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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with primary schooling. Completed Primary by country

Percentage of population age 20-24 with primary schooling. Completed Primary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
61.9%
Papua New Guinea
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
6.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with primary schooling. Completed Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 61.9% in Papua New Guinea; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.8%, and the mean is 11.9%.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 10,566.7%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Papua New Guinea 61.9% 2010 up 7.5% volatile
2 New Zealand 59.8% 2010 up 305.9% volatile
3 Tanzania 59.2% 2010 down 0.5% rising
4 Mauritania 46.8% 2010 up 52.5% rising
5 Rwanda 39.8% 2010 down 1.8% volatile
6 Sudan 36.6% 2010 up 10.4% rising
7 Syria 34.9% 2010 up 145.8% volatile
8 Zambia 33.8% 2010 up 16.7% rising
9 Ecuador 33.8% 2010 up 30.8% rising
10 Cameroon 32.9% 2010 down 19.5% rising
11 Zimbabwe 32.1% 2010 up 84.8% rising
12 Cote d'Ivoire 32.1% 2010 up 27.9% volatile
13 Morocco 32.0% 2010 up 16.1% volatile
14 Myanmar 30.6% 2010 down 4.4% volatile
15 Burundi 30.2% 2010 down 10.5% volatile
16 Argentina 29.5% 2010 up 5.0% falling
17 Costa Rica 29.4% 2010 down 1.3% rising
18 Nepal 29.4% 2010 up 118.7% volatile
19 Cambodia 28.9% 2010 up 15.1% rising
20 Kenya 28.3% 2010 up 13.3% rising
21 Algeria 27.5% 2010 down 24.2% volatile
22 Liberia 26.2% 2010 up 86.1% volatile
23 Uruguay 26.2% 2010 down 12.5% rising
24 Honduras 25.3% 2010 down 25.8% rising
25 Lesotho 25.2% 2010 up 6.1% rising
26 Guatemala 24.0% 2010 up 29.9% rising
27 Central African Republic 23.4% 2010 down 5.9% rising
28 Brazil 22.9% 2010 down 8.1% rising
29 India 22.0% 2010 up 37.7% rising
30 Indonesia 21.9% 2010 down 49.7% rising
31 Namibia 21.8% 2010 down 14.2% rising
32 Paraguay 21.3% 2010 down 42.4% rising
33 Qatar 21.2% 2010 up 433.4% volatile
34 Malawi 21.1% 2010 up 73.0% rising
35 Mozambique 19.1% 2010 down 4.5% rising
36 Togo 18.9% 2010 down 37.7% volatile
37 Venezuela 17.8% 2010 down 43.6% rising
38 Uganda 17.6% 2010 down 37.1% rising
39 Eswatini 17.5% 2010 up 30.1% rising
40 Libya 17.1% 2010 up 27.7% rising
41 Ukraine 17.0% 2010 up 1,012.4% volatile
42 Pakistan 16.4% 2010 up 72.8% rising
43 Bangladesh 16.1% 2010 down 25.6% rising
44 Gabon 16.1% 2010 down 44.7% rising
45 Senegal 15.6% 2010 up 255.0% falling
46 Niger 15.4% 2010 up 3.5% volatile
47 Panama 15.0% 2010 down 19.4% falling
48 Laos 14.9% 2010 down 29.9% rising
49 Maldives 13.7% 2010 down 40.9% rising
50 El Salvador 13.4% 2010 down 11.0% rising
51 Tunisia 13.4% 2010 down 48.0% rising
52 Colombia 12.9% 2010 down 40.3% falling
53 Thailand 12.1% 2010 down 68.2% volatile
54 Tajikistan 11.9% 2010 up 1,295.3% volatile
55 Portugal 11.8% 2010 down 43.6% falling
56 Peru 11.4% 2010 up 33.2% falling
57 Mexico 10.7% 2010 down 41.8% falling
58 Philippines 10.4% 2010 down 24.6% falling
59 Democratic Republic of Congo 10.2% 2010 down 2.8% rising
60 Turkey 9.9% 2010 down 75.9% falling
61 Austria 9.6% 2010 up 10,566.7% volatile
62 Afghanistan 9.5% 2010 up 162.8% volatile
63 Nicaragua 9.4% 2010 down 6.9% flat
64 Belize 9.4% 2010 down 70.8% falling
65 Benin 9.3% 2010 down 36.9% rising
65 Vietnam 9.3% 2010 down 61.0% falling
67 Spain 9.1% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
68 Iraq 8.5% 2010 down 68.7% volatile
69 Guyana 8.4% 2010 down 54.3% falling
70 Ghana 7.7% 2010 down 31.9% volatile
71 Yemen 7.4% 2010 down 57.5% volatile
72 Iceland 6.8% 2010 down 59.7% falling
72 Kuwait 6.8% 2010 up 25.2% volatile
74 Dominican Republic 6.6% 2010 down 47.3% falling
75 Trinidad and Tobago 6.5% 2010 down 44.8% falling
76 Saudi Arabia 6.0% 2010 down 59.6% falling
77 Luxembourg 6.0% 2010 down 42.2% volatile
78 Mali 5.8% 2010 down 23.1% volatile
79 Bolivia 5.7% 2010 down 51.5% rising
80 United Kingdom 5.6% 2010 down 28.8% volatile
81 Greece 5.5% 2010 down 42.1% volatile
82 United Arab Emirates 5.4% 2010 down 56.9% volatile
83 Armenia 4.9% 2010 up 132.1% volatile
84 Haiti 4.7% 2010 up 6.5% rising
85 Jordan 4.4% 2010 down 54.4% falling
86 China 4.4% 2010 down 60.0% falling
87 Bahrain 4.3% 2010 up 1.6% falling
88 Cyprus 4.2% 2010 up 15.4% volatile
88 Mongolia 4.2% 2010 down 49.0% volatile
90 Bulgaria 4.2% 2010 down 76.2% volatile
91 Congo 3.8% 2010 down 51.6% volatile
92 Malaysia 3.6% 2010 down 41.5% volatile
93 Japan 3.5% 2010 down 4.4% volatile
94 Mauritius 3.4% 2010 down 64.0% volatile
95 South Africa 3.4% 2010 down 30.9% falling
96 Australia 3.4% 2010 down 21.8% volatile
97 Kazakhstan 3.1% 2010 up 503.8% volatile
98 Israel 3.0% 2010 down 73.3% falling
99 Germany 2.7% 2010 down 87.3% volatile
100 Netherlands 2.5% 2010 down 45.9% volatile
101 Brunei 2.3% 2010 down 88.5% volatile
102 Ireland 2.1% 2010 down 31.8% volatile
103 Malta 2.1% 2010 up 40.7% volatile
104 Cuba 1.9% 2010 down 74.9% volatile
105 Sri Lanka 1.9% 2010 down 48.1% volatile
106 Albania 1.8% 2010 down 42.2% volatile
107 Tonga 1.8% 2010 down 77.2% volatile
108 Macao 1.7% 2010 down 88.2% falling
109 Poland 1.6% 2010 down 83.2% volatile
110 Chile 1.2% 2010 down 87.8% volatile
111 Fiji 1.1% 2010 down 89.5% volatile
112 Switzerland 1.1% 2010 down 93.5% volatile
113 Hungary 1.0% 2010 down 34.2% volatile
113 Sweden 1.0% 2010 down 8.3% volatile
115 Gambia 1.0% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
116 Botswana 0.9% 2010 up 2,900.0% volatile
117 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2010 down 92.2% volatile
118 Italy 0.8% 2010 down 67.7% volatile
119 Jamaica 0.8% 2010 down 86.1% volatile
120 Moldova 0.8% 2010 down 51.5% volatile
121 Russia 0.7% 2010 down 17.0% volatile
122 Hong Kong 0.7% 2010 down 86.9% volatile
122 Singapore 0.7% 2010 down 70.5% volatile
124 Romania 0.6% 2010 down 36.8% volatile
125 Lithuania 0.6% 2010 down 77.7% volatile
126 Serbia 0.6% 2010 down 96.7% volatile
127 Iran 0.4% 2010 down 96.1% volatile
128 Croatia 0.3% 2010 down 94.5% volatile
128 United States 0.3% 2010 down 74.2% volatile
130 Czechia 0.3% 2010 up 62.5% volatile
131 Belgium 0.1% 2010 down 87.7% volatile
132 France 0.1% 2010 down 94.5% volatile
133 Norway 0.1% 2010 down 97.6% volatile
134 South Korea 0.1% 2010 down 63.6% volatile
135 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 97.5% volatile
136 Latvia 0.0% 2010 down 98.2% volatile
136 Slovakia 0.0% 2010 down 99.5% volatile
138 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 98.7% volatile
138 Egypt 0.0% 2010 down 99.5% volatile
140 Canada 0.0% 2010 down 97.7% volatile
140 Denmark 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
142 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% volatile
142 Slovenia 0.0% 2010 down 98.3% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with primary schooling. 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 20-24 with primary schooling. Completed Primary