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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
69.6%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
12.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 69.6% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.6%, and the mean is 16.8%.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 492.5%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 69.6% 2010 up 11.5% volatile
2 United States of America 63.2% 2010 up 12.7% rising
3 Singapore 59.5% 2010 up 182.3% volatile
4 Canada 58.4% 2010 up 97.3% rising
5 Republic of Korea 56.1% 2010 up 60.1% volatile
6 Ireland 55.3% 2010 up 78.7% volatile
7 Israel 48.8% 2010 up 20.6% rising
8 Japan 46.7% 2010 up 11.6% volatile
9 Finland 42.9% 2010 up 19.7% volatile
10 Ukraine 42.8% 2010 down 6.7% volatile
11 New Zealand 42.0% 2010 down 2.6% rising
12 Switzerland 41.6% 2010 up 69.9% rising
13 Luxembourg 41.4% 2010 up 110.0% volatile
14 Australia 40.9% 2010 up 48.8% rising
15 Belgium 39.4% 2010 up 22.2% volatile
16 Cyprus 37.2% 2010 up 13.5% volatile
17 Denmark 36.6% 2010 up 34.2% rising
18 Norway 36.6% 2010 up 22.9% volatile
19 Greece 36.0% 2010 up 59.0% volatile
20 Iceland 36.0% 2010 up 67.4% volatile
21 Spain 35.4% 2010 up 32.2% volatile
22 Estonia 35.0% 2010 down 4.4% volatile
23 Sweden 34.8% 2010 up 26.9% rising
24 France 33.8% 2010 up 51.3% volatile
25 Lithuania 33.6% 2010 up 69.0% volatile
26 Netherlands 33.6% 2010 up 31.0% volatile
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 33.5% 2010 up 32.1% volatile
28 Bulgaria 29.0% 2010 up 31.5% rising
29 Germany 28.1% 2010 up 12.0% volatile
30 Slovenia 28.0% 2010 up 53.0% volatile
31 Panama 27.2% 2010 up 10.5% volatile
32 Macau, China 25.9% 2010 up 223.2% volatile
33 Kazakhstan 25.8% 2010 up 34.6% rising
34 Poland 24.4% 2010 up 73.0% volatile
35 Hong Kong, China 23.9% 2010 up 26.6% volatile
36 Armenia 23.1% 2010 up 11.5% rising
37 Philippines 23.0% 2010 up 3.0% rising
38 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 22.9% 2010 up 50.4% volatile
39 Peru 22.5% 2010 down 30.0% volatile
40 Chile 22.3% 2010 down 12.3% volatile
41 Mongolia 21.5% 2010 up 45.4% rising
42 Hungary 21.5% 2010 up 38.9% rising
43 Colombia 21.2% 2010 up 65.5% volatile
44 Austria 20.8% 2010 up 44.0% volatile
45 Croatia 20.7% 2010 up 67.0% volatile
46 Qatar 20.3% 2010 up 29.3% rising
47 Costa Rica 19.8% 2010 up 18.6% volatile
48 Mexico 18.7% 2010 up 23.7% volatile
49 Malta 18.6% 2010 up 68.9% volatile
50 Saudi Arabia 18.3% 2010 up 21.6% rising
51 Czechia 17.9% 2010 up 18.4% rising
52 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 17.9% 2010 up 16.2% volatile
53 Slovakia 17.3% 2010 up 25.0% rising
54 Malaysia 17.0% 2010 up 87.4% volatile
55 Jamaica 16.7% 2010 up 19.9% volatile
56 Serbia 16.7% 2010 up 3.9% volatile
57 United Arab Emirates 16.4% 2010 up 0.2% rising
58 Argentina 16.3% 2010 up 13.0% rising
59 Fiji 16.3% 2010 up 62.8% volatile
60 Gabon 16.2% 2010 up 7.6% volatile
61 Portugal 16.1% 2010 up 13.6% volatile
62 Kyrgyzstan 16.1% 2010 down 3.1% rising
63 Sri Lanka 16.0% 2010 up 3.3% volatile
64 Iran, Islamic Republic of 16.0% 2010 up 60.8% volatile
65 Latvia 15.8% 2010 down 18.6% rising
66 Italy 15.8% 2010 up 31.4% volatile
67 Republic of Moldova 15.4% 2010 up 12.6% rising
68 Thailand 15.0% 2010 up 132.5% volatile
69 Romania 13.4% 2010 up 26.8% rising
70 Paraguay 12.9% 2010 up 49.0% volatile
71 Jordan 12.8% 2010 down 31.1% volatile
71 Morocco 12.8% 2010 up 26.5% volatile
73 Dominican Republic 12.5% 2010 up 1.6% volatile
74 Ecuador 12.4% 2010 down 36.6% volatile
75 Brazil 12.0% 2010 up 51.3% volatile
76 Tunisia 11.6% 2010 up 55.1% volatile
77 India 11.5% 2010 up 35.4% volatile
78 Türkiye 11.4% 2010 up 4.5% volatile
79 Iraq 11.3% 2010 up 2.4% volatile
80 Uruguay 11.3% 2010 down 23.1% rising
81 Nicaragua 11.2% 2010 down 9.2% rising
82 Trinidad and Tobago 9.8% 2010 up 85.0% volatile
83 Algeria 9.7% 2010 up 36.3% volatile
84 Afghanistan 9.6% 2010 up 6.7% volatile
85 Kenya 9.5% 2010 up 71.7% volatile
86 Brunei Darussalam 9.0% 2010 up 113.7% volatile
87 Cuba 8.6% 2010 down 32.2% volatile
88 Indonesia 8.5% 2010 up 189.4% volatile
89 Tajikistan 8.4% 2010 down 32.7% rising
90 Viet Nam 7.8% 2010 up 102.8% volatile
91 Libya 7.8% 2010 up 459.3% volatile
92 Kuwait 7.7% 2010 down 29.3% rising
93 El Salvador 7.6% 2010 down 34.7% volatile
94 Côte d'Ivoire 7.2% 2010 up 40.0% volatile
95 South Africa 6.9% 2010 down 29.1% volatile
96 Syrian Arab Republic 6.6% 2010 up 26.0% volatile
97 Pakistan 6.6% 2010 down 12.4% volatile
98 Belize 6.5% 2010 down 8.3% rising
99 Tonga 6.5% 2010 down 39.8% volatile
100 Bahrain 6.4% 2010 down 55.2% volatile
101 Mauritius 6.2% 2010 up 118.5% rising
102 Honduras 6.2% 2010 up 26.7% volatile
103 Liberia 5.7% 2010 up 15.6% volatile
104 Nepal 5.5% 2010 up 31.6% volatile
105 Bangladesh 5.5% 2010 up 34.2% volatile
106 Egypt 5.3% 2010 up 47.9% rising
107 Botswana 5.2% 2010 up 2.2% volatile
108 Myanmar 5.0% 2010 down 25.6% volatile
109 China 3.6% 2010 down 33.1% volatile
110 Papua New Guinea 3.5% 2010 up 233.3% volatile
111 Uganda 3.4% 2010 down 34.8% volatile
112 Congo 3.4% 2010 down 5.8% volatile
113 Yemen 3.4% 2010 up 142.4% volatile
114 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.2% 2010 down 50.8% volatile
115 Ghana 3.0% 2010 down 31.3% volatile
116 Senegal 2.8% 2010 up 123.6% volatile
117 Cameroon 2.8% 2010 up 132.2% volatile
118 Benin 2.7% 2010 up 3.8% volatile
119 Maldives 2.7% 2010 up 65.8% volatile
120 Mauritania 2.6% 2010 up 14.3% volatile
121 Lesotho 2.6% 2010 up 56.0% volatile
122 Sudan 2.4% 2010 up 492.5% volatile
123 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.3% 2010 up 64.1% volatile
124 Namibia 2.2% 2010 down 45.0% rising
125 Cambodia 2.1% 2010 up 464.9% volatile
126 Gambia 2.0% 2010 down 26.4% volatile
127 Mali 1.8% 2010 up 78.6% volatile
128 Albania 1.7% 2010 down 76.1% rising
129 Niger 1.4% 2010 up 40.0% volatile
130 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.4% 2010 up 28.7% volatile
131 Central African Republic 1.4% 2010 down 53.8% volatile
132 Barbados 1.4% 2010 up 15.4% volatile
133 Sierra Leone 1.3% 2010 down 16.7% volatile
133 Togo 1.3% 2010 down 46.9% volatile
133 Zambia 1.3% 2010 down 64.9% volatile
136 Zimbabwe 1.1% 2010 down 53.3% flat
137 Haiti 1.1% 2010 up 57.1% rising
138 Rwanda 0.8% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
139 Burundi 0.5% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
140 Malawi 0.5% 2010 down 16.9% volatile
141 Guyana 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
142 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 down 73.9% volatile
143 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 96.5% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 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 35-39 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)