Percentage of population (15+), 15+, total, incomplete primary - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics

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Percentage of population, 15+, total, incomplete primary is the percentage of the population over age 15 who did not complete primary education.

Rank	Country	Value
Percentage of population (15+), 15+, total, incomplete primary - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics (2010)
1	Cambodia	81.40
2	Tanzania	74.60
3	Uganda	71.10
4	Malawi	66
5	Burma	61.80
6	Lesotho	61.60
7	Syria	59.70
8	Vietnam	58
9	Senegal	57.80
10	Kenya	53.30
11	Guatemala	53.30
12	Indonesia	52.60
13	Mauritania	51.80
14	Cameroon	49.70
15	Venezuela	48.70
16	Zambia	48.30
17	Thailand	48
18	Belize	45.50
19	Guyana	45.10
20	Kuwait	44.20
21	Portugal	43.90
22	Honduras	43.80
23	Rwanda	43.70
24	Slovenia	43.30
25	Uruguay	42
26	Turkey	42
27	Papua New Guinea	41.80
28	Colombia	41.60
29	Denmark	40.80
30	El Salvador	40.50
31	Argentina	40.40
32	Burundi	40.30
33	Dominican Republic	39.40
34	Paraguay	38.90
35	Algeria	38.80
36	Haiti	38.60
37	Zimbabwe	38.20
38	Swaziland	38.10
39	Brazil	37.90
40	Mauritius	37.40
41	Costa Rica	37.30
42	Maldives	36.20
43	Sri Lanka	35.40
44	Ecuador	34.20
45	Iceland	34.10
46	Serbia	34
47	Brunei Darussalam	33.50
48	Iraq	33.50
49	Laos	33.30
50	Gabon	33.30
51	Croatia	33.20
52	Finland	32.50
53	Sudan	32.50
54	Togo	31.70
55	Panama	30.30
56	Nepal	29.80
57	Bulgaria	29.60
58	Central African Republic	29
59	Namibia	28.40
60	Tunisia	28.10
61	Mali	28.10
62	Democratic Republic of the Congo	27.90
63	Nicaragua	27.40
64	Republic of the Congo	27.30
65	Singapore	27.20
66	Greece	27
67	Mozambique	26.20
68	Macau	25.70
69	Kyrgyzstan	25.60
70	Iran	25.20
71	Mexico	25.10
72	Trinidad and Tobago	25.10
73	Philippines	24.80
74	Ivory Coast	24.70
75	Bangladesh	24.30
76	United Kingdom	24.10
77	China	24.10
78	New Zealand	23.80
79	Israel	23.80
80	Malta	23.70
81	Switzerland	23.70
82	Saudi Arabia	23.70
83	Morocco	23.60
84	Bolivia	23.40
85	Austria	23.30
86	Spain	23.30
87	Luxembourg	22.90
88	Libya	22.20
89	Chile	22
90	Pakistan	21.80
91	Peru	21
92	India	20.90
93	Poland	20.20
94	Niger	20
95	Liberia	19.90
96	Benin	19.70
97	Russia	18.90
98	South Africa	18.90
99	Yemen	16.90
100	Japan	16.80
101	Slovakia	16.60
102	Belgium	16.50
103	Cuba	16.30
104	Cyprus	16.10
105	Jamaica	16.10
106	Malaysia	15.20
107	Bahrain	15.20
108	Hong Kong	14.80
109	France	14.70
110	Sierra Leone	14.40
111	Tajikistan	13.70
112	Czech Republic	13.70
113	Mongolia	13.50
114	Ireland	13.30
115	Italy	12.20
116	Tonga	11.70
117	Romania	11.60
118	Afghanistan	10
119	Albania	9.90
120	Qatar	9.70
121	South Korea	9.40
122	North Korea	9.40
123	Barbados	9.40
124	Netherlands	9.30
125	Sweden	9.20
126	Egypt	8.90
127	Lithuania	8.60
128	Jordan	8.60
129	Moldova	8.30
130	Ghana	7.60
131	Kazakhstan	6.90
132	Ukraine	6.80
133	Botswana	6.60
134	Germany	6.40
135	Fiji	6
136	Canada	5.80
137	Estonia	5.80
138	Armenia	5.70
139	Hungary	5.40
140	United States	5.20
141	Latvia	4.70
142	Australia	2.80
143	Norway	2.70
144	Gambia	2.70
145	United Arab Emirates	2.30

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Percentage of population (15+), 15+, total, incomplete primary - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics

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