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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
95.3%
Albania
Lowest
1.6%
Yemen
Median
41.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 95.3% in Albania; the lowest is 1.6% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 41.4%, and the mean is 43.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 60.

Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 3,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 64.7%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 95.3% 2010 up 35.2% volatile
2 Barbados 87.2% 2010 up 7.3% rising
3 Tajikistan 86.1% 2010 up 7.4% rising
4 Romania 85.5% 2010 up 3.7% volatile
5 Republic of Moldova 84.6% 2010 up 6.2% volatile
6 Tonga 83.3% 2010 up 37.2% rising
7 Slovakia 83.3% 2010 up 28.5% rising
8 Czechia 82.8% 2010 down 4.6% rising
9 Hungary 80.5% 2010 down 2.6% volatile
10 Kyrgyzstan 80.5% 2010 up 28.0% volatile
11 Latvia 79.9% 2010 up 1.1% volatile
12 Serbia 79.6% 2010 up 68.3% volatile
13 Croatia 79.4% 2010 up 27.8% volatile
14 Italy 77.9% 2010 up 29.8% volatile
15 Armenia 77.5% 2010 up 7.7% rising
16 Slovenia 76.8% 2010 down 3.9% rising
17 Belize 76.6% 2010 up 93.2% volatile
18 Malta 75.0% 2010 up 60.0% volatile
19 Kazakhstan 74.4% 2010 down 1.2% volatile
20 Poland 73.9% 2010 up 5.5% volatile
21 Brunei Darussalam 73.2% 2010 up 48.6% volatile
22 Bulgaria 72.1% 2010 up 46.6% volatile
23 Cuba 71.9% 2010 up 20.8% volatile
24 Lithuania 70.7% 2010 down 7.8% volatile
25 Mongolia 70.6% 2010 up 18.3% volatile
26 Germany 70.0% 2010 up 22.3% volatile
27 Sweden 68.7% 2010 up 3.2% rising
28 France 68.0% 2010 up 15.2% volatile
29 Denmark 66.7% 2010 down 7.0% rising
30 Viet Nam 66.7% 2010 up 160.8% volatile
31 China 66.7% 2010 up 58.0% volatile
32 Hong Kong, China 65.8% 2010 up 58.5% volatile
33 Norway 64.9% 2010 up 15.7% rising
34 Jamaica 64.4% 2010 up 51.0% volatile
35 Finland 63.1% 2010 up 62.4% volatile
36 Chile 63.0% 2010 up 49.1% rising
37 Congo 63.0% 2010 up 73.0% volatile
38 Estonia 61.8% 2010 down 4.3% rising
39 Netherlands 61.7% 2010 down 0.2% rising
40 Switzerland 60.9% 2010 up 26.9% rising
41 Macau, China 59.4% 2010 up 54.2% volatile
42 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 59.2% 2010 up 40.7% rising
43 Austria 59.1% 2010 up 1.4% rising
44 Sri Lanka 58.9% 2010 down 6.0% rising
45 Republic of Korea 58.4% 2010 down 7.4% volatile
46 Botswana 58.2% 2010 up 42.2% volatile
47 Australia 57.3% 2010 down 4.4% rising
48 Fiji 56.5% 2010 down 2.1% volatile
49 South Africa 55.6% 2010 up 48.3% rising
50 Belgium 55.3% 2010 down 6.0% rising
51 Mauritius 55.1% 2010 up 88.7% volatile
52 Cyprus 54.5% 2010 up 26.3% rising
53 Spain 53.6% 2010 up 13.7% volatile
54 Ukraine 53.2% 2010 up 0.2% rising
55 Jordan 52.6% 2010 up 78.2% volatile
56 Malaysia 52.2% 2010 up 38.9% volatile
57 Ghana 51.8% 2010 down 2.7% volatile
58 Japan 51.7% 2010 down 10.6% rising
59 Singapore 51.2% 2010 down 8.8% volatile
60 Guyana 49.2% 2010 down 0.1% volatile
61 Canada 48.9% 2010 down 23.4% rising
62 Luxembourg 47.1% 2010 down 5.9% rising
63 Ireland 45.8% 2010 down 16.8% rising
64 Trinidad and Tobago 45.0% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
65 Iceland 44.6% 2010 up 1.9% volatile
66 United Arab Emirates 43.8% 2010 up 22.9% volatile
67 Zimbabwe 43.3% 2010 up 130.8% volatile
68 Argentina 43.0% 2010 up 30.0% rising
69 Israel 42.9% 2010 up 25.2% rising
70 Greece 42.5% 2010 up 4.6% rising
71 Iran, Islamic Republic of 42.2% 2010 up 57.1% volatile
72 Uruguay 41.8% 2010 up 2.0% rising
73 Dominican Republic 41.1% 2010 up 204.3% volatile
74 Bahrain 41.1% 2010 down 2.8% volatile
75 Egypt 40.5% 2010 up 72.3% volatile
76 Kuwait 40.0% 2010 up 13.2% volatile
77 United States of America 38.8% 2010 down 1.9% falling
78 Philippines 37.1% 2010 up 43.9% rising
79 Peru 37.0% 2010 up 24.7% rising
80 Colombia 37.0% 2010 up 25.2% rising
81 Libya 36.6% 2010 up 28.0% volatile
82 Gabon 36.6% 2010 up 48.6% volatile
83 Brazil 36.0% 2010 up 46.9% volatile
83 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 36.0% 2010 up 93.1% volatile
85 Qatar 35.9% 2010 up 23.6% volatile
86 Iraq 35.8% 2010 up 178.0% volatile
87 Panama 35.3% 2010 up 26.5% rising
88 Saudi Arabia 34.5% 2010 up 33.3% rising
89 Mexico 33.9% 2010 up 51.3% volatile
90 New Zealand 31.7% 2010 up 34.2% falling
91 Russian Federation 30.7% 2010 down 26.2% rising
92 Portugal 30.4% 2010 up 41.0% volatile
93 El Salvador 29.9% 2010 up 76.1% volatile
94 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 29.8% 2010 up 287.1% volatile
95 Zambia 28.7% 2010 unchanged volatile
96 Syrian Arab Republic 28.4% 2010 up 92.5% volatile
97 India 27.3% 2010 up 13.2% volatile
98 Haiti 26.8% 2010 up 103.2% volatile
99 Costa Rica 26.6% 2010 up 4.7% volatile
100 Ecuador 26.5% 2010 up 45.3% rising
101 Nicaragua 26.5% 2010 up 81.7% volatile
102 Namibia 25.9% 2010 up 67.1% rising
103 Cameroon 25.7% 2010 up 45.3% volatile
104 Indonesia 25.4% 2010 up 29.1% volatile
105 Togo 25.2% 2010 up 30.5% volatile
106 Tunisia 23.7% 2010 up 5.3% volatile
107 Paraguay 23.2% 2010 up 83.2% rising
108 Liberia 23.2% 2010 up 29.0% volatile
109 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 23.1% 2010 down 2.4% rising
110 Thailand 22.9% 2010 up 156.9% volatile
111 Bangladesh 22.9% 2010 up 4.6% volatile
112 Uganda 22.2% 2010 up 336.1% volatile
113 Türkiye 21.9% 2010 up 32.2% volatile
114 Pakistan 21.1% 2010 up 49.3% rising
115 Guatemala 19.8% 2010 up 86.6% volatile
116 Algeria 19.2% 2010 up 56.5% volatile
117 Lao People's Democratic Republic 19.1% 2010 up 122.6% volatile
118 Eswatini 19.1% 2010 down 18.3% volatile
119 Kenya 18.4% 2010 up 29.3% volatile
120 Honduras 18.4% 2010 up 17.0% volatile
121 Papua New Guinea 16.8% 2010 up 29.8% volatile
122 Nepal 16.5% 2010 up 51.8% volatile
123 Sudan 16.1% 2010 up 120.5% volatile
124 Benin 15.9% 2010 up 74.9% volatile
125 Lesotho 15.8% 2010 down 7.8% volatile
126 Central African Republic 14.1% 2010 up 129.2% volatile
127 Côte d'Ivoire 13.7% 2010 up 21.5% volatile
128 Morocco 12.5% 2010 up 64.9% volatile
128 Sierra Leone 12.5% 2010 up 39.0% volatile
130 Gambia 11.9% 2010 up 40.0% volatile
131 Myanmar 9.8% 2010 down 3.0% rising
132 Cambodia 9.2% 2010 down 18.4% volatile
133 Mali 8.5% 2010 up 238.4% volatile
134 Malawi 8.3% 2010 up 40.6% volatile
135 Senegal 8.2% 2010 down 1.0% volatile
136 Mauritania 7.2% 2010 up 118.2% volatile
137 Maldives 6.6% 2010 down 64.7% falling
138 Tanzania, United Republic of 6.4% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
139 Afghanistan 5.9% 2010 up 166.4% volatile
140 Rwanda 4.7% 2010 up 27.0% volatile
141 Niger 3.8% 2010 up 192.3% volatile
142 Burundi 3.3% 2010 down 6.3% volatile
143 Mozambique 3.2% 2010 up 22.5% volatile
144 Yemen 1.6% 2010 up 3,100.0% volatile

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