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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
66.4%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
23.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 66.4% in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 23.1%, and the mean is 25.5%.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 292.3%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 66.4% 2010 up 12.3% rising
2 Lesotho 63.4% 2010 up 4.8% flat
3 Myanmar 59.1% 2010 up 9.9% volatile
4 Thailand 57.5% 2010 down 12.8% rising
5 Paraguay 56.7% 2010 down 11.3% falling
6 Cambodia 56.2% 2010 up 7.9% rising
7 Malawi 54.1% 2010 up 11.6% rising
8 El Salvador 54.1% 2010 up 19.9% rising
9 Cameroon 53.8% 2010 up 8.8% rising
10 Honduras 53.6% 2010 down 2.7% rising
11 Türkiye 52.3% 2010 down 0.8% rising
12 Costa Rica 52.1% 2010 up 1.2% falling
13 Uganda 50.5% 2010 down 7.8% rising
14 Ecuador 49.6% 2010 up 19.6% falling
15 Uruguay 48.9% 2010 down 0.4% falling
16 Indonesia 48.2% 2010 down 5.6% rising
17 Papua New Guinea 48.0% 2010 up 36.7% volatile
18 Zambia 46.6% 2010 down 4.1% rising
19 Portugal 46.3% 2010 down 15.2% flat
20 Guatemala 46.2% 2010 up 6.7% rising
21 Namibia 45.2% 2010 down 2.5% rising
22 Syrian Arab Republic 44.8% 2010 down 15.8% rising
23 Kenya 44.5% 2010 down 2.5% rising
24 Algeria 44.1% 2010 up 17.6% rising
25 Kuwait 44.0% 2010 up 88.2% volatile
26 Qatar 43.5% 2010 up 292.3% volatile
27 Argentina 41.9% 2010 down 15.9% falling
28 Mauritania 41.0% 2010 up 15.3% rising
29 Maldives 40.5% 2010 up 46.9% rising
30 Guyana 40.2% 2010 down 15.3% falling
31 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 39.6% 2010 down 22.6% rising
32 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 39.5% 2010 up 4.5% rising
33 Mauritius 39.4% 2010 down 19.0% falling
34 Trinidad and Tobago 39.0% 2010 down 16.5% falling
35 Rwanda 38.4% 2010 up 9.2% rising
36 Nicaragua 38.0% 2010 down 1.2% rising
37 Brazil 37.0% 2010 down 21.2% flat
38 Haiti 36.4% 2010 up 2.9% rising
39 Zimbabwe 36.1% 2010 down 11.3% falling
40 Burundi 36.0% 2010 up 46.9% rising
41 Colombia 35.8% 2010 down 24.7% falling
42 Gabon 35.6% 2010 up 13.4% rising
43 Lao People's Democratic Republic 35.6% 2010 down 7.2% rising
44 Dominican Republic 35.4% 2010 down 51.1% rising
45 New Zealand 35.2% 2010 up 1.4% falling
46 Iceland 35.0% 2010 down 21.6% falling
47 Mexico 34.4% 2010 down 18.4% falling
48 Panama 34.3% 2010 down 6.2% falling
49 Greece 34.1% 2010 down 0.8% falling
50 Peru 34.0% 2010 up 9.8% falling
51 Tunisia 33.8% 2010 up 10.3% volatile
52 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 33.4% 2010 up 6.9% rising
53 Iraq 32.9% 2010 up 23.3% volatile
54 Fiji 32.6% 2010 up 20.7% falling
55 Philippines 31.8% 2010 down 17.5% falling
56 Eswatini 31.4% 2010 up 14.7% rising
57 Côte d'Ivoire 30.7% 2010 up 26.3% volatile
58 Spain 30.1% 2010 up 21.5% falling
59 Sudan 29.1% 2010 up 17.1% rising
60 Central African Republic 28.7% 2010 up 19.3% rising
61 Malta 28.3% 2010 up 7.4% falling
62 China 28.1% 2010 down 18.1% flat
63 Saudi Arabia 27.3% 2010 down 10.2% rising
64 Viet Nam 27.2% 2010 down 51.7% rising
65 United Arab Emirates 25.5% 2010 up 50.9% volatile
66 Libya 24.8% 2010 down 17.7% rising
67 Macau, China 24.7% 2010 down 38.5% falling
68 Congo 24.7% 2010 up 60.4% rising
69 Senegal 23.9% 2010 up 4.1% falling
70 Morocco 23.8% 2010 up 19.0% volatile
71 Cyprus 23.3% 2010 down 5.7% falling
72 Togo 23.2% 2010 down 6.8% rising
73 Malaysia 23.0% 2010 down 18.7% falling
74 Jamaica 22.6% 2010 down 30.3% falling
75 Iran, Islamic Republic of 22.4% 2010 down 11.1% rising
76 Nepal 22.0% 2010 up 39.1% volatile
77 Chile 22.0% 2010 down 38.3% falling
78 Mozambique 21.8% 2010 up 26.6% flat
79 Austria 21.8% 2010 down 27.4% falling
80 Sri Lanka 20.6% 2010 up 21.7% falling
81 Luxembourg 20.4% 2010 down 35.9% falling
82 Bangladesh 20.3% 2010 down 9.1% rising
83 Italy 19.9% 2010 down 28.0% falling
84 Hong Kong, China 19.8% 2010 down 2.4% falling
85 France 19.2% 2010 down 27.2% falling
86 Sierra Leone 19.2% 2010 up 28.4% volatile
87 South Africa 19.1% 2010 down 21.3% flat
88 Ireland 18.1% 2010 down 20.8% falling
89 Poland 18.0% 2010 down 21.5% falling
90 Liberia 17.5% 2010 up 10.3% volatile
91 Benin 16.8% 2010 up 4.1% rising
92 Niger 16.7% 2010 up 29.0% rising
93 Belize 16.0% 2010 down 65.1% falling
94 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.9% 2010 down 49.6% falling
95 Afghanistan 15.8% 2010 up 0.6% volatile
96 Jordan 15.8% 2010 down 3.3% rising
97 India 15.6% 2010 up 7.2% falling
98 Belgium 15.4% 2010 down 17.5% falling
99 Pakistan 15.3% 2010 up 59.4% rising
100 Cuba 14.3% 2010 down 16.6% volatile
101 Brunei Darussalam 13.5% 2010 down 12.3% falling
102 Bahrain 13.4% 2010 up 28.0% rising
103 Yemen 13.1% 2010 up 88.8% volatile
104 Japan 12.7% 2010 down 41.3% falling
104 Sweden 12.7% 2010 down 31.4% volatile
106 Israel 11.8% 2010 down 48.4% falling
107 Republic of Korea 11.5% 2010 down 22.2% falling
108 Barbados 11.3% 2010 down 48.2% volatile
109 Tonga 11.2% 2010 down 58.4% falling
110 Albania 10.9% 2010 down 52.0% falling
111 Romania 10.9% 2010 down 34.3% volatile
112 Mongolia 10.8% 2010 down 24.6% falling
113 Egypt 10.5% 2010 down 20.3% rising
114 Netherlands 10.5% 2010 down 25.9% volatile
115 Ghana 10.3% 2010 down 19.0% rising
116 Serbia 10.3% 2010 down 72.9% falling
117 Croatia 8.8% 2010 down 68.8% falling
118 Botswana 8.6% 2010 down 38.7% falling
119 Lithuania 8.4% 2010 down 38.7% falling
120 Mali 8.3% 2010 down 42.7% volatile
121 Singapore 7.4% 2010 down 42.9% falling
122 Denmark 6.9% 2010 down 51.7% volatile
123 Australia 6.5% 2010 down 35.3% volatile
124 Tajikistan 6.4% 2010 down 6.1% volatile
125 Russian Federation 5.6% 2010 down 35.8% volatile
126 Canada 5.5% 2010 down 48.3% volatile
127 Bulgaria 5.3% 2010 down 86.1% falling
128 Armenia 5.1% 2010 down 37.5% volatile
129 Republic of Moldova 5.1% 2010 down 62.4% falling
130 Ukraine 5.0% 2010 down 54.9% volatile
131 Estonia 4.6% 2010 down 55.6% volatile
132 Latvia 4.3% 2010 down 74.1% volatile
133 Slovenia 3.5% 2010 down 48.4% volatile
134 Kyrgyzstan 3.4% 2010 down 81.9% falling
135 Kazakhstan 3.0% 2010 down 67.7% volatile
136 Gambia 3.0% 2010 down 28.6% rising
137 Switzerland 2.8% 2010 down 88.3% volatile
138 United States of America 2.5% 2010 down 20.6% volatile
139 Hungary 1.8% 2010 down 84.9% volatile
140 Germany 1.6% 2010 down 92.2% volatile
141 Slovakia 0.7% 2010 down 97.0% volatile
142 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 98.7% volatile
143 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 83.3% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Primary
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 primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)