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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Completed Primary by country

Percentage of population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Completed Primary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
53.4%
Portugal
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
11.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Completed Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 53.4% in Portugal; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.1%, and the mean is 14.7%.

Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 630.8%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with primary schooling.: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Portugal 53.4% 2010 up 19.3% rising
2 Trinidad and Tobago 53.1% 2010 down 8.3% rising
3 Malta 52.8% 2010 up 46.9% rising
4 Turkey 50.7% 2010 up 69.1% volatile
5 Colombia 48.0% 2010 up 99.8% rising
6 Greece 45.0% 2010 up 13.1% rising
7 Argentina 41.3% 2010 up 6.6% rising
8 Uruguay 36.9% 2010 up 4.9% rising
9 Costa Rica 35.9% 2010 up 29.5% rising
10 Venezuela 35.9% 2010 up 11.3% volatile
11 Fiji 35.4% 2010 up 78.0% volatile
12 Iceland 35.4% 2010 down 24.4% falling
13 Spain 34.7% 2010 up 51.0% rising
14 Cyprus 31.9% 2010 up 25.0% rising
15 Indonesia 30.9% 2010 up 35.8% volatile
16 Malaysia 30.3% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
17 Macao 30.2% 2010 up 8.4% falling
18 New Zealand 29.8% 2010 down 15.2% flat
19 China 29.6% 2010 up 19.3% volatile
20 Ecuador 29.6% 2010 up 34.7% rising
21 Hong Kong 28.8% 2010 up 92.8% rising
22 Panama 28.4% 2010 up 20.1% rising
23 South Korea 28.3% 2010 down 24.7% rising
24 Zimbabwe 26.9% 2010 up 32.5% volatile
25 Paraguay 26.1% 2010 up 41.4% rising
26 Guyana 26.0% 2010 down 36.3% falling
27 Philippines 25.3% 2010 up 53.4% rising
28 Italy 24.6% 2010 down 35.0% falling
29 Tanzania 24.6% 2010 up 127.5% volatile
30 Jamaica 23.9% 2010 down 13.8% rising
31 Zambia 23.6% 2010 up 145.9% volatile
32 Syria 23.1% 2010 up 123.9% volatile
33 Mexico 22.9% 2010 up 26.7% rising
34 Austria 22.7% 2010 down 33.5% falling
35 France 22.6% 2010 down 40.1% falling
36 Peru 22.4% 2010 up 53.1% rising
37 Ireland 22.2% 2010 down 29.8% falling
37 Luxembourg 22.2% 2010 down 35.6% falling
39 Brazil 21.4% 2010 down 13.5% rising
40 Namibia 20.7% 2010 up 44.8% volatile
41 El Salvador 20.6% 2010 up 59.8% volatile
42 Laos 20.6% 2010 up 39.2% volatile
43 Vietnam 20.6% 2010 down 26.3% rising
44 United Kingdom 20.2% 2010 down 52.2% falling
45 Poland 19.8% 2010 down 51.8% rising
46 Bangladesh 19.7% 2010 up 2.4% rising
47 Qatar 18.0% 2010 up 459.3% volatile
48 Belize 17.8% 2010 down 64.8% falling
49 Cambodia 17.8% 2010 up 69.6% volatile
50 Honduras 17.8% 2010 up 34.7% volatile
51 Sri Lanka 17.7% 2010 up 20.6% rising
52 Jordan 16.5% 2010 up 66.7% volatile
53 Cameroon 16.5% 2010 up 40.8% volatile
54 Mauritania 16.4% 2010 up 3.1% rising
55 Brunei 15.8% 2010 down 2.4% rising
56 Gabon 15.1% 2010 up 56.4% volatile
57 Tunisia 14.7% 2010 up 171.6% volatile
58 Thailand 14.7% 2010 up 630.8% volatile
59 Chile 14.6% 2010 up 22.0% falling
60 Tonga 14.2% 2010 down 59.3% rising
61 Myanmar 14.0% 2010 up 12.9% volatile
62 Albania 12.4% 2010 down 71.3% volatile
63 Iran 12.3% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
64 Japan 12.3% 2010 down 46.5% falling
65 Dominican Republic 12.3% 2010 down 11.6% rising
66 Saudi Arabia 12.2% 2010 unchanged rising
67 Belgium 12.1% 2010 down 45.6% falling
68 Netherlands 11.6% 2010 down 11.0% volatile
69 Israel 11.6% 2010 down 45.8% falling
70 Burundi 11.6% 2010 up 32.8% volatile
71 Congo 11.3% 2010 up 76.7% volatile
72 Kuwait 11.2% 2010 up 120.6% volatile
73 Mauritius 11.1% 2010 up 63.1% volatile
74 Cuba 10.9% 2010 down 18.5% falling
75 Nicaragua 10.5% 2010 up 10.9% rising
76 Central African Republic 10.4% 2010 up 63.2% volatile
77 Sudan 10.4% 2010 up 76.3% volatile
78 Malawi 10.3% 2010 up 65.6% volatile
79 Mongolia 10.1% 2010 down 40.9% volatile
80 Pakistan 9.8% 2010 up 102.7% rising
81 Lesotho 9.6% 2010 up 59.1% rising
82 Guatemala 9.6% 2010 down 6.4% rising
83 Papua New Guinea 9.5% 2010 up 176.5% volatile
84 Uganda 9.1% 2010 down 19.0% volatile
85 Togo 8.9% 2010 up 35.4% volatile
86 Algeria 8.9% 2010 up 148.3% volatile
87 Egypt 8.8% 2010 up 14.0% volatile
88 Libya 8.7% 2010 up 73.7% volatile
89 Senegal 8.6% 2010 up 48.6% volatile
90 Cote d'Ivoire 8.6% 2010 up 81.0% volatile
91 India 8.3% 2010 up 76.3% rising
92 Rwanda 8.3% 2010 up 219.2% volatile
93 United Arab Emirates 8.1% 2010 up 94.2% volatile
94 South Africa 7.8% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
95 Sweden 7.6% 2010 down 74.1% falling
96 Benin 7.2% 2010 up 44.5% rising
97 Kenya 7.0% 2010 up 16.2% rising
98 Croatia 6.8% 2010 down 81.3% falling
99 Barbados 6.7% 2010 down 26.1% volatile
100 Iraq 6.5% 2010 up 232.3% volatile
100 Singapore 6.5% 2010 down 20.7% volatile
102 Botswana 6.3% 2010 down 29.3% volatile
103 Liberia 6.3% 2010 up 64.7% volatile
104 Australia 6.2% 2010 up 3.1% volatile
105 Maldives 5.5% 2010 up 41.3% falling
106 Democratic Republic of Congo 5.4% 2010 up 53.5% volatile
107 Eswatini 4.9% 2010 down 10.6% rising
108 Mozambique 4.9% 2010 up 49.1% rising
109 Sierra Leone 4.8% 2010 up 126.8% rising
110 Denmark 4.7% 2010 down 81.7% falling
111 Ghana 4.5% 2010 up 53.6% rising
112 Nepal 4.5% 2010 up 69.4% volatile
113 Serbia 4.3% 2010 down 81.6% falling
114 Morocco 4.3% 2010 up 103.8% volatile
115 Bahrain 4.2% 2010 up 16.3% rising
116 Niger 3.8% 2010 down 10.0% rising
117 Haiti 3.7% 2010 up 16.8% rising
118 Bulgaria 3.1% 2010 down 92.6% rising
119 Tajikistan 3.0% 2010 down 78.4% flat
120 Bolivia 2.6% 2010 down 77.1% flat
121 Switzerland 2.5% 2010 down 88.3% falling
122 Armenia 2.5% 2010 down 77.3% falling
123 Slovenia 2.4% 2010 down 77.1% falling
124 Kyrgyzstan 2.4% 2010 down 92.3% flat
125 Estonia 2.1% 2010 down 78.5% volatile
126 Canada 1.9% 2010 down 71.4% volatile
127 Russia 1.7% 2010 down 72.4% falling
128 Latvia 1.5% 2010 down 78.9% volatile
129 United States 1.4% 2010 down 31.8% volatile
130 Mali 1.3% 2010 up 110.0% volatile
131 Kazakhstan 1.1% 2010 down 90.4% volatile
132 Ukraine 1.1% 2010 down 87.5% volatile
133 Hungary 1.0% 2010 down 87.4% volatile
134 Germany 0.9% 2010 down 95.0% volatile
135 Gambia 0.9% 2010 up 7.3% rising
136 Lithuania 0.8% 2010 down 96.3% falling
137 Moldova 0.7% 2010 down 95.1% rising
138 Afghanistan 0.7% 2010 up 112.1% volatile
139 Romania 0.7% 2010 down 73.4% falling
140 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
141 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 99.1% falling
142 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 86.4% volatile
143 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 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 60-64 with primary schooling. Completed Primary