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

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Percentage of population, 15+, total, completed primary is the percentage of people age 15+ who have completed primary education.

Rank	Country	Value
Percentage of population (15+), 15+, total, completed primary - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics (2010)
1	Tanzania	54
2	Cambodia	52.70
3	Kenya	50.40
4	Belize	44.20
5	Guyana	42.50
6	Portugal	39.90
7	Papua New Guinea	38
8	Vietnam	36.70
9	Indonesia	35.90
10	Turkey	35.60
11	Rwanda	35.40
12	Slovenia	35
13	Uruguay	34.40
14	Zambia	34.40
15	Uganda	34.30
16	Honduras	33.60
17	Mauritania	33.60
18	Argentina	32.70
19	Cameroon	32.60
20	Denmark	32.30
21	Brunei Darussalam	31.50
22	Venezuela	30.90
23	Lesotho	30.80
24	Serbia	29
25	Togo	28.30
26	Burma	28.30
27	Thailand	27.90
28	Costa Rica	27.80
29	Colombia	27.70
30	Ecuador	27.50
31	Brazil	27.30
32	Iceland	27.30
33	Burundi	26.80
34	Zimbabwe	25.90
35	Finland	25.60
36	Bulgaria	25.50
37	Greece	25.30
38	Algeria	24.70
39	United Kingdom	24.10
40	Bangladesh	23.30
41	Paraguay	22.80
42	Namibia	22.60
43	Iraq	21.80
44	Gabon	21.70
45	Laos	21.60
46	Israel	21.50
47	Malta	21.30
48	Panama	21.20
49	Sudan	21
50	Morocco	20.60
51	Guatemala	19.90
52	Poland	19.70
53	Benin	19.60
54	Macau	19.40
55	Central African Republic	19.10
56	Croatia	19.10
57	New Zealand	19
58	India	18.90
59	Syria	18.90
60	Libya	18.70
61	Switzerland	18.70
62	El Salvador	18.50
63	Pakistan	18.40
64	Austria	18.40
65	Trinidad and Tobago	18.40
66	Democratic Republic of the Congo	18.40
67	Luxembourg	18.20
68	Tunisia	17.60
69	Maldives	17.50
70	Spain	17.50
71	Mozambique	17.20
72	Malawi	16.30
73	Kyrgyzstan	16.20
74	Nepal	16.20
75	Ivory Coast	16.20
76	Singapore	16
77	Philippines	15.60
78	Saudi Arabia	15.40
79	Mexico	15.20
80	China	15
81	Cyprus	14.30
82	Iran	14.20
83	Swaziland	13.90
84	Niger	13.30
85	Slovakia	13.30
86	Japan	13.20
87	Hong Kong	13
88	Mali	12.70
89	Chile	12.30
90	Russia	11.70
91	Bahrain	11.40
92	Italy	11.30
93	Yemen	11.20
94	Czech Republic	10.90
95	Bolivia	10.90
96	Belgium	10.70
97	Ireland	10.70
98	Cuba	10.70
99	Jamaica	10.10
100	Kuwait	9.50
101	Malaysia	9.30
102	South Korea	9.20
103	North Korea	9.20
104	Tajikistan	9
105	Mauritius	9
106	Mongolia	8.60
107	Jordan	8.30
108	Dominican Republic	8.30
109	Netherlands	8.10
110	Albania	7.70
111	Sri Lanka	7.60
112	Tonga	7.40
113	Sweden	7.30
114	Afghanistan	6.90
115	Romania	6.80
116	Republic of the Congo	6.80
117	South Africa	6.80
118	Lithuania	6.30
119	Nicaragua	6.30
120	Liberia	6.10
121	Qatar	6
122	Ukraine	5.90
123	Botswana	5.70
124	Egypt	5.60
125	Estonia	5.50
126	France	5.50
127	Peru	5.40
128	Sierra Leone	5.30
129	Armenia	5.20
130	Germany	5.10
131	Barbados	5
132	Moldova	5
133	Ghana	4.90
134	Hungary	4.70
135	United States	4.40
136	Haiti	4.30
137	Kazakhstan	4.30
138	Latvia	3.80
139	Fiji	3.70
140	Canada	2.70
141	Norway	2.70
142	Senegal	2.40
143	Gambia	2.30
144	Australia	1.90
145	United Arab Emirates	1.50

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

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