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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
30.9%
Cuba
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
0.3%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 30.9% in Cuba; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 3.2%.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 56,766.7%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with tertiary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cuba 30.9% 2010 — volatile
2 Armenia 25.1% 2010 — volatile
3 Republic of Korea 24.4% 2010 up 22.3% volatile
4 Libya 23.9% 2010 up 50.3% volatile
5 Slovakia 17.1% 2010 up 56,766.7% volatile
6 United States of America 16.9% 2010 up 52.6% volatile
7 Thailand 15.2% 2010 up 241.7% volatile
8 Russian Federation 15.2% 2010 up 59.6% volatile
9 Sri Lanka 14.7% 2010 up 234.1% volatile
10 Colombia 14.6% 2010 up 289.3% volatile
11 Myanmar 14.3% 2010 up 138.8% volatile
12 Barbados 14.1% 2010 up 1,059.0% volatile
13 Singapore 13.5% 2010 up 1,028.3% volatile
14 Egypt 13.5% 2010 up 59.0% volatile
15 Philippines 12.0% 2010 down 29.2% rising
16 Malaysia 11.9% 2010 up 64.1% volatile
17 Croatia 9.3% 2010 up 257.5% volatile
18 Kazakhstan 9.2% 2010 up 1,180.6% volatile
19 Iraq 8.6% 2010 up 78.1% volatile
20 Ukraine 8.5% 2010 up 157.1% volatile
21 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.4% 2010 up 131.1% volatile
22 Jamaica 8.1% 2010 up 9.9% volatile
23 Brunei Darussalam 6.6% 2010 up 13.7% volatile
24 Algeria 6.2% 2010 up 791.4% volatile
25 Hong Kong, China 5.9% 2010 up 2,704.8% volatile
26 Belize 5.8% 2010 up 64.5% volatile
27 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.4% 2010 up 327.8% volatile
28 Panama 5.3% 2010 down 9.0% volatile
29 Gabon 5.0% 2010 unchanged rising
30 Nicaragua 4.7% 2010 down 11.1% rising
31 Argentina 4.4% 2010 up 14,600.0% volatile
32 Morocco 4.3% 2010 up 22.9% rising
33 Mexico 4.0% 2010 up 39.6% volatile
33 Trinidad and Tobago 4.0% 2010 up 364.7% volatile
35 Canada 3.9% 2010 down 36.6% falling
36 Latvia 3.8% 2010 — volatile
37 Eswatini 3.8% 2010 up 40.3% volatile
38 China 3.4% 2010 up 0.6% volatile
39 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.1% 2010 down 4.0% volatile
40 New Zealand 2.7% 2010 down 75.8% falling
41 Kyrgyzstan 2.7% 2010 — volatile
42 Saudi Arabia 2.7% 2010 up 6,575.0% volatile
43 France 2.3% 2010 down 2.9% falling
44 Fiji 2.2% 2010 up 17.0% volatile
45 Yemen 2.1% 2010 up 33.8% volatile
46 United Arab Emirates 2.1% 2010 down 64.4% volatile
47 Cameroon 1.6% 2010 up 95.2% volatile
48 India 1.6% 2010 up 384.8% volatile
49 Sudan 1.6% 2010 up 97.5% volatile
50 Sierra Leone 1.6% 2010 up 198.1% volatile
51 Tajikistan 1.5% 2010 up 7,450.0% volatile
52 Botswana 1.5% 2010 up 964.3% volatile
53 Nepal 1.4% 2010 — volatile
54 Afghanistan 1.4% 2010 down 10.4% rising
55 Benin 1.3% 2010 up 540.0% volatile
56 Togo 1.1% 2010 up 38.8% volatile
57 Tonga 1.1% 2010 up 57.4% volatile
58 Cambodia 1.0% 2010 up 758.3% volatile
59 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2010 down 37.1% volatile
60 Gambia 0.8% 2010 unchanged volatile
61 Ghana 0.7% 2010 up 942.9% volatile
61 Mauritania 0.7% 2010 down 66.8% volatile
61 Tunisia 0.7% 2010 down 33.6% volatile
64 Netherlands 0.7% 2010 — volatile
64 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% 2010 up 1,650.0% volatile
66 Mongolia 0.6% 2010 — volatile
67 Bangladesh 0.5% 2010 — volatile
68 Switzerland 0.4% 2010 — volatile
69 Spain 0.4% 2010 down 78.6% volatile
70 Brazil 0.4% 2010 down 41.3% volatile
71 Kenya 0.3% 2010 down 35.2% volatile
72 Côte d'Ivoire 0.3% 2010 down 17.5% volatile
73 Israel 0.3% 2010 down 86.6% volatile
74 Dominican Republic 0.3% 2010 down 96.6% volatile
75 Malta 0.3% 2010 down 85.9% volatile
76 Guyana 0.3% 2010 — volatile
77 Costa Rica 0.3% 2010 down 93.8% volatile
78 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.2% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
78 Qatar 0.2% 2010 down 92.3% volatile
80 Mali 0.2% 2010 down 69.4% volatile
81 Belgium 0.2% 2010 down 31.0% volatile
81 Congo 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
81 Namibia 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
81 Niger 0.2% 2010 unchanged flat
81 Peru 0.2% 2010 down 98.8% volatile
81 Papua New Guinea 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
87 Central African Republic 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
88 Chile 0.2% 2010 down 97.6% volatile
88 Liberia 0.2% 2010 down 93.2% volatile
88 Paraguay 0.2% 2010 down 83.9% volatile
88 Türkiye 0.2% 2010 down 93.2% volatile
92 Viet Nam 0.1% 2010 down 89.9% volatile
93 Haiti 0.1% 2010 down 6.7% rising
94 Cyprus 0.1% 2010 down 87.2% volatile
95 Macau, China 0.1% 2010 — volatile
95 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 175.0% volatile
95 Senegal 0.1% 2010 down 77.1% volatile
98 Indonesia 0.1% 2010 — volatile
98 Zambia 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
100 Czechia 0.1% 2010 — volatile
101 Burundi 0.1% 2010 up 25.0% falling
101 Maldives 0.1% 2010 down 44.4% volatile
101 Rwanda 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
104 Austria 0.0% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
104 Malawi 0.0% 2010 — volatile
104 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2010 up 300.0% falling
104 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2010 — volatile
108 Lesotho 0.0% 2010 down 90.9% volatile
108 Mauritius 0.0% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
108 South Africa 0.0% 2010 down 96.0% volatile
111 Hungary 0.0% 2010 — volatile
111 Iceland 0.0% 2010 down 93.3% falling
113 Bahrain 0.0% 2010 — volatile
113 Ecuador 0.0% 2010 down 99.8% volatile
113 Portugal 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% volatile
116 Albania 0.0% 2010 — volatile
116 Australia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Bulgaria 0.0% 2010 — volatile
116 Germany 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Estonia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Greece 0.0% 2010 — volatile
116 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 — volatile
116 Honduras 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Ireland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Italy 0.0% 2010 — volatile
116 Jordan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Japan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Kuwait 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Luxembourg 0.0% 2010 — volatile
116 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Pakistan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Poland 0.0% 2010 — volatile
116 Romania 0.0% 2010 — volatile
116 El Salvador 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Serbia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Slovenia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
116 Sweden 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0% 2010 — volatile
116 Uganda 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
116 Uruguay 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 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
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 tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)