Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) by country
Percentage of population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)
Countries reporting
144
Highest
62.0%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
12.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 62.0% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.0%, and the mean is 14.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,101.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 308.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 99.4%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with tertiary schooling.: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 62.0% | 2010 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 2 | United States of America | 57.3% | 2010 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 3 | Canada | 47.7% | 2010 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 4 | Ireland | 44.2% | 2010 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Israel | 43.2% | 2010 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 6 | Ukraine | 39.9% | 2010 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Republic of Korea | 39.8% | 2010 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia | 38.0% | 2010 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 9 | Singapore | 37.0% | 2010 | up 117.2% | volatile |
| 10 | New Zealand | 36.8% | 2010 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Estonia | 34.8% | 2010 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Switzerland | 33.2% | 2010 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 31.9% | 2010 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Finland | 31.6% | 2010 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Cyprus | 30.9% | 2010 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Japan | 30.1% | 2010 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Belgium | 30.0% | 2010 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Norway | 29.4% | 2010 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Lithuania | 29.3% | 2010 | up 81.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Netherlands | 28.8% | 2010 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Denmark | 28.6% | 2010 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 28.3% | 2010 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Sweden | 28.1% | 2010 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 24 | Iceland | 27.6% | 2010 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Greece | 26.8% | 2010 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Spain | 25.7% | 2010 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 27 | France | 24.4% | 2010 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Germany | 24.3% | 2010 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Philippines | 24.2% | 2010 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 30 | Mongolia | 23.7% | 2010 | up 94.1% | rising |
| 31 | Panama | 23.6% | 2010 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 23.5% | 2010 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 22.8% | 2010 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 22.8% | 2010 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Slovenia | 22.3% | 2010 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Armenia | 21.4% | 2010 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 37 | Poland | 21.1% | 2010 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Peru | 20.9% | 2010 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Colombia | 19.8% | 2010 | up 90.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Hungary | 19.4% | 2010 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 18.8% | 2010 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Qatar | 18.8% | 2010 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 43 | Croatia | 18.3% | 2010 | up 85.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 18.3% | 2010 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Macau, China | 18.1% | 2010 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Chile | 18.1% | 2010 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Latvia | 18.0% | 2010 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 48 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.9% | 2010 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 49 | Libya | 17.9% | 2010 | up 302.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Mexico | 17.7% | 2010 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Austria | 17.4% | 2010 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Slovakia | 17.3% | 2010 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Hong Kong, China | 17.2% | 2010 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Republic of Moldova | 17.0% | 2010 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 55 | Czechia | 16.5% | 2010 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Malaysia | 16.4% | 2010 | up 96.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Serbia | 16.3% | 2010 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Jordan | 16.2% | 2010 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 16.0% | 2010 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 15.9% | 2010 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Jamaica | 14.7% | 2010 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Iraq | 14.3% | 2010 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 14.1% | 2010 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 13.7% | 2010 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 65 | Malta | 13.5% | 2010 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Fiji | 13.1% | 2010 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Portugal | 12.7% | 2010 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Thailand | 12.5% | 2010 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Tunisia | 12.5% | 2010 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Gabon | 12.2% | 2010 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Italy | 12.1% | 2010 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Cuba | 12.1% | 2010 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Romania | 11.8% | 2010 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 74 | Argentina | 11.7% | 2010 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 75 | Ecuador | 11.6% | 2010 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Brazil | 11.3% | 2010 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Nicaragua | 11.2% | 2010 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 78 | Türkiye | 10.7% | 2010 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Brunei Darussalam | 10.7% | 2010 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 80 | Paraguay | 10.4% | 2010 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 10.3% | 2010 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Algeria | 10.1% | 2010 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Egypt | 10.1% | 2010 | up 124.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.6% | 2010 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Bahrain | 9.5% | 2010 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Uruguay | 9.4% | 2010 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 87 | Morocco | 9.4% | 2010 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 88 | India | 9.1% | 2010 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 8.7% | 2010 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 90 | Kuwait | 8.3% | 2010 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 91 | Afghanistan | 8.3% | 2010 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Kenya | 7.9% | 2010 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Indonesia | 7.5% | 2010 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Myanmar | 7.5% | 2010 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Viet Nam | 6.8% | 2010 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 96 | El Salvador | 6.8% | 2010 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Pakistan | 6.7% | 2010 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Tonga | 6.2% | 2010 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.2% | 2010 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 100 | South Africa | 6.1% | 2010 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Belize | 5.7% | 2010 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 102 | Liberia | 5.3% | 2010 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Mauritius | 5.3% | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Honduras | 5.1% | 2010 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.1% | 2010 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.0% | 2010 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Bangladesh | 4.6% | 2010 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Botswana | 4.1% | 2010 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 109 | China | 3.6% | 2010 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Nepal | 3.4% | 2010 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Ghana | 3.1% | 2010 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Benin | 3.1% | 2010 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Senegal | 3.0% | 2010 | up 136.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Uganda | 3.0% | 2010 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Sudan | 2.8% | 2010 | up 135.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Togo | 2.6% | 2010 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Yemen | 2.5% | 2010 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Cameroon | 2.5% | 2010 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Congo | 2.3% | 2010 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Mauritania | 2.2% | 2010 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Namibia | 2.2% | 2010 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 122 | Barbados | 2.1% | 2010 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 123 | Cambodia | 2.0% | 2010 | up 308.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Central African Republic | 1.9% | 2010 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Gambia | 1.9% | 2010 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Mali | 1.9% | 2010 | up 158.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Lesotho | 1.9% | 2010 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Maldives | 1.8% | 2010 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 1.6% | 2010 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Zambia | 1.5% | 2010 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Albania | 1.5% | 2010 | down 80.3% | rising |
| 132 | Rwanda | 1.4% | 2010 | up 189.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Sierra Leone | 1.3% | 2010 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Eswatini | 1.3% | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.2% | 2010 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Niger | 1.1% | 2010 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 1.1% | 2010 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 138 | Haiti | 1.0% | 2010 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 139 | Burundi | 0.9% | 2010 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.8% | 2010 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Mozambique | 0.5% | 2010 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Malawi | 0.4% | 2010 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Guyana | 0.3% | 2010 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2010 | down 99.4% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)