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Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
80.2%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
26.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 80.2% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 26.1%, and the mean is 27.7%.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 395.6%), 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 Thailand 80.2% 2010 up 7.4% rising
2 Paraguay 69.1% 2010 down 4.0% rising
3 El Salvador 68.5% 2010 up 49.9% rising
4 Lesotho 68.1% 2010 up 3.8% rising
5 Portugal 66.1% 2010 up 3.2% rising
6 Fiji 64.5% 2010 up 26.3% rising
7 Zimbabwe 61.3% 2010 down 0.8% rising
8 Türkiye 60.1% 2010 up 38.2% volatile
9 Trinidad and Tobago 59.9% 2010 down 16.3% falling
10 Ecuador 59.7% 2010 up 14.2% rising
11 Argentina 59.1% 2010 down 1.2% falling
11 Indonesia 59.1% 2010 up 11.2% volatile
13 Costa Rica 57.8% 2010 down 7.7% falling
14 Honduras 55.4% 2010 up 21.3% rising
15 Cambodia 55.1% 2010 up 68.2% volatile
16 Uruguay 53.8% 2010 down 18.3% falling
17 Malta 53.0% 2010 up 5.6% rising
18 Dominican Republic 52.0% 2010 down 39.7% rising
19 Mauritius 51.5% 2010 up 1.4% rising
20 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 51.5% 2010 down 9.8% rising
21 Namibia 51.2% 2010 up 9.4% rising
22 Tanzania, United Republic of 49.9% 2010 up 23.8% rising
23 Mexico 49.6% 2010 down 8.3% rising
24 Myanmar 48.8% 2010 up 34.8% volatile
25 Jamaica 48.5% 2010 down 20.7% falling
26 China 48.3% 2010 up 7.4% volatile
27 Colombia 48.0% 2010 down 17.2% rising
28 Philippines 48.0% 2010 up 7.1% falling
29 Macau, China 47.4% 2010 up 1.4% falling
30 Greece 46.9% 2010 down 5.0% rising
31 Malawi 46.8% 2010 up 11.5% rising
32 Iceland 46.6% 2010 down 25.7% falling
33 Zambia 46.6% 2010 unchanged rising
34 Guyana 45.0% 2010 down 34.3% falling
35 Spain 44.6% 2010 up 23.2% 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% volatile
39 Panama 43.9% 2010 down 11.5% rising
40 Peru 43.8% 2010 down 0.2% rising
41 Nicaragua 42.1% 2010 up 6.9% rising
42 Lao People's Democratic Republic 41.6% 2010 up 28.0% rising
42 Viet Nam 41.6% 2010 down 32.2% rising
44 Brazil 41.1% 2010 down 19.0% rising
45 Qatar 39.5% 2010 up 395.6% volatile
46 New Zealand 39.2% 2010 down 16.6% falling
47 Hong Kong, China 38.6% 2010 up 55.9% rising
48 Cyprus 37.8% 2010 down 9.1% falling
49 Syrian Arab Republic 37.5% 2010 down 25.4% rising
50 Maldives 35.2% 2010 up 216.4% rising
51 Guatemala 33.4% 2010 down 6.6% rising
52 Cameroon 33.4% 2010 up 29.5% rising
52 Rwanda 33.4% 2010 up 44.1% volatile
54 Mauritania 33.3% 2010 down 5.2% rising
55 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 32.7% 2010 up 30.0% volatile
56 Kuwait 32.1% 2010 up 75.3% volatile
57 Chile 32.0% 2010 down 36.1% falling
58 South Africa 31.9% 2010 up 14.8% rising
59 Gabon 30.5% 2010 up 43.8% volatile
60 Republic of Korea 30.1% 2010 down 26.4% rising
61 Austria 29.9% 2010 down 34.7% falling
62 Tunisia 29.8% 2010 up 149.9% volatile
63 Ireland 29.2% 2010 down 30.9% falling
63 Luxembourg 29.2% 2010 down 36.7% falling
65 Congo 28.7% 2010 up 45.1% volatile
66 Italy 28.1% 2010 down 39.7% falling
67 Sri Lanka 27.3% 2010 up 17.5% falling
68 Jordan 27.1% 2010 up 32.5% volatile
69 Haiti 27.0% 2010 up 19.6% rising
70 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 26.6% 2010 down 53.0% falling
71 Saudi Arabia 26.3% 2010 unchanged rising
72 Algeria 26.3% 2010 up 86.9% rising
73 Libya 25.9% 2010 up 18.2% rising
74 Brunei Darussalam 25.0% 2010 down 27.4% rising
75 France 24.6% 2010 down 48.1% falling
76 Burundi 23.4% 2010 up 22.1% volatile
77 Iran, Islamic Republic of 21.6% 2010 up 17.5% volatile
78 Bangladesh 21.4% 2010 up 1.4% rising
79 United Arab Emirates 21.4% 2010 up 24.6% volatile
80 Central African Republic 21.1% 2010 up 49.9% rising
81 Papua New Guinea 20.8% 2010 up 67.7% volatile
82 Mongolia 20.5% 2010 down 45.7% volatile
83 Poland 19.9% 2010 down 53.4% falling
84 Tonga 19.2% 2010 down 61.9% falling
85 Kenya 19.1% 2010 down 41.6% rising
86 Togo 18.8% 2010 up 15.9% rising
87 Sudan 18.1% 2010 up 16.9% rising
88 Belize 18.0% 2010 down 64.7% falling
89 Cuba 17.9% 2010 down 28.6% falling
90 Egypt 17.8% 2010 up 4.8% volatile
91 Barbados 17.7% 2010 down 28.9% falling
92 Belgium 17.6% 2010 down 44.3% falling
93 Botswana 17.4% 2010 down 33.1% flat
94 Côte d'Ivoire 17.4% 2010 up 66.7% volatile
95 Japan 16.2% 2010 down 47.4% falling
96 Senegal 15.5% 2010 up 4.6% falling
97 Eswatini 15.4% 2010 down 18.9% rising
98 India 14.8% 2010 up 20.9% falling
99 Benin 14.6% 2010 up 32.7% rising
100 Israel 14.2% 2010 down 53.4% falling
101 Netherlands 13.2% 2010 down 21.3% volatile
102 Singapore 13.1% 2010 down 27.1% volatile
103 Iraq 13.1% 2010 up 205.1% volatile
104 Australia 12.8% 2010 down 8.5% volatile
105 Albania 12.7% 2010 down 75.0% rising
106 Afghanistan 12.3% 2010 up 98.1% volatile
107 Pakistan 12.1% 2010 up 93.9% rising
108 Nepal 11.9% 2010 up 55.8% volatile
109 Sweden 10.0% 2010 down 74.5% falling
110 Mozambique 9.8% 2010 up 37.0% rising
111 Bahrain 9.8% 2010 up 12.1% volatile
112 Liberia 9.4% 2010 up 51.3% rising
113 Ghana 9.2% 2010 up 41.2% rising
114 Morocco 8.9% 2010 up 73.8% volatile
115 Sierra Leone 8.3% 2010 up 158.8% rising
116 Romania 7.8% 2010 down 78.2% falling
117 Niger 7.6% 2010 down 17.3% rising
118 Croatia 7.1% 2010 down 82.1% falling
119 Serbia 6.4% 2010 down 89.0% falling
120 Denmark 6.1% 2010 down 82.0% falling
121 Canada 5.1% 2010 down 74.6% falling
122 Mali 4.5% 2010 up 19.7% rising
123 Tajikistan 3.8% 2010 down 79.8% falling
124 Bulgaria 3.5% 2010 down 93.4% falling
125 Russian Federation 3.5% 2010 down 74.7% volatile
126 Switzerland 3.4% 2010 down 88.5% falling
127 Kyrgyzstan 3.1% 2010 down 93.2% falling
128 Slovenia 2.7% 2010 down 76.4% volatile
129 Armenia 2.7% 2010 down 77.8% falling
130 Gambia 2.3% 2010 up 3.5% rising
131 Kazakhstan 2.3% 2010 down 91.1% volatile
132 United States of America 2.3% 2010 down 37.5% volatile
133 Estonia 2.2% 2010 down 78.2% volatile
134 Latvia 1.7% 2010 down 82.7% volatile
135 Republic of Moldova 1.5% 2010 down 95.5% falling
136 Hungary 1.2% 2010 down 85.6% volatile
137 Ukraine 1.2% 2010 down 87.5% volatile
138 Germany 1.2% 2010 down 95.1% volatile
139 Lithuania 0.9% 2010 down 96.4% falling
140 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
141 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 99.1% volatile
142 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
143 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 86.2% volatile
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. 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 60-64 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)