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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education by country

Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
95.5%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
6.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 95.5% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.8%, and the mean is 19.9%.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 126 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 50-54 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 95.5% 2010 down 4.4% flat
2 Niger 86.8% 2010 down 5.3% flat
3 Gambia 81.9% 2010 down 5.8% falling
4 Mali 81.3% 2010 down 12.7% falling
5 Mozambique 80.5% 2010 down 9.4% falling
6 Sierra Leone 72.9% 2010 down 14.2% falling
7 Afghanistan 71.4% 2010 down 8.9% falling
8 Burundi 70.6% 2010 down 2.5% falling
9 Sudan 69.0% 2010 down 11.5% falling
10 Senegal 68.1% 2010 down 11.5% rising
11 Benin 66.7% 2010 down 9.7% falling
12 Nepal 66.3% 2010 down 12.9% falling
13 Cote d'Ivoire 61.6% 2010 down 12.1% falling
14 Liberia 61.2% 2010 down 24.3% falling
15 Morocco 60.4% 2010 down 19.2% falling
16 Eswatini 60.0% 2010 down 0.1% falling
17 Pakistan 59.6% 2010 down 20.0% falling
18 Mauritania 57.2% 2010 down 7.8% falling
19 Central African Republic 56.6% 2010 down 19.4% falling
20 Egypt 54.1% 2010 down 13.4% falling
21 Maldives 53.8% 2010 down 14.1% rising
22 Rwanda 53.0% 2010 down 15.1% falling
23 Togo 51.4% 2010 down 21.9% falling
24 Papua New Guinea 50.4% 2010 down 24.8% falling
25 Bangladesh 50.3% 2010 down 4.0% falling
26 India 49.5% 2010 down 12.6% falling
27 Democratic Republic of Congo 46.4% 2010 down 24.8% falling
28 Iraq 45.0% 2010 down 34.9% falling
29 Algeria 44.8% 2010 down 28.5% falling
30 Haiti 44.4% 2010 down 29.7% falling
31 Malawi 40.9% 2010 down 12.5% falling
32 Guatemala 39.4% 2010 down 13.0% falling
33 Bahrain 38.2% 2010 up 11.6% falling
34 Ghana 35.7% 2010 down 26.0% falling
35 Libya 34.5% 2010 down 39.9% falling
36 Lao People's Democratic Republic 34.5% 2010 down 29.7% falling
37 Cambodia 31.5% 2010 down 24.1% falling
38 Congo 30.9% 2010 down 45.0% falling
39 Saudi Arabia 30.5% 2010 down 41.5% falling
40 Kenya 28.8% 2010 down 50.0% falling
41 Nicaragua 28.3% 2010 down 28.7% falling
42 Tanzania, United Republic of 27.2% 2010 down 38.6% falling
43 Uganda 26.9% 2010 down 31.8% falling
44 Botswana 26.6% 2010 down 27.3% falling
45 Tunisia 26.1% 2010 down 56.6% falling
46 Gabon 24.6% 2010 down 55.9% falling
47 Syria 24.3% 2010 down 14.4% falling
48 Myanmar 23.6% 2010 down 34.4% falling
49 Iran, Islamic Republic of 20.6% 2010 down 53.7% falling
50 Zambia 20.5% 2010 down 51.2% falling
51 Namibia 20.2% 2010 down 32.9% falling
52 Malta 19.7% 2010 up 193.6% volatile
53 Brunei Darussalam 19.7% 2010 up 51.3% volatile
54 Cameroon 17.4% 2010 down 69.5% falling
55 Honduras 17.1% 2010 down 39.9% falling
56 Lesotho 16.5% 2010 down 20.5% falling
57 Singapore 14.9% 2010 down 39.9% volatile
58 United Arab Emirates 14.0% 2010 down 57.5% falling
59 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 13.6% 2010 down 27.0% falling
60 Brazil 13.0% 2010 down 47.8% falling
61 Zimbabwe 10.8% 2010 down 41.2% falling
62 Jordan 10.7% 2010 down 70.9% falling
63 Kuwait 10.7% 2010 down 69.1% falling
64 Dominican Republic 10.6% 2010 up 13,150.0% volatile
65 Viet Nam 10.4% 2010 up 16.9% volatile
66 Indonesia 9.5% 2010 down 60.9% falling
67 Turkey 9.4% 2010 down 68.7% falling
68 South Africa 8.5% 2010 down 64.2% volatile
69 Ecuador 8.4% 2010 down 60.2% falling
70 Mexico 8.1% 2010 down 47.3% falling
71 Malaysia 7.3% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
72 Colombia 7.1% 2010 down 55.3% falling
73 Luxembourg 6.5% 2010 up 81.9% volatile
74 Panama 6.2% 2010 down 35.6% falling
75 Jamaica 5.8% 2010 down 25.1% volatile
76 Guyana 5.6% 2010 down 0.2% volatile
77 Peru 5.2% 2010 down 71.0% falling
78 Venezuela 5.0% 2010 down 62.2% volatile
79 El Salvador 4.9% 2010 down 83.9% falling
80 Sri Lanka 4.7% 2010 down 48.7% volatile
81 Portugal 4.6% 2010 up 57.5% volatile
82 Norway 4.5% 2010 up 824.5% volatile
83 Paraguay 4.4% 2010 down 45.0% volatile
84 Qatar 4.4% 2010 down 91.4% falling
85 Fiji 4.2% 2010 down 50.1% volatile
86 Cuba 4.1% 2010 down 60.2% falling
87 Mauritius 4.0% 2010 down 67.7% volatile
88 Belgium 3.9% 2010 down 14.2% rising
89 Costa Rica 3.7% 2010 down 49.7% falling
90 China 3.4% 2010 down 74.1% volatile
91 Philippines 3.3% 2010 down 53.5% volatile
92 Mongolia 3.1% 2010 down 2.8% volatile
93 Thailand 3.1% 2010 down 74.4% volatile
94 Iceland 3.0% 2010 up 1,479.0% volatile
95 Macao 2.9% 2010 down 31.7% volatile
96 Denmark 2.4% 2010 up 311.9% volatile
97 Israel 2.0% 2010 down 53.5% volatile
98 Italy 1.7% 2010 down 38.9% volatile
99 Germany 1.7% 2010 down 70.6% volatile
100 Hong Kong 1.5% 2010 down 93.3% volatile
101 Bulgaria 1.4% 2010 up 64.0% volatile
102 Chile 1.4% 2010 down 86.3% volatile
103 Argentina 1.2% 2010 down 70.7% volatile
104 Albania 1.2% 2010 up 163.6% volatile
104 Switzerland 1.2% 2010 down 87.3% volatile
106 Spain 1.0% 2010 down 92.9% volatile
107 South Korea 0.9% 2010 down 71.9% volatile
107 Sweden 0.9% 2010 up 10.6% falling
109 France 0.9% 2010 down 45.5% volatile
110 Tonga 0.9% 2010 down 41.3% volatile
111 Serbia 0.9% 2010 down 44.5% volatile
112 Australia 0.8% 2010 down 23.6% rising
113 Greece 0.8% 2010 down 83.7% volatile
114 Romania 0.7% 2010 down 30.2% volatile
115 Ireland 0.7% 2010 down 82.3% falling
116 Uruguay 0.6% 2010 down 74.9% volatile
117 Croatia 0.6% 2010 down 60.8% volatile
118 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% 2010 down 67.6% volatile
119 United States 0.4% 2010 down 9.5% falling
120 Hungary 0.4% 2010 down 39.0% volatile
121 Canada 0.3% 2010 down 49.2% falling
122 Russia 0.3% 2010 up 60.0% volatile
123 Ukraine 0.3% 2010 unchanged volatile
124 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 70.7% volatile
125 Cyprus 0.2% 2010 down 95.4% volatile
125 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2010 down 95.9% volatile
125 Moldova 0.2% 2010 down 80.7% volatile
125 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 88.1% volatile
129 Slovenia 0.2% 2010 down 68.3% volatile
130 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
131 Armenia 0.2% 2010 down 11.1% volatile
131 Estonia 0.2% 2010 up 6.7% volatile
133 Latvia 0.1% 2010 down 13.3% volatile
133 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 86.2% volatile
135 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
136 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 75.6% volatile
137 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
138 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 11.1% volatile
138 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 50-54 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 50-54 with no education