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

Percentage of population age 25+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
86.5%
Barbados
Lowest
3.1%
Mozambique
Median
40.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 86.5% in Barbados; the lowest is 3.1% in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 40.6%, and the mean is 42.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 285.5%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 24.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Barbados 86.5% 2010 up 12.5% rising
2 Tajikistan 84.5% 2010 up 3.3% rising
3 Albania 83.8% 2010 up 22.6% rising
4 Czechia 83.3% 2010 down 4.8% rising
5 Tonga 81.8% 2010 up 30.7% rising
6 Slovakia 81.7% 2010 up 32.8% rising
7 Hungary 78.5% 2010 up 5.1% volatile
8 Belize 78.2% 2010 up 85.1% volatile
9 Kyrgyzstan 77.7% 2010 up 19.8% rising
10 Latvia 77.5% 2010 up 13.4% rising
11 Republic of Moldova 76.8% 2010 up 12.4% rising
12 Romania 75.4% 2010 up 5.4% rising
13 Kazakhstan 74.1% 2010 up 2.4% volatile
14 Slovenia 73.8% 2010 down 4.6% rising
15 Armenia 73.1% 2010 up 3.3% rising
16 Germany 72.2% 2010 up 34.5% volatile
17 Botswana 71.6% 2010 up 26.0% volatile
18 Croatia 70.9% 2010 up 25.2% rising
19 Serbia 70.2% 2010 up 61.4% volatile
20 Bulgaria 68.9% 2010 up 63.3% rising
21 Finland 68.4% 2010 up 98.3% rising
22 South Africa 67.0% 2010 up 43.4% rising
23 Norway 64.5% 2010 up 21.3% rising
24 Cuba 64.4% 2010 up 8.4% volatile
25 Switzerland 62.6% 2010 up 36.6% rising
26 Lithuania 62.4% 2010 down 6.8% rising
27 China 61.8% 2010 up 28.7% volatile
28 Italy 61.7% 2010 up 12.0% rising
29 Denmark 61.6% 2010 down 4.0% rising
30 Mongolia 61.1% 2010 down 10.2% volatile
31 Netherlands 60.7% 2010 down 2.3% rising
32 Poland 60.5% 2010 down 1.4% rising
33 Estonia 60.4% 2010 down 1.3% rising
34 Sri Lanka 59.9% 2010 up 0.9% rising
35 Austria 59.4% 2010 up 3.6% rising
36 Jordan 57.9% 2010 up 24.8% volatile
37 Viet Nam 57.8% 2010 up 89.8% volatile
38 Jamaica 57.5% 2010 up 18.4% volatile
39 Sweden 57.4% 2010 up 1.4% rising
40 Japan 57.0% 2010 up 10.0% rising
41 Chile 57.0% 2010 up 48.7% rising
42 Hong Kong, China 56.8% 2010 up 30.6% rising
43 Malta 56.2% 2010 up 5.2% rising
44 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 55.6% 2010 up 32.7% rising
45 Brunei Darussalam 55.2% 2010 down 1.1% rising
46 France 54.8% 2010 up 2.5% volatile
47 Australia 54.7% 2010 down 15.0% rising
48 Zimbabwe 54.3% 2010 up 22.2% volatile
49 Guyana 54.2% 2010 up 19.3% volatile
50 Ukraine 53.6% 2010 up 10.6% rising
51 Macau, China 53.4% 2010 up 26.5% rising
52 Malaysia 51.9% 2010 up 7.7% volatile
53 Fiji 51.2% 2010 down 10.8% volatile
53 Ghana 51.2% 2010 up 17.5% volatile
55 Trinidad and Tobago 50.0% 2010 up 10.4% rising
56 Belgium 49.6% 2010 down 5.0% rising
57 Mauritius 48.7% 2010 up 33.6% volatile
58 United Arab Emirates 48.3% 2010 up 9.3% volatile
59 Canada 46.2% 2010 down 24.7% rising
60 Bahrain 45.4% 2010 down 0.2% volatile
61 Argentina 45.2% 2010 up 29.8% rising
62 Cyprus 45.0% 2010 up 12.6% rising
63 Republic of Korea 44.6% 2010 down 12.4% rising
64 Dominican Republic 43.6% 2010 up 166.0% volatile
65 Luxembourg 42.8% 2010 down 8.9% rising
66 Iran, Islamic Republic of 42.5% 2010 up 31.6% volatile
67 Egypt 42.0% 2010 up 28.8% volatile
68 Israel 41.9% 2010 up 13.3% rising
69 Spain 41.7% 2010 up 7.4% volatile
70 Congo 41.0% 2010 up 3.0% volatile
71 Saudi Arabia 40.9% 2010 up 38.0% rising
72 Philippines 40.6% 2010 up 36.9% rising
73 Kuwait 40.6% 2010 up 4.8% rising
74 Uruguay 40.1% 2010 up 8.3% rising
75 United States of America 39.8% 2010 down 10.2% falling
76 Brazil 39.3% 2010 up 53.1% volatile
77 Singapore 39.2% 2010 down 19.6% rising
78 Mexico 38.6% 2010 up 19.1% volatile
79 Peru 38.3% 2010 up 23.5% rising
80 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 37.8% 2010 up 79.3% rising
81 Ireland 36.8% 2010 down 21.4% rising
82 Colombia 36.6% 2010 up 17.8% rising
83 Greece 36.3% 2010 down 3.3% rising
84 Iceland 35.8% 2010 down 2.3% rising
85 El Salvador 34.9% 2010 up 76.5% volatile
86 Indonesia 34.8% 2010 up 90.4% volatile
87 Panama 34.0% 2010 up 0.0% rising
88 Qatar 33.8% 2010 up 5.2% rising
89 Zambia 33.5% 2010 up 31.9% volatile
90 Bangladesh 33.2% 2010 up 47.4% volatile
91 India 33.0% 2010 up 23.1% volatile
92 Gabon 33.0% 2010 up 28.6% volatile
93 Russian Federation 31.8% 2010 down 18.6% rising
94 Namibia 31.7% 2010 up 27.2% rising
95 Libya 30.6% 2010 down 3.9% volatile
96 Portugal 29.2% 2010 up 24.6% volatile
97 Paraguay 28.4% 2010 up 43.5% rising
98 Maldives 28.2% 2010 up 30.2% falling
99 Ecuador 28.2% 2010 up 24.5% rising
100 Syrian Arab Republic 28.1% 2010 up 44.1% volatile
101 New Zealand 27.9% 2010 up 5.0% falling
102 Nicaragua 27.7% 2010 up 38.6% volatile
103 Haiti 27.5% 2010 up 33.7% volatile
104 Tunisia 26.8% 2010 up 17.6% volatile
105 Thailand 26.3% 2010 up 82.5% volatile
106 Uganda 25.9% 2010 up 285.5% volatile
107 Türkiye 25.7% 2010 up 47.6% volatile
108 Cameroon 25.5% 2010 up 26.3% volatile
109 Pakistan 25.5% 2010 up 53.5% rising
110 Iraq 24.8% 2010 up 6.5% volatile
111 Lao People's Democratic Republic 24.7% 2010 up 49.4% volatile
112 Togo 24.3% 2010 up 13.3% volatile
113 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 24.2% 2010 down 22.2% rising
114 Nepal 24.0% 2010 up 55.4% volatile
115 Costa Rica 23.6% 2010 down 13.4% rising
116 Guatemala 22.6% 2010 up 67.0% volatile
117 Eswatini 22.5% 2010 down 0.7% rising
118 Honduras 22.5% 2010 up 17.0% volatile
119 Gambia 22.4% 2010 up 61.1% volatile
120 Liberia 21.4% 2010 up 11.9% volatile
121 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21.2% 2010 up 10.2% volatile
122 Kenya 21.1% 2010 up 11.8% volatile
123 Lesotho 19.0% 2010 down 6.5% volatile
124 Algeria 18.7% 2010 up 2.8% volatile
125 Côte d'Ivoire 17.3% 2010 up 34.8% volatile
126 Central African Republic 16.1% 2010 up 29.4% volatile
127 Benin 16.1% 2010 up 31.6% volatile
128 Morocco 16.0% 2010 up 37.1% volatile
129 Malawi 15.9% 2010 up 97.2% volatile
130 Yemen 15.1% 2010 up 137.5% volatile
131 Sierra Leone 14.3% 2010 up 35.5% volatile
132 Cambodia 13.5% 2010 up 33.0% rising
133 Sudan 12.4% 2010 up 7.9% volatile
134 Mauritania 12.1% 2010 up 50.1% volatile
135 Myanmar 11.7% 2010 up 18.6% rising
136 Afghanistan 9.9% 2010 up 177.3% volatile
137 Papua New Guinea 9.5% 2010 down 13.0% volatile
138 Mali 8.4% 2010 up 163.6% volatile
139 Senegal 7.9% 2010 up 11.5% volatile
140 Rwanda 7.0% 2010 up 41.5% volatile
141 Tanzania, United Republic of 6.7% 2010 up 33.2% volatile
142 Burundi 5.9% 2010 up 45.4% volatile
143 Niger 4.0% 2010 up 28.3% volatile
144 Mozambique 3.1% 2010 up 39.7% volatile

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