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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
68.3%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
11.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 68.3% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.2%, and the mean is 14.2%.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 2,680.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 68.3% 2010 up 19.6% volatile
2 United States of America 58.3% 2010 up 1.2% rising
3 Canada 48.3% 2010 up 65.4% volatile
4 Ukraine 45.8% 2010 up 2.1% volatile
5 Israel 44.4% 2010 up 5.0% rising
6 Ireland 41.5% 2010 up 83.0% volatile
7 Japan 41.4% 2010 up 68.1% volatile
8 New Zealand 38.8% 2010 down 7.3% volatile
9 Estonia 37.3% 2010 up 13.0% volatile
10 Finland 36.9% 2010 up 29.5% volatile
11 Republic of Korea 36.5% 2010 up 98.5% volatile
12 Switzerland 35.5% 2010 up 68.0% rising
13 Australia 35.1% 2010 up 23.8% rising
14 Belgium 30.9% 2010 up 21.9% volatile
15 Denmark 30.9% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
16 Singapore 30.2% 2010 up 161.0% volatile
17 Norway 30.2% 2010 up 7.5% volatile
18 Netherlands 30.2% 2010 up 25.3% volatile
19 Cyprus 30.0% 2010 up 13.5% volatile
20 Greece 29.8% 2010 up 62.3% volatile
21 Lithuania 29.0% 2010 up 36.6% volatile
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 28.5% 2010 up 12.1% volatile
23 Luxembourg 28.0% 2010 up 57.2% volatile
24 Sweden 28.0% 2010 down 2.4% volatile
25 Germany 26.6% 2010 up 7.9% volatile
26 Kazakhstan 25.4% 2010 up 21.5% volatile
27 Spain 25.1% 2010 up 38.1% volatile
28 Panama 24.9% 2010 up 19.5% volatile
29 Bulgaria 24.2% 2010 up 5.7% volatile
30 Philippines 22.5% 2010 up 1.0% rising
31 Slovenia 21.9% 2010 up 42.8% volatile
32 France 21.7% 2010 up 24.0% volatile
33 Iceland 21.5% 2010 up 33.5% volatile
34 Qatar 21.2% 2010 up 20.8% volatile
35 Peru 21.0% 2010 down 21.0% volatile
36 Armenia 20.7% 2010 down 17.7% rising
37 Mongolia 19.8% 2010 up 21.3% volatile
38 Latvia 19.4% 2010 down 2.7% rising
39 United Arab Emirates 19.2% 2010 up 12.3% volatile
40 Austria 18.6% 2010 up 38.0% volatile
41 Kyrgyzstan 18.4% 2010 down 7.6% rising
41 Mexico 18.4% 2010 up 71.1% volatile
43 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 18.1% 2010 up 35.4% volatile
44 Hungary 17.9% 2010 up 25.2% volatile
45 Costa Rica 17.8% 2010 up 8.7% volatile
46 Chile 17.7% 2010 down 15.9% volatile
47 Croatia 17.6% 2010 up 45.4% volatile
48 Colombia 17.6% 2010 up 47.9% volatile
49 Czechia 17.1% 2010 up 37.2% volatile
50 Serbia 17.1% 2010 up 14.5% volatile
51 Slovakia 16.3% 2010 up 16.2% volatile
52 Poland 15.6% 2010 up 33.2% volatile
53 Jordan 15.2% 2010 up 6.5% volatile
54 Argentina 15.1% 2010 up 29.7% volatile
55 Gabon 15.1% 2010 up 36.2% volatile
56 Saudi Arabia 15.0% 2010 up 17.0% rising
57 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 15.0% 2010 up 12.4% volatile
58 Republic of Moldova 14.8% 2010 down 0.1% rising
59 Iran, Islamic Republic of 14.1% 2010 up 34.6% volatile
60 Jamaica 13.9% 2010 down 5.0% volatile
61 Hong Kong, China 12.9% 2010 up 27.4% volatile
62 Dominican Republic 12.8% 2010 up 3.6% volatile
63 Cuba 12.8% 2010 up 4.9% volatile
64 Sri Lanka 12.5% 2010 up 22.8% volatile
65 Tajikistan 12.5% 2010 down 20.5% volatile
66 Ecuador 12.3% 2010 down 13.0% volatile
67 Nicaragua 12.0% 2010 up 22.3% volatile
68 Italy 12.0% 2010 up 9.2% volatile
69 Malaysia 11.8% 2010 up 104.3% volatile
70 Brazil 11.8% 2010 up 28.7% volatile
71 Kuwait 11.3% 2010 down 21.0% volatile
72 Thailand 11.2% 2010 up 175.9% volatile
73 Uruguay 11.1% 2010 down 16.8% rising
74 Iraq 11.1% 2010 up 32.1% volatile
75 Fiji 11.0% 2010 up 17.3% volatile
76 Romania 10.8% 2010 up 1.2% volatile
77 Macau, China 10.7% 2010 up 87.5% volatile
78 Malta 10.5% 2010 up 34.5% rising
79 Portugal 10.4% 2010 down 10.5% volatile
80 Morocco 10.1% 2010 up 117.2% volatile
81 Paraguay 9.1% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
82 Bahrain 9.1% 2010 down 44.6% volatile
83 Afghanistan 9.0% 2010 up 26.6% volatile
84 Türkiye 8.7% 2010 down 8.9% volatile
85 India 8.5% 2010 up 8.6% volatile
86 Kenya 8.2% 2010 up 336.0% volatile
87 South Africa 8.2% 2010 up 0.4% volatile
88 Trinidad and Tobago 7.8% 2010 up 21.9% volatile
89 Tunisia 7.4% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
90 El Salvador 7.4% 2010 down 14.8% volatile
91 Algeria 7.4% 2010 up 58.3% volatile
92 Indonesia 7.1% 2010 up 142.0% volatile
93 Syrian Arab Republic 7.0% 2010 down 5.4% volatile
94 Liberia 6.9% 2010 up 73.6% volatile
95 Myanmar 6.7% 2010 up 30.7% volatile
96 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.5% 2010 up 44.7% volatile
97 Tonga 6.5% 2010 down 45.5% volatile
98 Belize 6.0% 2010 down 22.2% rising
99 Honduras 5.8% 2010 up 15.9% volatile
100 Viet Nam 5.6% 2010 up 23.7% volatile
101 Pakistan 5.2% 2010 down 13.7% volatile
102 Côte d'Ivoire 5.2% 2010 up 27.6% volatile
103 Botswana 5.1% 2010 up 2.4% volatile
104 Brunei Darussalam 4.2% 2010 down 66.8% volatile
105 Nepal 4.2% 2010 up 28.7% volatile
106 Bangladesh 4.1% 2010 down 4.8% volatile
107 Namibia 4.0% 2010 up 25.0% rising
108 Zambia 3.7% 2010 unchanged volatile
109 Egypt 3.6% 2010 down 49.2% volatile
110 Congo 3.6% 2010 down 44.6% volatile
111 Mauritius 3.2% 2010 up 3.5% rising
112 Togo 3.1% 2010 up 27.0% volatile
113 Central African Republic 3.0% 2010 up 18.7% volatile
114 Gambia 2.8% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
115 Ghana 2.7% 2010 down 52.9% volatile
116 Senegal 2.6% 2010 up 66.2% volatile
117 Benin 2.6% 2010 up 4.0% volatile
118 Mali 2.5% 2010 up 262.9% volatile
119 Zimbabwe 2.4% 2010 up 61.1% rising
120 Mauritania 2.3% 2010 up 64.3% volatile
121 China 2.1% 2010 down 32.8% volatile
122 Uganda 2.1% 2010 down 54.7% volatile
123 Lesotho 2.0% 2010 up 56.5% volatile
124 Sierra Leone 1.6% 2010 up 212.0% volatile
125 Maldives 1.5% 2010 up 35.4% volatile
126 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.4% 2010 up 20.3% volatile
127 Libya 1.4% 2010 down 71.4% volatile
128 Yemen 1.4% 2010 up 2,680.0% volatile
129 Cameroon 1.2% 2010 up 303.3% volatile
130 Barbados 1.2% 2010 up 37.6% volatile
131 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.1% 2010 up 31.7% volatile
132 Papua New Guinea 1.1% 2010 up 84.2% volatile
133 Niger 1.0% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
134 Burundi 0.9% 2010 up 34.3% volatile
134 Cambodia 0.9% 2010 up 69.8% volatile
136 Albania 0.7% 2010 down 93.1% volatile
137 Haiti 0.7% 2010 unchanged rising
138 Malawi 0.6% 2010 up 11.3% volatile
139 Mozambique 0.5% 2010 down 14.8% volatile
140 Rwanda 0.4% 2010 down 20.0% volatile
140 Sudan 0.4% 2010 down 63.6% volatile
142 Guyana 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
143 Eswatini 0.1% 2010 down 96.7% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Tertiary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)