Statizoid

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with primary schooling. Completed Primary by country

Percentage of population age 50-54 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 50-54 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 13.7%.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 6,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Portugal 54.7% 2010 down 1.1% rising
2 Türkiye 54.5% 2010 up 29.2% rising
3 Tanzania, United Republic of 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 10.7% rising
6 Colombia 38.3% 2010 up 48.1% rising
7 Uruguay 38.0% 2010 up 9.1% rising
8 Argentina 36.5% 2010 up 0.1% rising
9 Ecuador 34.8% 2010 up 48.5% rising
10 Indonesia 33.7% 2010 up 22.4% volatile
11 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 32.9% 2010 down 4.4% volatile
12 Paraguay 32.5% 2010 down 4.1% volatile
13 Cameroon 31.9% 2010 up 94.6% volatile
14 Syrian Arab Republic 28.6% 2010 up 134.2% volatile
15 Iceland 27.9% 2010 down 21.6% falling
16 Fiji 27.5% 2010 up 26.8% rising
17 Greece 26.5% 2010 down 42.3% rising
18 Guyana 26.0% 2010 down 0.1% falling
19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25.5% 2010 up 24.6% volatile
20 Honduras 25.3% 2010 up 46.4% volatile
21 Macau, China 25.0% 2010 down 28.2% falling
22 Panama 24.5% 2010 down 2.4% rising
23 Brazil 24.2% 2010 down 8.2% rising
23 Namibia 24.2% 2010 up 16.9% volatile
25 Zambia 23.9% 2010 up 1.1% volatile
26 Tunisia 22.9% 2010 up 125.6% volatile
27 New Zealand 22.8% 2010 down 13.1% falling
28 Kenya 22.6% 2010 up 106.7% volatile
29 Zimbabwe 22.3% 2010 down 16.7% volatile
30 Viet Nam 22.2% 2010 down 25.8% rising
31 Mexico 21.7% 2010 down 4.3% rising
32 Peru 21.3% 2010 up 37.5% flat
33 Gabon 21.2% 2010 up 41.7% volatile
34 Bangladesh 20.9% 2010 up 6.3% rising
35 Lesotho 20.7% 2010 up 113.3% volatile
36 Philippines 20.2% 2010 down 14.6% rising
37 Malaysia 20.1% 2010 down 29.7% rising
38 Papua New Guinea 20.0% 2010 up 109.3% volatile
39 Sudan 19.6% 2010 up 88.2% volatile
40 Myanmar 19.2% 2010 up 37.0% volatile
41 Brunei Darussalam 17.9% 2010 up 13.2% rising
42 Mauritania 17.8% 2010 up 8.8% rising
43 Belize 17.2% 2010 down 62.4% falling
44 China 17.2% 2010 down 46.2% volatile
45 El Salvador 16.7% 2010 down 4.3% rising
46 Spain 16.7% 2010 down 27.5% falling
47 Hong Kong, China 16.2% 2010 down 27.6% rising
48 Austria 15.9% 2010 down 34.1% falling
49 Saudi Arabia 15.9% 2010 up 30.0% rising
50 Luxembourg 15.9% 2010 down 35.9% falling
51 Sri Lanka 15.5% 2010 up 32.5% rising
52 Libya 15.4% 2010 up 77.0% volatile
53 Morocco 15.3% 2010 up 255.1% volatile
54 Jordan 15.2% 2010 up 2.9% volatile
55 Iraq 15.1% 2010 up 134.2% volatile
56 Guatemala 15.0% 2010 up 19.0% rising
57 Algeria 14.9% 2010 up 60.8% volatile
57 Cambodia 14.9% 2010 down 4.1% volatile
59 Qatar 14.8% 2010 up 308.6% volatile
60 Cyprus 14.6% 2010 down 49.9% falling
61 Central African Republic 14.0% 2010 up 35.5% volatile
62 Rwanda 13.8% 2010 up 66.1% volatile
63 Burundi 13.5% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
63 Malawi 13.5% 2010 up 30.1% volatile
65 India 13.2% 2010 up 58.4% rising
66 Togo 13.1% 2010 up 51.4% volatile
67 Iran, Islamic Republic of 13.1% 2010 up 7.3% volatile
68 Jamaica 12.9% 2010 down 45.4% falling
69 Thailand 12.8% 2010 up 192.0% volatile
70 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.6% 2010 down 54.5% falling
71 Congo 12.0% 2010 up 6.1% volatile
72 Pakistan 11.4% 2010 up 59.5% rising
73 Côte d'Ivoire 11.4% 2010 up 34.0% volatile
74 Mauritius 11.4% 2010 down 3.5% volatile
75 Uganda 11.3% 2010 down 35.1% volatile
76 Senegal 11.2% 2010 up 178.5% volatile
77 United Arab Emirates 10.4% 2010 up 56.6% volatile
78 Republic of Korea 10.4% 2010 down 59.0% falling
79 Poland 10.3% 2010 down 54.7% falling
80 Dominican Republic 10.2% 2010 down 41.1% rising
81 Nicaragua 10.2% 2010 down 1.9% rising
82 Ireland 9.3% 2010 down 61.0% falling
83 South Africa 9.2% 2010 up 18.8% volatile
84 Israel 8.8% 2010 down 56.8% falling
85 Mozambique 8.7% 2010 up 80.6% volatile
86 Kuwait 8.7% 2010 up 29.5% volatile
87 Italy 8.4% 2010 down 63.3% falling
88 Chile 8.3% 2010 down 30.4% falling
89 Maldives 8.3% 2010 up 20.5% flat
90 France 8.3% 2010 down 68.5% falling
91 Sierra Leone 8.2% 2010 up 69.9% volatile
92 Egypt 8.1% 2010 down 7.2% volatile
93 Liberia 8.1% 2010 up 76.1% volatile
94 Benin 7.9% 2010 up 10.3% rising
95 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 7.6% 2010 up 39.9% volatile
96 Cuba 7.3% 2010 down 33.0% falling
97 Tonga 7.2% 2010 down 75.8% rising
98 Netherlands 6.8% 2010 down 39.4% volatile
99 Eswatini 6.6% 2010 down 11.6% rising
100 Singapore 6.6% 2010 down 27.1% volatile
101 Nepal 6.3% 2010 up 40.8% volatile
102 Belgium 6.1% 2010 down 52.1% volatile
103 Mongolia 6.0% 2010 down 41.3% volatile
104 Niger 5.6% 2010 up 49.1% rising
105 Bahrain 5.4% 2010 up 11.7% rising
106 Haiti 5.3% 2010 up 44.0% rising
107 Japan 5.3% 2010 down 60.4% falling
108 Botswana 5.2% 2010 down 17.1% volatile
109 Ghana 5.2% 2010 up 19.4% rising
110 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.0% 2010 down 61.8% rising
111 Barbados 4.9% 2010 down 27.0% volatile
112 Australia 3.5% 2010 down 37.3% volatile
113 Albania 2.7% 2010 down 83.7% volatile
114 Mali 2.5% 2010 up 66.7% volatile
115 Serbia 2.5% 2010 down 90.8% falling
116 Bulgaria 2.3% 2010 down 92.1% falling
117 Croatia 2.2% 2010 down 90.4% volatile
118 Switzerland 1.9% 2010 down 89.5% falling
119 Gambia 1.9% 2010 up 112.5% volatile
120 Sweden 1.8% 2010 down 87.8% volatile
121 United States of America 1.7% 2010 up 9.2% volatile
122 Afghanistan 1.6% 2010 up 128.6% volatile
123 Armenia 1.5% 2010 down 39.2% volatile
124 Germany 1.3% 2010 down 90.0% volatile
125 Yemen 1.2% 2010 up 6,100.0% volatile
126 Canada 1.1% 2010 down 56.1% volatile
127 Tajikistan 1.0% 2010 down 67.0% volatile
128 Slovenia 0.9% 2010 down 81.2% volatile
129 Hungary 0.9% 2010 down 49.7% volatile
130 Estonia 0.7% 2010 down 67.1% volatile
131 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2010 down 94.5% volatile
132 Russian Federation 0.6% 2010 down 40.9% volatile
133 Ukraine 0.5% 2010 down 51.4% volatile
134 Latvia 0.5% 2010 down 68.5% volatile
135 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 98.2% volatile
136 Malta 0.3% 2010 down 99.4% volatile
136 Romania 0.3% 2010 down 64.0% volatile
138 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 98.8% volatile
139 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2010 down 95.6% volatile
140 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 93.5% volatile
141 Lithuania 0.1% 2010 down 97.2% volatile
142 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 88.2% volatile
142 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with primary schooling. by country. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-50-54-with-primary-schooling-completed-primary/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-50-54-with-primary-schooling-completed-primary/">Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with primary schooling. by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 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
Last refreshed

Percentage of population age 50-54 with primary schooling. Completed Primary