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

Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
82.4%
Tajikistan
Lowest
0.4%
Papua New Guinea
Median
25.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 82.4% in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0.4% in Papua New Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 25.1%, and the mean is 29.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 206.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 1,072.4%), and the largest decrease in Papua New Guinea (down 95.5%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tajikistan 82.4% 2010 up 8.3% volatile
2 Kyrgyzstan 78.4% 2010 up 16.1% volatile
3 Czechia 77.5% 2010 up 2.1% rising
4 Slovakia 77.2% 2010 up 16.0% volatile
5 Kazakhstan 71.2% 2010 down 8.4% volatile
6 Moldova 71.2% 2010 up 18.5% volatile
7 Romania 69.2% 2010 up 5.1% volatile
8 Poland 67.4% 2010 down 2.1% volatile
9 Armenia 67.2% 2010 down 5.2% rising
10 Serbia 63.5% 2010 up 43.3% volatile
11 Croatia 63.2% 2010 up 19.8% volatile
12 Hungary 61.8% 2010 up 6.3% volatile
13 Trinidad and Tobago 61.2% 2010 up 152.8% volatile
14 Lithuania 60.9% 2010 down 15.3% rising
15 South Africa 59.9% 2010 up 272.2% volatile
16 Slovenia 59.3% 2010 down 8.4% rising
17 Germany 58.7% 2010 up 19.9% volatile
18 Austria 56.9% 2010 up 13.3% rising
19 Tonga 56.4% 2010 up 284.5% volatile
20 Sweden 54.2% 2010 down 8.2% rising
21 Estonia 53.3% 2010 down 1.0% volatile
22 Mongolia 52.0% 2010 up 20.7% volatile
23 Bulgaria 51.2% 2010 up 12.6% volatile
24 Hong Kong 50.9% 2010 up 37.4% volatile
25 Albania 49.9% 2010 up 26.4% volatile
26 United Kingdom 49.5% 2010 up 516.7% volatile
27 Latvia 47.3% 2010 up 11.6% volatile
28 Ukraine 45.8% 2010 down 1.9% rising
29 Mauritius 45.5% 2010 up 115.4% volatile
30 Switzerland 45.2% 2010 up 12.2% rising
31 Cyprus 44.9% 2010 up 0.2% rising
32 Cuba 44.6% 2010 up 12.5% volatile
33 Netherlands 44.5% 2010 down 1.5% rising
34 Italy 44.2% 2010 up 20.7% volatile
35 Denmark 43.7% 2010 down 10.4% rising
36 France 43.4% 2010 down 0.5% volatile
37 Finland 42.0% 2010 up 24.4% volatile
37 Japan 42.0% 2010 down 7.3% rising
39 South Korea 41.4% 2010 down 17.5% volatile
40 Bahrain 41.3% 2010 up 20.0% volatile
41 Malaysia 41.0% 2010 up 27.5% volatile
42 Chile 40.2% 2010 up 27.2% rising
43 Botswana 39.6% 2010 up 57.9% volatile
44 Norway 39.2% 2010 down 4.8% rising
45 Belgium 39.0% 2010 up 10.1% rising
46 Jamaica 38.9% 2010 up 13.8% volatile
47 Fiji 37.6% 2010 down 4.3% volatile
48 Australia 37.2% 2010 down 39.5% rising
49 Greece 36.3% 2010 down 8.3% rising
50 Guyana 36.0% 2010 up 37.9% volatile
51 Egypt 35.2% 2010 up 64.0% volatile
51 Israel 35.2% 2010 up 6.1% rising
53 Peru 35.1% 2010 up 48.6% volatile
54 Brunei 33.5% 2010 down 13.7% volatile
55 Argentina 33.4% 2010 up 30.3% rising
56 Macao 32.4% 2010 up 49.5% volatile
57 Jordan 32.4% 2010 up 1.5% volatile
58 Belize 32.2% 2010 up 120.9% volatile
59 Libya 30.6% 2010 up 48.4% volatile
60 Canada 30.5% 2010 down 16.5% rising
61 United States 30.2% 2010 down 20.8% falling
62 United Arab Emirates 30.0% 2010 up 3.9% rising
63 Venezuela 29.7% 2010 up 141.0% volatile
64 Iceland 29.3% 2010 down 5.1% rising
65 Singapore 28.4% 2010 down 38.2% volatile
66 Philippines 27.5% 2010 up 89.0% rising
67 Luxembourg 27.3% 2010 down 20.1% rising
68 Panama 26.8% 2010 up 7.7% volatile
69 Brazil 26.5% 2010 up 44.3% volatile
70 Ecuador 25.9% 2010 up 84.6% volatile
71 Barbados 25.6% 2010 up 3.4% rising
72 Colombia 25.5% 2010 up 11.8% volatile
73 Indonesia 24.8% 2010 up 131.4% volatile
74 Ireland 24.6% 2010 down 23.9% rising
75 Spain 24.2% 2010 up 17.3% volatile
76 Namibia 23.5% 2010 up 64.3% rising
77 Haiti 23.5% 2010 up 40.7% volatile
78 Dominican Republic 23.5% 2010 up 278.7% volatile
79 Gabon 23.2% 2010 up 19.4% volatile
80 Russia 23.1% 2010 down 29.4% rising
81 India 22.3% 2010 up 35.1% volatile
82 Algeria 22.1% 2010 up 29.8% volatile
83 Saudi Arabia 22.0% 2010 up 16.9% rising
83 El Salvador 22.0% 2010 up 84.6% volatile
85 Qatar 21.5% 2010 up 2.4% rising
86 Uruguay 21.2% 2010 up 46.7% rising
87 Iran 21.1% 2010 down 20.3% volatile
88 Malta 20.4% 2010 down 55.9% volatile
89 Paraguay 19.8% 2010 up 43.7% volatile
90 China 19.3% 2010 down 44.3% volatile
91 Thailand 18.9% 2010 up 118.3% volatile
92 Vietnam 18.9% 2010 up 71.6% volatile
93 Mexico 18.2% 2010 up 24.3% volatile
94 Kuwait 18.1% 2010 down 8.2% rising
95 Iraq 18.0% 2010 down 4.9% volatile
96 Kenya 18.0% 2010 up 180.8% volatile
97 Syria 17.8% 2010 up 229.6% volatile
98 Cameroon 17.8% 2010 up 30.6% volatile
99 Portugal 17.8% 2010 down 21.3% volatile
100 Turkey 17.2% 2010 up 29.7% volatile
101 Pakistan 17.0% 2010 up 31.5% volatile
102 Sri Lanka 16.8% 2010 down 61.4% rising
103 Bolivia 16.6% 2010 down 37.7% volatile
104 Liberia 16.3% 2010 up 20.4% volatile
105 Bangladesh 16.0% 2010 up 23.8% volatile
106 Costa Rica 16.0% 2010 down 16.7% volatile
107 Ghana 15.6% 2010 down 14.6% volatile
108 New Zealand 15.5% 2010 down 25.9% falling
109 Tunisia 15.0% 2010 up 9.8% volatile
110 Nicaragua 14.7% 2010 up 20.1% volatile
111 Honduras 14.1% 2010 up 10.9% volatile
112 Zimbabwe 13.9% 2010 up 47.5% volatile
113 Democratic Republic of Congo 13.6% 2010 down 13.9% volatile
114 Lesotho 13.5% 2010 down 57.5% volatile
115 Benin 12.7% 2010 up 14.4% volatile
116 Guatemala 12.7% 2010 up 21.0% volatile
117 Central African Republic 12.2% 2010 up 63.3% volatile
118 Nepal 12.1% 2010 up 118.1% volatile
119 Zambia 11.8% 2010 down 35.1% volatile
120 Morocco 10.2% 2010 up 54.0% volatile
121 Myanmar 10.1% 2010 up 56.6% volatile
122 Congo 9.7% 2010 down 47.8% volatile
123 Yemen 8.9% 2010 up 1,072.4% volatile
124 Malawi 8.6% 2010 up 88.8% volatile
125 Mauritania 8.6% 2010 up 124.1% volatile
126 Laos 8.2% 2010 up 82.4% volatile
127 Uganda 7.7% 2010 up 369.9% volatile
128 Cote d'Ivoire 7.1% 2010 up 80.3% volatile
129 Maldives 6.1% 2010 up 103.7% volatile
130 Togo 6.0% 2010 down 47.7% volatile
131 Rwanda 5.3% 2010 up 112.9% volatile
132 Cambodia 5.2% 2010 up 154.1% volatile
133 Sudan 5.0% 2010 down 26.9% volatile
134 Sierra Leone 4.5% 2010 up 17.8% volatile
135 Burundi 4.1% 2010 up 139.3% volatile
136 Gambia 4.1% 2010 up 79.3% volatile
137 Mali 3.8% 2010 up 48.8% volatile
138 Eswatini 3.6% 2010 down 41.1% volatile
139 Senegal 3.2% 2010 down 29.0% volatile
140 Niger 3.1% 2010 up 52.5% volatile
141 Afghanistan 2.4% 2010 down 21.5% volatile
142 Mozambique 1.5% 2010 down 11.3% volatile
143 Tanzania 0.8% 2010 down 4.5% volatile
144 Papua New Guinea 0.4% 2010 down 95.5% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary schooling. 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 35-39 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary