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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
65.7%
Lesotho
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
21.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 65.7% in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.5%, and the mean is 24.3%.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 287.6%), 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 Lesotho 65.7% 2010 up 2.1% rising
2 Tanzania, United Republic of 65.4% 2010 up 30.9% rising
3 Thailand 63.5% 2010 down 15.3% rising
4 Paraguay 63.3% 2010 down 12.3% flat
5 Türkiye 59.9% 2010 up 5.3% rising
6 Myanmar 59.9% 2010 up 22.7% volatile
7 Honduras 58.8% 2010 up 1.2% rising
8 Cambodia 58.4% 2010 up 6.1% rising
9 Indonesia 58.0% 2010 up 9.3% rising
10 El Salvador 57.8% 2010 up 18.3% rising
11 Cameroon 57.2% 2010 up 12.6% volatile
12 Portugal 54.7% 2010 down 15.4% rising
13 Ecuador 52.8% 2010 up 13.4% falling
14 Costa Rica 51.9% 2010 down 2.3% falling
15 Malawi 50.2% 2010 up 7.2% rising
16 Namibia 49.9% 2010 down 2.5% rising
17 Uganda 48.8% 2010 down 4.1% rising
18 Guatemala 48.5% 2010 up 20.1% rising
19 Algeria 47.9% 2010 up 20.1% volatile
20 Zambia 47.1% 2010 unchanged rising
21 Trinidad and Tobago 46.7% 2010 down 20.0% falling
22 Uruguay 46.5% 2010 up 5.3% falling
23 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 45.2% 2010 up 1.9% rising
24 Guyana 45.0% 2010 down 0.1% falling
25 Kenya 44.6% 2010 up 56.4% rising
26 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 44.0% 2010 down 19.7% rising
27 Libya 43.7% 2010 up 36.6% rising
28 Zimbabwe 43.5% 2010 down 28.8% rising
29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 43.1% 2010 down 5.9% rising
30 Tunisia 42.8% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
31 Rwanda 42.0% 2010 up 25.6% volatile
32 Brazil 41.9% 2010 down 15.4% rising
33 Argentina 41.1% 2010 down 19.6% falling
34 Syrian Arab Republic 40.3% 2010 down 18.6% rising
35 Mexico 39.7% 2010 down 23.0% falling
36 Mauritius 39.1% 2010 down 28.6% flat
37 Haiti 38.9% 2010 down 6.8% volatile
38 Nicaragua 38.6% 2010 down 5.1% rising
39 Qatar 38.5% 2010 up 287.6% volatile
40 Colombia 38.3% 2010 down 21.4% falling
41 Maldives 38.1% 2010 up 116.7% rising
42 Kuwait 38.0% 2010 up 80.7% volatile
43 Papua New Guinea 37.6% 2010 up 83.4% volatile
44 Philippines 37.1% 2010 down 17.3% falling
45 Peru 36.7% 2010 up 12.8% falling
46 Dominican Republic 35.5% 2010 down 52.1% rising
47 Gabon 33.9% 2010 down 14.7% volatile
48 Panama 33.5% 2010 down 19.3% falling
49 Mauritania 33.3% 2010 up 0.1% falling
50 Saudi Arabia 32.2% 2010 up 4.9% rising
51 Iceland 31.9% 2010 down 18.5% falling
52 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 31.4% 2010 down 12.3% rising
53 Fiji 30.9% 2010 up 10.0% falling
54 New Zealand 29.4% 2010 down 14.6% falling
55 Macau, China 28.9% 2010 down 44.1% falling
56 Malaysia 28.7% 2010 down 31.7% flat
57 Sudan 28.1% 2010 up 24.3% rising
58 China 27.8% 2010 down 38.4% rising
59 South Africa 27.7% 2010 down 9.2% rising
60 Greece 26.9% 2010 down 28.9% falling
61 Central African Republic 26.3% 2010 up 24.6% rising
62 United Arab Emirates 26.2% 2010 up 31.1% volatile
63 Iran, Islamic Republic of 25.7% 2010 up 7.8% volatile
64 Eswatini 25.4% 2010 up 8.0% rising
65 Burundi 25.2% 2010 up 7.8% volatile
66 Sri Lanka 23.9% 2010 up 33.1% falling
67 Côte d'Ivoire 23.6% 2010 up 11.3% volatile
68 Viet Nam 23.1% 2010 down 62.2% rising
69 Bangladesh 22.7% 2010 up 6.0% rising
70 Mozambique 21.8% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
71 Morocco 21.6% 2010 down 3.1% volatile
72 Austria 21.5% 2010 down 23.4% falling
73 Jordan 21.4% 2010 down 15.7% rising
74 Senegal 21.1% 2010 up 1.8% falling
75 Togo 20.3% 2010 up 11.9% rising
76 Spain 20.3% 2010 down 20.1% falling
77 Hong Kong, China 19.8% 2010 down 35.6% falling
78 Luxembourg 18.7% 2010 down 31.7% falling
79 Chile 17.9% 2010 down 46.6% falling
80 Afghanistan 17.8% 2010 up 44.3% volatile
81 Nepal 17.7% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
82 Sierra Leone 17.3% 2010 up 36.2% volatile
83 Belize 17.3% 2010 down 62.6% falling
84 India 16.6% 2010 up 3.2% falling
85 Jamaica 16.5% 2010 down 54.7% falling
86 Congo 16.4% 2010 down 37.3% rising
87 Cyprus 15.3% 2010 down 46.4% falling
88 Benin 14.8% 2010 up 1.4% rising
89 Malta 14.3% 2010 down 64.4% falling
90 Pakistan 14.0% 2010 up 50.5% rising
91 Liberia 13.6% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
92 Egypt 13.3% 2010 down 12.4% volatile
93 Iraq 13.3% 2010 down 52.0% volatile
94 Bahrain 12.7% 2010 up 6.9% rising
95 Niger 12.2% 2010 up 61.2% rising
96 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.0% 2010 down 55.8% falling
97 Ireland 11.7% 2010 down 38.5% falling
98 Barbados 11.6% 2010 down 34.7% volatile
99 Cuba 11.2% 2010 down 37.6% volatile
100 Israel 10.7% 2010 down 49.8% falling
101 Poland 10.4% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
102 Botswana 10.0% 2010 down 42.6% falling
103 Ghana 9.7% 2010 down 20.3% rising
104 Tonga 9.3% 2010 down 64.5% falling
105 Belgium 9.2% 2010 down 20.7% volatile
106 Yemen 9.0% 2010 up 200.3% volatile
107 France 8.9% 2010 down 60.0% volatile
108 Singapore 8.8% 2010 down 46.2% rising
109 Italy 8.4% 2010 down 67.9% falling
110 Netherlands 8.1% 2010 down 38.2% volatile
111 Mali 7.7% 2010 down 44.9% volatile
112 Australia 7.0% 2010 down 35.3% volatile
113 Japan 6.8% 2010 down 61.1% volatile
114 Mongolia 6.5% 2010 down 68.9% volatile
115 Republic of Korea 4.5% 2010 down 73.4% falling
116 Gambia 3.4% 2010 up 47.0% rising
117 Romania 3.0% 2010 down 49.1% volatile
118 Brunei Darussalam 2.9% 2010 down 88.4% falling
119 Albania 2.8% 2010 down 84.8% volatile
120 United States of America 2.5% 2010 up 6.2% volatile
121 Serbia 2.5% 2010 down 93.2% falling
122 Canada 2.5% 2010 down 61.3% volatile
123 Croatia 2.4% 2010 down 90.0% falling
124 Switzerland 2.4% 2010 down 88.8% volatile
125 Sweden 2.4% 2010 down 35.7% volatile
126 Bulgaria 2.4% 2010 down 91.3% volatile
127 Germany 1.8% 2010 down 88.3% volatile
128 Armenia 1.6% 2010 down 39.6% volatile
129 Tajikistan 1.2% 2010 down 67.8% volatile
130 Hungary 1.2% 2010 down 50.2% volatile
131 Slovenia 1.0% 2010 down 76.7% volatile
132 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2010 down 94.8% volatile
133 Estonia 0.8% 2010 down 65.7% volatile
134 Russian Federation 0.7% 2010 down 33.6% volatile
135 Ukraine 0.6% 2010 down 48.0% volatile
136 Latvia 0.5% 2010 down 37.6% volatile
137 Norway 0.4% 2010 down 97.6% volatile
138 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 93.2% volatile
139 Lithuania 0.3% 2010 down 73.3% volatile
140 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 98.8% volatile
141 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 96.5% volatile
142 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 88.9% volatile
143 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 98.6% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 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 45-49 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)