Statizoid

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary by country

Percentage of population age 25-29 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
79.8%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
1.5%
Sudan
Median
30.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 79.8% in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 1.5% in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 30.8%, and the mean is 31.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 52.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 1,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 69.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kazakhstan 79.8% 2010 up 0.7% rising
2 South Africa 72.2% 2010 up 128.7% volatile
3 Trinidad and Tobago 69.3% 2010 up 69.3% volatile
4 Kyrgyzstan 68.9% 2010 down 5.4% rising
5 Croatia 67.0% 2010 up 9.0% rising
6 Czechia 67.0% 2010 down 17.0% rising
7 Tonga 65.5% 2010 up 290.2% volatile
8 Slovenia 65.2% 2010 down 4.1% rising
9 Serbia 64.2% 2010 up 23.6% volatile
10 Austria 64.2% 2010 up 9.8% rising
11 Tajikistan 64.1% 2010 down 22.2% rising
12 Slovakia 64.0% 2010 down 10.1% rising
13 Germany 64.0% 2010 up 18.5% volatile
14 Hungary 59.2% 2010 down 5.8% volatile
15 Armenia 57.4% 2010 down 14.6% rising
16 Chile 55.2% 2010 up 66.7% rising
17 Argentina 54.4% 2010 up 48.8% volatile
18 Romania 53.3% 2010 down 21.0% rising
19 Hong Kong 53.1% 2010 up 21.1% rising
20 Poland 53.0% 2010 down 23.7% volatile
21 Finland 52.7% 2010 up 51.3% volatile
22 Italy 52.2% 2010 up 3.9% volatile
23 Israel 51.2% 2010 up 44.2% rising
24 Mauritius 51.1% 2010 up 95.9% rising
25 Switzerland 50.4% 2010 up 8.5% rising
26 Fiji 50.2% 2010 down 1.2% volatile
27 Sweden 49.4% 2010 down 17.4% rising
28 United Kingdom 49.2% 2010 up 337.5% volatile
29 Bulgaria 47.7% 2010 up 13.8% rising
30 Malaysia 47.7% 2010 up 10.2% volatile
31 Jamaica 47.6% 2010 up 21.2% volatile
32 Saudi Arabia 47.6% 2010 up 116.6% volatile
33 United Arab Emirates 46.2% 2010 up 31.3% rising
34 Peru 46.0% 2010 up 64.5% volatile
35 Albania 44.9% 2010 up 22.8% rising
36 Guyana 44.0% 2010 up 20.6% volatile
37 Estonia 43.9% 2010 down 24.2% rising
38 Moldova 42.9% 2010 down 24.4% rising
39 Netherlands 42.6% 2010 down 13.2% rising
40 Belize 41.4% 2010 up 114.9% volatile
41 France 41.1% 2010 up 8.5% volatile
42 Bangladesh 40.7% 2010 up 154.0% volatile
43 Australia 40.5% 2010 down 32.2% rising
44 Brazil 40.1% 2010 up 91.0% volatile
45 Lithuania 40.0% 2010 down 39.6% rising
46 Dominican Republic 39.9% 2010 up 247.3% volatile
47 Venezuela 39.3% 2010 up 229.7% volatile
48 Denmark 39.2% 2010 down 29.7% rising
49 Belgium 38.5% 2010 down 5.6% rising
50 Ukraine 38.5% 2010 down 15.7% rising
51 Macao 38.3% 2010 up 60.2% volatile
52 Latvia 38.1% 2010 down 20.3% rising
53 Egypt 38.0% 2010 up 6.9% volatile
54 Luxembourg 37.9% 2010 up 7.8% rising
55 Botswana 36.8% 2010 down 6.9% volatile
56 Bahrain 36.6% 2010 down 8.1% volatile
57 Greece 36.0% 2010 down 24.8% rising
58 Brunei 35.2% 2010 up 4.1% rising
59 Japan 35.0% 2010 down 8.3% rising
60 Colombia 34.8% 2010 up 31.2% volatile
61 Mongolia 34.8% 2010 down 34.2% rising
62 Cyprus 34.2% 2010 down 11.5% rising
63 Ecuador 33.7% 2010 up 83.3% volatile
64 India 33.3% 2010 up 49.4% volatile
65 United States 33.1% 2010 down 5.3% falling
66 Panama 33.1% 2010 up 19.8% rising
67 El Salvador 33.1% 2010 up 116.4% volatile
68 Paraguay 33.0% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
69 Canada 32.5% 2010 down 12.2% rising
70 Norway 31.4% 2010 down 25.6% rising
71 Portugal 31.1% 2010 up 11.1% volatile
72 Indonesia 31.0% 2010 up 194.1% volatile
73 Turkey 30.6% 2010 up 79.3% volatile
74 Iran 30.5% 2010 up 6.8% volatile
75 Thailand 29.7% 2010 up 136.0% volatile
76 China 29.0% 2010 down 37.9% volatile
77 Gabon 28.2% 2010 up 20.6% volatile
78 Uruguay 28.0% 2010 up 53.0% rising
79 Haiti 27.3% 2010 up 16.4% volatile
80 Ireland 26.8% 2010 down 9.4% rising
81 Ghana 26.6% 2010 up 43.0% volatile
82 Spain 26.3% 2010 up 22.4% volatile
83 Cuba 25.8% 2010 down 42.0% volatile
84 Jordan 25.6% 2010 down 49.0% volatile
85 Costa Rica 25.2% 2010 up 49.1% volatile
86 Philippines 24.9% 2010 up 13.0% rising
87 Honduras 24.6% 2010 up 90.3% volatile
88 Vietnam 24.5% 2010 up 114.3% rising
89 Bolivia 23.9% 2010 down 31.7% volatile
90 Singapore 23.8% 2010 down 53.0% volatile
91 Namibia 23.6% 2010 up 0.3% rising
92 Malta 22.4% 2010 down 52.0% volatile
93 Qatar 22.4% 2010 up 0.8% rising
94 Pakistan 22.3% 2010 up 40.7% volatile
95 Lesotho 22.1% 2010 down 33.1% volatile
96 Benin 22.0% 2010 up 73.0% volatile
97 Mexico 20.9% 2010 up 4.5% volatile
98 South Korea 20.6% 2010 down 56.3% rising
99 Russia 20.6% 2010 down 37.1% flat
100 Syria 20.4% 2010 up 231.9% volatile
101 Nepal 19.8% 2010 up 64.1% volatile
102 Nicaragua 19.6% 2010 up 46.1% volatile
103 Barbados 19.4% 2010 down 24.0% rising
104 Kuwait 19.3% 2010 down 21.4% rising
105 Cameroon 19.1% 2010 up 5.9% volatile
106 Sri Lanka 18.9% 2010 down 64.8% rising
107 Algeria 18.5% 2010 down 30.9% volatile
108 Kenya 18.5% 2010 up 112.9% volatile
109 Guatemala 18.4% 2010 up 23.5% volatile
110 Malawi 18.3% 2010 up 113.0% volatile
111 Tunisia 16.6% 2010 down 8.1% rising
112 Liberia 16.4% 2010 up 79.3% volatile
113 Yemen 15.4% 2010 up 73.0% volatile
114 Democratic Republic of Congo 14.2% 2010 up 3.1% volatile
115 Cote d'Ivoire 14.0% 2010 up 96.6% volatile
116 Morocco 13.6% 2010 up 31.6% volatile
117 Libya 13.3% 2010 down 56.6% volatile
118 Afghanistan 13.2% 2010 up 437.0% volatile
119 Central African Republic 12.9% 2010 up 4.7% volatile
120 Myanmar 12.9% 2010 up 27.5% rising
121 Zambia 12.6% 2010 up 6.3% volatile
122 Maldives 12.4% 2010 up 11.7% falling
123 Mauritania 12.1% 2010 up 39.7% volatile
124 Iraq 11.8% 2010 down 35.2% volatile
125 Iceland 10.0% 2010 down 65.3% rising
126 Uganda 9.3% 2010 up 225.8% volatile
127 Togo 9.0% 2010 down 35.6% volatile
128 New Zealand 8.9% 2010 down 46.1% falling
129 Laos 8.7% 2010 up 6.3% volatile
130 Eswatini 8.4% 2010 up 9.9% volatile
131 Sierra Leone 7.6% 2010 up 68.2% volatile
132 Cambodia 7.0% 2010 up 50.6% volatile
133 Rwanda 6.1% 2010 up 13.4% volatile
134 Zimbabwe 5.7% 2010 down 58.7% volatile
135 Papua New Guinea 5.6% 2010 up 1,300.0% volatile
136 Mali 5.3% 2010 up 224.7% volatile
137 Gambia 4.7% 2010 up 15.2% volatile
138 Burundi 4.7% 2010 up 11.7% volatile
139 Congo 4.1% 2010 down 57.8% volatile
140 Senegal 3.6% 2010 down 47.1% rising
141 Niger 3.0% 2010 down 2.3% volatile
142 Mozambique 2.6% 2010 up 76.7% volatile
143 Tanzania 2.2% 2010 up 161.9% volatile
144 Sudan 1.5% 2010 down 69.0% volatile

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with secondary by country. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-25-29-with-secondary-schooling-completed-secondary/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-25-29-with-secondary-schooling-completed-secondary/">Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with secondary by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary
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
Last refreshed

Percentage of population age 25-29 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary