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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Completed Primary by country

Percentage of population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Completed Primary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
54.7%
Portugal
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
11.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Completed Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 54.7% in Portugal; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.4%, and the mean is 13.9%.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 340.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Portugal 54.7% 2010 down 6.8% rising
2 Turkey 54.5% 2010 up 7.3% rising
3 Tanzania 52.8% 2010 up 114.9% volatile
4 Trinidad and Tobago 43.8% 2010 down 14.8% rising
5 Costa Rica 39.5% 2010 up 20.1% rising
6 Colombia 38.3% 2010 up 48.4% rising
7 Uruguay 38.0% 2010 up 17.7% rising
8 Ecuador 34.8% 2010 up 48.5% rising
9 Papua New Guinea 34.6% 2010 up 267.8% volatile
10 Indonesia 33.7% 2010 up 22.4% volatile
11 Argentina 33.4% 2010 down 8.3% rising
12 Venezuela 32.9% 2010 down 4.4% volatile
13 Paraguay 32.5% 2010 down 4.1% volatile
14 Cameroon 30.9% 2010 up 22.5% volatile
15 Brazil 29.0% 2010 down 3.3% rising
15 Zambia 29.0% 2010 up 21.7% volatile
17 Syria 28.6% 2010 up 134.2% volatile
18 Sudan 27.8% 2010 up 74.1% volatile
19 Greece 26.5% 2010 down 27.9% rising
20 Guyana 26.0% 2010 down 0.1% falling
21 Libya 25.9% 2010 up 68.2% volatile
22 Honduras 25.3% 2010 up 36.2% volatile
23 Iceland 24.6% 2010 down 17.1% falling
24 Panama 24.5% 2010 down 2.4% rising
25 Algeria 24.4% 2010 up 60.5% volatile
26 Namibia 24.2% 2010 up 16.9% volatile
27 Laos 23.3% 2010 up 2.3% rising
28 Tunisia 23.1% 2010 up 39.3% volatile
29 New Zealand 22.7% 2010 down 13.1% falling
30 Kenya 22.6% 2010 up 114.5% volatile
31 Zimbabwe 22.3% 2010 down 16.7% volatile
32 Mexico 21.7% 2010 down 4.3% rising
33 Macao 21.5% 2010 down 38.1% falling
34 Peru 21.3% 2010 up 55.9% flat
35 Philippines 21.2% 2010 down 10.4% rising
36 Bangladesh 20.9% 2010 up 6.3% rising
37 Lesotho 20.7% 2010 up 127.3% volatile
38 Malaysia 20.1% 2010 down 29.7% rising
39 Fiji 19.9% 2010 up 13.3% rising
40 Myanmar 19.2% 2010 up 37.0% volatile
41 Hong Kong 19.0% 2010 down 17.5% rising
42 Gabon 18.3% 2010 down 7.2% volatile
43 Rwanda 18.2% 2010 up 119.6% volatile
44 Mauritania 18.0% 2010 up 8.8% rising
45 Guatemala 17.8% 2010 up 41.5% rising
46 China 17.3% 2010 down 37.6% volatile
47 Saudi Arabia 17.3% 2010 up 8.6% rising
48 Belize 17.2% 2010 down 62.4% falling
49 Morocco 16.9% 2010 up 33.5% volatile
50 El Salvador 16.7% 2010 down 7.4% rising
51 Spain 16.7% 2010 down 20.6% falling
52 Austria 16.6% 2010 down 22.1% falling
53 Sri Lanka 15.5% 2010 up 32.5% rising
54 Togo 15.3% 2010 up 52.6% volatile
55 Jordan 15.2% 2010 down 2.3% rising
56 India 15.0% 2010 up 37.5% rising
57 Cambodia 14.9% 2010 down 16.1% rising
58 Qatar 14.8% 2010 up 226.3% volatile
59 Cyprus 14.6% 2010 down 46.0% falling
60 Iran 14.6% 2010 up 7.3% rising
61 Luxembourg 14.4% 2010 down 30.5% falling
62 Central African Republic 14.2% 2010 up 35.5% volatile
63 Malta 13.7% 2010 down 58.8% volatile
64 Burundi 13.6% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
65 Malawi 13.5% 2010 up 30.1% volatile
66 Cote d'Ivoire 12.8% 2010 up 21.1% volatile
67 Vietnam 12.4% 2010 down 58.9% rising
68 Maldives 12.1% 2010 up 74.7% rising
69 Mozambique 11.8% 2010 up 44.9% volatile
70 United Arab Emirates 11.7% 2010 up 35.1% volatile
71 Thailand 11.7% 2010 up 79.5% volatile
72 Pakistan 11.4% 2010 up 46.4% rising
73 Uganda 11.3% 2010 down 35.1% volatile
74 Senegal 11.2% 2010 up 97.0% volatile
75 Poland 10.3% 2010 down 39.6% falling
76 Dominican Republic 10.2% 2010 down 41.1% rising
77 Nicaragua 10.1% 2010 down 1.7% rising
78 Mauritius 9.7% 2010 down 17.7% falling
79 Liberia 9.6% 2010 up 34.4% volatile
80 United Kingdom 9.3% 2010 down 55.1% falling
81 South Africa 9.2% 2010 up 18.8% volatile
82 Ireland 9.0% 2010 down 37.4% falling
83 Jamaica 8.9% 2010 down 50.7% falling
84 Israel 8.8% 2010 down 52.9% falling
85 Eswatini 8.7% 2010 up 14.4% rising
86 Kuwait 8.7% 2010 up 70.4% volatile
87 Sierra Leone 8.6% 2010 up 24.5% volatile
88 Italy 8.4% 2010 down 65.9% falling
89 Chile 8.3% 2010 down 46.6% falling
90 Benin 8.0% 2010 up 10.2% rising
91 France 7.8% 2010 down 56.2% falling
92 Botswana 7.7% 2010 up 21.3% volatile
93 Cuba 7.5% 2010 down 31.7% falling
94 Egypt 7.2% 2010 down 4.6% volatile
94 Nepal 7.2% 2010 up 35.3% volatile
96 Tonga 7.2% 2010 down 62.9% flat
97 Iraq 7.2% 2010 down 47.9% volatile
98 Netherlands 6.8% 2010 down 40.2% volatile
99 Democratic Republic of Congo 6.7% 2010 up 3.6% rising
100 Niger 6.6% 2010 up 75.3% rising
101 Congo 6.3% 2010 down 47.4% volatile
102 Belgium 5.8% 2010 down 31.7% volatile
103 Bahrain 5.7% 2010 up 10.8% rising
104 Ghana 5.2% 2010 down 13.2% rising
105 Japan 5.2% 2010 down 60.4% volatile
106 Bolivia 5.0% 2010 down 61.8% rising
107 Barbados 4.9% 2010 down 27.0% volatile
108 Yemen 4.9% 2010 up 226.2% volatile
109 Haiti 4.8% 2010 down 13.1% rising
109 Singapore 4.8% 2010 down 41.5% volatile
111 South Korea 4.2% 2010 down 74.2% falling
112 Australia 4.0% 2010 down 15.5% volatile
113 Mongolia 3.5% 2010 down 66.2% volatile
114 Afghanistan 3.1% 2010 up 340.0% volatile
115 Mali 2.7% 2010 down 35.7% volatile
116 Brunei 2.7% 2010 down 85.3% rising
117 Albania 2.7% 2010 down 83.7% volatile
118 Serbia 2.5% 2010 down 92.1% falling
119 Gambia 2.2% 2010 up 112.3% volatile
120 Croatia 2.2% 2010 down 90.4% volatile
121 Bulgaria 2.0% 2010 down 91.5% falling
122 Switzerland 1.8% 2010 down 88.6% falling
123 Sweden 1.8% 2010 down 34.9% volatile
124 United States 1.7% 2010 up 13.1% volatile
125 Armenia 1.5% 2010 down 39.2% volatile
126 Germany 1.4% 2010 down 88.2% volatile
127 Canada 1.1% 2010 down 56.1% volatile
128 Tajikistan 1.0% 2010 down 67.0% volatile
129 Hungary 0.9% 2010 down 49.7% volatile
130 Slovenia 0.8% 2010 down 79.5% volatile
131 Estonia 0.7% 2010 down 67.1% volatile
132 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2010 down 94.5% volatile
133 Ukraine 0.5% 2010 down 51.4% volatile
134 Latvia 0.5% 2010 down 34.7% volatile
135 Russia 0.4% 2010 down 29.1% volatile
136 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 97.7% volatile
137 Romania 0.3% 2010 down 38.2% volatile
138 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 98.8% volatile
139 Moldova 0.2% 2010 down 92.7% volatile
140 Lithuania 0.1% 2010 down 85.5% volatile
141 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 95.9% volatile
142 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 90.0% volatile
142 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 98.1% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with primary schooling. 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 45-49 with primary schooling. Completed Primary