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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with no education by country

Percentage of population age 30-34 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
79.7%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
2.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 79.7% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.9%, and the mean is 12.5%.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 13,790.0%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 79.7% 2010 up 6.8% falling
2 Niger 71.4% 2010 down 8.9% falling
3 Afghanistan 68.3% 2010 up 14.3% falling
4 Mozambique 65.0% 2010 down 12.8% rising
5 Gambia 64.1% 2010 down 15.4% falling
6 Benin 56.6% 2010 down 6.9% falling
7 Senegal 56.6% 2010 down 13.8% rising
8 Yemen 49.5% 2010 down 33.9% falling
9 Liberia 49.5% 2010 up 3.1% falling
10 Rwanda 49.0% 2010 down 10.7% falling
11 Sierra Leone 48.7% 2010 down 24.1% falling
12 Sudan 47.3% 2010 down 3.5% falling
13 Pakistan 43.2% 2010 down 27.7% falling
14 Eswatini 43.1% 2010 up 19.3% falling
15 Togo 42.6% 2010 up 23.8% falling
16 Burundi 41.1% 2010 down 41.0% falling
17 Central African Republic 39.8% 2010 down 19.3% falling
18 Democratic Republic of Congo 39.2% 2010 up 8.2% falling
19 Morocco 37.4% 2010 down 20.8% falling
20 Nepal 36.4% 2010 down 30.5% falling
21 Mauritania 35.2% 2010 down 29.2% falling
22 Bangladesh 34.4% 2010 down 28.3% falling
23 Cote d'Ivoire 33.5% 2010 down 26.4% falling
24 Papua New Guinea 30.5% 2010 down 23.3% falling
25 India 29.5% 2010 down 31.6% falling
26 Laos 28.8% 2010 down 10.2% falling
27 Ghana 28.5% 2010 down 0.9% falling
28 Malawi 27.3% 2010 down 21.2% falling
29 Bahrain 25.7% 2010 up 4.1% volatile
30 Congo 23.6% 2010 down 18.5% falling
31 Libya 23.1% 2010 up 67.8% volatile
32 Haiti 23.0% 2010 down 22.2% falling
33 Egypt 22.4% 2010 down 37.8% falling
34 Cambodia 22.1% 2010 down 26.4% falling
35 Guatemala 21.5% 2010 down 23.3% falling
36 Tanzania 19.9% 2010 up 3.9% falling
37 Brunei 19.7% 2010 unchanged volatile
38 Nicaragua 18.4% 2010 down 18.4% falling
39 Uganda 14.2% 2010 down 41.9% falling
40 Norway 13.9% 2010 up 13,790.0% volatile
41 Zambia 13.3% 2010 up 22.0% falling
42 Namibia 13.2% 2010 down 13.7% falling
43 Iraq 10.5% 2010 down 47.1% volatile
44 Algeria 10.3% 2010 down 49.2% volatile
45 Syria 9.8% 2010 down 14.1% volatile
46 Honduras 9.7% 2010 down 22.3% volatile
47 Kenya 9.6% 2010 up 16.4% volatile
48 Lesotho 9.5% 2010 down 21.3% falling
49 Tunisia 9.3% 2010 down 58.6% volatile
50 Myanmar 9.1% 2010 down 52.4% volatile
51 United Arab Emirates 8.4% 2010 down 47.9% volatile
52 Saudi Arabia 8.0% 2010 down 56.2% volatile
53 Iran 7.4% 2010 down 48.2% volatile
54 Luxembourg 6.0% 2010 down 19.9% volatile
55 Vietnam 5.9% 2010 up 8.5% volatile
56 Maldives 5.8% 2010 down 75.3% falling
57 Austria 5.8% 2010 up 79.6% volatile
58 Dominican Republic 5.5% 2010 up 4,100.0% volatile
59 Denmark 5.4% 2010 up 275.2% volatile
60 Brazil 5.3% 2010 down 57.5% volatile
61 Bolivia 5.1% 2010 down 7.6% volatile
62 Guyana 4.7% 2010 down 16.2% falling
63 Jamaica 4.5% 2010 down 1.5% volatile
64 Panama 4.4% 2010 up 20.3% volatile
65 Turkey 3.7% 2010 down 63.5% volatile
66 Mongolia 3.7% 2010 up 65.3% volatile
67 Ecuador 3.5% 2010 down 77.8% falling
68 Mexico 3.3% 2010 down 27.7% volatile
69 Cameroon 3.2% 2010 down 68.9% volatile
70 Sweden 3.1% 2010 up 4.7% rising
71 El Salvador 3.0% 2010 down 81.4% volatile
72 Kuwait 3.0% 2010 down 88.6% falling
73 Qatar 2.9% 2010 down 91.6% falling
74 Thailand 2.9% 2010 down 72.0% volatile
75 Colombia 2.9% 2010 down 54.5% volatile
76 Gabon 2.8% 2010 down 80.6% volatile
77 Venezuela 2.6% 2010 down 69.2% volatile
78 Costa Rica 2.4% 2010 down 19.9% volatile
78 Jordan 2.4% 2010 down 82.9% volatile
80 Philippines 2.2% 2010 down 47.8% volatile
81 Belgium 2.2% 2010 up 1.8% volatile
82 Bulgaria 2.2% 2010 up 152.9% volatile
83 Cuba 2.2% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
84 Malaysia 2.2% 2010 down 64.4% volatile
84 Portugal 2.2% 2010 up 59.6% volatile
86 Sri Lanka 2.0% 2010 down 71.7% volatile
87 Peru 1.9% 2010 down 68.8% volatile
88 South Africa 1.9% 2010 down 82.4% volatile
89 Indonesia 1.9% 2010 down 92.2% volatile
90 Albania 1.7% 2010 up 309.8% volatile
91 Germany 1.6% 2010 down 37.3% volatile
92 Zimbabwe 1.5% 2010 down 51.6% volatile
93 Singapore 1.4% 2010 down 75.3% volatile
94 Paraguay 1.3% 2010 down 73.3% volatile
95 Chile 1.2% 2010 down 45.2% volatile
96 China 1.1% 2010 down 61.7% volatile
97 Romania 1.1% 2010 up 2.9% volatile
98 Iceland 1.0% 2010 down 36.2% volatile
99 Israel 1.0% 2010 down 24.6% volatile
100 Fiji 1.0% 2010 down 56.3% volatile
101 Italy 1.0% 2010 down 20.0% volatile
102 Serbia 0.9% 2010 up 1.1% volatile
103 France 0.8% 2010 down 4.7% volatile
104 Argentina 0.8% 2010 down 61.0% volatile
105 Spain 0.8% 2010 down 76.5% volatile
106 Mauritius 0.8% 2010 down 67.5% volatile
107 Switzerland 0.7% 2010 down 91.4% volatile
108 Greece 0.7% 2010 down 64.6% volatile
109 Moldova 0.6% 2010 up 3.6% volatile
110 Tonga 0.6% 2010 down 30.0% volatile
111 Russia 0.5% 2010 up 73.3% volatile
112 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% 2010 down 34.2% volatile
113 Ireland 0.5% 2010 down 85.8% falling
114 Croatia 0.4% 2010 down 43.1% volatile
115 Uruguay 0.4% 2010 down 66.7% volatile
116 Cyprus 0.3% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
116 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 86.2% volatile
118 Australia 0.3% 2010 down 41.8% falling
119 Ukraine 0.3% 2010 unchanged volatile
120 Latvia 0.3% 2010 up 47.4% falling
121 United States 0.3% 2010 down 15.6% falling
122 Slovenia 0.2% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
123 Poland 0.2% 2010 down 56.6% volatile
124 Czechia 0.2% 2010 down 47.6% falling
124 Hong Kong 0.2% 2010 down 93.5% volatile
124 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
127 Hungary 0.2% 2010 down 61.5% volatile
128 Estonia 0.2% 2010 down 14.3% volatile
129 Armenia 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 11.1% volatile
131 United Kingdom 0.1% 2010 down 95.6% volatile
131 South Korea 0.1% 2010 down 42.3% volatile
131 Macao 0.1% 2010 down 85.0% volatile
131 Malta 0.1% 2010 down 86.8% volatile
131 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
136 Canada 0.1% 2010 down 61.3% falling
137 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 97.4% volatile
137 Botswana 0.1% 2010 down 99.3% volatile
139 Japan 0.1% 2010 up 20.0% falling
140 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 73.7% volatile
141 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with no education
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 30-34 with no education