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

Percentage of population age 15+ with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
74.6%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
5.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 74.6% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.9%, and the mean is 14.9%.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 6,361.5%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 74.6% 2010 down 5.5% falling
2 Niger 72.8% 2010 down 7.7% falling
3 Mozambique 68.1% 2010 down 12.0% flat
4 Gambia 61.8% 2010 down 15.7% falling
5 Senegal 58.6% 2010 down 10.7% rising
6 Afghanistan 58.4% 2010 down 14.0% falling
7 Yemen 57.5% 2010 down 18.8% falling
8 Sierra Leone 57.0% 2010 down 16.0% falling
9 Benin 53.9% 2010 down 15.1% falling
10 Sudan 53.7% 2010 down 6.2% falling
11 Central African Republic 51.6% 2010 down 7.5% falling
12 Burundi 50.4% 2010 down 13.6% falling
13 Liberia 47.3% 2010 down 18.5% falling
14 Pakistan 45.4% 2010 down 24.7% falling
15 Rwanda 45.2% 2010 down 15.8% falling
16 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 44.3% 2010 down 3.1% falling
17 Morocco 43.8% 2010 down 20.3% falling
18 Togo 39.6% 2010 down 9.5% falling
19 Côte d'Ivoire 39.6% 2010 down 19.5% falling
20 Papua New Guinea 37.9% 2010 down 15.4% falling
21 Nepal 36.1% 2010 down 32.3% falling
22 India 33.2% 2010 down 24.6% falling
23 Eswatini 32.9% 2010 down 16.6% falling
24 Mauritania 32.2% 2010 down 30.7% falling
25 Bangladesh 31.9% 2010 down 28.2% falling
26 Lao People's Democratic Republic 31.2% 2010 down 14.0% falling
27 Egypt 31.1% 2010 down 20.2% falling
28 Ghana 30.4% 2010 down 13.2% falling
29 Bahrain 28.9% 2010 up 14.0% falling
30 Congo 27.5% 2010 down 13.6% falling
31 Haiti 25.7% 2010 down 28.6% falling
32 Iraq 24.7% 2010 down 20.0% falling
33 Guatemala 23.4% 2010 down 30.4% falling
34 Cambodia 22.2% 2010 down 32.2% falling
35 Libya 22.1% 2010 down 16.9% falling
36 Algeria 21.1% 2010 down 25.0% falling
37 Brunei Darussalam 21.1% 2010 down 0.8% falling
38 Tunisia 20.9% 2010 down 32.6% falling
39 Namibia 20.8% 2010 down 12.2% falling
40 Cameroon 20.7% 2010 down 12.6% falling
41 Kenya 19.7% 2010 down 15.4% falling
42 Maldives 19.5% 2010 down 40.6% falling
43 Malawi 18.0% 2010 down 49.1% falling
44 Tanzania, United Republic of 17.7% 2010 down 41.5% falling
45 Nicaragua 17.2% 2010 down 36.0% falling
46 Myanmar 16.9% 2010 down 31.3% falling
47 Syria 16.2% 2010 up 1.1% volatile
48 Singapore 15.3% 2010 down 21.9% volatile
49 Viet Nam 15.2% 2010 up 40.9% volatile
50 Gabon 14.7% 2010 down 33.7% falling
51 Iran, Islamic Republic of 14.2% 2010 down 33.4% volatile
52 Zambia 14.0% 2010 down 25.5% falling
53 Honduras 13.6% 2010 down 10.9% volatile
54 Saudi Arabia 12.7% 2010 down 40.1% falling
55 Lesotho 12.4% 2010 down 23.4% falling
56 Uganda 12.2% 2010 down 52.1% falling
57 Portugal 10.3% 2010 up 12.3% volatile
58 Botswana 9.8% 2010 down 36.9% volatile
59 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 9.8% 2010 down 19.6% volatile
60 United Arab Emirates 9.7% 2010 down 46.4% volatile
61 Brazil 9.6% 2010 down 40.1% falling
62 Türkiye 9.2% 2010 down 39.8% volatile
63 Ecuador 8.5% 2010 down 54.2% falling
64 Dominican Republic 8.4% 2010 up 6,361.5% volatile
65 Cuba 7.7% 2010 down 36.4% falling
66 Indonesia 7.5% 2010 down 66.8% falling
67 Mexico 7.2% 2010 down 29.8% volatile
68 Panama 7.2% 2010 down 2.2% falling
69 Jordan 7.0% 2010 down 62.7% volatile
70 Malaysia 6.9% 2010 down 41.1% volatile
71 Colombia 6.3% 2010 down 34.2% falling
72 Kuwait 6.1% 2010 down 73.8% falling
73 Norway 5.7% 2010 up 2,025.9% volatile
74 Jamaica 5.7% 2010 down 2.9% volatile
75 South Africa 5.7% 2010 down 63.5% volatile
76 Italy 5.6% 2010 down 19.9% falling
77 Hong Kong 5.4% 2010 down 70.6% falling
77 Mauritius 5.4% 2010 down 43.7% volatile
79 China 5.3% 2010 down 51.2% volatile
80 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.3% 2010 down 57.2% volatile
81 Peru 5.1% 2010 down 46.2% volatile
82 Zimbabwe 5.1% 2010 down 40.2% volatile
83 Guyana 4.8% 2010 down 24.0% falling
84 Belgium 4.7% 2010 up 13.9% rising
84 Costa Rica 4.7% 2010 down 14.9% volatile
86 Luxembourg 4.6% 2010 down 16.4% volatile
87 Sri Lanka 4.4% 2010 down 49.1% volatile
88 Mongolia 4.3% 2010 down 21.4% volatile
89 El Salvador 3.7% 2010 down 81.7% falling
90 Qatar 3.6% 2010 down 90.2% falling
91 Paraguay 3.5% 2010 down 50.5% volatile
92 Macao 3.5% 2010 down 44.2% volatile
93 Republic of Korea 3.4% 2010 down 42.0% volatile
93 Thailand 3.4% 2010 down 73.2% volatile
95 Albania 3.3% 2010 up 158.3% volatile
96 Serbia 3.0% 2010 down 38.8% volatile
97 Philippines 2.7% 2010 down 49.6% volatile
98 Denmark 2.6% 2010 up 125.6% volatile
99 Chile 2.6% 2010 down 38.4% volatile
100 Israel 2.5% 2010 down 32.6% volatile
101 Greece 2.5% 2010 down 77.0% falling
102 Fiji 2.4% 2010 down 40.6% volatile
103 Bulgaria 2.4% 2010 up 75.6% volatile
104 Spain 2.2% 2010 down 85.2% volatile
105 Sweden 2.1% 2010 up 7.5% rising
106 Germany 1.8% 2010 down 64.8% rising
106 Croatia 1.8% 2010 down 61.9% volatile
108 Romania 1.7% 2010 down 35.8% volatile
109 Malta 1.6% 2010 down 83.1% volatile
110 Switzerland 1.6% 2010 down 87.6% volatile
111 Iceland 1.6% 2010 up 20.0% rising
112 France 1.5% 2010 down 45.2% volatile
113 Uruguay 1.3% 2010 down 47.0% volatile
114 Austria 1.3% 2010 down 5.1% volatile
115 Ukraine 1.2% 2010 down 56.3% volatile
116 Trinidad and Tobago 1.1% 2010 down 49.1% volatile
117 Republic of Moldova 1.0% 2010 down 81.3% volatile
118 Argentina 0.9% 2010 down 73.3% volatile
119 New Zealand 0.9% 2010 up 718.2% volatile
120 Russian Federation 0.9% 2010 down 11.0% volatile
121 Kyrgyzstan 0.8% 2010 down 33.3% volatile
122 Cyprus 0.7% 2010 down 91.4% volatile
123 Ireland 0.7% 2010 down 85.8% falling
123 Tonga 0.7% 2010 down 35.4% volatile
125 Australia 0.7% 2010 down 33.3% rising
126 Canada 0.7% 2010 down 22.1% falling
127 Slovenia 0.7% 2010 down 5.7% volatile
128 Armenia 0.6% 2010 unchanged volatile
129 United States of America 0.3% 2010 down 18.6% volatile
130 Latvia 0.3% 2010 down 53.8% volatile
130 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 85.4% volatile
132 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 57.4% volatile
133 Poland 0.3% 2010 down 88.5% volatile
133 Tajikistan 0.3% 2010 down 50.9% volatile
135 Barbados 0.2% 2010 up 2,100.0% volatile
136 Estonia 0.2% 2010 down 13.0% volatile
137 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 66.7% volatile
137 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2010 down 94.9% falling
139 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 23.5% volatile
140 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 97.3% volatile
141 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 96.0% volatile
142 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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