9% rising
23 Niger 0.2% 2018 up 1,289.2% volatile
24 France 0.2% 2016 up 70.2% rising
25 Iceland 0.2% 2015 up 33.1% rising
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2% 2019 up 96.2% rising
27 Serbia 0.2% 2018 up 16.4% rising
28 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 77.5% rising
29 Luxembourg 0.2% 2016 up 32.8% rising
30 Denmark 0.2% 2016 down 15.9% falling
31 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 43.8% rising
32 Russian Federation 0.1% 2019 up 74.7% rising
33 Ukraine 0.1% 2014 down 15.1% falling
34 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 80.7% rising
35 Albania 0.1% 2019 up 134.8% volatile
36 Montenegro 0.1% 2013 up 263.1% rising
37 Malta 0.1% 2016 up 43.6% rising
38 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 up 141.6% rising
39 Spain 0.1% 2016 up 88.6% rising
40 Belgium 0.1% 2003 up 9.5% rising
41 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2018 up 44.8% rising
42 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 up 29.0% rising
43 North Macedonia 0.1% 2020 up 63.5% rising
44 Portugal 0.1% 2016 up 79.8% rising
45 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 up 230.8% volatile
46 Argentina 0.1% 2021 down 16.7% falling
47 Romania 0.1% 2018 down 19.7% rising
48 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 up 68.4% rising
49 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 77.4% rising
50 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 up 54.2% rising
51 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2017 up 83.2% rising
52 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 up 89.5% rising
53 Kosovo 0.1% 2017 up 43.8% rising
53 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.1% 2017 up 43.8% rising
55 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 95.7% rising
56 Mongolia 0.1% 2021 up 37.3% rising
57 Peru 0.1% 2021 up 53.6% rising
58 Mexico 0.1% 2020 up 58.6% rising
59 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 123.9% rising
60 Senegal 0.1% 2018 up 308.1% volatile
61 Brazil 0.1% 2021 up 40.5% rising
62 Mauritius 0.1% 2017 up 116.1% rising
63 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 78.6% rising
64 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2011 up 86.1% rising
65 China 0.0% 2013 up 147.2% rising
66 Thailand 0.0% 2021 up 110.1% volatile
67 El Salvador 0.0% 2019 up 89.5% rising
68 South Africa 0.0% 2020 up 30.0% rising
69 Philippines 0.0% 2019 up 44.9% rising
70 Ecuador 0.0% 2021 up 14.4% rising
71 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0% 2021 up 15.9% rising
72 India 0.0% 2019 up 45.6% rising
73 Ghana 0.0% 2016 up 26.0% rising
74 Honduras 0.0% 2019 up 133.9% rising
75 Tunisia 0.0% 2015 up 62.6% volatile
76 Jordan 0.0% 2016 up 157.6% rising
77 Guatemala 0.0% 2019 up 151.8% rising
78 Tajikistan 0.0% 2013 up 45.7% rising
79 Türkiye 0.0% 2019 up 57.7% rising
80 Cambodia 0.0% 2012 up 185.2% rising
81 Bangladesh 0.0% 2016 up 74.2% rising
82 Paraguay 0.0% 2021 up 47.4% volatile
83 Uganda 0.0% 2016 up 55.3% rising
84 Indonesia 0.0% 2019 up 70.6% rising
85 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2013 up 38.2% rising
86 Nigeria 0.0% 2018 up 16.8% rising
87 Pakistan 0.0% 2020 up 27.7% rising
88 Namibia 0.0% 2015 up 1.0% rising
89 Mali 0.0% 2018 up 166.7% falling
90 Belize 0.0% 1999 down 16.4% flat
91 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2017 up 147.6% rising
92 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2020 up 87.7% rising
93 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0% 2006 up 73.2% rising
94 Guinea 0.0% 2018 up 88.3% rising
95 Egypt 0.0% 2019 up 6.9% rising
96 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2018 up 38.7% rising
97 Nicaragua 0.0% 2014 down 12.1% rising
98 Zambia 0.0% 2015 up 24.9% rising
99 Malawi 0.0% 2019 up 14.5% rising
100 Gambia 0.0% 2020 up 77.5% rising
101 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 down 33.3% rising
102 Nepal 0.0% 2014 up 78.2% rising
103 Morocco 0.0% 2013 up 69.2% rising
104 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 144.5% rising
105 Togo 0.0% 2018 up 29.6% rising
106 Rwanda 0.0% 2021 up 797.7% rising
107 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 down 62.5% volatile
108 Djibouti 0.0% 2017 up 3.2% rising

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Indicator
Population aged 65 and above, above primary education (% of population with high edcuation)
Unit
% of population with high edcuation
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,455 data points, 1970–2021
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