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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with primary schooling. Completed Primary by country

Percentage of population age 30-34 with primary schooling. Completed Primary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
59.5%
Tanzania
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
10.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with primary schooling. Completed Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 59.5% in Tanzania; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.4%, and the mean is 13.6%.

Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 395.3%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania 59.5% 2010 down 6.5% volatile
2 Papua New Guinea 57.6% 2010 up 45.8% volatile
3 Turkey 43.0% 2010 down 16.9% rising
4 Syria 42.7% 2010 up 181.4% volatile
5 Rwanda 40.5% 2010 up 76.4% volatile
6 Cameroon 39.7% 2010 up 11.1% rising
7 Algeria 36.4% 2010 up 53.9% volatile
8 Ecuador 33.9% 2010 up 38.2% rising
9 Honduras 33.4% 2010 up 16.2% volatile
10 Sudan 33.2% 2010 up 4.7% volatile
11 Uruguay 32.8% 2010 up 3.1% rising
12 Burundi 32.8% 2010 up 120.5% volatile
13 Indonesia 32.6% 2010 down 12.3% rising
14 Costa Rica 32.3% 2010 down 7.1% rising
15 Paraguay 32.1% 2010 down 21.6% rising
16 Myanmar 32.0% 2010 up 39.1% volatile
17 Thailand 30.8% 2010 down 14.8% volatile
18 Mauritania 29.8% 2010 up 46.9% rising
19 Zambia 29.0% 2010 down 6.7% rising
20 Lesotho 28.9% 2010 up 27.3% rising
21 Gabon 28.2% 2010 up 38.3% rising
22 Morocco 27.6% 2010 up 15.2% volatile
23 Maldives 26.8% 2010 up 38.4% rising
24 Togo 26.8% 2010 down 17.8% volatile
25 Iraq 26.4% 2010 up 31.8% volatile
26 Argentina 25.8% 2010 down 15.9% falling
27 Portugal 25.8% 2010 down 40.2% flat
28 Namibia 25.4% 2010 up 3.7% rising
29 Tunisia 24.9% 2010 up 3.8% volatile
30 Venezuela 24.7% 2010 down 24.8% rising
31 Cote d'Ivoire 24.4% 2010 up 30.9% volatile
31 Cambodia 24.4% 2010 up 12.4% rising
33 Colombia 24.2% 2010 down 3.2% rising
34 Central African Republic 24.2% 2010 up 48.4% volatile
35 Kenya 23.9% 2010 down 32.8% rising
36 Brazil 22.9% 2010 down 27.1% rising
37 Bangladesh 21.6% 2010 up 2.5% rising
38 Laos 20.7% 2010 down 7.3% rising
39 Brunei 20.1% 2010 up 395.3% falling
40 Panama 20.0% 2010 down 3.2% falling
41 Mozambique 19.5% 2010 up 48.2% rising
42 Guatemala 19.3% 2010 up 11.0% rising
43 Qatar 19.0% 2010 up 266.7% volatile
44 New Zealand 18.8% 2010 down 2.4% rising
45 Guyana 18.5% 2010 down 29.0% falling
46 Zimbabwe 17.4% 2010 up 10.2% rising
47 Yemen 17.0% 2010 up 166.9% volatile
48 Mexico 16.9% 2010 down 10.8% rising
49 Sierra Leone 16.7% 2010 up 89.8% volatile
50 Iceland 16.6% 2010 down 19.8% falling
50 Peru 16.6% 2010 up 47.3% falling
52 India 16.0% 2010 up 8.4% rising
53 Trinidad and Tobago 15.9% 2010 down 27.2% falling
54 Saudi Arabia 15.0% 2010 down 13.3% rising
55 Liberia 14.8% 2010 down 6.6% volatile
56 Niger 14.5% 2010 up 56.2% volatile
56 Philippines 14.5% 2010 down 14.7% falling
58 Benin 14.3% 2010 up 21.6% volatile
59 Pakistan 14.2% 2010 up 49.8% rising
60 Belize 14.0% 2010 down 65.5% falling
61 El Salvador 13.9% 2010 down 24.2% rising
62 Vietnam 13.8% 2010 down 58.4% rising
63 Iran 13.5% 2010 down 25.7% rising
64 Eswatini 13.5% 2010 up 16.6% rising
65 Nepal 13.4% 2010 up 45.0% volatile
66 Libya 13.4% 2010 down 61.8% volatile
67 Senegal 13.1% 2010 up 188.1% falling
68 United Arab Emirates 12.6% 2010 up 65.8% volatile
69 Malawi 12.2% 2010 down 18.2% rising
70 Uganda 12.2% 2010 down 47.0% rising
71 Fiji 10.7% 2010 down 2.9% falling
72 Democratic Republic of Congo 10.5% 2010 up 112.8% rising
73 Greece 10.2% 2010 down 30.7% falling
74 Nicaragua 10.1% 2010 down 2.6% rising
75 Dominican Republic 10.1% 2010 down 56.4% rising
76 Jordan 9.7% 2010 up 27.2% falling
77 China 8.2% 2010 down 55.3% falling
78 Bahrain 7.9% 2010 up 71.1% rising
79 Macao 7.9% 2010 down 64.2% falling
80 Congo 7.9% 2010 up 167.5% volatile
81 Mauritius 7.8% 2010 down 25.9% falling
82 Malaysia 7.7% 2010 down 27.9% falling
83 Cuba 7.6% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
84 Ghana 7.2% 2010 down 8.0% rising
85 United Kingdom 7.0% 2010 down 23.4% volatile
86 Mongolia 6.6% 2010 up 147.4% volatile
87 Spain 6.2% 2010 down 37.4% volatile
88 Luxembourg 6.2% 2010 down 57.2% falling
89 Poland 6.0% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
90 Cyprus 5.9% 2010 down 8.2% volatile
91 Sri Lanka 5.9% 2010 down 20.5% falling
92 Kuwait 5.9% 2010 up 59.5% volatile
93 Jamaica 5.8% 2010 down 28.4% volatile
94 Bolivia 5.6% 2010 down 62.6% rising
95 Egypt 5.5% 2010 down 19.4% volatile
96 Israel 5.5% 2010 down 62.8% falling
97 Haiti 4.4% 2010 down 2.6% rising
98 Mali 4.4% 2010 down 43.3% volatile
99 South Africa 4.2% 2010 down 36.5% falling
100 Chile 3.8% 2010 down 74.2% falling
101 Afghanistan 3.6% 2010 down 52.9% volatile
102 Japan 3.5% 2010 down 35.2% volatile
103 Hong Kong 3.4% 2010 down 64.7% falling
104 Malta 3.3% 2010 down 29.8% volatile
105 Bulgaria 3.1% 2010 down 81.5% falling
106 Netherlands 3.0% 2010 down 45.2% volatile
107 Australia 3.0% 2010 down 2.3% volatile
108 Tonga 2.9% 2010 down 71.4% volatile
109 Ireland 2.8% 2010 down 35.4% volatile
110 Italy 2.4% 2010 down 50.2% volatile
111 Barbados 2.4% 2010 down 51.5% volatile
112 France 2.4% 2010 down 76.2% volatile
113 Belgium 2.2% 2010 up 1.4% volatile
114 Albania 2.2% 2010 up 0.5% volatile
114 Latvia 2.2% 2010 up 321.2% volatile
116 Slovakia 2.2% 2010 down 69.4% volatile
117 Armenia 2.1% 2010 up 54.7% volatile
118 Sweden 1.9% 2010 up 135.0% volatile
119 United States 1.7% 2010 down 14.9% volatile
120 Germany 1.6% 2010 down 85.7% volatile
121 Ukraine 1.5% 2010 up 188.7% volatile
122 Estonia 1.4% 2010 up 127.4% volatile
123 Switzerland 1.2% 2010 down 90.3% volatile
124 Singapore 1.1% 2010 down 73.7% volatile
125 Serbia 1.0% 2010 down 95.7% falling
126 Lithuania 0.9% 2010 up 309.1% volatile
127 Tajikistan 0.8% 2010 up 16.4% volatile
128 Hungary 0.7% 2010 down 52.5% volatile
128 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2010 down 92.0% volatile
130 Russia 0.7% 2010 up 57.1% volatile
131 Croatia 0.6% 2010 down 94.9% volatile
132 Moldova 0.6% 2010 down 32.2% volatile
133 Canada 0.6% 2010 down 46.1% volatile
134 Romania 0.5% 2010 up 53.3% volatile
135 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 95.2% volatile
136 Gambia 0.3% 2010 down 92.2% volatile
137 Slovenia 0.3% 2010 down 62.5% volatile
138 South Korea 0.2% 2010 down 79.6% volatile
139 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 99.5% volatile
140 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 85.7% volatile
141 Botswana 0.0% 2010 down 99.4% volatile
142 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 80.0% volatile
143 Denmark 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with primary schooling. Completed Primary
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 primary schooling. Completed Primary