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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of population age 30-34 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
71.9%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
19.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 71.9% in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.9%, and the mean is 21.8%.

Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei Darussalam (up 377.7%), 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, United Republic of 71.9% 2010 down 2.0% rising
2 Myanmar 68.7% 2010 up 8.5% volatile
3 Papua New Guinea 64.7% 2010 up 63.8% volatile
4 Lesotho 62.6% 2010 up 15.5% falling
5 Cameroon 60.7% 2010 up 2.2% rising
6 Cambodia 59.4% 2010 up 4.6% rising
7 Malawi 58.5% 2010 up 7.6% rising
8 Uganda 54.8% 2010 down 10.4% rising
9 Honduras 54.6% 2010 down 1.8% rising
10 Kenya 52.6% 2010 down 15.0% rising
11 Syrian Arab Republic 52.0% 2010 down 19.6% rising
12 Guatemala 51.8% 2010 up 3.7% rising
13 Algeria 50.4% 2010 up 8.1% rising
14 Burundi 50.0% 2010 up 102.8% rising
14 Kuwait 50.0% 2010 up 106.1% volatile
16 Paraguay 49.3% 2010 down 23.7% falling
17 Maldives 49.0% 2010 up 10.8% rising
18 Namibia 47.6% 2010 up 0.8% rising
19 Türkiye 46.2% 2010 down 16.7% rising
20 Qatar 45.7% 2010 up 284.0% volatile
21 Mauritania 45.5% 2010 up 35.0% rising
22 El Salvador 44.6% 2010 down 3.4% rising
23 Costa Rica 44.5% 2010 down 5.1% falling
24 Gabon 43.2% 2010 up 27.2% rising
25 Ecuador 42.8% 2010 up 27.5% falling
26 Indonesia 41.6% 2010 down 21.7% rising
27 Rwanda 40.5% 2010 up 1.3% rising
28 Iraq 40.4% 2010 up 21.2% volatile
29 Haiti 40.3% 2010 up 4.5% rising
30 Zambia 39.2% 2010 down 25.5% falling
31 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 38.5% 2010 up 80.1% rising
32 Tunisia 38.0% 2010 down 4.6% rising
33 Côte d'Ivoire 37.3% 2010 up 20.3% volatile
34 Central African Republic 36.9% 2010 up 36.5% rising
35 Uruguay 36.8% 2010 down 5.8% falling
36 Eswatini 36.8% 2010 up 11.9% rising
37 Nicaragua 36.5% 2010 down 6.1% flat
38 Congo 34.8% 2010 up 280.2% flat
39 Sierra Leone 34.8% 2010 up 97.4% volatile
40 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 34.3% 2010 down 2.7% rising
41 Thailand 33.8% 2010 down 44.0% falling
42 Sudan 33.2% 2010 up 4.7% rising
43 Guyana 31.9% 2010 down 29.0% falling
44 Lao People's Democratic Republic 31.7% 2010 down 14.8% rising
45 Senegal 31.5% 2010 up 24.2% falling
46 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 31.5% 2010 down 31.7% falling
47 Brazil 31.1% 2010 down 32.4% falling
48 Mauritius 30.2% 2010 down 31.2% falling
49 Mozambique 29.8% 2010 up 36.3% falling
50 Argentina 29.3% 2010 down 21.0% falling
51 Morocco 27.6% 2010 up 5.5% volatile
52 United Arab Emirates 26.9% 2010 up 58.0% volatile
53 Togo 26.8% 2010 down 27.4% rising
54 Panama 26.6% 2010 down 7.4% falling
55 Peru 26.6% 2010 up 7.2% falling
56 Yemen 26.0% 2010 up 145.5% volatile
57 Mexico 25.9% 2010 down 17.3% falling
58 Dominican Republic 25.9% 2010 down 54.1% falling
59 Nepal 25.8% 2010 up 30.9% volatile
60 Zimbabwe 25.8% 2010 up 3.7% falling
61 Portugal 25.8% 2010 down 40.2% falling
62 Saudi Arabia 25.4% 2010 down 21.2% rising
63 Colombia 24.2% 2010 down 42.6% falling
64 Iran, Islamic Republic of 24.1% 2010 down 25.4% rising
65 Bangladesh 22.9% 2010 up 0.3% rising
66 New Zealand 22.4% 2010 down 4.1% rising
67 Niger 22.1% 2010 up 43.7% rising
68 Philippines 22.0% 2010 down 22.6% falling
69 Benin 21.8% 2010 up 11.8% rising
70 Liberia 21.1% 2010 down 4.7% volatile
71 Viet Nam 21.1% 2010 down 61.7% falling
72 Brunei Darussalam 20.1% 2010 up 377.7% falling
73 Iceland 19.7% 2010 down 21.1% falling
74 Fiji 18.4% 2010 up 6.9% volatile
75 Pakistan 17.1% 2010 up 46.6% rising
76 Trinidad and Tobago 16.9% 2010 down 27.9% falling
77 Bahrain 16.6% 2010 up 65.0% rising
78 India 16.3% 2010 up 3.0% falling
79 Belize 14.1% 2010 down 65.5% falling
80 Libya 13.4% 2010 down 63.7% rising
81 China 12.9% 2010 down 55.8% falling
82 Malaysia 12.6% 2010 down 21.2% falling
83 Jordan 12.2% 2010 up 23.9% falling
84 Ghana 11.1% 2010 down 15.4% rising
85 Cuba 10.8% 2010 up 12.9% volatile
86 South Africa 10.8% 2010 down 47.8% falling
87 Greece 10.5% 2010 down 30.3% falling
88 Mongolia 10.1% 2010 up 127.6% volatile
89 Mali 9.9% 2010 down 51.4% volatile
90 Macau, China 9.7% 2010 down 67.7% falling
91 Jamaica 8.9% 2010 down 34.1% volatile
92 Sri Lanka 8.7% 2010 down 23.5% falling
93 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8.4% 2010 down 24.6% volatile
94 Egypt 8.3% 2010 down 26.0% rising
95 Spain 7.8% 2010 down 38.8% volatile
96 Luxembourg 7.3% 2010 down 57.9% falling
97 Chile 6.5% 2010 down 76.1% falling
98 Israel 6.3% 2010 down 60.9% falling
99 Cyprus 6.2% 2010 down 11.5% volatile
100 Poland 6.0% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
101 Afghanistan 5.0% 2010 down 80.5% volatile
102 Belgium 4.4% 2010 up 27.3% volatile
103 Japan 4.2% 2010 down 36.3% volatile
104 Bulgaria 3.9% 2010 down 79.7% volatile
105 Tonga 3.7% 2010 down 72.2% volatile
106 Netherlands 3.7% 2010 down 43.2% volatile
107 Barbados 3.6% 2010 down 61.3% volatile
108 Australia 3.5% 2010 down 25.2% volatile
109 Hong Kong, China 3.4% 2010 down 64.7% volatile
110 Malta 3.3% 2010 down 32.8% volatile
111 Ireland 3.3% 2010 down 36.5% volatile
112 Romania 2.9% 2010 up 22.1% volatile
113 France 2.7% 2010 down 79.9% volatile
114 Slovakia 2.6% 2010 down 69.9% volatile
115 Latvia 2.5% 2010 up 327.1% volatile
116 Italy 2.4% 2010 down 50.2% volatile
117 Albania 2.3% 2010 down 31.7% volatile
118 Armenia 2.3% 2010 up 52.0% volatile
119 Sweden 2.2% 2010 up 132.3% volatile
120 United States of America 2.2% 2010 down 23.6% volatile
121 Germany 1.9% 2010 down 86.0% volatile
122 Ukraine 1.7% 2010 up 156.1% volatile
123 Singapore 1.7% 2010 down 75.8% volatile
124 Estonia 1.5% 2010 up 111.3% volatile
125 Switzerland 1.5% 2010 down 90.5% volatile
126 Lithuania 1.2% 2010 up 162.2% volatile
127 Canada 1.1% 2010 down 50.9% volatile
128 Russian Federation 1.0% 2010 up 44.3% volatile
129 Tajikistan 1.0% 2010 up 12.4% volatile
130 Serbia 1.0% 2010 down 95.7% volatile
131 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2010 down 37.5% volatile
132 Kyrgyzstan 0.8% 2010 down 92.2% volatile
133 Croatia 0.7% 2010 down 94.8% volatile
133 Hungary 0.7% 2010 down 54.6% volatile
135 Slovenia 0.4% 2010 down 53.3% volatile
136 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 95.2% volatile
137 Gambia 0.3% 2010 down 93.9% volatile
138 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2010 down 79.4% volatile
139 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 99.5% volatile
140 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 87.1% volatile
141 Botswana 0.0% 2010 down 99.5% volatile
142 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 83.3% 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)
Unit
Incomplete and 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)