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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with no education by country

Percentage of population age 60-64 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
99.9%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
11.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 99.9% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.6%, and the mean is 26.0%.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 7,420.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 99.9% 2010 unchanged flat
2 Niger 91.6% 2010 up 1.3% flat
3 Mali 88.9% 2010 down 7.0% falling
4 Mozambique 88.8% 2010 down 3.5% flat
5 Gambia 86.9% 2010 down 1.5% falling
6 Sierra Leone 84.9% 2010 down 9.6% falling
7 Afghanistan 78.4% 2010 down 13.9% falling
8 Sudan 78.0% 2010 down 5.2% falling
9 Nepal 76.2% 2010 down 12.7% falling
10 Liberia 75.9% 2010 down 11.2% falling
11 Senegal 75.0% 2010 down 9.0% rising
12 Morocco 74.7% 2010 down 14.0% falling
13 Kenya 74.6% 2010 up 19.7% falling
14 Benin 73.8% 2010 down 10.8% falling
15 Burundi 72.4% 2010 down 8.0% falling
16 Eswatini 71.0% 2010 down 0.8% falling
17 Central African Republic 70.2% 2010 down 15.2% falling
18 Cote d'Ivoire 70.1% 2010 down 17.3% falling
19 Iraq 69.1% 2010 down 24.0% falling
20 Pakistan 67.9% 2010 down 17.1% falling
21 Papua New Guinea 67.0% 2010 down 19.7% falling
22 Algeria 65.7% 2010 down 20.9% falling
23 Haiti 63.1% 2010 down 7.8% falling
24 Togo 62.7% 2010 down 16.8% falling
25 Maldives 62.6% 2010 down 18.9% rising
26 Egypt 62.6% 2010 down 11.1% falling
27 Rwanda 62.4% 2010 down 16.3% falling
28 Mauritania 62.0% 2010 down 1.7% falling
29 Democratic Republic of Congo 61.8% 2010 down 14.2% falling
30 Libya 57.4% 2010 down 19.7% falling
31 Cameroon 56.9% 2010 down 18.9% falling
32 India 56.6% 2010 down 20.7% falling
33 Congo 56.2% 2010 down 26.0% falling
34 Gabon 55.7% 2010 down 24.7% falling
35 Bangladesh 52.4% 2010 down 10.2% falling
36 Saudi Arabia 52.2% 2010 unchanged falling
37 Laos 49.0% 2010 down 21.5% falling
38 Guatemala 48.9% 2010 down 9.7% falling
39 Malawi 46.7% 2010 down 13.9% falling
40 Bahrain 45.5% 2010 down 34.7% falling
41 Tunisia 45.0% 2010 down 43.9% falling
42 Tanzania 44.3% 2010 down 23.5% falling
43 Zambia 42.0% 2010 unchanged falling
44 Ghana 41.5% 2010 down 37.7% falling
45 Nicaragua 39.2% 2010 down 21.0% falling
46 Syria 38.1% 2010 down 4.1% falling
47 Botswana 36.6% 2010 down 24.8% falling
48 Myanmar 36.0% 2010 down 34.7% falling
49 Uganda 34.0% 2010 down 34.1% falling
50 Bolivia 33.6% 2010 up 8.3% falling
51 Iran 33.4% 2010 down 47.0% falling
52 Cambodia 33.0% 2010 down 47.1% falling
53 Namibia 30.1% 2010 down 25.5% falling
54 Singapore 30.0% 2010 down 39.8% falling
55 Jordan 26.1% 2010 down 57.9% falling
56 Honduras 25.7% 2010 down 39.4% falling
57 Brazil 22.5% 2010 down 33.9% falling
58 Lesotho 22.1% 2010 down 24.8% falling
59 Ecuador 21.9% 2010 down 25.0% falling
60 United Arab Emirates 21.8% 2010 down 62.7% falling
61 Zimbabwe 18.4% 2010 down 30.1% falling
62 Kuwait 18.2% 2010 down 66.5% falling
63 Turkey 18.1% 2010 down 62.3% falling
64 Indonesia 16.6% 2010 down 31.6% falling
65 South Africa 16.0% 2010 down 50.8% falling
66 Mexico 15.5% 2010 down 46.2% falling
67 Dominican Republic 15.0% 2010 up 7,420.0% volatile
68 Malaysia 14.1% 2010 down 56.2% falling
69 Mauritius 13.6% 2010 down 52.9% falling
70 Brunei 13.0% 2010 down 58.1% falling
71 Peru 12.8% 2010 down 51.3% falling
72 Colombia 12.1% 2010 down 50.2% falling
73 Panama 11.2% 2010 down 39.3% falling
74 Vietnam 10.4% 2010 down 24.4% falling
75 Cuba 10.4% 2010 down 54.2% flat
76 Venezuela 9.6% 2010 down 58.9% falling
77 China 9.1% 2010 down 71.4% falling
78 Fiji 8.2% 2010 down 39.8% volatile
79 Jamaica 7.8% 2010 down 14.0% volatile
80 Qatar 7.4% 2010 down 89.3% falling
81 Portugal 7.4% 2010 down 60.6% volatile
82 Macao 6.6% 2010 down 44.0% volatile
83 Paraguay 6.5% 2010 down 62.6% falling
84 Sri Lanka 6.1% 2010 down 56.9% falling
85 Costa Rica 5.9% 2010 down 60.7% falling
86 El Salvador 5.7% 2010 down 86.2% falling
87 Guyana 5.6% 2010 down 9.8% falling
88 Hong Kong 5.4% 2010 down 86.8% falling
89 Philippines 5.0% 2010 down 29.2% volatile
90 Belgium 4.8% 2010 down 34.5% volatile
91 Mongolia 4.6% 2010 down 54.3% volatile
92 South Korea 4.5% 2010 down 72.8% volatile
93 Thailand 3.8% 2010 down 79.8% volatile
94 Luxembourg 3.2% 2010 up 912.5% volatile
95 Chile 3.1% 2010 down 69.4% falling
96 Italy 3.0% 2010 down 60.5% falling
97 Israel 2.8% 2010 down 74.8% falling
98 Argentina 2.4% 2010 down 55.6% falling
99 Germany 2.3% 2010 down 71.3% volatile
100 Norway 2.0% 2010 up 327.7% volatile
101 Spain 1.9% 2010 down 93.8% volatile
102 France 1.8% 2010 down 69.9% volatile
103 Albania 1.7% 2010 up 16.3% volatile
104 Bulgaria 1.6% 2010 up 2.5% volatile
105 Uruguay 1.4% 2010 down 67.4% volatile
106 Malta 1.4% 2010 down 92.1% volatile
107 Switzerland 1.3% 2010 down 89.1% volatile
108 Denmark 1.3% 2010 up 91.0% volatile
109 Trinidad and Tobago 1.2% 2010 down 65.5% volatile
110 Serbia 1.2% 2010 down 76.8% volatile
111 Greece 1.1% 2010 down 94.8% volatile
112 Australia 1.0% 2010 down 48.8% rising
113 Romania 0.9% 2010 down 71.1% volatile
114 Croatia 0.9% 2010 down 83.7% volatile
114 Ireland 0.9% 2010 down 86.8% falling
116 Tonga 0.9% 2010 down 61.7% volatile
117 Sweden 0.8% 2010 down 27.2% volatile
118 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2010 down 86.3% volatile
119 Cyprus 0.5% 2010 down 97.1% volatile
120 Canada 0.5% 2010 down 67.5% falling
121 United States 0.4% 2010 up 16.2% volatile
122 Russia 0.3% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
123 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 63.5% volatile
124 Slovenia 0.3% 2010 down 66.7% volatile
124 Tajikistan 0.3% 2010 down 77.3% volatile
124 Ukraine 0.3% 2010 down 85.0% volatile
127 Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 96.1% volatile
128 Iceland 0.2% 2010 down 64.2% falling
129 Armenia 0.2% 2010 down 69.5% volatile
130 Belize 0.2% 2010 down 98.0% falling
131 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 6.2% volatile
131 United Kingdom 0.1% 2010 down 96.4% falling
131 Latvia 0.1% 2010 down 34.8% volatile
134 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 up 9.1% volatile
134 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 96.4% volatile
136 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 78.3% volatile
136 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 95.7% volatile
138 Austria 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
138 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 30.8% volatile
140 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2010 down 98.8% volatile
141 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
142 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 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 60-64 with no education