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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with no education by country

Percentage of population age 35-39 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
80.0%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
3.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 80.0% in Mali; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.9%, and the mean is 14.1%.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 4,570.6%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 80.0% 2010 up 4.8% falling
2 Mozambique 73.5% 2010 down 1.5% flat
3 Niger 73.4% 2010 down 11.5% falling
4 Afghanistan 67.2% 2010 down 0.3% falling
5 Yemen 63.0% 2010 down 28.5% falling
6 Gambia 62.1% 2010 down 24.1% falling
7 Senegal 61.8% 2010 down 6.6% rising
8 Benin 60.9% 2010 down 8.6% falling
9 Burundi 58.1% 2010 down 17.8% falling
10 Sierra Leone 57.4% 2010 down 16.4% falling
11 Liberia 52.6% 2010 down 0.6% falling
12 Pakistan 52.2% 2010 down 14.3% falling
13 Rwanda 51.5% 2010 down 2.7% falling
14 Sudan 47.3% 2010 down 14.6% falling
15 Nepal 46.7% 2010 down 24.2% falling
16 Eswatini 45.5% 2010 up 4.5% falling
17 Bangladesh 43.3% 2010 down 13.9% falling
18 Togo 43.2% 2010 down 8.9% falling
19 Central African Republic 41.5% 2010 down 26.6% falling
20 Congo 41.3% 2010 up 142.9% falling
21 Mauritania 40.5% 2010 down 29.3% falling
22 Morocco 38.2% 2010 down 31.5% falling
23 India 36.4% 2010 down 23.5% falling
24 Papua New Guinea 34.5% 2010 down 22.6% falling
25 Democratic Republic of Congo 34.5% 2010 down 7.9% falling
26 Cote d'Ivoire 33.5% 2010 down 41.7% falling
27 Ghana 33.0% 2010 up 14.7% falling
28 Malawi 32.0% 2010 down 21.8% falling
29 Bahrain 30.6% 2010 up 24.8% falling
30 Laos 29.9% 2010 down 4.2% falling
31 Egypt 28.6% 2010 down 32.9% falling
32 Guatemala 25.1% 2010 down 30.0% falling
33 Haiti 24.7% 2010 down 26.5% falling
34 Cambodia 23.8% 2010 down 33.5% falling
35 Maldives 23.7% 2010 down 56.0% falling
36 Tanzania 19.7% 2010 down 27.6% falling
37 Brunei 19.7% 2010 unchanged volatile
38 Nicaragua 19.6% 2010 down 26.9% falling
39 Tunisia 17.8% 2010 down 27.9% falling
40 Uganda 17.8% 2010 down 42.9% falling
41 Libya 15.5% 2010 down 15.1% volatile
42 Kenya 14.9% 2010 down 40.5% falling
43 Myanmar 14.4% 2010 down 39.0% volatile
44 Algeria 14.1% 2010 down 38.6% falling
45 Syria 13.8% 2010 down 6.6% volatile
46 Namibia 13.7% 2010 down 32.2% falling
47 Honduras 12.6% 2010 down 18.4% volatile
48 Lesotho 12.2% 2010 up 2.9% falling
49 Saudi Arabia 11.6% 2010 down 36.5% falling
50 Iran 10.9% 2010 down 47.8% volatile
51 Zambia 10.9% 2010 down 46.8% falling
52 United Arab Emirates 9.1% 2010 down 54.6% volatile
53 Gabon 8.9% 2010 down 38.3% volatile
54 Norway 7.9% 2010 up 4,570.6% volatile
55 Brazil 7.3% 2010 down 55.0% volatile
56 Dominican Republic 7.2% 2010 — volatile
57 Luxembourg 7.0% 2010 up 0.6% volatile
58 Bolivia 6.7% 2010 down 30.1% volatile
59 Iraq 6.3% 2010 down 84.3% falling
60 Kuwait 6.1% 2010 down 78.1% falling
61 Vietnam 5.9% 2010 up 12.0% volatile
62 Turkey 5.6% 2010 down 45.7% volatile
63 Austria 5.4% 2010 up 628.4% volatile
64 Cameroon 4.9% 2010 down 69.3% volatile
65 Panama 4.8% 2010 down 3.0% volatile
66 Guyana 4.7% 2010 down 16.2% volatile
67 Ecuador 4.6% 2010 down 73.7% falling
68 Colombia 4.5% 2010 down 27.5% volatile
69 Jamaica 4.4% 2010 down 14.5% volatile
70 Mexico 4.2% 2010 down 50.3% volatile
71 Jordan 4.1% 2010 down 76.5% volatile
72 Indonesia 4.0% 2010 down 83.4% volatile
73 Sri Lanka 3.7% 2010 down 53.0% volatile
73 Malaysia 3.7% 2010 down 55.9% volatile
75 Qatar 3.6% 2010 down 90.2% falling
76 El Salvador 3.4% 2010 down 83.1% volatile
77 Venezuela 3.4% 2010 down 65.0% volatile
78 South Africa 3.3% 2010 down 79.8% volatile
79 Costa Rica 3.3% 2010 down 1.2% volatile
80 Belgium 3.1% 2010 up 11.0% rising
80 Peru 3.1% 2010 down 54.0% volatile
82 Denmark 3.1% 2010 up 185.2% volatile
83 Portugal 2.9% 2010 up 93.4% volatile
84 Singapore 2.9% 2010 down 64.1% volatile
85 Paraguay 2.6% 2010 down 53.7% volatile
86 Philippines 2.6% 2010 down 62.8% volatile
87 Cuba 2.4% 2010 down 41.9% volatile
88 Mongolia 2.1% 2010 down 16.7% volatile
89 Iceland 2.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
90 Thailand 1.9% 2010 down 84.0% volatile
91 Zimbabwe 1.9% 2010 down 82.4% volatile
92 China 1.7% 2010 down 48.6% volatile
93 Bulgaria 1.7% 2010 up 115.6% volatile
94 Germany 1.6% 2010 down 40.7% volatile
95 Fiji 1.5% 2010 down 43.4% volatile
96 Sweden 1.5% 2010 down 32.0% rising
97 Israel 1.4% 2010 up 0.7% volatile
98 Albania 1.3% 2010 up 293.9% volatile
98 Switzerland 1.3% 2010 down 85.2% volatile
100 Italy 1.2% 2010 down 28.2% volatile
101 Chile 1.1% 2010 down 49.8% volatile
102 Mauritius 0.9% 2010 down 78.1% volatile
103 Spain 0.9% 2010 down 78.5% volatile
104 France 0.9% 2010 down 35.7% volatile
105 Greece 0.7% 2010 down 67.3% volatile
106 Ireland 0.7% 2010 down 78.5% falling
107 Romania 0.7% 2010 down 42.6% volatile
107 Tonga 0.7% 2010 down 17.5% volatile
109 Macao 0.6% 2010 down 71.0% volatile
109 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6% 2010 down 28.4% volatile
111 Serbia 0.5% 2010 down 48.6% volatile
112 Hong Kong 0.5% 2010 down 92.2% volatile
113 Russia 0.4% 2010 up 46.7% volatile
114 Croatia 0.4% 2010 down 55.7% volatile
114 Uruguay 0.4% 2010 down 62.3% volatile
116 Australia 0.4% 2010 down 45.2% falling
117 Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 45.6% volatile
118 Ukraine 0.3% 2010 unchanged volatile
119 Argentina 0.3% 2010 down 89.4% volatile
119 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 86.7% volatile
121 United States 0.3% 2010 down 15.2% falling
122 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 59.4% falling
122 Slovenia 0.3% 2010 down 35.0% volatile
124 Latvia 0.2% 2010 up 53.3% volatile
125 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 8.3% volatile
126 Canada 0.2% 2010 down 53.3% volatile
126 Cyprus 0.2% 2010 down 75.3% volatile
126 Estonia 0.2% 2010 up 31.2% volatile
129 Czechia 0.2% 2010 down 53.5% falling
129 South Korea 0.2% 2010 down 52.4% volatile
131 United Kingdom 0.2% 2010 down 95.7% volatile
132 Poland 0.2% 2010 down 69.6% volatile
132 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 5.6% volatile
134 Malta 0.2% 2010 down 90.1% volatile
135 Armenia 0.1% 2010 down 6.2% volatile
136 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 up 18.2% volatile
137 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 97.6% falling
138 Botswana 0.1% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
139 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
140 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
141 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Kazakhstan 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 35-39 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 35-39 with no education