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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary by country

Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
30.0%
Republic of Korea
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
6.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 30.0% in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.4%, and the mean is 8.1%.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 473.9%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Korea 30.0% 2010 up 57.4% volatile
2 Singapore 29.7% 2010 up 115.4% volatile
3 Ireland 26.8% 2010 up 63.7% volatile
4 United States of America 26.8% 2010 up 16.5% rising
5 Russian Federation 24.7% 2010 up 28.1% volatile
6 Ukraine 24.6% 2010 up 20.2% volatile
7 Canada 22.7% 2010 up 63.2% rising
8 Greece 22.5% 2010 up 84.1% volatile
9 Cyprus 20.8% 2010 up 30.6% volatile
10 Israel 20.3% 2010 up 10.5% rising
11 Mongolia 19.7% 2010 up 140.9% volatile
12 Japan 18.9% 2010 up 17.1% volatile
13 Estonia 18.9% 2010 up 25.8% volatile
14 Colombia 18.6% 2010 up 114.2% volatile
15 Luxembourg 18.5% 2010 up 98.3% volatile
16 Australia 18.5% 2010 up 40.8% rising
17 Iceland 17.9% 2010 up 67.0% volatile
18 Switzerland 17.9% 2010 up 78.4% rising
19 Belgium 17.7% 2010 up 18.3% rising
20 Netherlands 15.6% 2010 up 32.3% volatile
21 Lithuania 15.6% 2010 up 81.8% volatile
22 New Zealand 15.5% 2010 down 13.2% rising
23 Hungary 15.4% 2010 up 64.3% volatile
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.3% 2010 up 19.3% volatile
25 Hong Kong 15.2% 2010 up 48.1% volatile
26 Armenia 15.0% 2010 up 49.1% rising
27 Denmark 15.0% 2010 up 21.7% rising
28 Spain 15.0% 2010 up 39.9% volatile
29 Sweden 14.9% 2010 up 10.5% rising
30 Costa Rica 14.7% 2010 up 18.6% volatile
31 Iran, Islamic Republic of 14.7% 2010 up 83.2% volatile
32 Panama 14.4% 2010 up 14.7% volatile
33 Kazakhstan 14.0% 2010 up 66.6% volatile
34 Cuba 13.3% 2010 up 138.3% volatile
35 Slovenia 13.2% 2010 up 65.8% volatile
36 Germany 13.1% 2010 up 25.4% volatile
37 Bulgaria 13.1% 2010 up 33.5% rising
38 Latvia 12.4% 2010 up 60.7% rising
39 Finland 12.3% 2010 up 13.5% volatile
40 Peru 12.3% 2010 down 40.3% volatile
41 Norway 12.2% 2010 up 21.6% volatile
42 Libya 11.9% 2010 up 92.4% volatile
43 Poland 11.4% 2010 up 84.6% volatile
44 Croatia 11.0% 2010 up 75.5% volatile
45 France 10.6% 2010 up 25.6% volatile
46 Malta 10.5% 2010 up 42.2% volatile
47 Thailand 10.5% 2010 up 126.6% volatile
48 Macao 10.4% 2010 up 85.9% volatile
49 Nicaragua 10.3% 2010 up 11.3% rising
50 Qatar 10.1% 2010 up 2.6% rising
51 Mexico 9.8% 2010 up 43.4% volatile
52 Austria 9.4% 2010 up 32.7% volatile
53 Kyrgyzstan 9.0% 2010 up 32.2% rising
54 Serbia 9.0% 2010 up 32.1% volatile
55 Iraq 8.8% 2010 up 64.2% volatile
56 Republic of Moldova 8.8% 2010 up 31.1% rising
56 Slovakia 8.8% 2010 up 86.8% volatile
58 United Arab Emirates 8.5% 2010 down 12.0% volatile
59 Sri Lanka 8.5% 2010 up 11.2% volatile
60 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8.4% 2010 up 60.0% volatile
61 Jamaica 8.4% 2010 up 18.1% volatile
62 Bahrain 7.8% 2010 down 14.5% volatile
63 Czechia 7.6% 2010 up 48.5% volatile
64 Tunisia 7.4% 2010 up 95.8% volatile
65 Fiji 7.0% 2010 up 22.3% volatile
66 Italy 6.8% 2010 up 37.1% volatile
67 Saudi Arabia 6.7% 2010 down 3.5% rising
68 Algeria 6.7% 2010 up 95.9% volatile
69 Egypt 6.7% 2010 up 58.7% volatile
70 Romania 6.6% 2010 up 38.9% volatile
71 Brunei Darussalam 6.5% 2010 up 36.8% volatile
72 Trinidad and Tobago 6.5% 2010 up 97.6% volatile
73 Gabon 6.3% 2010 up 13.7% volatile
74 Chile 5.9% 2010 down 28.9% volatile
75 Malaysia 5.8% 2010 up 82.7% volatile
76 Brazil 5.6% 2010 up 52.2% rising
77 Philippines 5.5% 2010 down 16.3% rising
78 Morocco 5.3% 2010 up 31.4% volatile
79 Türkiye 5.3% 2010 up 7.5% volatile
80 Ecuador 5.2% 2010 down 25.6% volatile
81 Myanmar 5.2% 2010 up 75.2% volatile
82 India 4.8% 2010 up 20.9% volatile
83 Pakistan 4.4% 2010 down 27.3% volatile
84 Kuwait 4.3% 2010 down 20.6% rising
85 El Salvador 3.9% 2010 down 40.1% volatile
86 Paraguay 3.9% 2010 up 3.7% volatile
87 Jordan 3.8% 2010 up 1.6% rising
88 Tajikistan 3.7% 2010 down 8.8% rising
89 Indonesia 3.7% 2010 up 208.3% volatile
90 Afghanistan 3.6% 2010 up 4.3% volatile
91 Uruguay 3.5% 2010 down 22.2% rising
92 Kenya 3.4% 2010 up 50.4% volatile
93 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.3% 2010 up 65.0% volatile
94 Viet Nam 3.3% 2010 up 48.0% volatile
95 Portugal 3.3% 2010 down 23.8% volatile
96 Belize 3.2% 2010 down 4.5% volatile
97 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.0% 2010 up 9.6% rising
98 Tonga 2.9% 2010 down 36.0% volatile
99 Argentina 2.9% 2010 down 7.4% rising
100 China 2.7% 2010 down 1.5% volatile
101 Syria 2.5% 2010 up 34.2% volatile
102 Bangladesh 2.3% 2010 up 15.2% volatile
103 Côte d'Ivoire 2.1% 2010 up 2.4% volatile
104 Barbados 2.1% 2010 up 213.6% volatile
105 Dominican Republic 2.1% 2010 down 25.9% volatile
106 Botswana 2.0% 2010 up 16.8% volatile
107 Benin 2.0% 2010 up 99.0% volatile
108 Honduras 1.9% 2010 down 19.2% volatile
109 Liberia 1.9% 2010 down 19.1% rising
110 Mauritius 1.9% 2010 up 111.2% volatile
111 Sudan 1.9% 2010 up 114.9% volatile
112 Nepal 1.8% 2010 down 3.3% volatile
113 Cameroon 1.6% 2010 up 105.0% volatile
113 Eswatini 1.6% 2010 up 74.5% volatile
115 Togo 1.5% 2010 up 43.8% volatile
116 Yemen 1.5% 2010 up 59.6% volatile
117 Ghana 1.4% 2010 down 21.7% volatile
118 Cambodia 1.3% 2010 up 473.9% volatile
119 Senegal 1.2% 2010 up 135.8% volatile
120 Uganda 1.2% 2010 down 29.7% volatile
121 Sierra Leone 1.2% 2010 up 121.8% volatile
122 Mauritania 1.0% 2010 down 17.1% volatile
123 Albania 0.9% 2010 down 73.5% rising
124 Gambia 0.9% 2010 down 10.8% volatile
125 Central African Republic 0.8% 2010 unchanged volatile
126 Mali 0.8% 2010 up 56.0% volatile
127 Lesotho 0.8% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
127 Namibia 0.8% 2010 down 39.2% rising
129 Haiti 0.7% 2010 up 21.8% rising
130 Congo 0.6% 2010 down 33.3% rising
131 Burundi 0.5% 2010 up 125.0% volatile
131 Papua New Guinea 0.5% 2010 down 14.3% volatile
133 Rwanda 0.5% 2010 up 140.9% volatile
134 Niger 0.5% 2010 up 21.4% volatile
135 Zambia 0.5% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
136 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.5% 2010 down 22.0% volatile
137 Zimbabwe 0.4% 2010 down 28.3% falling
138 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4% 2010 down 2.7% rising
139 South Africa 0.3% 2010 down 39.6% rising
140 Mozambique 0.3% 2010 up 30.0% volatile
141 Maldives 0.2% 2010 up 56.2% rising
142 Guyana 0.2% 2010 up 300.0% volatile
143 Malawi 0.1% 2010 down 28.6% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary