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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education by country

Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
96.9%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
10.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 96.9% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.8%, and the mean is 23.5%.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 16,611.1%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 96.9% 2010 down 3.0% flat
2 Niger 90.6% 2010 down 1.1% flat
3 Mali 88.9% 2010 down 4.5% falling
4 Gambia 86.9% 2010 down 1.5% falling
5 Mozambique 80.5% 2010 down 9.4% falling
6 Afghanistan 78.4% 2010 down 13.9% falling
7 Sierra Leone 77.8% 2010 down 12.1% falling
8 Senegal 75.0% 2010 down 3.9% rising
9 Kenya 74.6% 2010 up 22.0% falling
10 Benin 73.8% 2010 down 10.8% falling
11 Burundi 72.4% 2010 down 8.0% falling
12 Nepal 71.8% 2010 down 11.4% falling
13 Central African Republic 70.2% 2010 down 15.2% falling
14 Sudan 69.0% 2010 down 11.5% falling
15 Pakistan 67.9% 2010 down 10.5% falling
16 Papua New Guinea 66.0% 2010 down 20.8% falling
17 Liberia 65.7% 2010 down 21.0% falling
18 Morocco 65.5% 2010 down 24.6% falling
19 Eswatini 64.0% 2010 down 1.1% falling
20 Cote d'Ivoire 63.4% 2010 down 20.7% falling
21 Togo 62.7% 2010 down 11.9% falling
22 Maldives 62.6% 2010 down 11.0% rising
23 Rwanda 62.4% 2010 down 16.3% falling
24 Mauritania 62.0% 2010 down 1.7% falling
25 Democratic Republic of Congo 55.3% 2010 down 17.8% falling
26 Egypt 54.1% 2010 down 13.4% falling
27 Bangladesh 52.4% 2010 down 10.2% falling
28 India 51.9% 2010 down 17.0% falling
29 Iraq 51.1% 2010 down 37.5% falling
30 Malawi 46.7% 2010 down 13.9% falling
31 Tunisia 45.0% 2010 down 33.2% falling
32 Algeria 44.8% 2010 down 34.6% falling
33 Haiti 44.4% 2010 down 29.7% falling
34 Tanzania 44.3% 2010 down 23.5% falling
35 Ghana 41.5% 2010 down 37.7% falling
36 Laos 41.1% 2010 down 31.2% falling
37 Guatemala 40.5% 2010 down 25.3% falling
38 Bahrain 38.2% 2010 down 24.5% falling
39 Syria 38.1% 2010 down 4.1% falling
40 Botswana 36.6% 2010 down 24.8% falling
41 Myanmar 36.0% 2010 down 34.7% falling
42 Libya 34.5% 2010 down 39.9% falling
43 Uganda 34.0% 2010 down 34.1% falling
44 Bolivia 33.6% 2010 up 8.3% falling
45 Nicaragua 33.2% 2010 down 26.8% falling
46 Cambodia 33.0% 2010 down 38.1% falling
47 Cameroon 31.2% 2010 down 45.2% falling
48 Congo 30.9% 2010 down 45.0% falling
49 Iran 30.9% 2010 down 44.1% falling
50 Saudi Arabia 30.5% 2010 down 41.5% falling
51 Namibia 30.1% 2010 down 25.5% falling
52 Jordan 26.1% 2010 down 52.6% falling
53 Honduras 25.7% 2010 down 27.4% falling
54 Gabon 24.6% 2010 down 55.9% falling
55 Lesotho 22.1% 2010 up 6.5% falling
56 Ecuador 21.9% 2010 down 12.3% falling
57 Zambia 20.5% 2010 down 51.2% falling
58 Singapore 19.5% 2010 down 50.7% falling
59 Zimbabwe 18.4% 2010 down 30.1% falling
60 Kuwait 18.2% 2010 down 52.0% falling
61 Turkey 18.1% 2010 down 40.0% falling
62 Indonesia 16.6% 2010 down 31.6% falling
63 South Africa 16.0% 2010 down 50.8% falling
64 Brazil 15.9% 2010 down 42.2% falling
65 Mexico 15.5% 2010 down 33.7% falling
66 Dominican Republic 15.0% 2010 up 16,611.1% volatile
67 Malaysia 14.1% 2010 down 56.2% falling
68 United Arab Emirates 14.0% 2010 down 57.5% falling
69 Brunei 13.0% 2010 down 58.1% falling
70 Peru 12.8% 2010 down 37.1% falling
71 Colombia 12.1% 2010 down 23.9% falling
72 Panama 11.2% 2010 down 18.3% falling
73 Vietnam 10.4% 2010 down 23.3% volatile
74 Cuba 10.4% 2010 down 54.2% falling
75 Venezuela 9.6% 2010 down 58.6% falling
76 China 9.1% 2010 down 54.7% volatile
77 Mauritius 7.8% 2010 down 72.9% falling
78 Qatar 7.4% 2010 down 86.3% falling
79 Portugal 7.4% 2010 up 22.5% volatile
80 Paraguay 6.5% 2010 down 18.3% falling
81 Jamaica 6.2% 2010 down 19.6% volatile
82 Sri Lanka 6.1% 2010 down 56.9% volatile
83 Costa Rica 5.9% 2010 down 45.0% falling
84 Belgium 5.9% 2010 up 8.3% volatile
85 El Salvador 5.7% 2010 down 83.4% falling
86 Guyana 5.6% 2010 down 9.8% falling
87 Hong Kong 5.4% 2010 down 82.0% falling
88 Philippines 5.0% 2010 down 29.2% volatile
89 Luxembourg 4.4% 2010 up 21.1% volatile
90 Fiji 4.2% 2010 down 52.5% volatile
91 Mongolia 3.7% 2010 down 63.2% volatile
92 Macao 3.7% 2010 down 68.6% volatile
93 Thailand 3.3% 2010 down 77.0% volatile
94 Chile 3.1% 2010 down 69.4% falling
95 Italy 3.0% 2010 down 60.5% falling
96 Israel 2.8% 2010 down 44.0% volatile
97 France 2.3% 2010 down 57.5% volatile
98 Norway 2.0% 2010 up 346.7% volatile
99 Spain 1.9% 2010 down 90.9% volatile
100 South Korea 1.9% 2010 down 78.1% volatile
101 Germany 1.8% 2010 down 73.8% volatile
102 Albania 1.7% 2010 up 16.3% volatile
103 Uruguay 1.4% 2010 down 42.2% volatile
104 Switzerland 1.4% 2010 down 84.3% volatile
105 Bulgaria 1.4% 2010 up 16.4% volatile
105 Malta 1.4% 2010 down 84.2% volatile
107 Denmark 1.3% 2010 up 56.1% volatile
108 Trinidad and Tobago 1.2% 2010 down 65.2% volatile
109 Argentina 1.2% 2010 down 78.1% volatile
110 Serbia 1.2% 2010 down 56.7% volatile
111 Greece 1.1% 2010 down 88.8% volatile
111 Ireland 1.1% 2010 down 76.8% falling
113 Iceland 1.0% 2010 up 92.5% falling
114 Australia 0.9% 2010 down 30.6% rising
115 Romania 0.9% 2010 down 39.5% volatile
116 Croatia 0.9% 2010 down 83.4% volatile
117 Tonga 0.9% 2010 down 56.5% volatile
118 Sweden 0.8% 2010 down 31.8% volatile
119 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2010 down 68.8% volatile
120 Cyprus 0.5% 2010 down 95.1% volatile
121 Canada 0.5% 2010 down 49.0% falling
122 Slovenia 0.4% 2010 down 45.7% volatile
123 United States 0.3% 2010 down 32.7% volatile
124 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 63.5% volatile
124 Russia 0.3% 2010 up 3.3% volatile
126 Tajikistan 0.3% 2010 down 77.3% volatile
126 Ukraine 0.3% 2010 down 62.5% volatile
128 Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 94.0% volatile
129 Armenia 0.2% 2010 down 69.5% volatile
130 Belize 0.2% 2010 down 98.0% falling
131 United Kingdom 0.2% 2010 down 96.2% volatile
132 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 6.2% volatile
133 Latvia 0.1% 2010 down 26.3% volatile
134 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 up 9.1% volatile
134 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 94.8% volatile
136 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 73.7% volatile
136 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 94.5% volatile
138 Austria 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
138 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
140 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 50.0% 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 55-59 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 55-59 with no education