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

Percentage of population age 25+ with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
81.4%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
7.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 81.4% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.9%, and the mean is 17.6%.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 8,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 81.4% 2010 down 0.3% falling
2 Niger 78.2% 2010 down 5.9% falling
3 Mozambique 74.6% 2010 down 7.0% flat
4 Gambia 72.7% 2010 down 8.8% falling
5 Yemen 69.2% 2010 down 18.8% falling
6 Afghanistan 66.0% 2010 down 10.0% falling
7 Senegal 65.3% 2010 down 5.0% rising
8 Sierra Leone 65.1% 2010 down 11.5% falling
9 Benin 64.1% 2010 down 7.9% falling
10 Burundi 57.3% 2010 down 19.2% falling
11 Liberia 55.8% 2010 down 8.3% falling
12 Sudan 55.7% 2010 down 10.8% falling
13 Central African Republic 53.3% 2010 down 13.6% falling
14 Rwanda 53.2% 2010 down 10.5% falling
15 Pakistan 52.5% 2010 down 21.5% falling
16 Morocco 50.9% 2010 down 16.2% falling
17 Nepal 50.6% 2010 down 22.1% falling
18 Togo 49.8% 2010 down 3.4% falling
19 Côte d'Ivoire 47.0% 2010 down 19.6% falling
20 Eswatini 44.8% 2010 down 7.9% falling
21 Mauritania 44.6% 2010 down 18.3% falling
22 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 44.2% 2010 down 8.2% falling
23 India 42.3% 2010 down 16.7% falling
24 Bangladesh 42.0% 2010 down 17.6% falling
25 Papua New Guinea 40.8% 2010 down 22.1% falling
26 Egypt 37.4% 2010 down 24.8% falling
27 Ghana 35.3% 2010 down 10.5% falling
28 Haiti 35.1% 2010 down 18.7% falling
29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 34.6% 2010 down 15.6% falling
30 Congo 32.1% 2010 down 22.7% falling
31 Bahrain 31.7% 2010 up 2.9% falling
32 Guatemala 31.2% 2010 down 20.9% falling
33 Malawi 29.6% 2010 down 31.0% falling
34 Maldives 29.5% 2010 down 40.3% falling
35 Cambodia 28.3% 2010 down 24.1% falling
36 Iraq 28.1% 2010 down 31.5% falling
37 Algeria 27.0% 2010 down 29.6% falling
38 Tunisia 26.8% 2010 down 33.9% falling
39 Libya 26.8% 2010 down 20.4% falling
40 Kenya 26.5% 2010 down 14.1% falling
41 Tanzania, United Republic of 26.1% 2010 down 25.3% falling
42 Nicaragua 23.1% 2010 down 26.7% falling
43 Myanmar 21.7% 2010 down 31.5% falling
44 Namibia 20.9% 2010 down 19.2% falling
45 Syria 20.9% 2010 down 5.0% falling
46 Uganda 20.7% 2010 down 38.7% falling
47 Brunei Darussalam 20.6% 2010 down 3.6% falling
48 Gabon 19.2% 2010 down 40.8% falling
49 Honduras 18.7% 2010 down 10.6% falling
50 Zambia 18.4% 2010 down 22.8% falling
51 Cameroon 18.2% 2010 down 37.2% falling
52 Saudi Arabia 18.1% 2010 down 31.3% falling
53 Iran, Islamic Republic of 16.8% 2010 down 47.0% falling
54 Singapore 16.4% 2010 down 22.7% volatile
55 Botswana 15.7% 2010 down 36.6% falling
56 Lesotho 15.7% 2010 down 12.1% falling
57 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 13.5% 2010 down 20.6% volatile
58 Brazil 12.4% 2010 down 38.4% falling
59 Portugal 11.8% 2010 up 9.6% volatile
60 Türkiye 11.3% 2010 down 43.9% falling
61 Dominican Republic 10.8% 2010 up 8,900.0% volatile
62 Ecuador 10.6% 2010 down 49.2% falling
63 United Arab Emirates 10.2% 2010 down 51.8% volatile
64 Jordan 10.1% 2010 down 59.3% falling
65 Indonesia 9.5% 2010 down 66.1% falling
66 Mexico 9.3% 2010 down 30.5% falling
67 Cuba 9.2% 2010 down 34.8% falling
68 Malaysia 8.8% 2010 down 42.4% volatile
69 Zimbabwe 8.5% 2010 down 35.3% volatile
70 Viet Nam 8.2% 2010 down 13.8% volatile
71 Panama 8.1% 2010 down 8.5% falling
72 Colombia 7.9% 2010 down 28.8% falling
73 South Africa 7.8% 2010 down 61.3% volatile
74 Kuwait 7.1% 2010 down 74.1% falling
75 Peru 6.8% 2010 down 45.2% falling
76 Mauritius 6.6% 2010 down 46.1% volatile
77 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 6.6% 2010 down 53.2% volatile
78 China 6.6% 2010 down 51.0% volatile
79 Italy 6.3% 2010 down 20.3% falling
80 Hong Kong 6.3% 2010 down 71.1% falling
81 Norway 5.8% 2010 up 1,787.1% volatile
82 Costa Rica 5.5% 2010 down 18.5% falling
83 Sri Lanka 5.4% 2010 down 48.1% volatile
84 Guyana 5.3% 2010 down 24.4% falling
85 Jamaica 5.2% 2010 down 19.8% volatile
86 Belgium 5.0% 2010 up 6.6% rising
87 Luxembourg 4.9% 2010 up 2.5% volatile
88 Paraguay 4.5% 2010 down 49.0% volatile
89 Mongolia 4.5% 2010 down 19.5% volatile
90 El Salvador 4.2% 2010 down 83.7% falling
91 Republic of Korea 4.1% 2010 down 45.0% volatile
92 Qatar 3.9% 2010 down 90.4% falling
93 Albania 3.9% 2010 up 153.9% volatile
94 Macao 3.8% 2010 down 50.7% volatile
95 Thailand 3.7% 2010 down 74.5% volatile
96 Philippines 3.4% 2010 down 44.8% volatile
97 Serbia 3.2% 2010 down 36.9% volatile
98 Israel 3.0% 2010 down 14.6% volatile
99 Fiji 3.0% 2010 down 45.5% volatile
100 Chile 3.0% 2010 down 41.8% volatile
101 Denmark 2.9% 2010 up 214.1% volatile
102 Greece 2.8% 2010 down 78.2% falling
103 Spain 2.5% 2010 down 85.7% volatile
104 Bulgaria 2.3% 2010 up 83.7% volatile
105 Croatia 1.9% 2010 down 62.6% volatile
106 Malta 1.9% 2010 down 83.9% falling
107 Germany 1.8% 2010 down 66.1% volatile
107 Romania 1.8% 2010 down 32.8% volatile
109 Sweden 1.7% 2010 down 1.1% rising
110 Uruguay 1.6% 2010 down 43.8% volatile
111 France 1.6% 2010 down 50.2% volatile
112 Iceland 1.5% 2010 up 12.5% rising
113 Ukraine 1.5% 2010 down 56.4% volatile
114 Austria 1.5% 2010 up 37.0% volatile
115 Switzerland 1.4% 2010 down 87.4% volatile
116 Trinidad and Tobago 1.3% 2010 down 45.9% volatile
117 Argentina 1.1% 2010 down 73.8% volatile
118 Republic of Moldova 1.1% 2010 down 81.8% volatile
119 Kyrgyzstan 1.0% 2010 down 37.9% volatile
120 Russian Federation 0.9% 2010 down 21.1% volatile
121 Cyprus 0.9% 2010 down 91.9% volatile
122 Ireland 0.8% 2010 down 83.7% falling
123 Tonga 0.8% 2010 down 43.8% volatile
124 Australia 0.8% 2010 down 35.5% rising
125 Canada 0.6% 2010 down 42.0% falling
126 Slovenia 0.5% 2010 down 31.4% volatile
127 Armenia 0.4% 2010 down 43.8% volatile
128 United States of America 0.4% 2010 down 18.8% volatile
129 Tajikistan 0.4% 2010 down 51.3% volatile
130 Poland 0.3% 2010 down 89.9% volatile
131 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 61.1% volatile
132 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 87.9% volatile
133 Latvia 0.2% 2010 down 67.2% volatile
134 Estonia 0.2% 2010 down 21.7% volatile
135 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2010 down 95.0% falling
136 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 70.8% volatile
136 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 up 27.3% volatile
138 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 20.0% volatile
139 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 98.0% falling
140 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2010 down 97.5% volatile
141 Barbados 0.0% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
142 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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