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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) by country

Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
64.6%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
10.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 64.6% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.9%, and the mean is 13.9%.

Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 920.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 64.6% 2010 up 16.2% volatile
2 United States of America 56.5% 2010 down 2.1% 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 6.3% volatile
6 Ireland 41.5% 2010 up 123.9% 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 Switzerland 35.5% 2010 up 81.3% volatile
12 Australia 35.0% 2010 up 41.6% rising
13 Belgium 30.9% 2010 up 33.2% volatile
14 Denmark 30.9% 2010 up 25.5% volatile
15 Norway 30.2% 2010 up 20.6% volatile
16 Netherlands 30.2% 2010 up 25.3% volatile
17 Cyprus 30.0% 2010 up 42.7% volatile
18 Greece 29.8% 2010 up 99.3% volatile
19 Lithuania 29.0% 2010 up 51.0% volatile
20 Luxembourg 28.0% 2010 up 62.4% volatile
21 Sweden 28.0% 2010 up 12.0% volatile
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 27.2% 2010 up 19.5% volatile
23 Germany 26.6% 2010 up 18.9% volatile
24 Republic of Korea 25.3% 2010 up 69.6% volatile
25 Spain 25.1% 2010 up 72.9% volatile
26 Panama 24.9% 2010 up 19.5% volatile
27 Bulgaria 24.4% 2010 up 30.0% volatile
28 Kazakhstan 24.1% 2010 up 14.9% volatile
29 Philippines 22.5% 2010 up 1.0% rising
30 United Arab Emirates 22.3% 2010 up 6.2% volatile
31 Slovenia 21.9% 2010 up 39.2% volatile
32 France 21.7% 2010 up 43.1% volatile
33 Iceland 21.3% 2010 up 106.8% volatile
34 Qatar 21.2% 2010 up 16.5% volatile
35 Peru 21.0% 2010 up 3.3% volatile
36 Armenia 20.7% 2010 down 17.7% rising
37 Singapore 20.6% 2010 up 106.9% volatile
38 Latvia 20.5% 2010 up 12.3% volatile
39 Mongolia 20.0% 2010 up 22.2% volatile
40 Austria 18.6% 2010 up 60.6% volatile
41 Kyrgyzstan 18.4% 2010 down 7.2% volatile
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 31.1% volatile
46 Chile 17.7% 2010 up 44.3% volatile
47 Croatia 17.6% 2010 up 45.4% volatile
48 Colombia 17.6% 2010 up 131.8% volatile
49 Czechia 17.1% 2010 up 59.6% volatile
50 Serbia 17.1% 2010 up 6.8% volatile
51 Slovakia 16.3% 2010 up 34.7% volatile
52 Poland 15.6% 2010 up 34.2% volatile
53 Jordan 15.2% 2010 up 16.9% volatile
54 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 15.0% 2010 up 12.4% volatile
55 Republic of Moldova 14.8% 2010 down 9.2% volatile
56 Jamaica 14.2% 2010 up 15.8% volatile
57 Iran, Islamic Republic of 14.1% 2010 up 56.5% volatile
58 Argentina 13.7% 2010 up 17.7% volatile
59 Hong Kong, China 12.9% 2010 up 46.9% rising
60 Saudi Arabia 12.8% 2010 up 79.2% rising
61 Dominican Republic 12.8% 2010 up 3.6% volatile
62 Cuba 12.8% 2010 up 4.9% volatile
63 Sri Lanka 12.5% 2010 up 22.8% volatile
64 Tajikistan 12.5% 2010 down 20.5% volatile
65 Ecuador 12.3% 2010 down 13.0% volatile
66 Italy 12.0% 2010 up 9.2% volatile
67 Malaysia 11.8% 2010 up 104.3% volatile
68 Brazil 11.8% 2010 up 56.4% volatile
69 Kuwait 11.3% 2010 down 28.1% volatile
70 Uruguay 11.1% 2010 down 0.4% rising
71 Nicaragua 11.1% 2010 up 53.4% volatile
72 Gabon 11.1% 2010 up 205.2% volatile
73 Romania 10.8% 2010 up 3.3% volatile
74 Portugal 10.4% 2010 up 15.2% volatile
75 Thailand 10.3% 2010 up 226.0% volatile
76 Bahrain 9.4% 2010 down 41.8% volatile
77 Iraq 9.1% 2010 up 90.6% volatile
78 Paraguay 9.1% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
79 Fiji 8.8% 2010 up 17.6% volatile
80 Afghanistan 8.8% 2010 up 23.8% volatile
81 Türkiye 8.7% 2010 up 28.7% volatile
82 India 8.3% 2010 up 12.0% volatile
83 Kenya 8.2% 2010 up 318.3% volatile
84 South Africa 8.2% 2010 up 0.4% volatile
85 Trinidad and Tobago 7.8% 2010 up 21.9% volatile
86 Tunisia 7.4% 2010 up 63.2% volatile
87 Morocco 7.4% 2010 up 147.0% volatile
88 El Salvador 7.4% 2010 up 32.9% volatile
89 Egypt 7.1% 2010 up 45.1% volatile
90 Indonesia 7.1% 2010 up 142.0% volatile
91 Liberia 7.0% 2010 up 166.7% volatile
92 Syrian Arab Republic 7.0% 2010 down 5.4% volatile
93 Myanmar 6.7% 2010 up 30.7% volatile
94 Congo 6.5% 2010 up 195.5% volatile
95 Macau, China 6.5% 2010 up 13.9% volatile
96 Tonga 6.5% 2010 down 31.5% volatile
97 Malta 6.3% 2010 down 14.1% rising
98 Belize 6.0% 2010 down 22.2% rising
99 Honduras 5.8% 2010 up 32.7% volatile
100 Algeria 5.6% 2010 up 83.1% volatile
101 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.5% 2010 up 72.2% volatile
102 Pakistan 5.2% 2010 up 9.0% volatile
103 Botswana 5.1% 2010 up 2.4% volatile
104 Viet Nam 4.9% 2010 up 9.5% volatile
105 Libya 4.9% 2010 up 40.0% volatile
106 Côte d'Ivoire 4.7% 2010 up 41.0% volatile
107 Mauritius 4.2% 2010 up 34.4% rising
108 Bangladesh 4.1% 2010 down 4.8% volatile
109 Namibia 4.0% 2010 up 25.0% rising
110 Nepal 3.7% 2010 up 34.1% volatile
110 Zambia 3.7% 2010 up 94.7% volatile
112 Brunei Darussalam 3.4% 2010 down 73.2% volatile
113 Togo 3.1% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
114 Central African Republic 3.0% 2010 up 18.7% volatile
115 Gambia 2.8% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
116 Ghana 2.7% 2010 down 35.1% volatile
117 Senegal 2.6% 2010 up 146.2% volatile
118 Benin 2.6% 2010 up 4.0% volatile
119 Mali 2.5% 2010 up 535.0% volatile
120 Zimbabwe 2.4% 2010 up 61.1% rising
121 Mauritania 2.3% 2010 up 64.3% volatile
122 China 2.1% 2010 down 24.9% volatile
123 Uganda 2.1% 2010 down 54.7% volatile
124 Lesotho 2.0% 2010 up 99.0% volatile
125 Papua New Guinea 1.4% 2010 up 132.8% volatile
126 Maldives 1.2% 2010 up 6.2% volatile
127 Barbados 1.2% 2010 up 37.6% volatile
127 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.2% 2010 up 98.3% volatile
129 Sudan 1.1% 2010 up 37.5% volatile
130 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.1% 2010 up 31.7% volatile
131 Burundi 0.9% 2010 up 34.3% volatile
131 Cambodia 0.9% 2010 up 95.7% volatile
133 Albania 0.7% 2010 down 93.1% volatile
134 Haiti 0.7% 2010 down 30.0% rising
134 Niger 0.7% 2010 up 133.3% volatile
136 Cameroon 0.6% 2010 up 24.0% volatile
137 Malawi 0.6% 2010 up 11.3% volatile
138 Mozambique 0.5% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
139 Sierra Leone 0.5% 2010 up 70.0% rising
139 Yemen 0.5% 2010 up 920.0% volatile
141 Rwanda 0.3% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
142 Guyana 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
143 Eswatini 0.1% 2010 down 95.8% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 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
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 tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)