Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) by country
Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)
Countries reporting
144
Highest
78.3%
Republic of Korea
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
16.7%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 78.3% in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.7%, and the mean is 20.6%.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 659.3%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 78.3% | 2010 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 71.6% | 2010 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Singapore | 71.3% | 2010 | up 103.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Iceland | 70.0% | 2010 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 5 | United States of America | 62.7% | 2010 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 6 | Ireland | 61.3% | 2010 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Canada | 57.3% | 2010 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 8 | Japan | 55.5% | 2010 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Lithuania | 51.3% | 2010 | up 230.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Cyprus | 50.5% | 2010 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Greece | 45.6% | 2010 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 12 | New Zealand | 45.5% | 2010 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 13 | Australia | 44.5% | 2010 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 14 | Ukraine | 44.4% | 2010 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Libya | 43.8% | 2010 | up 459.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Belgium | 43.1% | 2010 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 17 | France | 42.2% | 2010 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 42.2% | 2010 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 19 | Poland | 41.4% | 2010 | up 95.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Cuba | 40.1% | 2010 | up 364.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Netherlands | 39.5% | 2010 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Israel | 38.0% | 2010 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 23 | Estonia | 37.9% | 2010 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 24 | Switzerland | 37.5% | 2010 | up 81.3% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 37.4% | 2010 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 26 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 37.3% | 2010 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 36.9% | 2010 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Macau, China | 36.5% | 2010 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Mongolia | 36.1% | 2010 | up 287.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Norway | 35.9% | 2010 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Hong Kong, China | 35.6% | 2010 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Sweden | 35.5% | 2010 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 33 | Philippines | 34.4% | 2010 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 34 | Latvia | 34.3% | 2010 | up 117.2% | rising |
| 35 | Denmark | 33.1% | 2010 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 36 | Finland | 31.1% | 2010 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 30.9% | 2010 | up 157.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 30.7% | 2010 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 39 | Slovakia | 30.4% | 2010 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Malaysia | 29.8% | 2010 | up 115.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Panama | 29.6% | 2010 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Republic of Moldova | 29.3% | 2010 | up 148.4% | rising |
| 43 | Armenia | 29.2% | 2010 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 44 | Slovenia | 29.1% | 2010 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Malta | 28.5% | 2010 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Hungary | 28.1% | 2010 | up 90.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Tunisia | 27.3% | 2010 | up 242.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 27.2% | 2010 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Czechia | 26.7% | 2010 | up 116.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Croatia | 26.7% | 2010 | up 144.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Portugal | 26.3% | 2010 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Peru | 25.9% | 2010 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Chile | 25.5% | 2010 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Jordan | 25.1% | 2010 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Mexico | 24.6% | 2010 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Iraq | 24.4% | 2010 | up 115.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Thailand | 24.4% | 2010 | up 154.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 24.1% | 2010 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Sri Lanka | 23.9% | 2010 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Romania | 23.4% | 2010 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Serbia | 23.2% | 2010 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.8% | 2010 | up 89.9% | rising |
| 63 | Germany | 22.6% | 2010 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Italy | 21.8% | 2010 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Egypt | 20.8% | 2010 | up 289.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 20.2% | 2010 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Jamaica | 20.0% | 2010 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Ecuador | 19.4% | 2010 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Algeria | 18.4% | 2010 | up 92.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Austria | 18.2% | 2010 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Brunei Darussalam | 17.5% | 2010 | up 93.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Fiji | 17.2% | 2010 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Türkiye | 16.2% | 2010 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Myanmar | 16.0% | 2010 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 16.0% | 2010 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 76 | Qatar | 15.4% | 2010 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.1% | 2010 | up 124.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Nicaragua | 13.7% | 2010 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 79 | Paraguay | 13.4% | 2010 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Brazil | 13.0% | 2010 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Gabon | 12.9% | 2010 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Morocco | 12.4% | 2010 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Mauritius | 11.1% | 2010 | up 201.6% | volatile |
| 84 | India | 11.0% | 2010 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Bahrain | 10.7% | 2010 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 86 | Indonesia | 10.7% | 2010 | up 266.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Viet Nam | 10.4% | 2010 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Barbados | 10.2% | 2010 | up 659.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Kenya | 10.1% | 2010 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Pakistan | 9.6% | 2010 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 91 | China | 9.5% | 2010 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 9.1% | 2010 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Afghanistan | 8.6% | 2010 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | 8.3% | 2010 | down 57.0% | rising |
| 95 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.6% | 2010 | up 137.5% | rising |
| 95 | Uruguay | 7.6% | 2010 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 97 | Tonga | 7.4% | 2010 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia | 6.9% | 2010 | down 62.2% | rising |
| 99 | El Salvador | 6.8% | 2010 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Kuwait | 6.3% | 2010 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 101 | Sudan | 6.3% | 2010 | up 167.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.9% | 2010 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Benin | 5.7% | 2010 | up 111.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Honduras | 5.5% | 2010 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.3% | 2010 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 5.0% | 2010 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Cameroon | 5.0% | 2010 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Tajikistan | 4.9% | 2010 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 109 | Albania | 4.8% | 2010 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 110 | Togo | 4.7% | 2010 | up 129.1% | volatile |
| 111 | South Africa | 4.7% | 2010 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Liberia | 4.5% | 2010 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Ghana | 4.4% | 2010 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Senegal | 4.4% | 2010 | up 193.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Belize | 4.4% | 2010 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Cambodia | 4.3% | 2010 | up 447.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Yemen | 4.3% | 2010 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Eswatini | 4.2% | 2010 | up 148.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Botswana | 3.9% | 2010 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Uganda | 3.3% | 2010 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Argentina | 3.2% | 2010 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Rwanda | 3.0% | 2010 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Mali | 2.3% | 2010 | up 108.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Sierra Leone | 2.3% | 2010 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Mauritania | 2.0% | 2010 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Lesotho | 2.0% | 2010 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Nepal | 1.9% | 2010 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Central African Republic | 1.9% | 2010 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Burundi | 1.6% | 2010 | up 203.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Niger | 1.4% | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 131 | Gambia | 1.2% | 2010 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Haiti | 1.2% | 2010 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 133 | Maldives | 1.1% | 2010 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Papua New Guinea | 1.0% | 2010 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Mozambique | 0.8% | 2010 | up 525.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Guyana | 0.7% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.6% | 2010 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Namibia | 0.6% | 2010 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 139 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.5% | 2010 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Zimbabwe | 0.5% | 2010 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Zambia | 0.3% | 2010 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Congo | 0.3% | 2010 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Malawi | 0.1% | 2010 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)