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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
96.9%
Botswana
Lowest
2.6%
Papua New Guinea
Median
46.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 96.9% in Botswana; the lowest is 2.6% in Papua New Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 46.2%, and the mean is 46.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 227.3%), and the largest decrease in Papua New Guinea (down 86.5%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Botswana 96.9% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
2 Barbados 95.0% 2010 up 6.3% rising
3 Tajikistan 94.9% 2010 up 6.5% rising
4 Albania 93.2% 2010 up 5.5% volatile
5 Tonga 89.2% 2010 up 18.5% rising
6 Latvia 88.7% 2010 up 8.2% rising
7 Cuba 84.0% 2010 up 9.7% volatile
8 Armenia 83.6% 2010 up 10.3% rising
9 South Africa 82.4% 2010 up 43.8% rising
10 Kyrgyzstan 81.5% 2010 up 5.6% rising
11 Belize 80.2% 2010 up 66.9% volatile
12 China 79.6% 2010 up 27.3% volatile
13 Republic of Moldova 78.6% 2010 down 9.0% rising
14 Romania 77.9% 2010 down 9.9% rising
15 Serbia 77.5% 2010 up 25.8% rising
16 Italy 76.8% 2010 down 4.0% rising
17 Czechia 76.0% 2010 down 11.3% rising
18 Malta 75.3% 2010 down 7.3% volatile
19 Slovakia 73.3% 2010 down 2.7% rising
20 Croatia 72.6% 2010 down 4.8% rising
21 Zimbabwe 72.2% 2010 up 3.1% volatile
22 Trinidad and Tobago 71.7% 2010 up 2.2% volatile
23 Hungary 71.0% 2010 down 14.0% volatile
24 Austria 70.6% 2010 up 12.7% rising
25 Kazakhstan 70.6% 2010 down 14.0% rising
26 Sri Lanka 69.4% 2010 up 10.3% rising
27 Jamaica 69.4% 2010 up 3.6% volatile
28 Jordan 68.6% 2010 up 8.0% volatile
29 Chile 67.7% 2010 up 49.8% rising
30 Germany 66.7% 2010 up 11.6% volatile
31 Hong Kong, China 65.5% 2010 up 5.0% rising
32 Viet Nam 65.2% 2010 up 76.8% volatile
33 Ukraine 65.2% 2010 up 21.2% rising
34 Guyana 63.2% 2010 up 28.1% volatile
35 Bulgaria 62.5% 2010 up 10.8% rising
36 Malaysia 61.6% 2010 down 7.3% volatile
37 Slovenia 61.4% 2010 down 21.2% rising
38 Mauritius 60.6% 2010 up 19.7% rising
39 Fiji 59.8% 2010 down 13.2% volatile
40 Mongolia 59.0% 2010 down 28.8% rising
41 Estonia 58.1% 2010 down 13.2% rising
42 Finland 56.9% 2010 up 23.0% rising
43 Poland 56.9% 2010 down 22.4% rising
44 Macau, China 56.7% 2010 up 8.2% rising
45 Ghana 56.5% 2010 up 3.9% volatile
46 Dominican Republic 56.4% 2010 up 97.3% volatile
47 Argentina 55.8% 2010 up 22.4% rising
48 Denmark 55.3% 2010 down 20.7% rising
49 Netherlands 54.1% 2010 down 16.0% rising
50 Lithuania 53.4% 2010 down 34.3% rising
51 Sweden 53.2% 2010 down 22.8% rising
52 France 53.0% 2010 down 15.2% rising
53 Uruguay 51.7% 2010 up 14.6% rising
54 Australia 51.6% 2010 down 20.7% flat
55 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 51.6% 2010 down 12.0% rising
56 Spain 50.7% 2010 down 2.2% volatile
57 Brazil 50.1% 2010 up 49.4% volatile
58 Switzerland 50.0% 2010 down 1.7% rising
59 United Arab Emirates 49.9% 2010 up 2.1% rising
60 Mexico 49.9% 2010 up 1.3% volatile
61 Belgium 49.0% 2010 down 15.4% rising
62 Egypt 48.6% 2010 down 4.5% volatile
63 Portugal 48.6% 2010 up 30.2% volatile
64 Cyprus 48.5% 2010 down 10.5% rising
65 Iran, Islamic Republic of 48.4% 2010 up 19.1% volatile
65 Philippines 48.4% 2010 up 31.5% rising
67 Saudi Arabia 47.4% 2010 up 37.4% rising
68 Indonesia 47.1% 2010 up 140.2% volatile
69 Greece 47.1% 2010 down 19.7% rising
70 Norway 47.1% 2010 down 19.5% rising
71 Zambia 46.7% 2010 up 32.6% volatile
72 Peru 46.2% 2010 up 28.6% rising
73 Bahrain 46.2% 2010 down 11.5% volatile
74 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 45.6% 2010 up 51.3% rising
75 Colombia 45.0% 2010 up 16.0% rising
76 Brunei Darussalam 44.9% 2010 down 36.1% rising
77 India 44.8% 2010 up 44.6% volatile
78 El Salvador 44.1% 2010 up 69.4% volatile
79 Thailand 43.1% 2010 up 96.8% volatile
80 Israel 41.9% 2010 down 0.2% rising
81 Maldives 41.7% 2010 up 38.5% flat
82 Japan 41.6% 2010 down 10.5% falling
83 Congo 41.0% 2010 down 30.8% volatile
84 Luxembourg 40.5% 2010 down 23.2% rising
85 Kuwait 39.8% 2010 down 1.4% rising
86 Gabon 39.3% 2010 up 7.4% volatile
87 Canada 39.0% 2010 down 34.9% flat
88 Panama 38.8% 2010 down 10.6% rising
89 Ecuador 38.2% 2010 up 22.5% rising
90 Namibia 38.1% 2010 up 11.1% rising
91 Bangladesh 38.0% 2010 up 56.9% volatile
92 Haiti 35.5% 2010 up 15.2% volatile
93 Paraguay 35.5% 2010 up 67.5% rising
94 Nepal 35.1% 2010 up 53.4% volatile
95 Lao People's Democratic Republic 35.0% 2010 up 40.3% volatile
95 Türkiye 35.0% 2010 up 56.0% volatile
97 United States of America 34.9% 2010 down 8.9% falling
98 Gambia 34.3% 2010 up 104.7% volatile
99 Tunisia 33.6% 2010 up 15.6% volatile
100 Qatar 33.4% 2010 down 8.2% rising
101 Ireland 33.1% 2010 down 37.3% rising
102 Cameroon 33.0% 2010 up 18.7% volatile
103 Iceland 32.9% 2010 down 31.8% rising
104 Syrian Arab Republic 32.2% 2010 up 78.0% volatile
105 Nicaragua 32.2% 2010 up 18.5% volatile
106 Pakistan 31.8% 2010 up 60.6% rising
107 Honduras 31.1% 2010 up 16.5% volatile
108 New Zealand 30.3% 2010 down 17.3% falling
109 Iraq 30.2% 2010 down 9.9% volatile
110 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 30.0% 2010 down 28.3% rising
111 Russian Federation 29.4% 2010 down 19.8% falling
112 Republic of Korea 29.2% 2010 down 48.4% rising
113 Libya 28.8% 2010 down 34.4% volatile
114 Uganda 28.1% 2010 up 227.3% volatile
115 Kenya 28.1% 2010 up 20.7% volatile
116 Togo 27.2% 2010 up 1.0% volatile
117 Costa Rica 26.9% 2010 down 21.0% rising
118 Guatemala 26.8% 2010 up 50.4% volatile
119 Singapore 26.7% 2010 down 54.1% rising
120 Lesotho 25.6% 2010 down 20.2% volatile
121 Algeria 24.9% 2010 down 1.1% volatile
122 Morocco 24.4% 2010 up 66.9% volatile
123 Liberia 23.8% 2010 down 3.8% volatile
124 Côte d'Ivoire 23.1% 2010 up 24.2% volatile
125 Central African Republic 21.4% 2010 down 3.9% volatile
126 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21.1% 2010 down 47.7% volatile
127 Yemen 20.8% 2010 up 68.7% volatile
128 Eswatini 20.1% 2010 down 32.9% rising
129 Benin 19.1% 2010 up 9.8% volatile
130 Afghanistan 17.7% 2010 up 227.0% volatile
131 Cambodia 16.1% 2010 up 29.8% rising
132 Mauritania 15.6% 2010 up 8.1% volatile
133 Sudan 15.2% 2010 down 15.2% volatile
134 Sierra Leone 14.7% 2010 down 13.8% volatile
135 Malawi 14.1% 2010 up 34.9% volatile
136 Myanmar 12.8% 2010 down 2.6% rising
137 Mali 8.5% 2010 up 113.5% volatile
138 Rwanda 8.4% 2010 up 87.8% volatile
139 Burundi 8.2% 2010 up 51.7% volatile
140 Senegal 8.1% 2010 up 5.8% volatile
141 Tanzania, United Republic of 7.8% 2010 up 22.4% volatile
142 Niger 5.1% 2010 down 0.6% volatile
143 Mozambique 4.5% 2010 up 42.1% volatile
144 Papua New Guinea 2.6% 2010 down 86.5% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Secondary
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 secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)