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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
59.2%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
11.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 59.2% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.5%, and the mean is 13.7%.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 462.8%), 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 Russian Federation 59.2% 2010 up 26.8% volatile
2 United States of America 53.9% 2010 up 11.3% rising
3 Canada 43.9% 2010 up 70.0% rising
4 Republic of Korea 41.6% 2010 up 37.7% volatile
5 Ireland 40.1% 2010 up 68.1% volatile
6 Ukraine 39.7% 2010 up 19.7% volatile
7 Singapore 37.6% 2010 up 126.0% volatile
8 Israel 35.0% 2010 up 7.0% rising
9 New Zealand 32.8% 2010 down 13.4% rising
10 Australia 31.0% 2010 up 38.1% rising
11 Japan 30.6% 2010 up 13.0% volatile
12 Estonia 30.4% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
13 Iceland 30.3% 2010 up 63.8% volatile
14 Switzerland 29.5% 2010 up 76.4% rising
15 Cyprus 28.8% 2010 up 28.9% volatile
16 Luxembourg 28.2% 2010 up 88.6% volatile
17 Belgium 27.3% 2010 up 20.1% volatile
18 Finland 27.3% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
19 Norway 26.3% 2010 up 18.3% volatile
20 Netherlands 25.8% 2010 up 30.7% volatile
21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 25.5% 2010 up 18.3% volatile
22 Armenia 25.4% 2010 up 49.4% rising
22 Lithuania 25.4% 2010 up 82.8% volatile
24 Sweden 24.9% 2010 up 10.3% rising
25 Denmark 24.8% 2010 up 21.0% rising
26 Greece 24.8% 2010 up 81.5% volatile
27 Spain 24.2% 2010 up 33.1% volatile
28 Kazakhstan 23.4% 2010 up 63.3% volatile
29 Libya 23.4% 2010 up 103.0% volatile
30 Philippines 23.2% 2010 down 10.0% rising
31 France 22.9% 2010 up 29.3% volatile
32 Panama 22.1% 2010 up 18.5% volatile
33 Germany 21.5% 2010 up 23.5% volatile
34 Bulgaria 21.1% 2010 up 32.0% rising
35 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 20.8% 2010 up 61.1% volatile
36 Mongolia 20.6% 2010 up 123.9% rising
37 Colombia 20.5% 2010 up 114.1% volatile
38 Latvia 20.0% 2010 up 60.1% rising
39 Slovenia 19.9% 2010 up 54.0% volatile
40 Iran, Islamic Republic of 19.4% 2010 up 77.7% volatile
41 Cuba 19.3% 2010 up 140.6% volatile
42 Poland 19.0% 2010 up 76.4% volatile
43 Malaysia 18.6% 2010 up 86.7% volatile
44 Slovakia 18.3% 2010 up 88.7% volatile
45 Hong Kong, China 18.1% 2010 up 34.4% volatile
46 Croatia 17.6% 2010 up 74.1% volatile
47 Hungary 17.2% 2010 up 56.5% volatile
48 Macau, China 17.1% 2010 up 85.5% volatile
49 Costa Rica 16.8% 2010 up 24.3% volatile
50 Mexico 16.6% 2010 up 50.8% volatile
50 Peru 16.6% 2010 down 37.3% volatile
52 Qatar 16.4% 2010 up 6.8% rising
53 Iraq 16.1% 2010 up 63.0% volatile
54 Kyrgyzstan 16.0% 2010 up 31.5% rising
55 Austria 15.4% 2010 up 30.2% volatile
56 Chile 15.0% 2010 down 26.4% volatile
57 Czechia 14.8% 2010 up 44.1% volatile
58 Jamaica 14.7% 2010 up 18.7% volatile
59 Republic of Moldova 14.6% 2010 up 31.0% rising
60 Serbia 14.5% 2010 up 30.8% volatile
61 United Arab Emirates 14.4% 2010 down 11.9% volatile
62 Sri Lanka 14.2% 2010 up 7.8% volatile
63 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 13.1% 2010 up 8.1% volatile
64 Jordan 13.0% 2010 up 18.0% volatile
64 Thailand 13.0% 2010 up 129.3% volatile
66 Malta 12.9% 2010 up 45.8% rising
67 Tunisia 12.7% 2010 up 89.6% volatile
68 Fiji 12.2% 2010 up 19.1% volatile
69 Saudi Arabia 12.0% 2010 down 3.4% rising
70 Portugal 11.8% 2010 down 7.7% volatile
71 Algeria 11.8% 2010 up 87.7% volatile
72 Egypt 11.8% 2010 up 55.0% volatile
73 Brunei Darussalam 11.2% 2010 up 35.6% volatile
74 Argentina 11.2% 2010 up 28.1% rising
75 Italy 11.1% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
76 Gabon 10.9% 2010 up 7.5% volatile
77 Romania 10.6% 2010 up 36.1% rising
78 Nicaragua 10.6% 2010 up 11.3% rising
79 Myanmar 10.3% 2010 up 86.5% volatile
80 Trinidad and Tobago 9.7% 2010 up 88.9% volatile
81 Morocco 9.4% 2010 up 27.0% volatile
82 Brazil 9.3% 2010 up 47.2% volatile
83 Ecuador 9.3% 2010 down 33.3% volatile
84 Türkiye 9.3% 2010 up 2.2% volatile
85 India 8.5% 2010 up 20.4% volatile
86 Bahrain 8.3% 2010 down 21.9% rising
87 Dominican Republic 7.9% 2010 down 32.9% volatile
88 Paraguay 7.9% 2010 up 19.3% volatile
89 Uruguay 7.6% 2010 down 22.5% rising
90 Kuwait 7.1% 2010 down 21.4% rising
91 Tajikistan 7.0% 2010 down 7.6% rising
92 Afghanistan 6.9% 2010 up 5.8% volatile
93 Kenya 6.5% 2010 up 47.9% volatile
94 Indonesia 6.4% 2010 up 199.1% volatile
95 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.1% 2010 up 65.9% volatile
96 Belize 5.8% 2010 down 6.8% volatile
97 Viet Nam 5.7% 2010 up 45.3% volatile
98 Pakistan 5.7% 2010 down 20.2% volatile
99 El Salvador 5.5% 2010 down 37.4% volatile
100 Tonga 5.2% 2010 down 37.4% volatile
101 Mauritius 4.7% 2010 up 110.3% volatile
102 Barbados 4.6% 2010 up 320.9% volatile
102 Syrian Arab Republic 4.6% 2010 up 27.5% volatile
104 South Africa 4.6% 2010 down 36.6% rising
105 China 4.5% 2010 down 2.4% volatile
106 Bangladesh 4.1% 2010 up 13.6% volatile
107 Côte d'Ivoire 4.0% 2010 up 2.8% volatile
108 Botswana 3.9% 2010 up 19.0% volatile
109 Liberia 3.8% 2010 down 14.2% volatile
110 Benin 3.8% 2010 up 97.9% volatile
111 Honduras 3.5% 2010 down 20.4% volatile
112 Sudan 3.4% 2010 up 111.2% volatile
113 Cameroon 3.1% 2010 up 104.7% volatile
114 Nepal 2.9% 2010 up 2.5% volatile
115 Yemen 2.9% 2010 up 60.0% volatile
116 Togo 2.8% 2010 up 43.7% volatile
117 Ghana 2.6% 2010 down 22.6% volatile
118 Eswatini 2.5% 2010 up 81.2% volatile
119 Cambodia 2.4% 2010 up 462.8% volatile
120 Senegal 2.3% 2010 up 136.4% volatile
121 Uganda 2.3% 2010 down 33.2% volatile
122 Sierra Leone 2.2% 2010 up 132.3% volatile
123 Mauritania 1.8% 2010 down 18.1% volatile
124 Rwanda 1.7% 2010 up 155.4% volatile
125 Gambia 1.6% 2010 down 10.9% volatile
126 Albania 1.6% 2010 down 73.5% rising
127 Central African Republic 1.6% 2010 up 1.3% volatile
128 Mali 1.5% 2010 up 57.3% volatile
129 Congo 1.5% 2010 down 34.7% rising
130 Namibia 1.5% 2010 down 36.5% rising
131 Lesotho 1.4% 2010 up 15.1% volatile
132 Maldives 1.4% 2010 up 28.3% volatile
133 Papua New Guinea 1.2% 2010 down 13.3% volatile
134 Burundi 1.0% 2010 up 126.1% volatile
135 Niger 1.0% 2010 up 19.8% volatile
135 Zambia 1.0% 2010 down 34.5% volatile
137 Haiti 0.9% 2010 up 17.9% rising
138 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.9% 2010 down 21.4% volatile
139 Zimbabwe 0.8% 2010 down 26.5% falling
140 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7% 2010 unchanged rising
141 Mozambique 0.5% 2010 up 35.3% volatile
142 Guyana 0.4% 2010 up 310.0% volatile
143 Malawi 0.2% 2010 down 26.5% 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. 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+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)