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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
70.3%
Singapore
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
15.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 70.3% in Singapore; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.0%, and the mean is 19.3%.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 1,088.4%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 70.3% 2010 up 137.8% volatile
2 Republic of Korea 70.3% 2010 up 66.8% volatile
3 Russian Federation 69.2% 2010 up 11.0% volatile
4 Ireland 63.2% 2010 up 63.3% volatile
5 United States of America 62.6% 2010 up 7.0% rising
6 Canada 59.8% 2010 up 59.3% rising
7 Japan 54.1% 2010 up 15.5% volatile
8 Israel 50.8% 2010 up 25.4% rising
9 Switzerland 47.8% 2010 up 89.0% volatile
10 New Zealand 47.2% 2010 up 18.0% rising
11 Iceland 46.4% 2010 up 84.1% volatile
12 Luxembourg 46.1% 2010 up 106.7% volatile
13 Lithuania 45.4% 2010 up 161.0% volatile
14 Cyprus 45.0% 2010 up 18.4% volatile
15 Australia 44.6% 2010 up 50.2% rising
16 Belgium 44.4% 2010 up 21.6% volatile
17 France 43.5% 2010 up 88.2% volatile
18 Finland 43.1% 2010 up 15.7% volatile
19 Netherlands 42.2% 2010 up 48.9% volatile
20 Greece 41.7% 2010 up 71.4% volatile
21 Sweden 41.4% 2010 up 52.8% rising
22 Spain 40.6% 2010 up 27.0% volatile
23 Estonia 40.2% 2010 up 25.1% rising
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 39.9% 2010 up 48.4% volatile
25 Denmark 39.3% 2010 up 36.4% rising
26 Norway 38.7% 2010 up 13.3% volatile
27 Slovenia 38.0% 2010 up 82.5% volatile
28 Poland 36.9% 2010 up 121.2% volatile
29 Libya 34.7% 2010 up 533.0% volatile
30 Macau, China 33.5% 2010 up 100.5% volatile
31 Ukraine 32.8% 2010 down 27.4% volatile
32 Bulgaria 31.4% 2010 up 34.3% rising
33 Hong Kong, China 30.9% 2010 up 25.4% volatile
34 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 30.6% 2010 up 81.3% volatile
35 Panama 30.3% 2010 up 24.8% volatile
36 Germany 29.8% 2010 up 22.0% volatile
37 Kazakhstan 29.3% 2010 up 71.4% rising
38 Hungary 28.1% 2010 up 83.5% rising
39 Colombia 28.0% 2010 up 118.2% volatile
40 Philippines 27.4% 2010 down 10.3% rising
41 Mongolia 27.3% 2010 up 158.7% rising
42 Croatia 26.3% 2010 up 192.3% volatile
43 Costa Rica 26.1% 2010 up 63.4% volatile
44 Peru 25.3% 2010 down 23.6% volatile
45 Chile 24.6% 2010 down 3.5% volatile
46 Czechia 23.8% 2010 up 73.2% rising
47 Slovakia 23.7% 2010 up 74.5% rising
48 Malaysia 23.7% 2010 up 105.2% volatile
49 Portugal 23.5% 2010 up 28.7% volatile
50 Austria 23.5% 2010 up 68.2% volatile
51 Malta 21.2% 2010 up 67.4% volatile
52 Mexico 20.9% 2010 up 40.8% volatile
53 Fiji 20.8% 2010 up 79.6% volatile
54 Serbia 20.6% 2010 up 37.7% volatile
55 Egypt 20.6% 2010 up 1,088.4% volatile
56 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 20.3% 2010 up 32.2% volatile
57 Thailand 20.2% 2010 up 177.8% volatile
58 Iran, Islamic Republic of 20.2% 2010 up 56.4% volatile
59 Sri Lanka 20.0% 2010 up 5.6% volatile
60 Republic of Moldova 19.9% 2010 up 71.1% rising
61 Italy 19.8% 2010 up 41.7% volatile
62 Saudi Arabia 19.2% 2010 up 27.9% rising
63 Tunisia 19.0% 2010 up 120.5% volatile
64 Iraq 19.0% 2010 up 41.8% volatile
65 Romania 18.1% 2010 up 80.8% rising
66 Qatar 18.0% 2010 up 6.9% rising
67 Kyrgyzstan 17.5% 2010 up 45.4% rising
68 Jamaica 17.2% 2010 up 14.9% volatile
69 Jordan 16.8% 2010 up 33.8% volatile
70 Ecuador 15.4% 2010 down 20.2% volatile
71 Brunei Darussalam 15.3% 2010 up 162.3% volatile
72 Türkiye 15.1% 2010 up 31.6% volatile
73 United Arab Emirates 14.8% 2010 down 17.7% rising
74 Gabon 14.8% 2010 down 1.9% volatile
75 Algeria 14.4% 2010 up 82.0% volatile
76 Argentina 14.1% 2010 down 7.6% rising
77 Armenia 14.0% 2010 down 38.1% rising
78 Paraguay 13.9% 2010 up 50.6% volatile
79 Brazil 13.5% 2010 up 67.7% volatile
80 Nicaragua 12.9% 2010 up 13.4% rising
81 Dominican Republic 12.3% 2010 down 17.7% volatile
82 Bahrain 11.5% 2010 down 11.7% rising
83 Uruguay 11.1% 2010 down 24.4% rising
84 Trinidad and Tobago 10.9% 2010 up 92.4% volatile
85 Morocco 10.6% 2010 down 11.9% volatile
86 Kenya 9.7% 2010 up 47.2% volatile
87 India 9.4% 2010 down 6.5% volatile
88 Myanmar 9.4% 2010 up 112.7% volatile
89 Indonesia 9.4% 2010 up 220.1% volatile
90 Afghanistan 9.0% 2010 down 3.6% volatile
91 Latvia 8.5% 2010 down 50.8% rising
92 Mauritius 8.4% 2010 up 221.8% volatile
93 El Salvador 8.3% 2010 down 28.9% volatile
94 Pakistan 7.8% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
94 Viet Nam 7.8% 2010 up 189.7% volatile
96 Kuwait 7.2% 2010 down 24.0% rising
97 Tonga 6.5% 2010 down 38.1% volatile
98 China 6.5% 2010 up 17.0% volatile
99 Côte d'Ivoire 6.1% 2010 up 24.6% volatile
100 Syrian Arab Republic 6.0% 2010 up 3.1% volatile
101 Liberia 5.7% 2010 up 9.0% volatile
102 Belize 5.6% 2010 down 27.6% rising
103 South Africa 4.8% 2010 down 56.2% volatile
104 Honduras 4.6% 2010 down 12.5% volatile
105 Bangladesh 4.6% 2010 down 5.7% volatile
105 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.6% 2010 down 22.2% volatile
107 Sudan 4.3% 2010 up 216.1% volatile
108 Tajikistan 4.0% 2010 down 59.9% falling
109 Ghana 3.9% 2010 up 4.6% volatile
109 Senegal 3.9% 2010 up 174.5% volatile
111 Mauritania 3.7% 2010 up 74.8% volatile
112 Yemen 3.7% 2010 up 66.4% volatile
113 Maldives 3.5% 2010 up 73.1% volatile
114 Togo 3.4% 2010 up 91.0% volatile
115 Cameroon 3.0% 2010 up 31.9% volatile
116 Botswana 3.0% 2010 down 7.1% volatile
117 Cuba 2.9% 2010 down 73.2% volatile
118 Uganda 2.8% 2010 down 50.7% volatile
119 Albania 2.8% 2010 down 64.5% rising
120 Nepal 2.6% 2010 down 47.5% volatile
121 Benin 2.5% 2010 up 13.6% volatile
122 Cambodia 2.4% 2010 up 231.0% volatile
123 Lesotho 2.3% 2010 up 39.4% volatile
124 Papua New Guinea 2.2% 2010 up 56.0% volatile
125 Rwanda 2.0% 2010 up 233.3% volatile
126 Central African Republic 1.9% 2010 up 35.8% volatile
126 Mali 1.9% 2010 up 93.8% volatile
128 Sierra Leone 1.8% 2010 up 58.4% volatile
129 Niger 1.4% 2010 up 27.3% volatile
130 Gambia 1.4% 2010 down 37.8% volatile
131 Barbados 1.3% 2010 up 16.7% volatile
132 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.2% 2010 down 40.9% volatile
133 Haiti 1.2% 2010 up 12.6% rising
134 Namibia 1.1% 2010 down 64.5% flat
135 Zambia 0.8% 2010 down 36.2% volatile
136 Mozambique 0.7% 2010 up 56.5% volatile
137 Burundi 0.6% 2010 up 93.9% volatile
138 Congo 0.6% 2010 down 77.2% volatile
139 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2010 down 74.9% volatile
140 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4% 2010 down 64.9% volatile
141 Guyana 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
142 Malawi 0.1% 2010 down 75.9% volatile
143 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 96.3% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Tertiary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of population age 30-34 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)