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

Percentage of population age 25+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
71.9%
Czechia
Lowest
1.2%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Median
22.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 71.9% in Czechia; the lowest is 1.2% in Tanzania, United Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 22.5%, and the mean is 26.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 60.

Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (up 542.6%), and the largest decrease in Sri Lanka (down 62.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 71.9% 2010 up 5.2% volatile
2 Tajikistan 70.5% 2010 up 3.2% volatile
3 Kyrgyzstan 70.3% 2010 up 27.8% volatile
4 Kazakhstan 69.3% 2010 up 7.1% volatile
5 Slovakia 67.9% 2010 up 48.3% volatile
6 Armenia 63.3% 2010 up 3.4% rising
7 Poland 60.4% 2010 up 0.9% volatile
8 Republic of Moldova 57.4% 2010 up 38.7% volatile
9 Germany 56.9% 2010 up 46.6% volatile
10 Slovenia 56.3% 2010 up 4.3% volatile
11 Hungary 54.3% 2010 up 28.0% volatile
12 South Africa 52.9% 2010 up 192.3% volatile
13 Croatia 52.4% 2010 up 44.9% volatile
14 Lithuania 52.4% 2010 up 0.8% rising
15 Romania 52.2% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
16 Switzerland 49.3% 2010 up 41.1% rising
17 Serbia 48.1% 2010 up 73.3% volatile
18 Sweden 48.1% 2010 up 2.2% rising
19 Tonga 47.9% 2010 up 354.0% volatile
20 Estonia 47.8% 2010 up 10.4% volatile
21 Trinidad and Tobago 47.1% 2010 up 110.7% volatile
22 Bulgaria 46.9% 2010 up 81.4% volatile
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 44.3% 2010 up 542.6% volatile
24 Mongolia 43.9% 2010 up 6.7% volatile
25 Latvia 43.5% 2010 up 21.9% volatile
26 Austria 42.5% 2010 up 5.3% rising
27 Albania 42.0% 2010 up 41.9% volatile
28 Norway 41.6% 2010 up 28.5% volatile
29 Ukraine 40.9% 2010 up 17.4% rising
30 Japan 40.2% 2010 up 15.0% rising
31 Hong Kong 39.8% 2010 up 57.5% rising
32 Denmark 39.5% 2010 up 1.6% rising
33 Finland 38.0% 2010 up 99.4% volatile
34 Netherlands 38.0% 2010 down 3.4% volatile
35 Mauritius 37.7% 2010 up 112.5% volatile
36 France 37.5% 2010 up 13.8% volatile
37 United States of America 35.9% 2010 up 11.8% flat
38 Australia 35.4% 2010 down 35.7% rising
39 Chile 34.8% 2010 up 33.9% rising
40 Cyprus 34.6% 2010 up 16.6% rising
41 Malaysia 34.5% 2010 up 23.0% volatile
42 Republic of Korea 34.4% 2010 down 6.0% volatile
43 Israel 34.3% 2010 up 18.3% rising
44 Italy 33.4% 2010 up 27.9% volatile
45 Cuba 33.1% 2010 up 6.7% volatile
46 Jamaica 32.8% 2010 up 26.9% volatile
47 United Arab Emirates 32.1% 2010 up 11.1% volatile
48 Peru 32.1% 2010 up 42.2% volatile
49 Brunei Darussalam 31.9% 2010 up 5.9% volatile
50 Belgium 31.7% 2010 up 17.4% rising
51 Guyana 31.2% 2010 up 27.9% volatile
52 Belize 31.1% 2010 up 127.9% volatile
53 Argentina 31.1% 2010 up 33.7% rising
54 Canada 31.0% 2010 up 0.1% rising
55 Bahrain 30.6% 2010 down 1.7% volatile
56 Fiji 29.8% 2010 down 4.9% volatile
57 Botswana 28.9% 2010 up 23.1% volatile
58 Macao 28.7% 2010 up 57.9% volatile
59 Singapore 28.6% 2010 down 24.2% volatile
60 Luxembourg 27.1% 2010 down 4.8% rising
61 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 27.1% 2010 up 156.8% volatile
62 Greece 26.8% 2010 down 0.2% rising
63 Jordan 25.2% 2010 down 12.9% volatile
64 Brazil 24.6% 2010 up 76.2% volatile
65 Iceland 24.6% 2010 up 3.3% rising
66 Egypt 24.2% 2010 up 38.7% volatile
67 Saudi Arabia 24.0% 2010 up 46.6% rising
68 Barbados 23.9% 2010 up 3.6% rising
69 Panama 23.8% 2010 up 26.6% rising
70 Iran, Islamic Republic of 23.2% 2010 up 17.4% volatile
71 Philippines 22.9% 2010 up 33.5% rising
72 Russian Federation 22.6% 2010 down 20.5% rising
73 Ireland 22.3% 2010 down 11.9% rising
74 Dominican Republic 22.3% 2010 up 235.5% volatile
74 Qatar 22.3% 2010 up 18.3% rising
76 Colombia 22.1% 2010 up 25.9% volatile
77 Ecuador 22.0% 2010 up 47.9% volatile
78 Haiti 21.9% 2010 up 56.6% volatile
79 India 20.8% 2010 up 23.9% volatile
80 Indonesia 20.3% 2010 up 109.9% volatile
81 Bangladesh 20.0% 2010 up 54.5% volatile
82 El Salvador 19.9% 2010 up 112.7% volatile
83 Gabon 19.4% 2010 up 41.1% volatile
84 China 18.7% 2010 down 14.4% volatile
85 Viet Nam 18.6% 2010 up 97.9% volatile
86 Spain 18.6% 2010 up 37.1% volatile
87 Kuwait 18.2% 2010 down 11.9% rising
88 Paraguay 18.2% 2010 up 27.9% volatile
89 Libya 17.9% 2010 down 4.0% volatile
89 Namibia 17.9% 2010 up 25.5% rising
91 Uruguay 17.8% 2010 up 22.1% rising
92 Ghana 17.4% 2010 up 14.1% volatile
93 Türkiye 17.0% 2010 up 66.2% volatile
94 Pakistan 16.6% 2010 up 57.9% volatile
95 Costa Rica 16.1% 2010 up 12.3% volatile
96 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 15.7% 2010 down 34.5% volatile
97 Syria 15.6% 2010 up 203.5% volatile
98 Sri Lanka 15.5% 2010 down 62.3% rising
99 Liberia 15.4% 2010 up 51.9% volatile
100 Thailand 15.3% 2010 up 121.1% volatile
101 Mexico 14.9% 2010 up 13.3% volatile
102 Cameroon 14.8% 2010 up 36.2% volatile
103 Zambia 14.7% 2010 up 10.0% volatile
104 Algeria 14.5% 2010 up 8.4% volatile
105 Iraq 14.3% 2010 up 14.4% volatile
106 Kenya 14.1% 2010 up 168.3% volatile
107 Honduras 14.1% 2010 up 22.9% volatile
108 Malta 13.9% 2010 down 49.1% rising
109 New Zealand 13.8% 2010 down 16.1% falling
110 Nicaragua 13.8% 2010 up 41.6% volatile
111 Guatemala 13.1% 2010 up 35.5% volatile
112 Tunisia 13.1% 2010 up 11.9% volatile
113 Benin 13.0% 2010 up 61.0% volatile
114 Portugal 13.0% 2010 down 14.0% volatile
115 Lesotho 12.7% 2010 down 34.7% volatile
116 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12.3% 2010 up 18.8% volatile
117 Nepal 10.5% 2010 up 86.5% volatile
118 Zimbabwe 9.3% 2010 up 6.0% volatile
119 Central African Republic 9.3% 2010 up 39.6% volatile
120 Morocco 9.2% 2010 up 47.0% volatile
121 Malawi 8.7% 2010 up 83.7% volatile
122 Maldives 8.7% 2010 up 67.3% falling
123 Congo 8.4% 2010 down 18.2% volatile
124 Myanmar 8.3% 2010 up 33.8% rising
125 Uganda 7.6% 2010 up 362.4% volatile
126 Yemen 7.5% 2010 up 140.4% volatile
127 Mauritania 7.0% 2010 up 61.4% volatile
128 Côte d'Ivoire 7.0% 2010 up 72.2% volatile
129 Togo 6.3% 2010 down 18.9% volatile
130 Afghanistan 5.7% 2010 up 199.0% volatile
131 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.7% 2010 up 51.1% volatile
132 Papua New Guinea 5.5% 2010 down 6.8% volatile
133 Sierra Leone 4.8% 2010 up 31.6% volatile
134 Cambodia 4.2% 2010 up 67.5% volatile
135 Eswatini 4.2% 2010 down 17.0% rising
136 Rwanda 4.1% 2010 up 55.8% volatile
137 Gambia 4.0% 2010 up 36.2% volatile
138 Sudan 3.9% 2010 down 14.9% volatile
139 Mali 3.6% 2010 up 153.9% volatile
140 Burundi 3.4% 2010 up 57.9% volatile
141 Senegal 2.6% 2010 down 33.8% volatile
142 Niger 2.4% 2010 up 38.2% volatile
143 Mozambique 1.8% 2010 up 50.8% volatile
144 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.2% 2010 up 73.9% volatile

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