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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
86.3%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
19.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 86.3% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.5%, and the mean is 24.4%.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Czechia (up 7,150.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 86.3% 2010 up 11.6% rising
2 Uganda 82.8% 2010 down 2.6% rising
3 Haiti 79.8% 2010 up 68.0% rising
4 Lesotho 79.3% 2010 up 76.0% falling
5 Mauritania 77.3% 2010 up 38.0% rising
6 Tanzania, United Republic of 74.0% 2010 down 3.5% rising
7 Ecuador 73.0% 2010 up 121.0% falling
8 Kenya 72.8% 2010 up 25.9% rising
9 Guatemala 68.0% 2010 up 14.0% rising
10 Cambodia 66.0% 2010 down 0.5% rising
11 Myanmar 63.9% 2010 down 12.5% rising
12 Kuwait 61.0% 2010 up 149.5% rising
13 Liberia 60.7% 2010 up 99.2% rising
14 Namibia 57.4% 2010 down 4.7% rising
15 Austria 56.7% 2010 up 3.9% falling
16 El Salvador 56.1% 2010 up 10.7% flat
17 Nepal 53.2% 2010 up 21.4% volatile
18 Côte d'Ivoire 53.0% 2010 up 17.0% rising
19 Senegal 52.2% 2010 up 31.5% rising
20 Sudan 48.5% 2010 up 6.3% rising
21 Burundi 48.1% 2010 down 13.5% rising
21 Zimbabwe 48.1% 2010 up 43.9% falling
23 Rwanda 47.1% 2010 up 5.3% rising
24 Uruguay 44.6% 2010 up 38.7% falling
25 Papua New Guinea 43.5% 2010 down 33.3% rising
26 Algeria 43.3% 2010 down 24.4% rising
27 Paraguay 42.6% 2010 down 41.1% falling
28 Costa Rica 41.0% 2010 up 0.3% falling
29 Syrian Arab Republic 38.7% 2010 down 56.2% rising
30 Lithuania 38.5% 2010 down 3.2% volatile
31 Honduras 38.4% 2010 down 34.7% falling
32 Eswatini 37.9% 2010 down 24.6% falling
33 Libya 37.0% 2010 up 5.5% falling
34 Bangladesh 37.0% 2010 up 56.4% rising
35 Brazil 36.5% 2010 down 19.3% falling
36 Nicaragua 35.4% 2010 down 3.4% falling
37 Germany 34.4% 2010 down 61.7% flat
38 Indonesia 33.2% 2010 down 59.5% falling
39 Afghanistan 32.8% 2010 up 19.5% rising
40 Luxembourg 32.2% 2010 down 0.6% falling
41 Cameroon 30.8% 2010 down 31.7% rising
42 Benin 30.3% 2010 up 18.8% rising
43 Mozambique 30.2% 2010 up 63.0% falling
44 Lao People's Democratic Republic 29.6% 2010 down 24.4% falling
45 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 29.4% 2010 up 22.7% falling
46 Congo 29.4% 2010 down 37.7% falling
47 Yemen 29.4% 2010 up 27.1% volatile
48 Argentina 29.2% 2010 down 25.9% falling
49 Panama 28.7% 2010 up 12.4% falling
50 Niger 28.5% 2010 up 37.3% volatile
51 Central African Republic 27.7% 2010 down 15.6% volatile
52 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 27.2% 2010 down 25.3% falling
53 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 25.1% 2010 down 24.3% falling
54 Ireland 24.6% 2010 up 85.7% volatile
55 Togo 24.5% 2010 down 36.6% rising
56 Kyrgyzstan 24.2% 2010 down 57.2% falling
57 Maldives 24.1% 2010 down 58.7% rising
58 Peru 23.9% 2010 up 44.1% falling
59 Poland 23.5% 2010 down 69.7% falling
60 Morocco 23.3% 2010 up 23.4% rising
61 Portugal 23.2% 2010 up 76.7% falling
62 Pakistan 22.4% 2010 up 26.0% rising
63 Dominican Republic 21.3% 2010 down 9.3% falling
64 Guyana 21.2% 2010 down 33.9% falling
65 Estonia 21.0% 2010 down 29.0% falling
66 Malta 20.8% 2010 up 3.3% volatile
67 Spain 20.7% 2010 down 37.0% falling
68 Australia 20.5% 2010 down 28.7% volatile
69 Mali 19.9% 2010 up 12.4% rising
70 Republic of Moldova 19.9% 2010 up 124.0% volatile
71 Belgium 19.8% 2010 up 112.1% falling
72 Bahrain 19.6% 2010 down 13.7% falling
73 Netherlands 19.3% 2010 down 36.3% volatile
74 Iraq 19.1% 2010 down 50.3% rising
75 South Africa 19.0% 2010 down 31.9% falling
76 Zambia 18.8% 2010 down 74.2% falling
77 India 18.2% 2010 down 10.6% falling
78 Saudi Arabia 17.6% 2010 down 50.6% falling
79 Philippines 17.5% 2010 down 22.5% falling
80 Ghana 17.2% 2010 down 30.1% falling
81 Tajikistan 16.5% 2010 up 16.0% falling
82 Gambia 16.1% 2010 up 36.4% volatile
83 Macau, China 15.8% 2010 down 54.4% falling
84 Sierra Leone 15.8% 2010 down 5.3% volatile
85 Brunei Darussalam 15.7% 2010 down 29.9% falling
86 Qatar 15.5% 2010 down 55.6% falling
87 Ukraine 15.4% 2010 up 133.3% volatile
88 Fiji 15.3% 2010 up 7.5% volatile
89 Gabon 14.8% 2010 down 67.0% falling
90 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.5% 2010 down 28.5% volatile
91 Tunisia 13.2% 2010 down 57.7% falling
92 Mongolia 12.8% 2010 down 54.8% volatile
93 Thailand 12.7% 2010 down 46.1% falling
94 United Arab Emirates 12.6% 2010 down 37.7% falling
94 Mexico 12.6% 2010 down 50.0% falling
96 Greece 11.7% 2010 down 0.3% volatile
97 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.9% 2010 down 59.6% falling
98 Egypt 10.8% 2010 down 25.5% falling
99 Switzerland 10.4% 2010 down 81.7% volatile
100 Romania 10.3% 2010 down 23.0% falling
101 Czechia 10.2% 2010 up 7,150.0% volatile
102 Jordan 10.0% 2010 down 35.8% falling
103 Colombia 9.3% 2010 down 71.1% falling
104 Iceland 9.0% 2010 down 75.9% falling
105 Türkiye 8.9% 2010 down 74.2% falling
106 Belize 8.4% 2010 down 78.6% falling
107 Slovakia 8.2% 2010 down 88.2% falling
108 Russian Federation 7.8% 2010 up 45.0% falling
109 Israel 7.8% 2010 down 85.2% rising
110 United States of America 7.4% 2010 up 1,114.8% volatile
111 Bulgaria 7.4% 2010 down 89.9% falling
111 Latvia 7.4% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
113 Viet Nam 7.1% 2010 down 86.6% falling
114 Kazakhstan 7.0% 2010 up 234.0% volatile
115 Cyprus 6.7% 2010 up 63.4% volatile
116 China 6.5% 2010 down 52.3% falling
117 Chile 6.5% 2010 down 62.6% volatile
118 Albania 5.3% 2010 down 65.6% falling
119 Armenia 4.6% 2010 down 31.5% falling
120 Hungary 4.5% 2010 down 21.9% volatile
121 Botswana 4.3% 2010 up 401.2% volatile
122 Cuba 4.0% 2010 down 61.8% volatile
123 Mauritius 3.9% 2010 down 86.4% falling
124 Malaysia 3.8% 2010 down 32.2% volatile
125 Trinidad and Tobago 3.0% 2010 down 71.7% volatile
126 France 2.8% 2010 down 82.5% volatile
127 Canada 2.6% 2010 down 17.1% volatile
128 Sri Lanka 2.5% 2010 down 43.3% volatile
129 Japan 2.4% 2010 down 6.7% volatile
130 Croatia 2.3% 2010 down 95.0% falling
131 Italy 1.7% 2010 down 37.4% volatile
132 Singapore 1.6% 2010 down 56.3% falling
133 Tonga 1.5% 2010 down 86.7% volatile
134 Slovenia 1.2% 2010 up 46.2% volatile
135 Serbia 0.8% 2010 down 98.8% falling
136 Sweden 0.2% 2010 down 88.3% volatile
137 Hong Kong, China 0.1% 2010 down 99.0% volatile
138 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2010 down 23.1% volatile
139 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 down 98.9% volatile
140 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 98.5% volatile
140 Jamaica 0.0% 2010 down 99.3% volatile
142 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% volatile
143 Denmark 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Primary
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 primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)