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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
72.1%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
20.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 72.1% in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 20.4%, and the mean is 22.8%.

Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei Darussalam (up 333.1%), 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, United Republic of 72.1% 2010 up 10.3% rising
2 Myanmar 67.8% 2010 up 13.2% volatile
3 Lesotho 62.1% 2010 up 13.9% falling
4 Papua New Guinea 61.3% 2010 up 63.0% volatile
5 Cameroon 61.1% 2010 up 6.8% rising
6 Cambodia 58.9% 2010 up 8.1% rising
7 Honduras 56.5% 2010 down 2.1% rising
8 Türkiye 56.0% 2010 down 0.4% rising
9 Malawi 54.5% 2010 up 8.6% rising
10 Uganda 54.1% 2010 down 4.1% rising
11 Costa Rica 53.1% 2010 up 19.9% falling
12 Guatemala 52.8% 2010 up 16.5% rising
13 Paraguay 52.7% 2010 down 20.7% falling
14 Zambia 52.6% 2010 up 11.7% rising
15 Maldives 51.3% 2010 up 116.3% rising
16 Iraq 50.8% 2010 up 282.4% volatile
17 El Salvador 48.8% 2010 up 12.1% rising
18 Thailand 48.5% 2010 down 24.6% falling
19 Ecuador 48.1% 2010 up 26.8% falling
20 Algeria 48.1% 2010 up 0.9% rising
21 Kenya 47.6% 2010 up 1.6% rising
22 Indonesia 46.7% 2010 down 12.0% rising
23 Syrian Arab Republic 46.3% 2010 down 1.3% rising
24 Kuwait 44.6% 2010 up 82.9% volatile
25 Namibia 44.0% 2010 down 11.8% rising
26 Qatar 43.2% 2010 up 250.7% volatile
27 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 42.9% 2010 up 8.6% rising
28 Mauritania 41.9% 2010 up 25.9% flat
29 Portugal 41.9% 2010 down 16.2% falling
30 Uruguay 40.1% 2010 up 2.6% falling
31 Côte d'Ivoire 40.1% 2010 up 69.5% volatile
32 Haiti 39.8% 2010 up 2.2% rising
33 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 39.4% 2010 up 25.5% rising
34 Tunisia 38.5% 2010 down 6.2% volatile
35 Rwanda 38.4% 2010 down 8.5% rising
36 Nicaragua 38.4% 2010 up 6.7% rising
37 Brazil 37.9% 2010 down 10.7% falling
38 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 36.1% 2010 down 27.9% falling
39 Central African Republic 35.6% 2010 up 35.7% rising
40 Lao People's Democratic Republic 35.1% 2010 down 18.5% rising
41 Argentina 34.4% 2010 down 20.7% falling
42 Gabon 34.3% 2010 up 1.1% rising
43 Burundi 34.1% 2010 up 35.3% rising
44 Mauritius 33.7% 2010 down 31.2% falling
45 Colombia 33.1% 2010 down 21.5% falling
46 Peru 32.3% 2010 up 23.7% falling
47 New Zealand 32.1% 2010 up 17.5% rising
48 Guyana 31.9% 2010 down 29.0% falling
49 Eswatini 31.7% 2010 up 11.0% rising
50 Morocco 31.1% 2010 up 44.1% volatile
51 Sudan 30.6% 2010 up 8.7% rising
52 Panama 30.5% 2010 down 0.9% falling
53 Saudi Arabia 30.4% 2010 down 5.8% rising
54 Dominican Republic 29.6% 2010 down 58.3% falling
55 Iran, Islamic Republic of 29.5% 2010 up 4.4% rising
56 Mexico 28.9% 2010 down 31.8% falling
57 Philippines 28.0% 2010 down 37.5% falling
58 Togo 27.6% 2010 up 40.6% rising
59 United Arab Emirates 27.2% 2010 up 45.7% volatile
60 Sierra Leone 26.7% 2010 up 53.9% volatile
61 Senegal 26.6% 2010 up 5.5% falling
62 Fiji 24.5% 2010 up 40.2% volatile
63 Zimbabwe 24.4% 2010 down 43.8% falling
64 Trinidad and Tobago 24.3% 2010 down 46.2% falling
65 Mozambique 23.8% 2010 up 9.1% falling
66 Libya 23.7% 2010 down 45.8% rising
67 Bangladesh 23.4% 2010 up 2.7% rising
68 Benin 22.9% 2010 up 54.7% rising
69 Iceland 22.2% 2010 down 30.4% falling
70 Nepal 22.1% 2010 up 25.1% volatile
71 Viet Nam 21.1% 2010 down 61.6% flat
72 China 20.9% 2010 down 17.1% falling
73 Niger 19.8% 2010 up 61.6% rising
74 Afghanistan 19.0% 2010 up 6.8% volatile
75 Liberia 18.9% 2010 up 18.1% volatile
76 Sri Lanka 16.6% 2010 up 6.7% falling
77 India 16.3% 2010 down 1.7% falling
78 South Africa 16.2% 2010 down 40.6% falling
79 Malaysia 16.1% 2010 down 39.5% falling
80 Pakistan 15.7% 2010 up 42.6% rising
81 Belize 15.6% 2010 down 65.1% falling
82 Yemen 15.4% 2010 up 71.3% volatile
83 Macau, China 14.2% 2010 down 64.6% falling
84 Jordan 13.6% 2010 up 7.4% falling
85 Greece 13.6% 2010 down 38.2% falling
86 Brunei Darussalam 12.6% 2010 up 333.1% falling
87 Botswana 11.7% 2010 up 16.5% volatile
88 Ghana 11.1% 2010 down 9.3% rising
89 Chile 11.1% 2010 down 59.1% falling
90 Jamaica 10.8% 2010 down 34.8% volatile
91 Luxembourg 10.6% 2010 down 49.1% falling
92 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9.5% 2010 down 30.3% volatile
93 Cuba 9.4% 2010 down 15.9% volatile
94 Spain 9.4% 2010 down 42.0% falling
95 Gambia 8.8% 2010 up 154.7% volatile
96 Mali 8.7% 2010 down 50.2% volatile
97 Bahrain 8.3% 2010 down 27.1% rising
98 Israel 8.0% 2010 down 50.1% falling
99 Poland 7.9% 2010 down 20.8% volatile
100 Barbados 7.0% 2010 down 39.3% volatile
101 Cyprus 6.4% 2010 down 39.7% volatile
102 Hong Kong, China 6.2% 2010 down 64.0% falling
103 Japan 5.9% 2010 down 15.9% volatile
104 Ireland 5.5% 2010 down 22.1% volatile
105 Netherlands 5.3% 2010 down 35.9% volatile
106 Tonga 4.9% 2010 down 67.3% falling
107 Belgium 4.8% 2010 down 16.8% volatile
108 France 4.7% 2010 down 60.9% volatile
109 Austria 4.5% 2010 down 80.0% volatile
110 Egypt 4.3% 2010 down 67.5% volatile
111 Mongolia 4.0% 2010 down 58.2% volatile
112 Australia 4.0% 2010 down 47.5% volatile
113 Italy 3.7% 2010 down 56.8% volatile
114 Malta 3.5% 2010 down 36.7% volatile
115 Singapore 2.8% 2010 down 76.4% falling
116 United States of America 2.7% 2010 up 19.7% volatile
117 Bulgaria 2.6% 2010 down 86.5% volatile
118 Sweden 2.1% 2010 up 117.5% volatile
119 Switzerland 2.0% 2010 down 88.4% volatile
120 Germany 2.0% 2010 down 85.3% volatile
121 Romania 1.9% 2010 down 31.7% volatile
122 Armenia 1.7% 2010 up 2.5% volatile
123 Albania 1.7% 2010 down 64.8% volatile
124 Canada 1.5% 2010 down 55.8% volatile
125 Congo 1.4% 2010 down 91.5% volatile
126 Latvia 1.1% 2010 up 107.5% volatile
127 Ukraine 1.1% 2010 up 64.1% volatile
128 Estonia 1.0% 2010 up 21.2% volatile
129 Hungary 0.9% 2010 down 57.5% volatile
130 Russian Federation 0.8% 2010 up 40.0% volatile
131 Tajikistan 0.8% 2010 down 35.8% volatile
132 Serbia 0.7% 2010 down 97.0% falling
133 Slovenia 0.7% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
134 Croatia 0.7% 2010 down 96.0% volatile
135 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2010 down 93.7% volatile
136 Republic of Korea 0.4% 2010 down 88.8% volatile
137 Kazakhstan 0.4% 2010 down 59.6% volatile
138 Lithuania 0.4% 2010 up 2.6% volatile
139 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 96.0% volatile
140 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 83.8% volatile
141 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 98.6% volatile
142 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 90.0% volatile
142 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 35-39 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 35-39 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)