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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with no education by country

Percentage of population age 45-49 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
88.0%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
5.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 88.0% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.9%, and the mean is 18.3%.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 13,150.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 88.0% 2010 down 9.2% falling
2 Niger 83.0% 2010 down 8.4% falling
3 Gambia 81.9% 2010 down 5.8% falling
4 Mali 81.3% 2010 down 1.8% falling
5 Mozambique 74.5% 2010 down 7.4% falling
6 Burundi 70.6% 2010 down 2.5% falling
7 Sierra Leone 68.6% 2010 down 11.8% falling
8 Senegal 68.1% 2010 down 1.9% rising
9 Afghanistan 67.4% 2010 down 14.0% falling
10 Benin 66.7% 2010 down 9.7% falling
11 Nepal 61.6% 2010 down 14.1% falling
12 Pakistan 59.6% 2010 down 15.4% falling
13 Cote d'Ivoire 57.5% 2010 down 9.3% falling
14 Mauritania 57.2% 2010 down 7.8% falling
15 Central African Republic 56.6% 2010 down 19.4% falling
16 Liberia 56.3% 2010 down 16.5% falling
17 Morocco 55.8% 2010 down 14.8% falling
18 Eswatini 55.5% 2010 up 7.4% falling
19 Sudan 55.4% 2010 down 19.7% falling
20 Maldives 53.8% 2010 down 14.1% rising
21 Rwanda 53.0% 2010 down 15.1% falling
22 Togo 51.4% 2010 down 14.5% falling
23 Bangladesh 50.3% 2010 down 4.0% falling
24 India 47.6% 2010 down 8.4% falling
25 Papua New Guinea 44.6% 2010 down 32.5% falling
26 Egypt 42.5% 2010 down 21.5% falling
27 Malawi 40.9% 2010 down 12.5% falling
28 Iraq 39.9% 2010 down 21.9% falling
29 Democratic Republic of Congo 37.4% 2010 down 32.3% falling
30 Bahrain 37.2% 2010 up 25.9% falling
31 Ghana 35.7% 2010 up 24.1% falling
32 Haiti 33.6% 2010 down 24.3% falling
33 Guatemala 31.7% 2010 down 30.0% falling
34 Cambodia 31.5% 2010 down 5.1% falling
35 Laos 31.2% 2010 down 23.9% falling
36 Kenya 28.8% 2010 down 48.0% falling
37 Tanzania 27.2% 2010 down 38.6% falling
38 Uganda 26.9% 2010 down 31.8% falling
39 Botswana 26.6% 2010 down 27.3% falling
40 Tunisia 26.1% 2010 down 31.7% falling
41 Algeria 25.6% 2010 down 40.8% falling
42 Syria 24.3% 2010 down 14.4% falling
43 Myanmar 23.6% 2010 down 34.4% falling
44 Nicaragua 22.9% 2010 down 34.4% falling
45 Zambia 20.5% 2010 unchanged falling
46 Namibia 20.2% 2010 down 32.9% falling
47 Brunei 19.7% 2010 up 51.3% volatile
48 Libya 18.3% 2010 down 47.0% falling
49 Saudi Arabia 18.2% 2010 down 40.3% falling
50 Iran 18.0% 2010 down 53.7% falling
51 Honduras 17.1% 2010 down 19.7% falling
52 Congo 17.0% 2010 down 44.9% falling
53 Lesotho 16.5% 2010 down 4.3% falling
54 Cameroon 15.9% 2010 down 49.1% falling
55 Gabon 14.4% 2010 down 41.2% falling
56 Bolivia 13.6% 2010 down 27.0% volatile
57 United Arab Emirates 10.8% 2010 down 60.4% volatile
57 Zimbabwe 10.8% 2010 down 41.2% volatile
59 Jordan 10.7% 2010 down 65.2% falling
60 Kuwait 10.7% 2010 down 63.6% falling
61 Dominican Republic 10.6% 2010 up 13,150.0% volatile
62 Brazil 10.3% 2010 down 38.8% falling
63 Singapore 9.7% 2010 down 38.5% volatile
64 Indonesia 9.5% 2010 down 60.9% falling
65 Turkey 9.4% 2010 down 45.6% falling
66 South Africa 8.5% 2010 down 64.2% volatile
67 Ecuador 8.4% 2010 down 60.2% falling
68 Mexico 8.1% 2010 down 47.3% volatile
69 Malaysia 7.3% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
70 Colombia 7.1% 2010 down 27.2% falling
71 Panama 6.2% 2010 down 35.6% falling
72 Luxembourg 6.2% 2010 up 29.7% volatile
73 Guyana 5.6% 2010 down 0.2% volatile
74 Peru 5.2% 2010 down 53.1% falling
75 Jamaica 5.1% 2010 down 17.3% volatile
76 Venezuela 5.0% 2010 down 62.2% volatile
77 El Salvador 4.9% 2010 down 80.7% falling
78 Sri Lanka 4.7% 2010 down 48.7% volatile
79 Vietnam 4.7% 2010 down 47.8% volatile
80 Portugal 4.6% 2010 up 102.6% volatile
81 Norway 4.5% 2010 up 771.2% volatile
82 Belgium 4.5% 2010 up 9.2% rising
83 Paraguay 4.4% 2010 down 45.0% volatile
84 Qatar 4.4% 2010 down 89.9% falling
85 Cuba 4.1% 2010 down 60.2% falling
86 Costa Rica 3.7% 2010 down 27.1% volatile
87 China 3.4% 2010 down 64.2% volatile
88 Philippines 3.3% 2010 down 53.5% volatile
89 Mongolia 3.1% 2010 down 1.9% volatile
90 Mauritius 2.6% 2010 down 79.3% volatile
91 Denmark 2.4% 2010 up 326.3% volatile
92 Thailand 2.3% 2010 down 80.5% volatile
93 Israel 2.0% 2010 down 7.3% volatile
94 Iceland 2.0% 2010 up 97.1% volatile
95 Italy 1.7% 2010 down 38.9% volatile
96 Germany 1.6% 2010 down 45.7% volatile
97 Fiji 1.6% 2010 down 67.0% volatile
98 Hong Kong 1.5% 2010 down 91.5% volatile
99 Bulgaria 1.4% 2010 up 84.4% volatile
100 Chile 1.4% 2010 down 56.5% volatile
101 France 1.4% 2010 up 20.2% volatile
102 Switzerland 1.2% 2010 down 87.4% volatile
103 Albania 1.2% 2010 up 163.6% volatile
104 Ireland 1.1% 2010 down 67.4% falling
105 Macao 1.0% 2010 down 75.2% volatile
106 Spain 1.0% 2010 down 89.1% volatile
107 Sweden 0.9% 2010 down 20.3% rising
108 Tonga 0.9% 2010 down 26.1% volatile
109 Serbia 0.9% 2010 down 37.7% volatile
110 Greece 0.8% 2010 down 74.7% volatile
111 Romania 0.7% 2010 down 28.2% volatile
112 Argentina 0.7% 2010 down 82.4% volatile
112 Austria 0.7% 2010 up 700.0% volatile
114 Australia 0.7% 2010 down 27.4% falling
115 Uruguay 0.6% 2010 down 59.1% volatile
116 Croatia 0.6% 2010 down 60.8% volatile
117 South Korea 0.5% 2010 down 65.5% volatile
118 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% 2010 down 67.6% volatile
119 Hungary 0.4% 2010 down 39.0% volatile
119 Russia 0.4% 2010 up 80.0% volatile
119 Slovenia 0.4% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
119 United States 0.4% 2010 down 14.3% falling
123 Canada 0.3% 2010 down 49.2% volatile
124 Ukraine 0.3% 2010 unchanged volatile
125 Malta 0.2% 2010 down 95.4% volatile
126 United Kingdom 0.2% 2010 down 95.8% volatile
126 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 21.4% volatile
128 Cyprus 0.2% 2010 down 88.1% volatile
128 Moldova 0.2% 2010 down 72.4% volatile
128 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 88.8% volatile
131 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
132 Armenia 0.2% 2010 down 11.1% volatile
132 Estonia 0.2% 2010 up 6.7% volatile
134 Latvia 0.1% 2010 up 7.1% volatile
135 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 86.2% volatile
136 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
137 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 78.7% falling
138 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
139 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 98.7% falling
140 Barbados 0.0% 2010 up 100.0% 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% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 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 45-49 with no education