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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
77.2%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
24.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 77.2% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 24.9%, and the mean is 28.0%.

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 5,900.0%), 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 Thailand 77.2% 2010 up 2.2% rising
2 Paraguay 69.1% 2010 down 4.3% rising
3 El Salvador 68.5% 2010 up 38.1% rising
4 Lesotho 68.1% 2010 down 1.0% rising
5 Portugal 66.1% 2010 down 6.7% rising
6 Zimbabwe 61.3% 2010 down 0.8% rising
7 Türkiye 60.1% 2010 up 13.9% rising
8 Trinidad and Tobago 59.9% 2010 down 15.5% falling
9 Ecuador 59.7% 2010 up 14.1% rising
10 Indonesia 59.1% 2010 up 11.2% rising
11 Costa Rica 57.8% 2010 down 4.5% falling
12 Honduras 55.4% 2010 up 12.3% rising
13 Cambodia 55.1% 2010 up 40.7% volatile
14 Uruguay 53.8% 2010 down 4.2% falling
15 Malta 53.0% 2010 up 3.7% flat
16 Dominican Republic 52.0% 2010 down 36.4% rising
17 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 51.5% 2010 down 9.0% rising
18 Namibia 51.2% 2010 up 9.4% rising
19 Cameroon 50.8% 2010 up 52.1% volatile
20 Mauritius 50.5% 2010 down 0.6% rising
21 Tanzania, United Republic of 49.9% 2010 up 23.8% rising
22 Mexico 49.6% 2010 down 8.8% rising
23 Myanmar 48.8% 2010 up 34.8% volatile
24 China 48.3% 2010 up 1.9% volatile
25 Colombia 48.0% 2010 down 15.9% rising
26 Philippines 48.0% 2010 up 7.1% falling
27 Brazil 47.8% 2010 down 6.7% rising
28 Argentina 47.4% 2010 down 20.7% falling
29 Zambia 47.1% 2010 up 1.1% rising
30 Greece 46.9% 2010 down 11.2% rising
31 Malawi 46.8% 2010 up 11.5% rising
32 Macau, China 46.7% 2010 up 0.0% falling
33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 45.9% 2010 up 34.6% rising
34 Guyana 45.0% 2010 down 34.3% falling
35 Spain 44.6% 2010 up 31.4% rising
36 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 44.6% 2010 up 2.8% rising
37 Malaysia 44.4% 2010 down 4.6% rising
38 Uganda 44.0% 2010 up 0.6% rising
39 Panama 43.9% 2010 down 9.5% falling
40 Peru 43.8% 2010 up 8.3% falling
41 Fiji 43.6% 2010 down 2.5% falling
42 Guatemala 41.9% 2010 up 17.0% rising
43 Haiti 41.8% 2010 up 54.5% volatile
44 Viet Nam 41.6% 2010 down 31.3% rising
45 Nicaragua 41.0% 2010 up 0.7% rising
46 Gabon 39.8% 2010 up 30.4% volatile
47 Qatar 39.5% 2010 up 342.4% volatile
48 New Zealand 39.2% 2010 down 15.8% falling
49 Iceland 39.1% 2010 down 29.9% falling
50 Algeria 39.1% 2010 up 61.4% volatile
51 Hong Kong, China 38.6% 2010 up 41.6% flat
52 Cyprus 37.8% 2010 down 3.7% falling
53 Syrian Arab Republic 37.5% 2010 down 25.4% rising
54 Jamaica 36.5% 2010 down 34.4% falling
55 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 35.8% 2010 up 24.0% volatile
56 Maldives 33.8% 2010 up 145.7% rising
57 Rwanda 33.4% 2010 up 44.1% volatile
58 Mauritania 33.3% 2010 down 5.2% rising
59 Kuwait 32.1% 2010 up 69.1% volatile
60 Chile 32.0% 2010 down 36.1% falling
61 Libya 32.0% 2010 up 23.6% rising
62 South Africa 31.9% 2010 up 14.8% rising
63 Saudi Arabia 30.7% 2010 up 16.8% rising
64 Tunisia 29.8% 2010 up 68.0% volatile
65 Ireland 29.0% 2010 down 23.0% falling
66 Italy 28.1% 2010 down 39.7% falling
67 Iraq 27.7% 2010 up 284.3% volatile
68 Sri Lanka 27.3% 2010 up 17.5% falling
69 Austria 27.1% 2010 down 15.0% falling
70 Jordan 27.1% 2010 up 20.6% volatile
71 Congo 26.2% 2010 down 8.8% volatile
72 Brunei Darussalam 25.0% 2010 down 27.4% rising
73 Luxembourg 24.8% 2010 down 30.9% falling
74 Iran, Islamic Republic of 24.1% 2010 up 11.4% volatile
75 France 24.1% 2010 down 26.5% falling
76 United Arab Emirates 24.0% 2010 up 36.9% volatile
77 Burundi 23.4% 2010 up 22.1% volatile
78 Sudan 22.6% 2010 up 24.7% rising
79 Morocco 22.3% 2010 up 335.4% volatile
80 Bangladesh 21.4% 2010 up 1.4% rising
81 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 21.4% 2010 down 55.1% falling
82 Côte d'Ivoire 21.2% 2010 up 55.0% volatile
83 Central African Republic 21.1% 2010 up 49.9% rising
84 Papua New Guinea 20.5% 2010 up 65.3% volatile
85 Republic of Korea 20.3% 2010 down 43.2% rising
86 Poland 19.9% 2010 down 38.4% falling
87 Tonga 19.2% 2010 down 52.1% falling
88 Kenya 19.1% 2010 down 40.5% rising
89 Togo 18.8% 2010 up 6.9% rising
90 Belize 18.0% 2010 down 64.2% falling
91 Cuba 17.9% 2010 down 28.6% falling
92 Barbados 17.7% 2010 down 28.9% falling
93 Botswana 17.4% 2010 down 33.1% falling
94 Eswatini 16.9% 2010 down 23.6% rising
95 Mongolia 16.8% 2010 down 55.5% volatile
96 Belgium 16.5% 2010 down 28.5% falling
97 Mozambique 16.4% 2010 up 66.3% volatile
98 Japan 16.2% 2010 down 45.8% falling
99 India 16.1% 2010 up 13.6% falling
100 Senegal 15.5% 2010 down 3.2% falling
101 Egypt 15.2% 2010 down 14.6% volatile
102 Benin 14.6% 2010 up 32.7% rising
103 Israel 14.2% 2010 down 45.6% falling
104 Nepal 14.1% 2010 up 36.8% volatile
105 Netherlands 13.2% 2010 down 21.3% volatile
106 Singapore 13.0% 2010 down 30.5% volatile
107 Australia 12.8% 2010 up 5.2% volatile
108 Sierra Leone 12.7% 2010 up 74.2% volatile
109 Albania 12.7% 2010 down 75.0% rising
110 Afghanistan 12.3% 2010 up 98.1% volatile
111 Pakistan 12.1% 2010 up 50.0% rising
112 Bahrain 11.3% 2010 up 5.8% rising
113 Liberia 11.3% 2010 up 68.8% rising
114 Sweden 10.0% 2010 down 49.4% falling
115 Ghana 9.2% 2010 up 41.2% rising
116 Romania 7.8% 2010 down 70.9% volatile
117 Niger 7.6% 2010 down 0.1% flat
118 Croatia 7.1% 2010 down 81.8% falling
119 Serbia 6.4% 2010 down 86.9% falling
120 Canada 5.1% 2010 down 62.5% volatile
121 Mali 4.5% 2010 down 15.7% rising
122 Tajikistan 3.8% 2010 down 79.8% falling
123 Switzerland 3.2% 2010 down 87.0% falling
124 Kyrgyzstan 3.1% 2010 down 91.3% falling
125 Bulgaria 3.0% 2010 down 93.3% falling
126 Yemen 3.0% 2010 up 5,900.0% volatile
127 Armenia 2.7% 2010 down 77.8% volatile
128 Slovenia 2.7% 2010 down 64.4% volatile
129 Gambia 2.3% 2010 up 3.5% rising
130 Estonia 2.2% 2010 down 78.2% volatile
131 United States of America 2.1% 2010 down 26.5% volatile
132 Russian Federation 1.8% 2010 down 60.9% volatile
133 Germany 1.7% 2010 down 91.1% volatile
134 Republic of Moldova 1.5% 2010 down 94.4% falling
135 Denmark 1.3% 2010 down 91.0% volatile
136 Hungary 1.2% 2010 down 85.6% volatile
137 Ukraine 1.2% 2010 down 87.6% volatile
138 Lithuania 0.9% 2010 down 93.5% volatile
139 Latvia 0.8% 2010 down 82.8% volatile
140 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 98.9% volatile
141 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 99.1% volatile
142 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2010 down 98.7% 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)
Unit
Incomplete and 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)