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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
95.4%
Albania
Lowest
3.2%
Mozambique
Median
43.3%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 95.4% in Albania; the lowest is 3.2% in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 43.3%, and the mean is 45.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.

Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 639.5%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 47.9%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 95.4% 2010 up 8.5% volatile
2 Barbados 89.5% 2010 up 2.7% rising
3 Tajikistan 89.0% 2010 up 3.5% rising
4 Tonga 88.0% 2010 up 44.9% rising
5 Romania 84.1% 2010 up 0.1% volatile
6 Republic of Moldova 84.0% 2010 up 0.3% rising
7 Kyrgyzstan 83.0% 2010 up 15.1% rising
8 Slovakia 82.3% 2010 up 17.4% rising
9 Serbia 82.0% 2010 up 49.7% volatile
10 Latvia 82.0% 2010 up 3.9% rising
11 Czechia 81.8% 2010 down 3.3% rising
12 Italy 79.3% 2010 up 2.0% volatile
13 Croatia 78.2% 2010 up 12.5% volatile
14 Belize 77.8% 2010 up 77.6% volatile
15 Malta 77.7% 2010 up 5.6% volatile
16 Hungary 77.4% 2010 down 5.4% volatile
17 Cuba 76.6% 2010 up 6.5% volatile
18 Armenia 75.8% 2010 down 2.2% rising
19 Botswana 75.5% 2010 up 29.7% volatile
20 Mongolia 75.1% 2010 up 2.8% volatile
21 Kazakhstan 74.4% 2010 down 6.6% volatile
22 China 73.8% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
23 South Africa 73.5% 2010 up 57.9% rising
24 Slovenia 71.0% 2010 down 10.3% rising
25 Brunei Darussalam 70.3% 2010 up 25.9% volatile
26 Zimbabwe 70.1% 2010 up 62.1% volatile
27 Bulgaria 69.6% 2010 up 26.8% rising
28 Jordan 69.5% 2010 up 49.9% volatile
29 Hong Kong, China 69.4% 2010 up 40.4% rising
30 Germany 68.3% 2010 up 17.3% volatile
31 Poland 67.6% 2010 down 10.8% rising
32 Jamaica 67.0% 2010 up 20.0% volatile
33 Viet Nam 66.7% 2010 up 151.6% volatile
34 Lithuania 66.0% 2010 down 14.4% rising
35 Chile 65.5% 2010 up 54.9% rising
36 Trinidad and Tobago 65.3% 2010 up 34.2% volatile
37 Estonia 64.1% 2010 up 2.7% rising
38 Sri Lanka 63.6% 2010 up 4.3% rising
39 Malaysia 63.2% 2010 up 13.1% volatile
40 Sweden 61.6% 2010 down 7.5% rising
41 Netherlands 61.1% 2010 down 6.3% rising
42 Macau, China 60.7% 2010 up 21.7% volatile
43 France 60.7% 2010 down 0.5% volatile
44 Denmark 60.3% 2010 down 14.4% rising
45 Congo 59.3% 2010 up 62.9% volatile
46 Austria 57.6% 2010 down 11.3% rising
47 Mauritius 57.4% 2010 up 31.8% volatile
48 Finland 57.1% 2010 up 25.1% rising
49 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56.5% 2010 up 9.8% rising
50 Fiji 56.5% 2010 down 9.0% volatile
51 Cyprus 56.2% 2010 up 13.0% rising
52 Norway 55.1% 2010 down 8.2% rising
53 Switzerland 55.1% 2010 up 13.5% rising
54 Australia 54.7% 2010 down 15.1% rising
55 Spain 54.3% 2010 up 6.7% volatile
56 Ukraine 53.8% 2010 up 1.1% rising
57 Ghana 52.9% 2010 down 3.1% volatile
58 Belgium 52.7% 2010 down 11.0% rising
59 Republic of Korea 52.2% 2010 down 20.3% rising
60 Egypt 50.9% 2010 up 116.6% volatile
61 Dominican Republic 50.8% 2010 up 203.6% volatile
62 Greece 49.7% 2010 up 6.8% rising
63 Guyana 49.2% 2010 down 0.1% volatile
64 Mexico 48.2% 2010 up 41.4% volatile
65 Iceland 48.2% 2010 up 21.2% rising
66 Uruguay 48.2% 2010 up 17.8% rising
67 Japan 47.1% 2010 down 7.8% rising
68 Philippines 46.4% 2010 up 79.9% rising
69 Singapore 44.2% 2010 down 23.4% volatile
70 Libya 43.9% 2010 up 53.5% volatile
71 United Arab Emirates 43.8% 2010 up 13.4% volatile
72 Iran, Islamic Republic of 43.6% 2010 up 15.9% volatile
73 Argentina 43.0% 2010 up 8.9% rising
74 Brazil 42.8% 2010 up 63.9% volatile
75 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 42.7% 2010 up 70.7% volatile
76 Peru 42.0% 2010 up 36.6% rising
77 Israel 41.8% 2010 up 13.0% rising
78 Kuwait 41.6% 2010 up 16.1% rising
79 Bahrain 41.5% 2010 down 8.5% volatile
80 Colombia 41.1% 2010 up 39.1% rising
81 Indonesia 40.8% 2010 up 107.8% volatile
82 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 40.4% 2010 up 196.6% volatile
83 El Salvador 40.2% 2010 up 116.7% volatile
84 Canada 39.9% 2010 down 40.1% rising
85 Luxembourg 39.8% 2010 down 22.5% rising
86 Portugal 39.0% 2010 up 30.8% volatile
87 Ireland 38.5% 2010 down 36.4% rising
88 Panama 37.5% 2010 down 5.5% rising
89 Gabon 36.6% 2010 up 48.6% volatile
90 United States of America 36.2% 2010 down 12.4% falling
91 New Zealand 35.4% 2010 up 20.1% falling
92 Zambia 35.2% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
93 Ecuador 35.0% 2010 up 39.0% rising
94 Saudi Arabia 34.5% 2010 up 33.3% rising
95 Namibia 34.3% 2010 up 32.5% rising
96 Iraq 33.5% 2010 up 89.5% volatile
97 Syrian Arab Republic 33.3% 2010 up 0.6% volatile
98 Qatar 32.9% 2010 up 6.2% volatile
99 Tunisia 32.1% 2010 up 35.7% volatile
100 Paraguay 31.8% 2010 up 151.1% volatile
101 India 30.9% 2010 up 19.9% volatile
102 Haiti 30.8% 2010 up 133.7% volatile
103 Nicaragua 29.9% 2010 up 72.4% volatile
104 Thailand 28.2% 2010 up 113.9% volatile
105 Russian Federation 28.2% 2010 down 28.4% falling
106 Kenya 28.0% 2010 up 46.7% volatile
107 Togo 27.9% 2010 up 14.4% volatile
108 Cameroon 27.8% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
109 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 27.5% 2010 down 21.8% rising
110 Türkiye 27.0% 2010 up 62.8% volatile
111 Pakistan 25.5% 2010 up 48.5% volatile
112 Lao People's Democratic Republic 24.9% 2010 up 102.4% volatile
113 Honduras 24.7% 2010 up 38.5% volatile
114 Uganda 24.7% 2010 up 242.2% volatile
115 Liberia 24.5% 2010 up 10.7% volatile
116 Bangladesh 24.2% 2010 up 6.0% volatile
117 Costa Rica 23.8% 2010 down 24.2% volatile
118 Lesotho 23.1% 2010 up 28.4% volatile
119 Nepal 22.9% 2010 up 58.3% volatile
120 Central African Republic 22.2% 2010 up 57.5% volatile
121 Guatemala 22.1% 2010 up 51.7% volatile
122 Eswatini 21.9% 2010 down 7.7% volatile
123 Papua New Guinea 19.3% 2010 up 13.5% volatile
124 Algeria 19.2% 2010 up 42.8% volatile
125 Côte d'Ivoire 18.6% 2010 up 50.3% volatile
126 Sudan 17.9% 2010 up 145.8% volatile
127 Benin 17.4% 2010 up 9.6% volatile
128 Sierra Leone 17.1% 2010 up 54.4% volatile
129 Gambia 16.7% 2010 up 40.7% volatile
130 Cambodia 15.2% 2010 up 50.4% volatile
131 Morocco 14.6% 2010 up 58.3% volatile
132 Mauritania 14.4% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
133 Myanmar 13.1% 2010 up 34.0% rising
134 Yemen 12.3% 2010 up 639.5% volatile
135 Maldives 10.9% 2010 down 47.9% falling
136 Malawi 10.4% 2010 up 24.8% volatile
137 Mali 9.5% 2010 up 108.4% volatile
138 Senegal 8.7% 2010 up 7.9% volatile
139 Tanzania, United Republic of 6.3% 2010 down 0.3% volatile
140 Burundi 5.4% 2010 up 66.4% volatile
141 Afghanistan 5.4% 2010 up 46.2% volatile
142 Niger 5.1% 2010 up 142.9% volatile
143 Rwanda 4.5% 2010 down 6.2% volatile
144 Mozambique 3.2% 2010 up 22.5% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)
Unit
Incomplete and 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 40-44 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)