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

Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
60.0%
Singapore
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
9.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 60.0% in Singapore; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.8%, and the mean is 12.9%.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 657.8%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 60.0% 2010 up 91.5% volatile
2 South Korea 59.9% 2010 up 74.3% volatile
3 Iceland 44.2% 2010 up 97.3% volatile
4 Greece 42.9% 2010 up 97.5% volatile
5 Ireland 42.2% 2010 up 30.4% volatile
6 Cyprus 39.8% 2010 up 17.4% volatile
7 Japan 35.1% 2010 up 10.6% volatile
8 Canada 34.6% 2010 up 52.7% rising
9 Mongolia 34.4% 2010 up 290.0% volatile
10 United States 33.5% 2010 up 9.4% rising
11 Russia 32.3% 2010 up 24.5% volatile
12 Lithuania 31.5% 2010 up 228.7% volatile
13 Cuba 30.3% 2010 up 363.9% volatile
14 Hong Kong 29.7% 2010 up 25.9% volatile
15 Belgium 29.7% 2010 up 5.7% rising
16 Australia 28.1% 2010 up 42.0% rising
17 Ukraine 27.2% 2010 up 3.7% volatile
18 Libya 26.9% 2010 up 456.5% volatile
19 Luxembourg 26.7% 2010 up 74.3% rising
20 Colombia 26.5% 2010 up 157.8% volatile
21 Poland 26.2% 2010 up 97.8% volatile
22 Netherlands 25.0% 2010 up 38.3% volatile
23 Malta 24.9% 2010 up 78.7% volatile
24 Hungary 24.4% 2010 up 86.0% rising
25 Israel 24.0% 2010 down 12.8% rising
26 Switzerland 23.7% 2010 up 83.9% rising
27 Spain 23.6% 2010 up 1.6% volatile
28 United Kingdom 23.6% 2010 up 9.7% volatile
29 Estonia 23.2% 2010 up 37.0% rising
30 New Zealand 22.8% 2010 down 13.0% rising
31 Sweden 22.5% 2010 up 30.7% rising
32 Macao 22.4% 2010 up 55.7% volatile
33 Iran 22.3% 2010 up 56.7% volatile
34 Costa Rica 22.3% 2010 up 38.4% volatile
35 Latvia 21.0% 2010 up 115.8% rising
36 Denmark 20.9% 2010 up 57.0% rising
37 Bulgaria 20.8% 2010 up 33.2% rising
37 Thailand 20.8% 2010 up 158.6% volatile
39 Panama 20.3% 2010 up 22.0% volatile
40 Bolivia 19.9% 2010 up 88.0% volatile
41 France 19.8% 2010 up 20.4% volatile
42 Norway 19.6% 2010 down 1.8% volatile
43 Peru 19.6% 2010 down 11.0% volatile
44 Moldova 17.9% 2010 up 146.9% rising
45 Armenia 17.9% 2010 up 25.5% rising
46 Slovenia 17.8% 2010 up 44.6% volatile
47 Tunisia 16.8% 2010 up 239.8% volatile
48 Mexico 16.5% 2010 up 49.9% volatile
49 Croatia 16.3% 2010 up 143.2% volatile
50 Iraq 15.0% 2010 up 113.7% volatile
51 Slovakia 14.7% 2010 up 106.3% volatile
52 Sri Lanka 14.7% 2010 up 13.4% volatile
53 Romania 14.3% 2010 up 83.0% volatile
54 Germany 14.3% 2010 up 35.4% volatile
55 Serbia 14.2% 2010 up 95.1% volatile
56 Kyrgyzstan 14.0% 2010 up 88.7% rising
57 Italy 13.8% 2010 up 82.5% volatile
58 Nicaragua 13.4% 2010 up 11.3% rising
59 Czechia 12.9% 2010 up 108.2% volatile
60 Egypt 12.8% 2010 up 287.5% volatile
61 Jamaica 12.2% 2010 up 18.6% volatile
62 Austria 11.5% 2010 down 4.6% volatile
63 Algeria 11.2% 2010 up 91.0% volatile
64 Trinidad and Tobago 11.0% 2010 up 124.2% volatile
65 Ecuador 10.9% 2010 up 0.3% volatile
66 Brunei 10.7% 2010 up 92.6% volatile
66 Chile 10.7% 2010 down 26.3% volatile
68 Fiji 10.5% 2010 up 6.0% volatile
69 Turkey 10.3% 2010 up 11.3% volatile
70 Malaysia 10.1% 2010 up 115.7% volatile
71 Bahrain 10.0% 2010 down 15.0% rising
72 Kazakhstan 9.8% 2010 down 6.9% rising
72 Myanmar 9.8% 2010 up 217.5% volatile
74 Qatar 9.5% 2010 up 1.4% rising
75 Finland 9.2% 2010 down 32.1% rising
76 Brazil 9.1% 2010 up 68.6% rising
77 Philippines 8.9% 2010 down 1.6% rising
78 Gabon 7.9% 2010 down 20.8% volatile
79 Morocco 7.6% 2010 down 3.3% volatile
80 Pakistan 7.3% 2010 down 15.2% volatile
81 Paraguay 7.2% 2010 up 12.8% volatile
82 India 6.8% 2010 down 4.6% volatile
83 Indonesia 6.6% 2010 up 263.5% volatile
84 Vietnam 6.3% 2010 up 114.5% volatile
85 Barbados 6.3% 2010 up 657.8% volatile
86 Kenya 6.2% 2010 up 53.1% volatile
87 China 5.8% 2010 up 41.2% volatile
88 Portugal 5.8% 2010 down 10.3% volatile
89 Jordan 5.4% 2010 up 46.9% rising
90 Afghanistan 5.3% 2010 down 10.8% rising
90 Venezuela 5.3% 2010 up 16.0% rising
92 Mauritius 5.1% 2010 up 201.2% volatile
93 United Arab Emirates 5.1% 2010 down 57.3% rising
93 El Salvador 5.1% 2010 down 49.2% volatile
95 Laos 4.7% 2010 up 135.4% volatile
96 Tonga 4.6% 2010 down 18.9% volatile
97 Saudi Arabia 4.2% 2010 down 62.5% rising
98 Kuwait 3.9% 2010 up 13.5% rising
98 Sudan 3.9% 2010 up 165.8% volatile
100 Uruguay 3.7% 2010 down 39.0% rising
101 Syria 3.6% 2010 up 28.3% volatile
102 Benin 3.5% 2010 up 109.6% volatile
103 Eswatini 3.4% 2010 up 148.9% volatile
104 Honduras 3.4% 2010 down 5.4% volatile
105 Cote d'Ivoire 3.2% 2010 down 27.5% volatile
106 Bangladesh 3.0% 2010 down 10.9% volatile
106 Cameroon 3.0% 2010 up 75.7% volatile
108 Tajikistan 3.0% 2010 down 41.9% falling
109 Albania 2.9% 2010 down 38.4% rising
110 Togo 2.9% 2010 up 127.6% volatile
111 Ghana 2.7% 2010 up 54.5% volatile
111 Senegal 2.7% 2010 up 192.5% volatile
113 Belize 2.7% 2010 down 43.2% volatile
114 Cambodia 2.6% 2010 up 445.8% volatile
114 Yemen 2.6% 2010 up 26.0% volatile
116 Botswana 2.4% 2010 down 25.2% volatile
117 Dominican Republic 2.3% 2010 down 39.1% volatile
118 Liberia 2.3% 2010 down 17.2% volatile
119 Uganda 2.0% 2010 down 44.4% volatile
120 Sierra Leone 1.6% 2010 up 75.5% volatile
121 Mali 1.4% 2010 up 107.2% volatile
122 Mauritania 1.2% 2010 down 22.8% volatile
123 Lesotho 1.2% 2010 up 6.0% volatile
124 Nepal 1.2% 2010 down 65.5% volatile
125 Central African Republic 1.1% 2010 up 35.3% volatile
126 Rwanda 1.1% 2010 up 235.3% volatile
127 Burundi 1.0% 2010 up 206.1% volatile
128 Haiti 1.0% 2010 up 11.1% rising
129 Niger 0.9% 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Gambia 0.8% 2010 down 40.5% volatile
131 Papua New Guinea 0.6% 2010 down 68.0% volatile
132 Mozambique 0.5% 2010 up 475.0% volatile
133 Guyana 0.4% 2010 — volatile
134 Tanzania 0.4% 2010 down 54.7% volatile
135 Namibia 0.3% 2010 down 74.3% falling
136 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.3% 2010 down 77.8% volatile
137 South Africa 0.3% 2010 down 53.0% rising
138 Zimbabwe 0.3% 2010 down 58.0% volatile
139 Argentina 0.2% 2010 down 85.4% volatile
140 Zambia 0.2% 2010 down 75.0% volatile
141 Congo 0.1% 2010 down 89.8% volatile
142 Maldives 0.1% 2010 down 47.6% rising
142 Malawi 0.1% 2010 down 71.1% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. 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 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary