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

Percentage of population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
34.8%
Republic of Korea
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
7.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 34.8% in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.4%, and the mean is 9.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,479.

Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 312.1%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 99.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Korea 34.8% 2010 up 67.5% volatile
2 United States 30.9% 2010 up 15.8% rising
3 Singapore 30.6% 2010 up 110.5% volatile
4 Ireland 30.3% 2010 up 77.1% volatile
5 Israel 28.6% 2010 up 20.1% rising
6 Canada 27.7% 2010 up 78.1% rising
7 Ukraine 27.1% 2010 up 8.0% volatile
8 Russian Federation 25.9% 2010 up 23.6% volatile
9 Australia 25.2% 2010 up 58.3% rising
10 Greece 24.9% 2010 up 76.6% volatile
11 Cyprus 24.4% 2010 up 24.6% volatile
12 Estonia 23.7% 2010 up 22.7% volatile
13 Mongolia 22.5% 2010 up 94.3% volatile
14 Switzerland 22.0% 2010 up 76.2% rising
15 Luxembourg 21.2% 2010 up 100.5% volatile
16 Belgium 20.3% 2010 up 23.3% volatile
17 Japan 19.9% 2010 up 16.0% volatile
18 Lithuania 19.9% 2010 up 80.2% volatile
19 Netherlands 19.1% 2010 up 31.1% volatile
20 Denmark 19.0% 2010 up 41.1% rising
21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18.8% 2010 up 23.3% volatile
22 Sweden 18.6% 2010 up 23.4% rising
23 New Zealand 18.3% 2010 down 4.4% volatile
24 Iceland 18.3% 2010 up 61.7% volatile
25 Colombia 17.9% 2010 up 90.7% volatile
26 Hungary 17.6% 2010 up 50.9% volatile
27 Costa Rica 17.5% 2010 up 29.2% volatile
28 Panama 17.0% 2010 up 14.5% volatile
29 Spain 17.0% 2010 up 37.7% volatile
30 Peru 16.3% 2010 down 19.7% volatile
31 Bulgaria 16.1% 2010 up 26.4% rising
32 Germany 16.1% 2010 up 24.7% volatile
33 Iran 15.8% 2010 up 69.2% volatile
34 Kazakhstan 15.4% 2010 up 36.5% volatile
35 Norway 15.3% 2010 up 24.8% volatile
36 Slovenia 15.0% 2010 up 44.4% volatile
37 Hong Kong 14.8% 2010 up 25.7% volatile
38 Armenia 14.5% 2010 up 4.0% rising
39 Finland 14.4% 2010 up 3.5% volatile
40 Poland 14.0% 2010 up 67.6% volatile
41 Mexico 13.1% 2010 up 43.1% volatile
42 Qatar 12.6% 2010 up 14.6% rising
43 Croatia 12.5% 2010 up 84.6% volatile
44 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12.4% 2010 up 59.5% volatile
45 Macao 12.3% 2010 up 79.2% volatile
46 Latvia 12.2% 2010 up 23.9% rising
47 France 12.1% 2010 up 37.7% volatile
48 Kyrgyzstan 12.0% 2010 up 19.4% rising
49 Malta 11.9% 2010 up 63.4% volatile
50 Austria 11.5% 2010 up 52.1% volatile
51 Republic of Moldova 11.5% 2010 up 40.5% rising
52 Libya 11.3% 2010 up 279.1% volatile
53 Serbia 11.1% 2010 up 20.6% volatile
54 Nicaragua 11.0% 2010 up 11.2% rising
55 United Arab Emirates 10.7% 2010 down 9.7% volatile
56 Thailand 10.0% 2010 up 126.6% volatile
57 Jamaica 9.9% 2010 up 17.5% volatile
58 Iraq 9.5% 2010 up 56.6% volatile
58 Sri Lanka 9.5% 2010 up 5.8% volatile
60 Cuba 9.2% 2010 up 28.6% volatile
61 Saudi Arabia 9.2% 2010 up 0.5% rising
62 Slovakia 9.1% 2010 up 42.9% volatile
63 Bahrain 9.1% 2010 down 28.6% volatile
64 Fiji 8.8% 2010 up 30.3% volatile
65 Czechia 8.6% 2010 up 32.7% rising
66 Tunisia 8.4% 2010 up 109.5% volatile
67 Chile 8.2% 2010 down 13.3% volatile
68 Gabon 8.1% 2010 up 14.2% volatile
69 Romania 8.1% 2010 up 29.0% rising
70 Italy 8.0% 2010 up 31.2% volatile
71 Brazil 8.0% 2010 up 53.2% rising
72 Trinidad and Tobago 7.6% 2010 up 75.2% volatile
73 Philippines 7.2% 2010 down 10.6% rising
74 Brunei Darussalam 7.1% 2010 up 44.5% rising
75 Türkiye 7.1% 2010 up 13.1% volatile
76 Ecuador 6.9% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
77 Algeria 6.8% 2010 up 71.4% volatile
78 Egypt 6.8% 2010 up 121.3% volatile
79 Paraguay 6.7% 2010 up 29.5% volatile
80 Morocco 6.3% 2010 up 22.5% volatile
81 India 6.1% 2010 up 15.5% volatile
82 Malaysia 5.9% 2010 up 88.8% volatile
83 Tajikistan 5.8% 2010 down 18.5% rising
84 Jordan 5.6% 2010 up 4.5% rising
85 Kuwait 5.5% 2010 down 19.7% rising
86 Afghanistan 5.5% 2010 up 11.3% volatile
87 Pakistan 5.5% 2010 down 6.7% volatile
88 Kenya 5.2% 2010 up 72.1% volatile
89 Indonesia 5.0% 2010 up 176.9% volatile
90 Uruguay 5.0% 2010 down 17.1% rising
91 El Salvador 5.0% 2010 down 24.8% volatile
92 Myanmar 4.9% 2010 up 55.9% volatile
93 Viet Nam 4.6% 2010 up 82.9% volatile
94 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.2% 2010 up 16.5% rising
95 Tonga 4.2% 2010 down 31.8% volatile
96 Syria 4.1% 2010 up 16.9% volatile
97 Belize 3.8% 2010 down 17.5% rising
98 Portugal 3.7% 2010 down 17.0% volatile
99 Honduras 3.4% 2010 up 9.3% volatile
100 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.4% 2010 up 22.4% volatile
101 Argentina 3.4% 2010 down 16.1% rising
102 Côte d'Ivoire 3.4% 2010 up 12.4% volatile
103 Liberia 3.1% 2010 up 16.7% volatile
104 Bangladesh 3.1% 2010 up 8.1% volatile
105 Botswana 2.7% 2010 down 6.8% volatile
106 Dominican Republic 2.7% 2010 down 12.6% volatile
107 China 2.4% 2010 down 15.6% volatile
108 Mauritius 2.4% 2010 up 96.7% volatile
109 Nepal 2.3% 2010 down 6.9% volatile
110 Ghana 2.1% 2010 down 25.6% volatile
111 Benin 2.1% 2010 up 39.9% volatile
112 Senegal 2.0% 2010 up 132.9% volatile
113 Uganda 1.9% 2010 down 40.2% volatile
114 Sudan 1.8% 2010 up 132.9% volatile
115 Togo 1.8% 2010 up 29.6% volatile
116 Yemen 1.7% 2010 up 84.6% volatile
117 Cameroon 1.6% 2010 up 86.4% volatile
118 Mauritania 1.5% 2010 up 26.1% volatile
119 Namibia 1.4% 2010 down 22.9% rising
120 Barbados 1.4% 2010 up 91.7% rising
121 Cambodia 1.4% 2010 up 312.1% volatile
122 Central African Republic 1.3% 2010 up 3.2% volatile
122 Gambia 1.3% 2010 down 12.2% volatile
124 Mali 1.3% 2010 up 159.2% volatile
125 Lesotho 1.2% 2010 up 37.5% volatile
126 Congo 1.1% 2010 down 28.8% volatile
127 Zambia 1.0% 2010 down 30.6% volatile
128 Albania 1.0% 2010 down 80.4% rising
129 Eswatini 1.0% 2010 down 5.8% volatile
130 Sierra Leone 0.9% 2010 up 54.1% volatile
131 Papua New Guinea 0.8% 2010 up 6.4% volatile
132 Haiti 0.8% 2010 up 17.1% rising
133 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8% 2010 down 13.3% volatile
134 Niger 0.7% 2010 up 29.8% volatile
135 Zimbabwe 0.7% 2010 down 31.1% falling
136 Burundi 0.6% 2010 up 52.6% volatile
137 Rwanda 0.6% 2010 up 147.8% volatile
138 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5% 2010 down 14.5% volatile
139 South Africa 0.5% 2010 down 36.1% rising
140 Maldives 0.4% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.3% 2010 up 43.5% volatile
142 Malawi 0.3% 2010 down 28.2% volatile
143 Guyana 0.2% 2010 up 53.8% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 99.7% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary