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

Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
76.1%
Tajikistan
Lowest
0.8%
Yemen
Median
21.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 76.1% in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0.8% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.1%, and the mean is 26.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 96.

Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 3,850.0%), and the largest decrease in Sri Lanka (down 64.1%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tajikistan 76.1% 2010 up 21.1% volatile
2 Czechia 75.5% 2010 up 3.7% volatile
3 Kyrgyzstan 75.5% 2010 up 37.9% volatile
4 Slovakia 75.4% 2010 up 36.5% volatile
5 Moldova 73.6% 2010 up 72.8% volatile
6 Kazakhstan 73.2% 2010 up 6.4% volatile
7 Armenia 70.9% 2010 up 11.2% rising
8 Lithuania 68.0% 2010 up 16.8% volatile
9 Poland 67.5% 2010 up 5.0% volatile
10 Romania 65.8% 2010 up 38.2% volatile
11 Hungary 62.8% 2010 up 19.9% volatile
12 Slovenia 61.3% 2010 up 13.5% volatile
13 Croatia 60.2% 2010 up 42.5% volatile
14 Germany 59.9% 2010 up 44.6% volatile
15 Serbia 59.6% 2010 up 127.7% volatile
16 Sweden 56.6% 2010 up 25.5% rising
17 Estonia 55.7% 2010 up 19.7% volatile
18 Bulgaria 54.9% 2010 up 76.0% volatile
19 Switzerland 49.9% 2010 up 30.9% rising
20 Albania 49.8% 2010 up 56.6% volatile
21 Austria 47.1% 2010 up 26.7% rising
22 Ukraine 46.7% 2010 up 8.2% volatile
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46.4% 2010 up 652.4% volatile
24 Mongolia 46.0% 2010 up 32.0% volatile
25 Japan 46.0% 2010 up 6.2% rising
26 Denmark 45.5% 2010 up 9.1% volatile
27 Finland 45.4% 2010 up 143.6% volatile
28 France 45.1% 2010 up 34.1% volatile
29 Latvia 44.7% 2010 up 6.2% volatile
30 South Korea 44.4% 2010 up 41.9% volatile
31 Hong Kong 43.7% 2010 up 116.7% volatile
32 Tonga 42.8% 2010 up 580.4% volatile
33 Cyprus 42.8% 2010 up 58.7% volatile
34 Trinidad and Tobago 42.5% 2010 up 169.8% volatile
35 Norway 42.1% 2010 up 11.9% volatile
36 Netherlands 40.9% 2010 up 7.0% volatile
37 South Africa 40.7% 2010 up 265.6% volatile
38 Italy 39.8% 2010 up 48.5% volatile
39 Cuba 39.6% 2010 up 37.0% volatile
40 United States 38.0% 2010 up 3.8% rising
41 Singapore 37.3% 2010 up 14.5% volatile
42 Canada 35.8% 2010 up 13.8% rising
43 Mauritius 35.7% 2010 up 142.7% volatile
44 Belgium 35.2% 2010 up 41.6% volatile
45 Chile 33.9% 2010 up 90.7% rising
46 Israel 33.8% 2010 up 52.1% rising
47 Australia 33.5% 2010 down 37.7% rising
48 Brunei Darussalam 31.7% 2010 up 22.0% volatile
49 Jamaica 31.6% 2010 up 92.3% volatile
50 Greece 31.5% 2010 up 34.8% rising
51 Malaysia 31.2% 2010 up 63.7% volatile
52 Peru 30.8% 2010 up 73.5% volatile
53 Luxembourg 29.3% 2010 up 6.9% rising
54 Russia 28.1% 2010 down 14.5% volatile
55 Guyana 27.9% 2010 up 7.5% volatile
56 Iceland 27.6% 2010 down 1.3% volatile
57 Jordan 26.7% 2010 up 109.3% volatile
58 United Arab Emirates 26.6% 2010 up 31.0% volatile
59 Macao 26.6% 2010 up 57.1% volatile
60 Bahrain 26.1% 2010 up 2.3% volatile
61 Ireland 26.1% 2010 up 11.6% rising
62 Belize 25.5% 2010 up 121.8% volatile
63 Botswana 25.1% 2010 up 85.8% volatile
64 Argentina 24.8% 2010 up 14.5% volatile
65 Barbados 24.8% 2010 up 1.3% volatile
66 Iran, Islamic Republic of 24.6% 2010 up 72.6% volatile
67 Qatar 24.5% 2010 up 70.7% volatile
68 Panama 24.3% 2010 up 55.3% volatile
69 Venezuela 24.2% 2010 up 161.2% volatile
70 Spain 22.2% 2010 up 104.1% volatile
71 China 21.8% 2010 up 156.8% volatile
72 Brazil 21.2% 2010 up 141.8% volatile
73 Philippines 20.9% 2010 up 43.9% rising
74 Fiji 20.8% 2010 up 19.2% volatile
75 Kuwait 20.8% 2010 up 16.0% volatile
76 Colombia 19.7% 2010 up 91.1% volatile
77 Ecuador 18.9% 2010 up 95.0% volatile
78 Zambia 18.9% 2010 up 211.7% volatile
79 Dominican Republic 18.9% 2010 up 353.2% volatile
80 Costa Rica 18.8% 2010 up 70.6% volatile
81 Uruguay 18.3% 2010 up 34.2% volatile
82 Libya 18.0% 2010 up 122.2% volatile
83 New Zealand 17.4% 2010 up 20.9% volatile
84 Liberia 16.8% 2010 up 173.2% volatile
85 Syria 16.2% 2010 up 144.8% volatile
86 El Salvador 16.0% 2010 up 167.3% volatile
87 India 15.8% 2010 up 17.4% volatile
88 Sri Lanka 15.1% 2010 down 64.1% volatile
89 Indonesia 14.9% 2010 up 39.8% volatile
90 Saudi Arabia 14.6% 2010 up 84.8% rising
91 Ghana 14.3% 2010 up 5.1% volatile
92 Namibia 14.3% 2010 up 49.0% rising
93 Malta 14.2% 2010 down 14.0% rising
94 Turkey 14.1% 2010 up 173.9% volatile
95 Gabon 14.0% 2010 up 159.5% volatile
96 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 13.8% 2010 down 26.1% volatile
97 Mexico 13.8% 2010 up 55.5% volatile
98 Congo 13.7% 2010 up 302.9% volatile
99 Viet Nam 13.7% 2010 up 68.2% volatile
100 Paraguay 13.6% 2010 up 48.7% volatile
101 Pakistan 13.4% 2010 up 80.2% volatile
102 Egypt 13.3% 2010 up 71.9% volatile
103 Bangladesh 12.9% 2010 down 2.5% volatile
104 Cameroon 12.6% 2010 up 160.2% volatile
105 Tunisia 12.6% 2010 up 53.3% volatile
106 Portugal 11.9% 2010 up 4.5% volatile
107 Guatemala 11.0% 2010 up 45.0% volatile
108 Kenya 11.0% 2010 up 276.4% volatile
109 Honduras 10.9% 2010 up 28.4% volatile
110 Nicaragua 10.3% 2010 up 90.0% volatile
111 Iraq 10.0% 2010 up 45.9% volatile
112 Thailand 9.8% 2010 up 190.5% volatile
113 Papua New Guinea 9.7% 2010 up 57.2% volatile
114 Zimbabwe 9.4% 2010 up 100.4% volatile
115 Lesotho 8.8% 2010 down 1.0% volatile
116 Algeria 8.2% 2010 up 59.2% volatile
117 Benin 8.0% 2010 up 142.9% volatile
118 Central African Republic 8.0% 2010 up 146.5% volatile
119 Haiti 7.8% 2010 up 57.2% volatile
120 Democratic Republic of Congo 7.7% 2010 up 196.9% volatile
121 Togo 6.9% 2010 up 156.1% volatile
122 Myanmar 5.5% 2010 up 35.8% rising
123 Uganda 5.5% 2010 up 505.6% volatile
124 Morocco 5.2% 2010 down 25.8% volatile
125 Malawi 4.6% 2010 up 61.1% volatile
126 Mali 4.1% 2010 up 722.0% volatile
127 Mauritania 4.1% 2010 up 134.5% volatile
128 Sudan 4.0% 2010 up 185.7% volatile
129 Nepal 3.8% 2010 up 142.0% volatile
130 Sierra Leone 3.7% 2010 up 58.1% volatile
131 Cote d'Ivoire 3.6% 2010 up 34.2% volatile
132 Eswatini 2.9% 2010 down 8.9% rising
133 Rwanda 2.7% 2010 up 39.5% volatile
134 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.7% 2010 up 146.4% volatile
135 Gambia 2.6% 2010 up 10.3% volatile
136 Senegal 2.2% 2010 down 24.4% volatile
137 Afghanistan 2.1% 2010 up 81.0% volatile
138 Cambodia 2.0% 2010 down 16.9% volatile
139 Burundi 1.9% 2010 up 0.5% volatile
140 Mozambique 1.5% 2010 up 170.4% volatile
141 Maldives 1.3% 2010 down 20.7% volatile
142 Niger 1.2% 2010 up 357.7% volatile
143 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9% 2010 up 18.9% volatile
144 Yemen 0.8% 2010 up 3,850.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary schooling. 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 50-54 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary