Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) by country
Percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)
Countries reporting
144
Highest
85.8%
Albania
Lowest
6.3%
Niger
Median
46.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 85.8% in Albania; the lowest is 6.3% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 46.2%, and the mean is 46.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 237.0%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 23.2%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling.: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 85.8% | 2010 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 2 | Barbados | 85.8% | 2010 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 3 | Tonga | 84.8% | 2010 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 4 | Czechia | 84.3% | 2010 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 5 | Tajikistan | 83.2% | 2010 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 6 | Hungary | 80.6% | 2010 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Belize | 80.3% | 2010 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Slovakia | 80.1% | 2010 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 9 | Botswana | 80.0% | 2010 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 78.3% | 2010 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 11 | Romania | 77.6% | 2010 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 76.9% | 2010 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 13 | Slovenia | 76.4% | 2010 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 14 | Latvia | 75.5% | 2010 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 15 | Serbia | 73.5% | 2010 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Germany | 73.0% | 2010 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 72.9% | 2010 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 18 | Finland | 72.7% | 2010 | up 101.6% | rising |
| 19 | South Africa | 72.3% | 2010 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 20 | Croatia | 72.3% | 2010 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 71.1% | 2010 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 22 | Armenia | 68.9% | 2010 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 23 | Norway | 67.7% | 2010 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 24 | Jordan | 67.0% | 2010 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 25 | Denmark | 66.7% | 2010 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 26 | China | 66.5% | 2010 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 27 | Switzerland | 65.8% | 2010 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 28 | Italy | 65.6% | 2010 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 29 | Mongolia | 64.8% | 2010 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 30 | Sri Lanka | 64.6% | 2010 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 31 | Lithuania | 64.4% | 2010 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 32 | Chile | 64.2% | 2010 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 33 | Estonia | 64.1% | 2010 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 34 | Poland | 63.7% | 2010 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 35 | Netherlands | 63.6% | 2010 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 36 | Jamaica | 63.1% | 2010 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Sweden | 62.0% | 2010 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 38 | Australia | 60.7% | 2010 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 39 | Cuba | 60.6% | 2010 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 40 | Austria | 60.0% | 2010 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 41 | Malta | 60.0% | 2010 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 42 | Guyana | 59.8% | 2010 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Hong Kong, China | 59.6% | 2010 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 44 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 59.5% | 2010 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 45 | France | 59.0% | 2010 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Fiji | 58.9% | 2010 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Macau, China | 58.1% | 2010 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 48 | Japan | 57.6% | 2010 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 49 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.5% | 2010 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 50 | Mauritius | 56.7% | 2010 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 51 | Viet Nam | 56.4% | 2010 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 52 | Malaysia | 56.2% | 2010 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 53 | Brunei Darussalam | 55.3% | 2010 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 54 | Ghana | 55.2% | 2010 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 54.9% | 2010 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Belgium | 53.4% | 2010 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 53.3% | 2010 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 53.1% | 2010 | up 102.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 52.3% | 2010 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Ukraine | 52.0% | 2010 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 61 | Israel | 51.9% | 2010 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 62 | Canada | 50.6% | 2010 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 63 | Cyprus | 49.8% | 2010 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 64 | Bahrain | 49.5% | 2010 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 65 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 49.1% | 2010 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Argentina | 48.6% | 2010 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 67 | Egypt | 48.1% | 2010 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Peru | 48.0% | 2010 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 69 | Mexico | 47.3% | 2010 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Philippines | 47.0% | 2010 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 71 | Luxembourg | 46.8% | 2010 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 72 | Zambia | 46.5% | 2010 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 45.9% | 2010 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 74 | Congo | 45.5% | 2010 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Brazil | 45.5% | 2010 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Maldives | 45.3% | 2010 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 77 | Republic of Korea | 45.3% | 2010 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 78 | Spain | 45.2% | 2010 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Gabon | 44.9% | 2010 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Uruguay | 44.6% | 2010 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 81 | Colombia | 43.7% | 2010 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 82 | Kuwait | 43.0% | 2010 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 83 | United States of America | 43.0% | 2010 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 84 | Indonesia | 41.9% | 2010 | up 105.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Ireland | 41.8% | 2010 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 41.7% | 2010 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Greece | 41.7% | 2010 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 88 | India | 41.5% | 2010 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Singapore | 40.2% | 2010 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 90 | El Salvador | 38.8% | 2010 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Panama | 38.6% | 2010 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 92 | Türkiye | 38.5% | 2010 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Iceland | 38.1% | 2010 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 94 | Qatar | 37.8% | 2010 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 95 | Paraguay | 37.6% | 2010 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 96 | Tunisia | 37.1% | 2010 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Syrian Arab Republic | 35.7% | 2010 | up 99.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 35.5% | 2010 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Portugal | 35.3% | 2010 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Russian Federation | 34.8% | 2010 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 101 | Togo | 34.6% | 2010 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 34.4% | 2010 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Thailand | 34.1% | 2010 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 33.8% | 2010 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 105 | Iraq | 32.0% | 2010 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Gambia | 31.7% | 2010 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Pakistan | 31.7% | 2010 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 108 | Namibia | 31.4% | 2010 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 109 | New Zealand | 31.1% | 2010 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 110 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 30.6% | 2010 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Ecuador | 30.4% | 2010 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 112 | Nepal | 29.8% | 2010 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Libya | 29.3% | 2010 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 28.9% | 2010 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 115 | Eswatini | 28.4% | 2010 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 116 | Cameroon | 28.3% | 2010 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Haiti | 28.0% | 2010 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Uganda | 26.5% | 2010 | up 237.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | 25.3% | 2010 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Benin | 23.7% | 2010 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Yemen | 23.7% | 2010 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 23.4% | 2010 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Algeria | 23.2% | 2010 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Guatemala | 22.6% | 2010 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Kenya | 22.4% | 2010 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Morocco | 22.1% | 2010 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 127 | Lesotho | 20.8% | 2010 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Liberia | 20.0% | 2010 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 129 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19.1% | 2010 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 130 | Central African Republic | 17.8% | 2010 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Cambodia | 17.5% | 2010 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 132 | Malawi | 17.4% | 2010 | up 100.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Afghanistan | 16.1% | 2010 | up 71.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Mauritania | 15.2% | 2010 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Myanmar | 14.0% | 2010 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 136 | Rwanda | 12.8% | 2010 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Mali | 12.7% | 2010 | up 186.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 12.2% | 2010 | up 149.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 11.6% | 2010 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 140 | Sudan | 9.3% | 2010 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Burundi | 9.2% | 2010 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Senegal | 8.9% | 2010 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 143 | Mozambique | 7.2% | 2010 | up 164.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Niger | 6.3% | 2010 | up 53.7% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)