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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
69.4%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
22.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 69.4% in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 22.8%, and the mean is 24.9%.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 220.5%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 69.4% 2010 up 8.2% rising
2 Lesotho 65.5% 2010 up 17.8% falling
3 Malawi 64.3% 2010 up 15.7% rising
4 Uganda 59.0% 2010 down 6.7% rising
5 Myanmar 58.7% 2010 down 0.3% rising
6 Cambodia 57.9% 2010 up 3.0% rising
7 Guatemala 54.0% 2010 up 14.4% rising
8 El Salvador 52.0% 2010 up 16.3% rising
9 Ecuador 51.8% 2010 up 33.1% falling
10 Kenya 51.5% 2010 up 3.1% rising
11 Paraguay 51.0% 2010 down 16.8% falling
12 Mauritania 50.9% 2010 up 24.3% rising
13 Costa Rica 49.6% 2010 up 2.3% falling
14 Thailand 49.4% 2010 down 14.1% falling
15 Papua New Guinea 49.3% 2010 up 9.4% rising
16 Honduras 48.5% 2010 down 13.3% rising
17 Cameroon 47.9% 2010 down 4.9% rising
18 Uruguay 46.5% 2010 up 1.2% falling
19 Namibia 46.4% 2010 down 2.4% rising
20 Haiti 45.4% 2010 up 17.2% rising
21 Indonesia 44.2% 2010 down 19.5% rising
22 Algeria 43.9% 2010 up 1.6% rising
23 Kuwait 43.8% 2010 up 63.4% volatile
24 Syrian Arab Republic 43.5% 2010 down 30.4% rising
25 Türkiye 43.0% 2010 down 12.0% rising
26 Portugal 42.6% 2010 down 11.6% falling
27 Qatar 42.1% 2010 up 220.5% volatile
28 Rwanda 40.4% 2010 up 5.4% rising
29 Burundi 39.4% 2010 up 10.2% rising
30 Zimbabwe 39.3% 2010 up 7.6% falling
31 Argentina 39.2% 2010 down 15.6% falling
32 Zambia 38.5% 2010 down 26.0% falling
33 Côte d'Ivoire 37.3% 2010 up 21.4% volatile
34 Nicaragua 36.7% 2010 down 2.8% falling
35 Eswatini 36.2% 2010 up 6.0% rising
36 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 35.7% 2010 down 25.0% falling
37 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 35.6% 2010 up 6.7% rising
38 Brazil 35.6% 2010 down 21.0% falling
39 New Zealand 35.2% 2010 up 14.7% rising
40 Guyana 35.0% 2010 down 17.9% falling
41 Maldives 33.8% 2010 down 8.8% rising
42 Sudan 33.5% 2010 up 11.8% rising
43 Mauritius 33.2% 2010 down 26.0% falling
44 Panama 32.1% 2010 down 4.5% falling
45 Lao People's Democratic Republic 32.1% 2010 down 14.4% rising
46 Trinidad and Tobago 31.7% 2010 down 14.2% falling
47 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 31.4% 2010 down 4.4% rising
48 Nepal 31.1% 2010 up 37.7% volatile
49 Greece 31.1% 2010 up 2.3% falling
50 Dominican Republic 30.6% 2010 down 50.6% falling
51 Senegal 30.2% 2010 up 13.1% falling
52 Peru 30.2% 2010 up 13.4% falling
53 Iceland 30.1% 2010 down 27.5% falling
54 Colombia 29.5% 2010 down 31.9% falling
55 Gabon 29.5% 2010 down 17.6% rising
56 Tunisia 29.4% 2010 down 7.8% rising
57 Central African Republic 29.1% 2010 up 4.5% rising
58 Liberia 28.9% 2010 up 47.0% rising
59 Mexico 28.9% 2010 down 22.9% falling
60 Spain 28.4% 2010 up 18.1% falling
61 Iraq 27.1% 2010 down 12.9% volatile
62 Philippines 27.0% 2010 down 18.8% falling
63 Fiji 26.4% 2010 up 11.4% falling
64 Malta 25.6% 2010 up 9.1% falling
65 Congo 25.5% 2010 up 2.0% rising
66 Libya 25.2% 2010 down 11.2% rising
67 Morocco 24.8% 2010 up 18.5% volatile
68 Mozambique 24.2% 2010 up 24.2% falling
69 China 23.7% 2010 down 22.0% falling
70 Austria 23.4% 2010 down 21.1% falling
71 Saudi Arabia 23.1% 2010 down 24.3% falling
72 Togo 23.0% 2010 down 19.6% rising
73 Viet Nam 22.6% 2010 down 57.1% flat
74 United Arab Emirates 22.6% 2010 up 23.0% volatile
75 Bangladesh 22.3% 2010 down 1.3% rising
76 Macau, China 21.4% 2010 down 43.3% falling
77 Cyprus 20.7% 2010 up 0.1% falling
78 Luxembourg 20.4% 2010 down 32.9% falling
79 Niger 19.9% 2010 up 23.1% rising
80 Benin 18.7% 2010 down 0.2% rising
81 Afghanistan 18.6% 2010 up 14.6% rising
82 Chile 18.3% 2010 down 41.7% falling
83 Malaysia 18.3% 2010 down 18.4% falling
84 Italy 17.7% 2010 down 27.5% falling
85 South Africa 17.5% 2010 down 25.0% falling
86 Ireland 17.4% 2010 down 12.5% falling
87 Iran, Islamic Republic of 17.3% 2010 down 29.9% rising
88 Pakistan 17.2% 2010 up 51.4% rising
89 Poland 17.1% 2010 down 37.4% falling
90 Hong Kong, China 17.0% 2010 down 8.3% falling
91 India 16.8% 2010 up 3.8% falling
92 Sri Lanka 16.8% 2010 up 21.6% falling
93 France 16.6% 2010 down 29.9% volatile
94 Jamaica 16.5% 2010 down 35.9% falling
95 Yemen 16.0% 2010 up 16.2% volatile
96 Sierra Leone 15.6% 2010 down 14.3% rising
97 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.9% 2010 down 48.3% falling
98 Belgium 14.6% 2010 down 13.4% falling
99 Belize 14.4% 2010 down 66.0% falling
100 Bahrain 13.3% 2010 up 14.2% flat
101 Jordan 13.0% 2010 down 15.8% falling
102 Cuba 12.4% 2010 down 22.7% volatile
103 Brunei Darussalam 12.4% 2010 down 27.1% falling
104 Ghana 11.7% 2010 down 23.8% falling
105 Japan 11.7% 2010 down 38.2% falling
106 Mali 11.2% 2010 down 28.8% rising
107 Sweden 10.9% 2010 down 32.2% volatile
108 Netherlands 10.6% 2010 down 28.0% volatile
109 Israel 10.5% 2010 down 58.4% falling
110 Mongolia 10.3% 2010 down 37.2% falling
111 Lithuania 10.1% 2010 down 33.9% falling
111 Romania 10.1% 2010 down 33.7% volatile
113 Republic of Korea 9.6% 2010 down 18.0% falling
114 Tajikistan 9.5% 2010 up 28.8% falling
115 Barbados 9.4% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
116 Albania 9.4% 2010 down 52.5% falling
117 Tonga 9.3% 2010 down 56.8% falling
118 Egypt 9.0% 2010 down 28.8% rising
119 Serbia 9.0% 2010 down 77.2% falling
120 Croatia 8.3% 2010 down 70.2% falling
121 Australia 7.6% 2010 down 32.0% volatile
122 Ukraine 7.0% 2010 down 29.1% volatile
123 Singapore 7.0% 2010 down 42.8% falling
124 Kyrgyzstan 6.4% 2010 down 70.5% falling
125 Botswana 6.2% 2010 down 30.0% volatile
126 Republic of Moldova 6.1% 2010 down 48.8% falling
127 Denmark 5.9% 2010 down 52.1% volatile
128 Bulgaria 5.4% 2010 down 86.3% falling
129 Russian Federation 5.4% 2010 down 31.0% volatile
130 Estonia 5.3% 2010 down 53.7% volatile
131 Armenia 5.1% 2010 down 31.0% volatile
132 Gambia 4.9% 2010 down 1.0% rising
133 Canada 4.8% 2010 down 48.4% volatile
134 Latvia 4.1% 2010 down 75.7% volatile
135 Germany 3.7% 2010 down 85.6% volatile
136 Kazakhstan 3.6% 2010 down 51.5% volatile
137 Switzerland 3.2% 2010 down 87.7% volatile
138 Slovenia 3.1% 2010 down 46.0% volatile
139 United States of America 2.8% 2010 down 3.2% volatile
140 Hungary 1.9% 2010 down 81.4% volatile
141 Slovakia 1.3% 2010 down 95.4% volatile
142 Czechia 0.7% 2010 up 142.9% volatile
143 Norway 0.2% 2010 down 98.8% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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