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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Completed Primary by country

Percentage of population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Completed Primary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
60.0%
Portugal
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
12.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Completed Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 60.0% in Portugal; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.0%, and the mean is 15.0%.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 7,450.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Portugal 60.0% 2010 up 21.3% rising
2 Trinidad and Tobago 53.1% 2010 down 7.4% rising
3 Turkey 50.7% 2010 up 20.1% volatile
4 Colombia 48.0% 2010 up 85.6% rising
5 Greece 45.0% 2010 down 6.6% rising
6 Malta 43.9% 2010 down 13.4% rising
7 Uruguay 36.9% 2010 up 5.9% rising
8 Argentina 36.5% 2010 down 5.9% rising
9 Costa Rica 35.9% 2010 up 33.6% rising
10 Venezuela 35.9% 2010 up 12.3% volatile
11 Spain 34.7% 2010 up 36.2% rising
12 Macao 32.1% 2010 up 15.2% falling
13 Cyprus 31.9% 2010 up 2.6% rising
14 Indonesia 30.9% 2010 up 35.8% volatile
15 Malaysia 30.3% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
16 New Zealand 29.8% 2010 down 14.4% rising
17 China 29.6% 2010 up 13.1% volatile
17 Iceland 29.6% 2010 down 28.7% falling
19 Ecuador 29.6% 2010 up 34.6% rising
20 Brazil 29.5% 2010 up 12.8% rising
21 Hong Kong 28.8% 2010 up 75.2% rising
22 Panama 28.4% 2010 up 6.8% rising
23 Fiji 27.5% 2010 up 13.0% volatile
24 Zimbabwe 26.9% 2010 up 32.5% volatile
25 Italy 26.5% 2010 down 30.0% falling
26 Paraguay 26.1% 2010 down 23.0% volatile
27 Guyana 26.0% 2010 down 36.3% falling
28 Cameroon 25.6% 2010 up 65.4% volatile
29 Philippines 25.3% 2010 up 53.4% rising
30 Tanzania 24.6% 2010 up 127.5% volatile
31 Zambia 23.9% 2010 up 148.5% volatile
32 Laos 23.1% 2010 up 46.4% volatile
33 Syria 23.1% 2010 up 123.9% volatile
34 Mexico 22.9% 2010 up 16.2% rising
35 Peru 22.4% 2010 up 63.1% rising
36 France 22.2% 2010 down 15.1% falling
37 Ireland 22.0% 2010 down 21.7% falling
38 Vietnam 21.0% 2010 down 25.3% rising
39 Namibia 20.7% 2010 up 44.8% volatile
40 El Salvador 20.6% 2010 up 21.7% volatile
41 Austria 20.6% 2010 down 13.5% falling
42 Gabon 20.1% 2010 up 41.7% volatile
43 Poland 19.8% 2010 down 36.3% falling
44 Bangladesh 19.7% 2010 up 2.4% rising
45 South Korea 19.3% 2010 down 42.5% rising
46 Luxembourg 18.8% 2010 down 29.7% falling
47 Jamaica 18.4% 2010 down 28.7% flat
48 Brunei 18.3% 2010 down 2.4% rising
49 Qatar 18.0% 2010 up 398.9% volatile
50 Belize 17.8% 2010 down 64.3% falling
51 Cambodia 17.8% 2010 up 41.8% volatile
52 Honduras 17.8% 2010 up 24.2% volatile
53 Sri Lanka 17.7% 2010 up 20.6% rising
54 Mauritania 16.8% 2010 up 3.1% rising
55 Jordan 16.5% 2010 up 51.6% volatile
56 United Kingdom 16.2% 2010 down 54.3% falling
57 Sudan 15.9% 2010 up 88.2% volatile
58 Saudi Arabia 15.9% 2010 up 30.0% rising
59 Libya 15.4% 2010 up 77.0% volatile
60 Tunisia 15.0% 2010 up 82.8% volatile
61 Algeria 14.9% 2010 up 82.7% volatile
62 Chile 14.6% 2010 up 22.0% falling
63 Tonga 14.2% 2010 down 48.8% rising
64 Thailand 14.2% 2010 up 372.0% volatile
65 Myanmar 14.0% 2010 up 12.9% volatile
66 Iraq 13.9% 2010 up 317.7% volatile
67 Iran 13.8% 2010 up 10.9% volatile
68 Morocco 12.6% 2010 up 498.6% volatile
69 Albania 12.4% 2010 down 71.3% volatile
70 Japan 12.3% 2010 down 44.9% falling
71 Dominican Republic 12.3% 2010 down 6.8% rising
72 Congo 12.0% 2010 up 6.1% volatile
73 Guatemala 12.0% 2010 up 17.3% rising
74 Burundi 11.8% 2010 up 32.9% volatile
75 Netherlands 11.6% 2010 down 18.2% volatile
76 Israel 11.6% 2010 down 45.8% falling
77 Belgium 11.4% 2010 down 32.9% falling
78 Kuwait 11.2% 2010 up 66.8% volatile
79 India 10.9% 2010 up 65.5% rising
80 Cuba 10.9% 2010 down 18.5% falling
81 Mauritius 10.8% 2010 up 60.0% volatile
82 Cote d'Ivoire 10.7% 2010 up 68.7% volatile
83 Central African Republic 10.6% 2010 up 63.0% volatile
84 Togo 10.4% 2010 up 45.7% volatile
85 United Arab Emirates 10.4% 2010 up 56.6% volatile
86 Nicaragua 10.4% 2010 up 4.4% rising
87 Malawi 10.3% 2010 up 65.6% volatile
88 Pakistan 9.8% 2010 up 48.6% rising
89 Lesotho 9.6% 2010 up 50.9% rising
90 Papua New Guinea 9.4% 2010 up 172.5% volatile
91 Uganda 9.1% 2010 down 19.0% volatile
92 Senegal 8.6% 2010 up 117.1% volatile
93 Mongolia 8.4% 2010 down 51.7% volatile
94 Rwanda 8.3% 2010 up 219.2% volatile
95 Mozambique 8.3% 2010 up 80.7% volatile
96 South Africa 7.8% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
97 Egypt 7.7% 2010 down 7.1% volatile
98 Liberia 7.7% 2010 up 74.5% volatile
99 Sweden 7.6% 2010 down 48.6% falling
100 Benin 7.4% 2010 up 44.3% rising
101 Kenya 7.0% 2010 up 18.2% rising
102 Sierra Leone 7.0% 2010 up 55.0% rising
103 Croatia 6.8% 2010 down 81.0% falling
104 Maldives 6.7% 2010 up 31.9% falling
105 Barbados 6.7% 2010 down 26.1% volatile
106 Singapore 6.5% 2010 down 24.5% volatile
107 Democratic Republic of Congo 6.4% 2010 up 46.4% volatile
108 Botswana 6.4% 2010 down 29.2% volatile
109 Australia 5.6% 2010 down 0.9% volatile
110 Haiti 5.5% 2010 up 45.6% rising
110 Eswatini 5.5% 2010 down 22.0% rising
112 Serbia 5.5% 2010 down 72.3% falling
113 Nepal 5.3% 2010 up 42.2% volatile
114 Bahrain 5.0% 2010 up 11.5% rising
115 Ghana 4.6% 2010 up 53.8% rising
116 Niger 3.8% 2010 up 8.5% rising
117 Tajikistan 3.0% 2010 down 78.4% falling
118 Bulgaria 2.7% 2010 down 93.1% falling
119 Bolivia 2.6% 2010 down 77.1% rising
120 Armenia 2.5% 2010 down 77.3% volatile
121 Switzerland 2.4% 2010 down 86.8% falling
122 Kyrgyzstan 2.4% 2010 down 90.2% falling
123 Slovenia 2.4% 2010 down 66.3% volatile
124 Estonia 2.1% 2010 down 78.5% volatile
125 Canada 1.9% 2010 down 58.6% volatile
126 Yemen 1.5% 2010 up 7,450.0% volatile
127 Mali 1.4% 2010 down 8.7% volatile
127 United States 1.4% 2010 down 24.3% volatile
129 Germany 1.3% 2010 down 90.9% volatile
130 Ukraine 1.1% 2010 down 87.6% volatile
131 Gambia 1.1% 2010 up 24.7% rising
132 Denmark 1.0% 2010 down 90.8% volatile
133 Hungary 1.0% 2010 down 87.4% volatile
134 Russia 0.9% 2010 down 57.3% volatile
135 Lithuania 0.8% 2010 down 93.9% volatile
136 Moldova 0.8% 2010 down 93.8% falling
137 Latvia 0.7% 2010 down 79.2% volatile
137 Romania 0.7% 2010 down 64.4% falling
139 Afghanistan 0.7% 2010 up 112.1% volatile
140 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 98.9% volatile
141 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 99.1% falling
142 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 98.5% volatile
143 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 83.3% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 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
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Percentage of population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Completed Primary