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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with no education by country

Percentage of population age 25-29 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
75.5%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
2.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 75.5% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.5%, and the mean is 11.2%.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 19,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 75.5% 2010 down 0.4% falling
2 Niger 72.4% 2010 down 1.3% falling
3 Mozambique 68.1% 2010 down 7.3% flat
4 Benin 59.5% 2010 down 2.3% falling
5 Gambia 59.2% 2010 down 4.8% falling
6 Sierra Leone 57.6% 2010 up 0.3% falling
7 Senegal 54.0% 2010 down 6.5% rising
8 Afghanistan 48.3% 2010 down 28.1% falling
9 Yemen 47.7% 2010 down 24.2% falling
10 Sudan 46.3% 2010 down 2.1% falling
11 Rwanda 46.0% 2010 down 10.7% falling
12 Liberia 45.3% 2010 down 5.6% falling
13 Central African Republic 44.0% 2010 up 6.0% falling
14 Democratic Republic of Congo 43.9% 2010 up 27.4% falling
15 Burundi 41.7% 2010 down 28.2% falling
16 Pakistan 37.9% 2010 down 32.8% falling
17 Morocco 36.2% 2010 down 5.3% falling
18 Togo 36.0% 2010 up 11.7% falling
19 Cote d'Ivoire 31.1% 2010 down 7.0% falling
20 Haiti 28.5% 2010 up 15.5% falling
21 Laos 27.6% 2010 down 7.9% falling
22 Mauritania 24.5% 2010 down 39.5% falling
23 India 23.8% 2010 down 34.5% falling
24 Ghana 23.5% 2010 down 18.3% falling
25 Papua New Guinea 22.7% 2010 down 34.2% falling
26 Bangladesh 22.4% 2010 down 48.2% falling
27 Brunei 22.4% 2010 up 13.7% falling
28 Congo 21.2% 2010 down 48.8% falling
29 Nepal 21.1% 2010 down 54.7% falling
30 Bahrain 20.4% 2010 down 5.3% volatile
31 Guatemala 18.2% 2010 down 27.0% falling
32 Cambodia 18.2% 2010 down 23.8% falling
33 Namibia 18.0% 2010 up 31.4% falling
34 Libya 17.6% 2010 up 13.5% volatile
35 Iraq 17.1% 2010 up 172.2% volatile
36 Nicaragua 14.1% 2010 down 35.6% falling
37 Egypt 13.7% 2010 down 52.1% falling
38 Norway 13.7% 2010 up 19,400.0% volatile
39 Tanzania 13.6% 2010 down 31.2% volatile
40 Eswatini 13.2% 2010 down 58.1% falling
41 Vietnam 12.6% 2010 up 241.6% volatile
42 Zambia 12.0% 2010 up 9.8% falling
43 Uganda 11.4% 2010 down 45.0% volatile
44 Cameroon 9.4% 2010 up 93.2% volatile
45 Syria 9.2% 2010 up 12.4% volatile
46 Lesotho 8.9% 2010 down 22.8% falling
47 Denmark 8.4% 2010 up 422.5% volatile
48 Kenya 8.1% 2010 up 1.6% volatile
49 Algeria 7.1% 2010 down 43.8% volatile
50 United Arab Emirates 6.8% 2010 down 46.0% volatile
51 Honduras 6.7% 2010 down 23.4% volatile
52 Belgium 6.3% 2010 up 285.4% volatile
53 Iran 6.2% 2010 down 45.0% volatile
54 Mongolia 6.0% 2010 up 225.3% volatile
55 Luxembourg 5.9% 2010 down 34.0% volatile
56 Tunisia 5.9% 2010 down 63.2% volatile
57 Saudi Arabia 5.4% 2010 down 53.1% volatile
58 Myanmar 5.3% 2010 down 63.5% volatile
59 Zimbabwe 5.2% 2010 up 176.7% volatile
60 Dominican Republic 4.6% 2010 up 3,415.4% volatile
61 Sweden 4.1% 2010 up 51.5% rising
62 Thailand 4.1% 2010 down 62.5% volatile
63 Panama 4.0% 2010 up 9.3% volatile
64 Gabon 3.5% 2010 down 61.0% volatile
65 Brazil 3.5% 2010 down 63.8% volatile
66 Turkey 3.3% 2010 down 53.7% volatile
67 Bulgaria 3.2% 2010 up 196.3% volatile
68 Qatar 2.9% 2010 down 90.9% falling
69 Ecuador 2.8% 2010 down 82.6% falling
70 El Salvador 2.7% 2010 down 81.3% volatile
71 Kuwait 2.6% 2010 down 83.2% volatile
72 Iceland 2.6% 2010 up 28.4% volatile
73 Mexico 2.5% 2010 down 44.9% volatile
74 Venezuela 2.5% 2010 down 64.1% volatile
75 Colombia 2.1% 2010 down 58.0% volatile
76 Guyana 2.0% 2010 down 56.4% volatile
77 Bolivia 2.0% 2010 down 51.4% volatile
78 Malaysia 1.9% 2010 down 61.8% volatile
79 Portugal 1.8% 2010 up 79.4% volatile
80 Albania 1.8% 2010 up 264.0% volatile
81 Malawi 1.7% 2010 down 94.7% falling
81 Philippines 1.7% 2010 down 60.5% volatile
83 Costa Rica 1.7% 2010 down 47.3% volatile
84 Jordan 1.6% 2010 down 83.1% volatile
85 Germany 1.6% 2010 down 39.7% rising
86 Romania 1.6% 2010 up 1.3% volatile
87 Maldives 1.6% 2010 down 93.4% falling
88 Paraguay 1.5% 2010 down 66.4% volatile
89 Indonesia 1.5% 2010 down 94.0% volatile
90 Sri Lanka 1.5% 2010 down 73.9% volatile
91 Jamaica 1.4% 2010 down 67.3% volatile
92 Cuba 1.4% 2010 down 42.1% volatile
93 Chile 1.3% 2010 down 3.0% volatile
93 Peru 1.3% 2010 down 69.9% volatile
95 South Africa 1.1% 2010 down 87.0% volatile
96 Serbia 0.9% 2010 up 2.3% volatile
97 Italy 0.8% 2010 up 3.8% volatile
98 Singapore 0.8% 2010 down 71.5% volatile
99 Israel 0.8% 2010 down 37.6% volatile
100 China 0.8% 2010 down 67.5% volatile
101 France 0.7% 2010 down 5.7% volatile
102 Fiji 0.6% 2010 down 64.3% volatile
102 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6% 2010 up 106.9% volatile
104 Mauritius 0.6% 2010 down 62.3% volatile
105 Russia 0.6% 2010 up 90.0% volatile
106 Slovenia 0.6% 2010 up 86.7% volatile
107 Canada 0.6% 2010 up 77.4% falling
108 Spain 0.5% 2010 down 79.9% volatile
108 Greece 0.5% 2010 down 72.3% volatile
110 Botswana 0.5% 2010 up 430.0% volatile
110 Moldova 0.5% 2010 up 35.9% volatile
112 Croatia 0.5% 2010 up 95.7% volatile
113 Switzerland 0.4% 2010 down 95.3% volatile
114 Ireland 0.4% 2010 down 88.1% falling
115 Tonga 0.4% 2010 down 58.9% volatile
116 New Zealand 0.3% 2010 up 154.5% volatile
116 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 88.1% volatile
118 Argentina 0.2% 2010 down 84.6% volatile
118 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
120 Australia 0.2% 2010 down 39.5% falling
121 Czechia 0.2% 2010 down 43.6% falling
122 Estonia 0.2% 2010 down 8.7% volatile
122 Uruguay 0.2% 2010 down 79.8% volatile
124 Armenia 0.2% 2010 up 13.3% volatile
125 Poland 0.2% 2010 down 62.8% volatile
126 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 97.3% volatile
127 Hungary 0.1% 2010 down 70.2% volatile
127 United States 0.1% 2010 down 56.2% falling
129 South Korea 0.1% 2010 down 31.6% volatile
130 Hong Kong 0.1% 2010 down 94.0% volatile
130 Latvia 0.1% 2010 down 52.2% falling
130 Macao 0.1% 2010 down 81.7% volatile
133 Tajikistan 0.1% 2010 down 41.2% volatile
134 Barbados 0.1% 2010 up 800.0% volatile
134 Cyprus 0.1% 2010 down 85.2% volatile
134 Ukraine 0.1% 2010 down 70.0% volatile
137 United Kingdom 0.1% 2010 down 95.5% volatile
138 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
138 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 25.0% falling
140 Malta 0.0% 2010 down 95.8% volatile
141 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 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 25-29 with no education