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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with no education by country

Percentage of population age 15-19 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
59.3%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
1.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 59.3% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.2%, and the mean is 7.8%.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 10,800.0%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 59.3% 2010 down 18.7% falling
2 Mali 56.6% 2010 down 23.4% falling
3 Vietnam 55.1% 2010 up 142.2% volatile
4 Central African Republic 52.8% 2010 up 6.7% falling
5 Mozambique 52.4% 2010 down 33.4% rising
6 Sudan 49.5% 2010 up 4.4% falling
7 Democratic Republic of Congo 45.2% 2010 up 3.0% falling
8 Papua New Guinea 39.7% 2010 up 37.8% falling
9 Afghanistan 37.2% 2010 down 24.3% falling
10 Senegal 35.2% 2010 down 36.6% falling
11 Sierra Leone 33.5% 2010 down 45.1% falling
12 Burundi 33.4% 2010 down 10.1% falling
13 Yemen 31.8% 2010 down 32.6% falling
14 Cameroon 30.4% 2010 up 30.6% falling
15 Gambia 28.8% 2010 down 47.3% falling
16 Liberia 28.4% 2010 down 48.0% falling
17 Pakistan 28.3% 2010 down 36.1% falling
18 Cote d'Ivoire 26.3% 2010 down 21.4% falling
19 Morocco 24.7% 2010 down 47.8% falling
20 Eswatini 24.6% 2010 up 99.4% volatile
21 Namibia 23.7% 2010 up 0.1% volatile
22 Rwanda 23.2% 2010 down 45.2% falling
23 Laos 23.0% 2010 down 10.8% falling
24 Benin 22.6% 2010 down 51.7% falling
25 Brunei 19.7% 2010 down 12.1% falling
26 Togo 13.1% 2010 down 40.9% volatile
27 Egypt 12.8% 2010 up 8.2% volatile
28 Congo 12.8% 2010 up 56.5% volatile
29 Iraq 12.4% 2010 down 8.7% volatile
30 Ghana 11.1% 2010 down 61.6% volatile
31 Jamaica 10.5% 2010 up 174.8% volatile
32 Algeria 8.3% 2010 up 15.4% volatile
33 India 8.1% 2010 down 64.4% volatile
34 Cambodia 7.4% 2010 down 66.8% falling
35 Nicaragua 6.9% 2010 down 65.9% falling
36 Kenya 6.8% 2010 down 52.7% volatile
37 Gabon 6.2% 2010 up 193.0% volatile
38 New Zealand 5.9% 2010 up 4,833.3% volatile
39 Sweden 5.8% 2010 up 38.1% rising
40 Switzerland 5.5% 2010 down 84.3% volatile
41 Nepal 5.3% 2010 down 79.9% volatile
42 Lesotho 4.3% 2010 down 73.6% falling
42 Syria 4.3% 2010 up 8.8% volatile
44 Panama 3.6% 2010 up 22.9% volatile
45 Slovenia 3.6% 2010 up 795.0% volatile
46 Germany 3.5% 2010 down 1.9% volatile
47 Mongolia 3.4% 2010 down 55.4% falling
48 Honduras 3.4% 2010 up 4.3% volatile
49 Luxembourg 3.1% 2010 down 70.9% volatile
50 Norway 3.0% 2010 — volatile
51 Bulgaria 2.9% 2010 down 4.2% volatile
52 Bahrain 2.8% 2010 up 0.7% volatile
53 Guatemala 2.8% 2010 down 85.4% volatile
53 Mauritania 2.8% 2010 down 89.7% falling
55 Thailand 2.5% 2010 down 56.8% volatile
56 Armenia 2.2% 2010 up 952.4% volatile
57 Barbados 2.2% 2010 up 10,800.0% volatile
58 Tunisia 2.0% 2010 down 76.0% volatile
59 El Salvador 1.8% 2010 down 83.7% volatile
60 Dominican Republic 1.8% 2010 up 785.0% volatile
61 Singapore 1.8% 2010 down 49.4% volatile
62 Malaysia 1.7% 2010 down 24.3% volatile
63 Zambia 1.7% 2010 down 80.4% volatile
64 Turkey 1.6% 2010 down 9.3% volatile
65 Venezuela 1.6% 2010 down 86.4% volatile
66 Maldives 1.6% 2010 unchanged volatile
66 Serbia 1.6% 2010 down 74.1% volatile
68 Latvia 1.5% 2010 up 425.0% volatile
69 Chile 1.4% 2010 up 47.9% volatile
70 Libya 1.4% 2010 down 78.6% volatile
71 Ecuador 1.3% 2010 down 88.3% falling
72 Philippines 1.3% 2010 down 65.9% volatile
73 Paraguay 1.2% 2010 down 58.5% volatile
74 Mexico 1.2% 2010 down 57.0% volatile
74 Qatar 1.2% 2010 down 87.9% volatile
76 Iceland 1.0% 2010 down 6.5% volatile
77 Albania 1.0% 2010 up 71.9% volatile
78 Romania 1.0% 2010 down 57.8% volatile
79 Colombia 0.9% 2010 down 88.6% volatile
80 Indonesia 0.9% 2010 down 88.9% volatile
81 Brazil 0.9% 2010 down 84.6% volatile
81 Jordan 0.9% 2010 down 89.1% volatile
83 Costa Rica 0.9% 2010 down 56.3% volatile
83 Japan 0.9% 2010 up 74.0% volatile
85 Slovakia 0.8% 2010 down 44.8% volatile
86 Guyana 0.8% 2010 down 82.8% volatile
87 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2010 down 75.0% volatile
88 Russia 0.7% 2010 up 32.0% volatile
89 Cuba 0.6% 2010 down 66.3% volatile
90 Hungary 0.6% 2010 up 5.3% volatile
91 Israel 0.5% 2010 down 93.9% volatile
92 China 0.5% 2010 down 54.8% volatile
93 Peru 0.5% 2010 down 83.2% volatile
94 Bolivia 0.4% 2010 down 78.1% volatile
95 Tonga 0.4% 2010 down 11.1% volatile
96 Moldova 0.4% 2010 down 89.3% volatile
97 South Africa 0.4% 2010 down 87.6% volatile
98 Malta 0.4% 2010 down 23.4% volatile
99 Estonia 0.3% 2010 up 70.0% volatile
99 Croatia 0.3% 2010 down 93.0% volatile
101 Belgium 0.3% 2010 up 52.4% volatile
102 Portugal 0.3% 2010 down 22.5% volatile
103 Argentina 0.3% 2010 down 63.9% volatile
104 Czechia 0.3% 2010 up 58.8% volatile
104 Spain 0.3% 2010 down 91.8% volatile
106 Fiji 0.3% 2010 down 65.8% volatile
107 France 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
107 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 26.5% volatile
109 Mauritius 0.2% 2010 down 72.0% volatile
110 Greece 0.2% 2010 down 85.9% volatile
110 Italy 0.2% 2010 down 75.0% falling
110 Kuwait 0.2% 2010 down 98.0% volatile
113 Uruguay 0.2% 2010 down 90.7% volatile
114 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2% 2010 down 92.1% volatile
115 United States 0.2% 2010 up 41.7% volatile
116 Ireland 0.1% 2010 down 97.9% volatile
117 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 61.8% volatile
118 Macao 0.1% 2010 up 20.0% volatile
119 Australia 0.1% 2010 down 54.2% volatile
120 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2010 down 97.5% volatile
120 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 54.5% volatile
120 Bangladesh 0.1% 2010 down 99.6% falling
120 Canada 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
120 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 54.5% volatile
120 Saudi Arabia 0.1% 2010 down 99.1% volatile
120 Tajikistan 0.1% 2010 down 28.6% volatile
120 Ukraine 0.1% 2010 down 75.0% volatile
120 Zimbabwe 0.1% 2010 down 91.5% volatile
129 Botswana 0.1% 2010 down 82.7% volatile
129 Myanmar 0.1% 2010 down 98.8% volatile
129 Malawi 0.1% 2010 down 99.5% volatile
129 Tanzania 0.1% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
133 Cyprus 0.1% 2010 down 68.0% volatile
133 Uganda 0.1% 2010 down 99.1% volatile
135 United Kingdom 0.1% 2010 down 95.9% volatile
135 Haiti 0.1% 2010 down 99.7% volatile
137 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 78.6% volatile
137 Iran 0.1% 2010 down 94.5% volatile
137 South Korea 0.1% 2010 down 45.5% volatile
140 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Hong Kong 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with no education
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 15-19 with no education