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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) by country

Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
86.2%
Iceland
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
9.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 86.2% in Iceland; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.5%, and the mean is 15.4%.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 10,275.0%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 86.2% 2010 up 85.7% volatile
2 Republic of Korea 85.0% 2010 up 29.3% volatile
3 Cuba 75.8% 2010 up 2,513.1% volatile
4 Russian Federation 67.3% 2010 up 28.7% volatile
5 Ukraine 62.8% 2010 up 91.2% volatile
6 United States of America 59.8% 2010 up 11.0% rising
7 Singapore 54.4% 2010 up 225.6% volatile
8 Libya 52.9% 2010 up 52.5% volatile
9 Latvia 50.9% 2010 up 498.9% volatile
10 Armenia 50.5% 2010 up 261.4% rising
11 Japan 42.1% 2010 down 24.1% rising
12 Hong Kong, China 39.2% 2010 up 170.7% volatile
13 Canada 38.6% 2010 up 9.6% rising
14 Malaysia 38.2% 2010 up 70.8% volatile
15 Kazakhstan 38.1% 2010 up 158.5% rising
16 Ireland 35.1% 2010 up 3.1% volatile
17 Iran, Islamic Republic of 34.4% 2010 up 64.2% volatile
18 Philippines 33.8% 2010 down 7.0% rising
19 Iraq 32.6% 2010 up 71.9% volatile
20 Cyprus 32.3% 2010 up 33.1% volatile
21 Colombia 32.2% 2010 up 174.6% volatile
22 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 31.6% 2010 up 66.9% volatile
23 Croatia 30.9% 2010 up 53.4% volatile
24 Slovakia 29.2% 2010 up 528.6% volatile
25 New Zealand 28.4% 2010 down 52.1% rising
26 France 26.1% 2010 down 35.9% volatile
27 Algeria 25.4% 2010 up 76.4% volatile
28 Tunisia 24.8% 2010 up 50.5% volatile
29 Mexico 24.7% 2010 up 62.2% volatile
30 Panama 24.0% 2010 up 5.8% volatile
31 Mongolia 23.8% 2010 up 279.0% volatile
32 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 22.9% 2010 up 8.8% volatile
33 Belgium 22.8% 2010 down 15.5% rising
34 Myanmar 22.6% 2010 up 140.4% volatile
35 Jamaica 22.0% 2010 up 27.8% volatile
36 Macau, China 21.6% 2010 up 75.9% volatile
37 Kyrgyzstan 21.4% 2010 up 362.8% flat
38 Spain 21.1% 2010 down 14.0% volatile
39 Barbados 19.4% 2010 up 1,356.4% volatile
40 Brunei Darussalam 19.1% 2010 up 24.7% volatile
41 Egypt 18.4% 2010 down 10.6% volatile
42 Malta 18.0% 2010 down 11.3% rising
43 Greece 17.8% 2010 up 80.4% rising
44 Fiji 17.7% 2010 down 14.8% volatile
45 Netherlands 16.2% 2010 up 72.1% volatile
46 Norway 15.7% 2010 up 4.1% volatile
47 Trinidad and Tobago 15.4% 2010 up 86.6% volatile
48 Thailand 15.2% 2010 up 19.6% volatile
49 Sri Lanka 14.7% 2010 down 32.3% volatile
50 Nicaragua 14.7% 2010 up 13.7% rising
51 Costa Rica 14.6% 2010 down 20.9% rising
52 Morocco 14.4% 2010 up 36.0% volatile
53 Argentina 14.2% 2010 up 370.2% volatile
54 Jordan 14.1% 2010 down 13.8% rising
55 Estonia 13.7% 2010 up 2.5% rising
56 Saudi Arabia 13.5% 2010 down 29.6% rising
57 Poland 13.4% 2010 up 114.0% volatile
58 United Arab Emirates 13.3% 2010 down 10.1% volatile
59 Gabon 12.9% 2010 down 12.6% rising
60 Lithuania 12.8% 2010 up 61.6% falling
61 India 12.6% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
62 Peru 11.9% 2010 down 71.1% volatile
63 China 11.6% 2010 up 35.1% volatile
64 Republic of Moldova 11.5% 2010 down 32.5% falling
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11.0% 2010 up 140.0% volatile
66 Portugal 10.9% 2010 down 65.1% volatile
67 Sweden 10.9% 2010 down 69.3% rising
68 Luxembourg 10.7% 2010 up 3.4% rising
69 Bulgaria 10.5% 2010 up 38.2% volatile
70 Switzerland 10.0% 2010 up 137.3% rising
71 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 9.9% 2010 down 45.4% volatile
72 Israel 9.8% 2010 down 75.2% rising
73 Türkiye 9.2% 2010 down 29.7% volatile
74 Benin 9.2% 2010 up 266.8% volatile
75 Sudan 8.3% 2010 up 92.4% volatile
76 Afghanistan 8.2% 2010 down 9.3% rising
77 Czechia 7.9% 2010 up 26.6% volatile
78 Pakistan 7.8% 2010 down 32.8% volatile
79 Hungary 7.8% 2010 up 37.9% volatile
80 Belize 7.7% 2010 up 21.7% volatile
81 Romania 7.4% 2010 up 79.0% volatile
82 Qatar 7.0% 2010 down 65.3% falling
83 Cameroon 7.0% 2010 up 130.1% volatile
84 Kenya 6.9% 2010 down 16.9% volatile
85 Togo 6.8% 2010 up 110.8% volatile
86 Denmark 6.7% 2010 down 81.2% rising
86 Tajikistan 6.7% 2010 up 70.2% falling
88 Sierra Leone 6.4% 2010 up 258.7% volatile
88 Slovenia 6.4% 2010 up 146.9% volatile
90 Chile 6.1% 2010 down 80.8% volatile
91 Serbia 6.0% 2010 up 124.2% volatile
92 Italy 5.9% 2010 up 212.6% volatile
93 Indonesia 5.7% 2010 up 510.6% volatile
94 Botswana 5.7% 2010 up 89.7% volatile
95 Cambodia 5.7% 2010 up 803.2% volatile
96 Bangladesh 5.6% 2010 up 22.2% volatile
97 Tonga 5.6% 2010 down 62.9% volatile
98 Brazil 5.5% 2010 down 28.8% rising
99 Viet Nam 5.4% 2010 down 29.7% volatile
100 Bahrain 5.2% 2010 up 6.5% rising
101 Austria 5.1% 2010 down 75.9% volatile
102 Finland 5.1% 2010 down 36.5% volatile
103 Mauritius 5.1% 2010 up 172.0% volatile
104 Yemen 4.9% 2010 up 35.0% volatile
105 Germany 4.8% 2010 up 31.7% volatile
106 Ecuador 4.8% 2010 down 73.8% volatile
107 Côte d'Ivoire 4.4% 2010 down 27.5% volatile
108 Ghana 4.4% 2010 up 242.2% volatile
109 Albania 4.3% 2010 down 18.1% falling
110 Eswatini 4.2% 2010 up 10,275.0% volatile
111 Paraguay 4.0% 2010 down 62.0% volatile
112 Dominican Republic 4.0% 2010 down 81.6% volatile
113 Rwanda 4.0% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
114 Kuwait 3.0% 2010 down 51.5% volatile
115 Nepal 2.8% 2010 up 7.3% volatile
116 Burundi 2.6% 2010 up 312.5% volatile
117 Liberia 2.2% 2010 down 71.4% volatile
118 Syrian Arab Republic 2.0% 2010 up 78.3% volatile
119 Central African Republic 1.9% 2010 up 1.1% volatile
120 Senegal 1.9% 2010 up 216.9% falling
121 Mali 1.6% 2010 down 20.2% volatile
122 South Africa 1.5% 2010 down 75.8% volatile
123 El Salvador 1.4% 2010 down 89.7% volatile
124 Niger 1.4% 2010 unchanged volatile
125 Guyana 1.3% 2010 — volatile
126 Haiti 1.3% 2010 up 10.3% rising
127 Uruguay 1.2% 2010 down 84.4% volatile
128 Honduras 1.2% 2010 down 79.5% volatile
129 Gambia 1.2% 2010 down 9.6% volatile
130 Uganda 1.1% 2010 down 55.5% volatile
131 Maldives 1.0% 2010 down 4.8% rising
132 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.0% 2010 up 151.3% rising
133 Mauritania 0.9% 2010 down 76.0% volatile
134 Mozambique 0.8% 2010 up 4.2% volatile
135 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6% 2010 down 52.1% volatile
135 Namibia 0.6% 2010 down 49.1% volatile
137 Lesotho 0.5% 2010 down 72.3% volatile
138 Papua New Guinea 0.5% 2010 down 76.8% volatile
139 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2010 down 2.1% volatile
140 Zambia 0.3% 2010 down 60.2% volatile
141 Malawi 0.1% 2010 down 21.4% volatile
142 Congo 0.0% 2010 down 93.4% volatile
143 Australia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
143 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 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 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)