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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with no education by country

Percentage of population age 40-44 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
80.0%
Mali
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
4.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 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 4.1%, and the mean is 15.5%.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 4,078.9%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 80.0% 2010 up 4.7% falling
2 Niger 78.4% 2010 down 9.7% falling
3 Gambia 75.7% 2010 down 7.6% falling
4 Yemen 74.9% 2010 down 21.6% falling
5 Mozambique 74.5% 2010 down 7.4% falling
6 Burundi 69.6% 2010 down 1.5% falling
7 Sierra Leone 64.2% 2010 down 11.9% falling
8 Senegal 61.8% 2010 down 8.7% rising
9 Benin 60.9% 2010 down 8.6% falling
10 Afghanistan 59.8% 2010 down 16.3% falling
11 Rwanda 54.9% 2010 up 3.6% falling
12 Liberia 53.3% 2010 down 11.8% falling
13 Nepal 52.4% 2010 down 21.0% falling
14 Pakistan 52.2% 2010 down 21.3% falling
15 Mauritania 49.8% 2010 down 12.9% falling
16 Central African Republic 49.3% 2010 down 12.9% falling
17 Eswatini 49.2% 2010 up 0.4% falling
18 Sudan 49.0% 2010 down 29.0% falling
19 Bangladesh 48.0% 2010 down 4.5% falling
20 Morocco 47.2% 2010 down 21.9% falling
21 Cote d'Ivoire 45.5% 2010 down 26.1% falling
22 Togo 43.2% 2010 down 20.2% falling
23 India 43.1% 2010 down 12.9% falling
24 Papua New Guinea 39.8% 2010 down 21.1% falling
25 Bahrain 38.6% 2010 up 37.3% falling
26 Democratic Republic of Congo 36.2% 2010 down 22.0% falling
27 Egypt 36.0% 2010 down 33.4% falling
28 Malawi 34.7% 2010 down 15.3% falling
29 Ghana 33.0% 2010 up 14.7% falling
30 Laos 32.0% 2010 down 7.1% falling
31 Guatemala 30.8% 2010 down 14.1% falling
32 Haiti 29.6% 2010 down 33.4% falling
33 Congo 28.9% 2010 down 6.5% falling
34 Algeria 25.6% 2010 down 35.5% falling
35 Cambodia 23.8% 2010 down 22.4% falling
36 Maldives 23.7% 2010 down 56.0% falling
37 Uganda 20.6% 2010 down 33.8% falling
38 Iraq 19.8% 2010 down 55.9% falling
39 Brunei 19.7% 2010 unchanged volatile
40 Tanzania 19.2% 2010 down 29.4% falling
41 Myanmar 19.1% 2010 down 19.0% falling
42 Nicaragua 18.8% 2010 down 39.1% falling
43 Saudi Arabia 18.2% 2010 down 40.3% falling
44 Tunisia 17.8% 2010 down 46.2% falling
45 Namibia 15.3% 2010 down 24.2% falling
46 Kenya 14.9% 2010 down 50.5% falling
47 Gabon 14.4% 2010 down 41.2% volatile
48 Libya 13.8% 2010 down 60.0% falling
49 Syria 13.8% 2010 down 6.6% falling
50 Botswana 13.3% 2010 down 50.0% falling
51 Iran 12.9% 2010 down 55.8% falling
52 Honduras 12.6% 2010 down 26.5% volatile
53 Lesotho 12.2% 2010 down 24.9% falling
54 Zambia 10.9% 2010 down 46.8% falling
55 United Arab Emirates 10.8% 2010 down 56.8% volatile
56 Cameroon 10.5% 2010 down 39.8% volatile
57 Brazil 8.9% 2010 down 42.7% volatile
58 Norway 7.9% 2010 up 4,078.9% volatile
59 Dominican Republic 7.2% 2010 — volatile
60 Bolivia 6.7% 2010 down 30.1% volatile
61 Kuwait 6.1% 2010 down 79.7% falling
62 Singapore 5.8% 2010 down 49.8% volatile
63 Luxembourg 5.7% 2010 down 24.4% volatile
64 Turkey 5.6% 2010 down 67.6% volatile
65 Guyana 5.6% 2010 down 0.2% volatile
66 Panama 4.8% 2010 down 3.0% volatile
67 Vietnam 4.7% 2010 down 38.5% volatile
68 Jamaica 4.6% 2010 down 20.9% volatile
69 Ecuador 4.6% 2010 down 73.7% falling
70 Colombia 4.5% 2010 down 53.5% volatile
71 Mexico 4.2% 2010 down 50.3% volatile
72 Jordan 4.1% 2010 down 76.3% volatile
73 Indonesia 4.0% 2010 down 83.4% falling
74 Sri Lanka 3.7% 2010 down 53.0% volatile
74 Malaysia 3.7% 2010 down 55.9% volatile
76 Qatar 3.6% 2010 down 91.3% falling
77 El Salvador 3.4% 2010 down 86.5% falling
78 Venezuela 3.4% 2010 down 65.0% volatile
79 South Africa 3.3% 2010 down 79.8% volatile
80 Costa Rica 3.3% 2010 down 16.6% volatile
81 Peru 3.1% 2010 down 69.2% volatile
82 Zimbabwe 3.1% 2010 down 71.1% volatile
83 Belgium 3.1% 2010 down 12.5% rising
83 Denmark 3.1% 2010 up 190.6% volatile
85 Austria 3.0% 2010 up 3,222.2% volatile
86 Portugal 2.9% 2010 up 62.4% volatile
87 Cuba 2.9% 2010 down 29.3% volatile
88 Paraguay 2.6% 2010 down 67.0% volatile
89 Philippines 2.6% 2010 down 62.8% volatile
90 Mongolia 2.5% 2010 down 1.6% volatile
91 China 1.7% 2010 down 72.1% volatile
91 Germany 1.7% 2010 down 38.5% volatile
93 Fiji 1.6% 2010 down 64.7% volatile
93 Iceland 1.6% 2010 down 46.7% volatile
95 Mauritius 1.5% 2010 down 65.0% volatile
96 Sweden 1.5% 2010 up 19.2% rising
97 Bulgaria 1.4% 2010 up 83.3% volatile
98 Thailand 1.4% 2010 down 89.0% volatile
99 Israel 1.4% 2010 down 35.4% volatile
100 Albania 1.3% 2010 up 293.9% volatile
101 Italy 1.2% 2010 down 28.2% volatile
102 Switzerland 1.2% 2010 down 87.3% volatile
103 Chile 1.1% 2010 down 65.0% volatile
104 Spain 0.9% 2010 down 84.8% volatile
105 Macao 0.8% 2010 down 62.5% volatile
106 France 0.7% 2010 down 59.6% volatile
107 Argentina 0.7% 2010 down 73.7% volatile
108 Greece 0.7% 2010 down 71.2% volatile
109 Romania 0.7% 2010 down 43.1% volatile
109 Tonga 0.7% 2010 down 44.5% volatile
111 Ireland 0.6% 2010 down 80.2% falling
112 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6% 2010 down 28.4% volatile
113 Serbia 0.5% 2010 down 55.7% volatile
114 Australia 0.5% 2010 down 41.6% falling
115 Hong Kong 0.5% 2010 down 95.9% volatile
116 Croatia 0.4% 2010 down 55.7% volatile
116 Uruguay 0.4% 2010 down 72.1% volatile
118 Russia 0.4% 2010 up 36.7% volatile
119 Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 44.6% volatile
120 South Korea 0.3% 2010 down 61.0% volatile
120 Ukraine 0.3% 2010 unchanged volatile
120 United States 0.3% 2010 down 9.1% falling
123 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 85.7% volatile
123 Slovenia 0.3% 2010 down 27.5% volatile
125 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 56.2% falling
126 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
127 Canada 0.2% 2010 down 53.3% volatile
127 Cyprus 0.2% 2010 down 78.4% volatile
129 Czechia 0.2% 2010 down 56.5% falling
129 Estonia 0.2% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
131 Latvia 0.2% 2010 up 46.2% volatile
132 United Kingdom 0.2% 2010 down 95.7% volatile
132 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
134 Armenia 0.2% 2010 up 6.2% volatile
134 Poland 0.2% 2010 down 69.6% volatile
136 Malta 0.2% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
137 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 97.6% falling
138 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 down 9.1% volatile
139 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
140 Barbados 0.0% 2010 unchanged 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 40-44 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 40-44 with no education