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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of population age 40-44 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
73.3%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
19.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 73.3% in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.6%, and the mean is 22.5%.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 832.4%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 73.3% 2010 up 12.2% rising
2 Myanmar 63.3% 2010 up 5.8% volatile
3 Maldives 62.9% 2010 up 165.2% rising
4 Lesotho 62.1% 2010 down 3.2% falling
5 Cameroon 59.4% 2010 down 0.5% rising
6 Cambodia 58.9% 2010 up 0.2% rising
7 Thailand 58.8% 2010 down 14.5% rising
8 Honduras 56.5% 2010 down 5.4% rising
9 Türkiye 56.0% 2010 down 1.5% rising
10 Malawi 54.3% 2010 up 8.3% rising
11 Costa Rica 53.1% 2010 up 11.6% falling
12 Paraguay 52.7% 2010 down 27.0% falling
13 Zambia 52.6% 2010 up 11.7% rising
14 Uganda 51.3% 2010 down 9.1% rising
15 El Salvador 48.8% 2010 up 4.9% rising
16 Ecuador 48.1% 2010 up 26.8% falling
17 Algeria 47.9% 2010 up 15.3% volatile
18 Kenya 47.6% 2010 up 5.1% rising
19 Namibia 47.2% 2010 down 5.3% rising
20 Guatemala 47.1% 2010 up 3.9% rising
21 Indonesia 46.7% 2010 down 12.0% rising
22 Syrian Arab Republic 46.3% 2010 down 1.3% rising
23 Guyana 45.0% 2010 down 0.1% falling
24 Kuwait 44.6% 2010 up 112.1% volatile
25 Qatar 43.2% 2010 up 302.3% volatile
26 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 42.9% 2010 up 8.6% rising
27 Portugal 41.9% 2010 down 25.1% falling
28 Argentina 41.1% 2010 down 5.1% falling
29 Nicaragua 40.2% 2010 up 2.8% rising
30 Uruguay 40.1% 2010 down 9.2% falling
31 Rwanda 40.0% 2010 down 4.6% volatile
32 Papua New Guinea 39.5% 2010 up 26.4% volatile
33 Haiti 38.6% 2010 down 7.6% volatile
34 Tunisia 38.5% 2010 up 4.2% volatile
35 Lao People's Democratic Republic 37.1% 2010 down 22.1% rising
36 Libya 36.8% 2010 up 15.1% rising
37 Mauritius 36.7% 2010 down 24.9% falling
38 Brazil 36.3% 2010 down 27.0% flat
39 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 36.1% 2010 down 27.9% flat
40 Gabon 33.9% 2010 down 14.7% rising
41 Mauritania 33.7% 2010 up 1.2% falling
42 Iraq 33.3% 2010 up 18.0% volatile
43 Colombia 33.1% 2010 down 32.2% falling
44 Peru 32.3% 2010 up 3.3% falling
45 Saudi Arabia 32.2% 2010 up 4.9% rising
46 Sudan 31.7% 2010 up 40.1% rising
47 Côte d'Ivoire 31.0% 2010 up 45.2% volatile
48 Fiji 30.9% 2010 up 26.6% falling
49 Panama 30.5% 2010 down 0.9% falling
50 Dominican Republic 29.6% 2010 down 58.3% flat
51 Mexico 28.9% 2010 down 31.8% falling
52 Eswatini 28.8% 2010 up 11.8% rising
53 Philippines 28.0% 2010 down 37.5% falling
54 Togo 27.6% 2010 up 45.7% rising
55 Iran, Islamic Republic of 27.5% 2010 up 14.9% rising
56 Central African Republic 27.1% 2010 up 3.0% rising
57 Senegal 26.6% 2010 up 18.8% falling
58 United Arab Emirates 26.2% 2010 up 39.4% volatile
59 Morocco 26.1% 2010 up 13.8% volatile
60 Afghanistan 25.4% 2010 up 58.1% volatile
61 Iceland 25.0% 2010 down 30.4% falling
62 Zimbabwe 24.9% 2010 down 42.7% falling
63 Burundi 24.7% 2010 down 2.2% rising
64 Trinidad and Tobago 24.3% 2010 down 46.2% falling
65 Viet Nam 23.1% 2010 down 63.0% rising
66 Bangladesh 22.9% 2010 up 0.5% rising
67 New Zealand 22.5% 2010 down 17.6% falling
68 Mozambique 21.8% 2010 up 33.3% rising
69 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21.4% 2010 down 44.9% rising
70 China 20.9% 2010 down 35.7% falling
71 Macau, China 20.8% 2010 down 48.1% falling
72 Nepal 19.7% 2010 up 27.2% volatile
73 Benin 19.5% 2010 up 31.9% rising
74 Austria 18.6% 2010 down 15.3% volatile
75 Sierra Leone 17.6% 2010 up 13.1% volatile
76 Sri Lanka 16.6% 2010 up 6.7% falling
77 South Africa 16.2% 2010 down 40.6% flat
78 Malaysia 16.1% 2010 down 39.5% falling
79 India 15.8% 2010 down 3.4% falling
80 Pakistan 15.7% 2010 up 58.6% rising
81 Belize 15.6% 2010 down 65.1% falling
82 Liberia 15.4% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
83 Niger 15.4% 2010 up 47.8% rising
84 Jordan 13.6% 2010 down 41.1% rising
85 Greece 13.6% 2010 down 56.1% falling
86 Jamaica 13.4% 2010 down 44.5% falling
87 Luxembourg 13.1% 2010 down 43.6% falling
88 Bahrain 11.6% 2010 down 3.3% rising
89 Egypt 11.3% 2010 down 25.9% volatile
90 Ghana 11.1% 2010 down 9.3% rising
91 Chile 11.1% 2010 down 66.9% falling
92 Yemen 10.6% 2010 up 356.0% volatile
93 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10.0% 2010 down 48.5% falling
94 Cuba 9.6% 2010 down 14.1% volatile
95 Spain 9.4% 2010 down 54.2% falling
96 Barbados 9.3% 2010 down 19.2% volatile
97 Congo 9.2% 2010 down 65.0% rising
98 Mali 8.7% 2010 down 52.9% volatile
99 Israel 8.0% 2010 down 60.7% falling
100 Botswana 7.9% 2010 down 21.0% falling
100 Poland 7.9% 2010 down 31.6% volatile
102 Cyprus 6.4% 2010 down 65.4% volatile
102 Japan 6.4% 2010 down 8.4% volatile
104 Hong Kong, China 6.2% 2010 down 76.1% falling
105 Ireland 5.5% 2010 down 47.5% volatile
106 Gambia 5.4% 2010 up 56.7% volatile
107 Netherlands 5.3% 2010 down 35.9% volatile
108 Singapore 5.1% 2010 down 68.5% falling
109 Tonga 4.9% 2010 down 81.4% falling
110 Belgium 4.8% 2010 down 44.8% volatile
111 France 4.8% 2010 down 74.9% volatile
112 Mongolia 4.5% 2010 down 52.8% volatile
113 Brunei Darussalam 4.2% 2010 down 80.0% falling
114 Australia 4.0% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
115 Italy 3.7% 2010 down 56.8% volatile
116 Malta 3.5% 2010 up 832.4% volatile
117 Bulgaria 2.4% 2010 down 88.8% volatile
118 Switzerland 2.1% 2010 down 89.0% volatile
119 United States of America 2.1% 2010 down 6.6% volatile
120 Sweden 2.1% 2010 down 43.0% volatile
121 Germany 1.9% 2010 down 86.2% volatile
122 Romania 1.9% 2010 down 55.0% volatile
123 Albania 1.7% 2010 down 64.8% volatile
124 Armenia 1.5% 2010 down 8.0% volatile
125 Canada 1.5% 2010 down 55.8% volatile
126 Republic of Korea 1.1% 2010 down 87.0% volatile
127 Tajikistan 0.9% 2010 down 27.6% volatile
128 Hungary 0.9% 2010 down 58.5% volatile
129 Serbia 0.7% 2010 down 97.4% falling
130 Russian Federation 0.7% 2010 up 1.4% volatile
131 Estonia 0.7% 2010 down 15.0% volatile
131 Croatia 0.7% 2010 down 96.0% volatile
133 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2010 down 93.7% volatile
134 Slovenia 0.7% 2010 down 72.5% volatile
134 Ukraine 0.7% 2010 up 3.1% volatile
136 Latvia 0.6% 2010 up 13.5% volatile
137 Lithuania 0.4% 2010 down 29.1% volatile
138 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 97.1% volatile
139 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 86.3% volatile
140 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 98.9% volatile
141 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 87.9% volatile
142 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 92.3% 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 40-44 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 40-44 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)