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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with no education by country

Percentage of population age 20-24 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
70.0%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
2.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 70.0% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.0%, and the mean is 9.9%.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 22,466.7%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 70.0% 2010 down 2.0% falling
2 Mali 69.5% 2010 down 8.6% falling
3 Mozambique 63.1% 2010 down 2.9% falling
4 Afghanistan 54.5% 2010 down 20.2% falling
5 Benin 50.2% 2010 down 11.2% falling
6 Sudan 49.5% 2010 up 4.8% falling
7 Sierra Leone 49.5% 2010 up 1.6% falling
8 Gambia 48.1% 2010 down 24.8% falling
9 Senegal 47.0% 2010 down 28.8% rising
9 Yemen 47.0% 2010 down 5.0% falling
11 Burundi 45.9% 2010 up 11.7% falling
12 Central African Republic 44.3% 2010 up 11.3% falling
13 Democratic Republic of Congo 43.9% 2010 up 11.9% falling
14 Rwanda 42.1% 2010 down 14.2% falling
15 Liberia 35.9% 2010 down 30.5% falling
16 Pakistan 33.9% 2010 down 32.6% falling
17 Congo 28.8% 2010 up 22.1% falling
18 Cote d'Ivoire 27.6% 2010 down 17.5% falling
19 Laos 26.4% 2010 down 8.3% falling
20 Bahrain 25.7% 2010 up 96.5% volatile
21 Brunei 25.4% 2010 up 29.2% falling
22 Iraq 24.4% 2010 up 132.8% volatile
23 Morocco 24.0% 2010 down 35.8% falling
24 Papua New Guinea 22.7% 2010 down 25.6% falling
25 Togo 20.4% 2010 down 48.8% falling
26 Cameroon 19.4% 2010 up 496.3% volatile
27 Ghana 17.9% 2010 down 38.0% falling
28 Egypt 17.7% 2010 down 21.2% volatile
29 Bangladesh 17.1% 2010 down 50.4% falling
30 Namibia 16.9% 2010 up 27.7% falling
31 Iran 15.4% 2010 up 152.1% volatile
32 Haiti 15.2% 2010 down 33.7% volatile
33 Libya 15.0% 2010 down 35.1% volatile
34 Zambia 14.4% 2010 up 8.6% falling
35 United Arab Emirates 14.2% 2010 up 69.5% volatile
36 Eswatini 13.3% 2010 down 69.0% falling
37 Vietnam 12.7% 2010 up 220.4% rising
38 Cambodia 12.4% 2010 down 53.3% falling
39 Mauritania 11.7% 2010 down 67.0% falling
40 India 9.1% 2010 down 69.3% falling
41 Nepal 7.7% 2010 down 79.0% falling
42 Myanmar 7.5% 2010 down 17.1% volatile
43 Guatemala 7.4% 2010 down 67.0% falling
44 Tanzania 7.0% 2010 down 65.1% volatile
45 Syria 6.8% 2010 up 14.6% volatile
46 Norway 6.8% 2010 up 22,466.7% volatile
47 Kenya 6.6% 2010 down 25.4% volatile
48 Gabon 6.5% 2010 up 131.1% volatile
49 Lesotho 6.3% 2010 down 37.2% falling
50 Guyana 5.7% 2010 up 20.2% rising
51 Belgium 5.1% 2010 up 390.4% volatile
52 Honduras 4.5% 2010 down 35.3% volatile
53 Macao 4.4% 2010 up 1,010.0% volatile
54 Nicaragua 4.1% 2010 down 77.5% falling
55 Mongolia 4.0% 2010 up 49.4% volatile
56 Algeria 3.9% 2010 down 62.1% volatile
57 Sweden 3.7% 2010 up 31.7% rising
58 Tunisia 3.6% 2010 down 56.7% volatile
59 Luxembourg 3.4% 2010 down 66.4% volatile
60 Panama 3.3% 2010 down 3.2% volatile
61 Jamaica 3.1% 2010 down 31.9% volatile
62 Bulgaria 3.0% 2010 up 105.4% volatile
63 Dominican Republic 3.0% 2010 up 2,416.7% volatile
64 Turkey 2.8% 2010 down 39.1% volatile
65 New Zealand 2.7% 2010 up 2,150.0% volatile
66 Denmark 2.6% 2010 down 38.0% volatile
67 Thailand 2.5% 2010 down 80.6% volatile
68 Qatar 2.4% 2010 down 91.7% falling
69 Iceland 2.4% 2010 up 133.3% volatile
70 Ecuador 2.4% 2010 down 84.5% volatile
71 Canada 2.2% 2010 up 1,057.9% volatile
72 Kuwait 2.1% 2010 down 9.8% volatile
73 France 1.9% 2010 up 152.6% volatile
74 Colombia 1.9% 2010 down 27.1% volatile
74 Venezuela 1.9% 2010 down 56.1% volatile
76 El Salvador 1.9% 2010 down 74.8% volatile
77 Mexico 1.8% 2010 down 51.4% volatile
78 Botswana 1.6% 2010 up 1,677.8% volatile
79 Malaysia 1.5% 2010 down 58.5% volatile
80 Albania 1.4% 2010 up 151.8% volatile
81 Costa Rica 1.4% 2010 down 49.8% volatile
82 Bolivia 1.4% 2010 down 54.3% volatile
83 Fiji 1.4% 2010 up 35.0% volatile
84 Philippines 1.2% 2010 down 69.8% volatile
85 Jordan 1.1% 2010 down 82.0% volatile
86 Indonesia 1.1% 2010 down 86.1% volatile
87 Romania 1.0% 2010 down 55.0% volatile
88 Paraguay 1.0% 2010 down 73.4% volatile
89 Portugal 0.9% 2010 up 16.7% volatile
90 Singapore 0.9% 2010 down 64.3% volatile
91 Israel 0.9% 2010 unchanged volatile
92 Chile 0.8% 2010 down 20.6% volatile
93 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2010 down 83.3% volatile
94 Greece 0.7% 2010 down 61.9% volatile
94 Peru 0.7% 2010 down 73.1% volatile
96 Italy 0.7% 2010 up 11.7% volatile
97 Serbia 0.6% 2010 down 36.1% volatile
98 Russia 0.6% 2010 up 47.5% rising
99 Moldova 0.6% 2010 down 3.4% volatile
100 Tonga 0.5% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
101 China 0.5% 2010 down 69.0% volatile
102 South Africa 0.5% 2010 down 92.4% volatile
103 Spain 0.5% 2010 down 78.4% volatile
104 Slovenia 0.5% 2010 up 15.0% volatile
105 Mauritius 0.4% 2010 down 63.0% volatile
106 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4% 2010 up 5.4% volatile
107 Armenia 0.4% 2010 up 117.6% volatile
108 Estonia 0.3% 2010 up 23.1% falling
109 Croatia 0.3% 2010 unchanged volatile
110 Barbados 0.3% 2010 — volatile
111 Argentina 0.2% 2010 down 80.8% volatile
111 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 7.4% volatile
113 Uruguay 0.2% 2010 down 47.7% volatile
114 Czechia 0.2% 2010 down 50.0% falling
115 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 90.2% volatile
116 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 61.5% falling
117 Switzerland 0.1% 2010 down 98.7% volatile
118 Australia 0.1% 2010 down 56.0% falling
118 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 98.2% volatile
118 United States 0.1% 2010 down 57.7% volatile
121 Belize 0.1% 2010 up 11.1% volatile
121 Cuba 0.1% 2010 down 95.4% volatile
121 Japan 0.1% 2010 up 42.9% falling
121 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
121 Latvia 0.1% 2010 down 64.3% flat
121 Saudi Arabia 0.1% 2010 down 98.7% volatile
121 Tajikistan 0.1% 2010 down 37.5% volatile
121 Zimbabwe 0.1% 2010 down 93.4% volatile
129 South Korea 0.1% 2010 down 35.7% volatile
129 Maldives 0.1% 2010 down 98.5% volatile
129 Ukraine 0.1% 2010 down 70.0% volatile
132 Brazil 0.1% 2010 down 98.6% volatile
132 Malawi 0.1% 2010 down 99.7% volatile
132 Uganda 0.1% 2010 down 99.5% volatile
135 United Kingdom 0.1% 2010 down 95.5% volatile
136 Ireland 0.1% 2010 down 98.4% volatile
137 Malta 0.1% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
138 Germany 0.0% 2010 down 98.9% volatile
139 Hungary 0.0% 2010 down 97.8% volatile
140 Cyprus 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Hong Kong 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
140 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 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 20-24 with no education