Percentage of population (15+), 25+, total, completed primary - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics

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Percentage of population, 25+, total, completed primary is the percentage of people age 25+ who have completed primary education.

Rank	Country	Value
Percentage of population (15+), 25+, total, completed primary - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics (2010)
1	Belize	55.80
2	Kenya	50
3	Guyana	49.70
4	Tanzania	49
5	Cambodia	48.10
6	Turkey	45.80
7	Portugal	41.70
8	Vietnam	39.30
9	Honduras	35.70
10	Uruguay	35.30
11	Papua New Guinea	34.50
12	Slovenia	33.20
13	Brunei Darussalam	32.20
14	Argentina	32
15	Cameroon	31.50
16	Indonesia	30.10
17	Zambia	29.80
18	Costa Rica	29.70
19	Ecuador	29.10
20	Denmark	29.10
21	Colombia	28.90
22	Iceland	28.70
23	Greece	28.20
24	Venezuela	28.10
25	United Kingdom	27.90
26	Thailand	27.30
27	Rwanda	27
28	Togo	26.70
29	Brazil	26.20
30	Serbia	25.60
31	Paraguay	25.30
32	Uganda	24.50
33	Burma	24.40
34	Bulgaria	24.40
35	Algeria	24.30
36	Mauritania	24.10
37	Malta	23.80
38	Lesotho	23.50
39	Finland	22.70
40	Trinidad and Tobago	22.40
41	Macau	22.10
42	Zimbabwe	21.80
43	Gabon	21.80
44	Namibia	21.70
45	Bangladesh	21.40
46	Panama	21.40
47	New Zealand	21.30
48	Laos	21.20
49	Burundi	21.10
50	Iraq	20.70
51	Libya	18.90
52	Spain	18.90
53	Mexico	18.70
54	Tunisia	18.30
55	Luxembourg	18.30
56	Philippines	18
57	China	17.70
58	Morocco	17.50
59	Benin	17.50
60	Croatia	17.40
61	Austria	17.10
62	Israel	17
63	Guatemala	16.90
64	Democratic Republic of the Congo	16.90
65	Central African Republic	16.80
66	Singapore	16.80
67	Sudan	16.80
68	India	16.60
69	El Salvador	16.40
70	Maldives	16.40
71	Cyprus	16.30
72	Iran	16.10
73	Switzerland	16
74	Poland	15.90
75	Saudi Arabia	15.30
76	Syria	14.50
77	Japan	14.30
78	Pakistan	14.30
79	Hong Kong	14.30
80	Chile	13.60
81	Swaziland	13
82	Malaysia	12.90
83	Malawi	12.90
84	Mozambique	12.70
85	Cuba	12.60
86	Italy	12.60
87	Jamaica	12.60
88	Bolivia	11.80
89	Ivory Coast	11.70
90	Ireland	11.20
91	Belgium	11.10
92	Slovakia	10.90
93	Russia	10.80
94	Bahrain	10.50
95	Czech Republic	10.30
96	South Korea	10.20
97	North Korea	10.20
98	Kyrgyzstan	10.20
99	Mauritius	10
100	Niger	9.90
101	Nepal	9.80
102	Albania	9.50
103	Sierra Leone	8.70
104	Yemen	8.70
105	Sweden	8.40
106	Mongolia	8.30
107	Jordan	7.90
108	Dominican Republic	7.80
109	Netherlands	7.60
110	Sri Lanka	7.60
111	Tonga	7.50
112	Kuwait	7.30
113	Afghanistan	7
114	Botswana	6.90
115	Nicaragua	6.80
116	Peru	6.80
117	Mali	6.70
118	Republic of the Congo	6.60
119	Egypt	6.60
120	France	6.50
121	South Africa	6.20
122	Liberia	6.20
123	Romania	6.20
124	Barbados	5.70
125	Qatar	5.60
126	Estonia	4.90
127	Tajikistan	4.90
128	Armenia	4.70
129	Fiji	4.70
130	Haiti	4.60
131	Moldova	4.60
132	Ghana	4.40
133	Ukraine	4.20
134	Lithuania	4
135	Hungary	3.90
136	United States	3.90
137	Latvia	3.60
138	Kazakhstan	3.30
139	Canada	2.90
140	Gambia	2.90
141	Germany	2.80
142	Australia	2.10
143	Senegal	1.90
144	United Arab Emirates	1.80
145	Norway	0.50

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Percentage of population (15+), 25+, total, completed primary - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics

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