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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Completed Primary by country

Percentage of population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Completed Primary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
61.2%
Tanzania
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
11.3%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Completed Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 61.2% in Tanzania; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.3%, and the mean is 14.1%.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 362.2%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania 61.2% 2010 up 15.9% volatile
2 Papua New Guinea 59.0% 2010 up 70.7% volatile
3 Turkey 52.2% 2010 down 0.5% rising
4 Thailand 43.1% 2010 up 159.6% volatile
5 Portugal 41.9% 2010 down 16.2% rising
6 Costa Rica 39.4% 2010 up 17.1% rising
7 Cameroon 36.1% 2010 up 16.1% volatile
8 Syria 35.9% 2010 up 276.3% volatile
9 Uruguay 35.0% 2010 up 10.2% rising
10 Ecuador 34.9% 2010 up 38.8% rising
11 Zambia 34.8% 2010 up 19.8% volatile
12 Algeria 33.8% 2010 up 40.0% volatile
13 Colombia 33.1% 2010 up 32.4% rising
14 Indonesia 32.9% 2010 up 7.2% rising
15 Paraguay 31.3% 2010 down 19.8% rising
16 Morocco 31.1% 2010 up 84.6% volatile
17 Sudan 30.6% 2010 up 10.1% volatile
18 Iraq 30.0% 2010 up 315.5% volatile
19 Argentina 29.9% 2010 down 12.0% flat
20 Honduras 29.3% 2010 up 17.7% volatile
21 Rwanda 29.2% 2010 up 60.0% volatile
22 Myanmar 27.9% 2010 up 45.1% volatile
23 Venezuela 27.7% 2010 down 19.5% rising
24 Brazil 27.5% 2010 down 4.9% rising
25 Togo 27.3% 2010 up 84.2% volatile
26 Kenya 27.2% 2010 up 14.3% volatile
27 Lesotho 26.1% 2010 up 52.3% rising
28 New Zealand 25.8% 2010 up 19.6% rising
29 Mauritania 24.8% 2010 up 36.9% rising
30 Libya 23.7% 2010 down 8.5% volatile
31 Cote d'Ivoire 23.7% 2010 up 84.3% volatile
32 Namibia 23.6% 2010 down 2.5% rising
33 Panama 23.1% 2010 up 8.0% falling
34 Trinidad and Tobago 22.9% 2010 down 45.5% falling
35 Maldives 22.8% 2010 up 140.7% rising
36 Tunisia 22.8% 2010 up 2.0% volatile
37 Cambodia 22.5% 2010 up 61.8% rising
38 Guatemala 22.3% 2010 up 46.5% rising
39 Bangladesh 21.7% 2010 up 3.9% rising
40 Central African Republic 21.1% 2010 up 47.6% volatile
41 Laos 20.8% 2010 down 11.5% rising
42 Gabon 20.3% 2010 up 10.0% volatile
43 Burundi 20.2% 2010 up 47.1% volatile
44 Peru 18.8% 2010 up 63.0% falling
45 Qatar 18.7% 2010 up 297.0% volatile
46 Guyana 18.5% 2010 down 29.0% falling
47 Mexico 17.9% 2010 down 19.2% rising
48 Iceland 17.8% 2010 down 29.2% falling
49 Philippines 17.6% 2010 down 31.1% rising
50 Zimbabwe 16.9% 2010 down 24.2% rising
51 Iran 16.6% 2010 up 3.9% rising
52 Saudi Arabia 16.4% 2010 down 4.9% rising
53 India 15.6% 2010 up 3.4% rising
54 Belize 15.4% 2010 down 65.1% falling
55 Fiji 14.5% 2010 up 29.8% falling
56 Mozambique 14.1% 2010 up 18.6% rising
57 Liberia 13.6% 2010 up 20.6% volatile
58 Benin 13.5% 2010 up 68.2% volatile
59 Greece 13.3% 2010 down 38.0% falling
60 China 13.2% 2010 down 16.0% flat
60 Pakistan 13.2% 2010 up 47.2% rising
62 Malawi 13.0% 2010 down 3.3% rising
63 El Salvador 12.6% 2010 down 27.0% rising
64 United Arab Emirates 12.6% 2010 up 51.2% volatile
65 Sierra Leone 12.5% 2010 up 45.0% volatile
66 Brunei 12.5% 2010 up 362.2% falling
67 Senegal 12.5% 2010 up 175.9% falling
68 Vietnam 12.4% 2010 down 58.3% rising
69 Dominican Republic 12.2% 2010 down 40.3% rising
70 Niger 11.7% 2010 up 75.8% volatile
71 Eswatini 11.4% 2010 up 15.8% rising
72 Uganda 11.3% 2010 down 44.9% rising
73 Macao 11.2% 2010 down 60.8% falling
74 Sri Lanka 11.1% 2010 up 9.8% falling
75 Jordan 10.6% 2010 up 17.9% rising
76 Nicaragua 10.4% 2010 up 10.7% rising
77 Nepal 10.4% 2010 up 44.2% volatile
78 Malaysia 10.4% 2010 down 44.6% falling
79 Afghanistan 10.0% 2010 up 225.6% volatile
80 Democratic Republic of Congo 9.9% 2010 up 48.0% rising
81 Botswana 9.3% 2010 up 20.1% volatile
82 Yemen 9.1% 2010 up 86.1% volatile
83 Luxembourg 8.5% 2010 down 48.2% falling
84 Mauritius 8.5% 2010 down 29.7% falling
85 Gambia 8.3% 2010 up 269.8% volatile
86 Poland 7.8% 2010 down 20.6% volatile
87 United Kingdom 7.7% 2010 down 29.1% volatile
88 Spain 7.5% 2010 down 39.9% falling
89 Israel 6.8% 2010 down 53.1% falling
90 Ghana 6.6% 2010 down 1.4% rising
91 Cuba 6.5% 2010 down 12.7% volatile
92 Jamaica 6.4% 2010 down 29.1% falling
93 Kuwait 6.3% 2010 up 71.6% rising
94 Hong Kong 6.2% 2010 down 62.3% falling
95 Cyprus 5.8% 2010 down 41.7% falling
96 Chile 5.7% 2010 down 60.9% falling
97 South Africa 5.6% 2010 down 29.9% volatile
98 Bolivia 5.5% 2010 down 60.6% rising
99 Japan 4.7% 2010 down 14.3% volatile
100 Barbados 4.7% 2010 down 4.7% volatile
101 Haiti 4.5% 2010 down 4.8% rising
102 Ireland 4.4% 2010 down 20.8% volatile
103 Netherlands 4.2% 2010 down 38.9% volatile
104 France 4.1% 2010 down 53.8% volatile
105 Bahrain 3.9% 2010 down 24.4% flat
106 Tonga 3.7% 2010 down 67.7% falling
107 Italy 3.7% 2010 down 56.8% volatile
108 Austria 3.6% 2010 down 79.6% volatile
109 Mali 3.6% 2010 down 41.8% volatile
110 Australia 3.0% 2010 down 31.3% volatile
111 Malta 2.8% 2010 down 46.8% volatile
112 Egypt 2.6% 2010 down 64.6% volatile
113 Belgium 2.5% 2010 down 31.7% volatile
114 Mongolia 2.4% 2010 down 54.6% volatile
115 Bulgaria 2.2% 2010 down 86.7% falling
116 United States 2.1% 2010 up 35.9% volatile
117 Sweden 1.7% 2010 up 123.7% volatile
118 Singapore 1.6% 2010 down 74.3% volatile
119 Switzerland 1.6% 2010 down 88.2% volatile
120 Germany 1.6% 2010 down 85.1% volatile
121 Albania 1.6% 2010 down 55.8% volatile
122 Armenia 1.5% 2010 up 2.7% volatile
123 Latvia 1.0% 2010 up 104.3% volatile
124 Ukraine 0.9% 2010 up 78.8% volatile
125 Estonia 0.9% 2010 up 22.2% volatile
126 Hungary 0.8% 2010 down 52.1% volatile
127 Serbia 0.7% 2010 down 97.0% falling
128 Canada 0.7% 2010 down 53.1% volatile
129 Tajikistan 0.7% 2010 down 35.0% volatile
130 Croatia 0.6% 2010 down 96.1% volatile
131 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2010 down 93.5% volatile
132 Russia 0.5% 2010 up 51.5% volatile
133 Slovenia 0.5% 2010 down 53.0% volatile
134 Congo 0.4% 2010 down 94.0% volatile
135 South Korea 0.4% 2010 down 89.5% volatile
136 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 95.9% volatile
137 Romania 0.3% 2010 down 16.1% volatile
138 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2010 down 55.6% volatile
139 Lithuania 0.2% 2010 up 5.6% volatile
140 Moldova 0.2% 2010 down 82.4% volatile
141 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 98.5% volatile
142 Denmark 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
143 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 93.8% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 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 35-39 with primary schooling. Completed Primary