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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Incomplete primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
69.6%
Haiti
Lowest
0.0%
Zambia
Median
0.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Incomplete primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 69.6% in Haiti; the lowest is 0.0% in Zambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 5.4%.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Czechia (up 7,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Haiti 69.6% 2010 up 164.2% rising
2 Uganda 61.4% 2010 up 28.6% rising
3 Malawi 53.8% 2010 down 14.1% rising
4 Kenya 51.9% 2010 up 26.0% rising
5 Lesotho 41.3% 2010 up 112.6% falling
6 Guatemala 34.5% 2010 down 8.5% rising
7 El Salvador 34.0% 2010 up 22.7% falling
8 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 26.0% 2010 down 22.4% rising
9 Cambodia 26.0% 2010 down 26.1% rising
10 Congo 24.2% 2010 down 35.1% rising
11 Liberia 23.5% 2010 up 185.0% rising
12 Tanzania, United Republic of 23.3% 2010 up 4.8% falling
13 Eswatini 18.2% 2010 down 38.4% falling
14 Nicaragua 18.1% 2010 down 11.0% falling
15 Senegal 16.6% 2010 down 41.1% rising
16 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 14.4% 2010 down 5.7% falling
17 Algeria 13.0% 2010 down 14.7% flat
18 Syria 12.7% 2010 down 76.0% volatile
19 Kuwait 11.5% 2010 down 22.2% rising
20 Nepal 10.4% 2010 down 33.8% volatile
21 Bahrain 9.9% 2010 down 6.9% rising
22 Honduras 9.3% 2010 down 51.6% falling
23 Paraguay 8.6% 2010 down 42.7% volatile
24 Ecuador 7.9% 2010 up 22.1% volatile
25 Sierra Leone 7.6% 2010 up 29.0% volatile
26 Panama 6.7% 2010 down 3.2% volatile
27 Romania 6.5% 2010 down 31.2% volatile
28 Dominican Republic 6.0% 2010 down 6.6% volatile
29 South Africa 6.0% 2010 down 52.5% volatile
30 Costa Rica 5.6% 2010 down 23.4% volatile
31 Guyana 5.2% 2010 down 50.0% falling
32 Zimbabwe 5.1% 2010 down 56.0% volatile
33 Namibia 5.0% 2010 down 83.2% falling
34 Mauritania 4.9% 2010 down 58.6% falling
35 Türkiye 4.4% 2010 down 73.9% volatile
36 Peru 4.3% 2010 down 60.0% falling
37 Austria 4.3% 2010 down 19.9% volatile
38 Indonesia 4.2% 2010 down 56.3% volatile
39 Myanmar 3.8% 2010 down 76.3% falling
40 United Arab Emirates 3.6% 2010 down 18.8% falling
41 Qatar 3.3% 2010 down 70.8% falling
42 Mexico 3.1% 2010 down 63.4% volatile
43 Maldives 3.1% 2010 down 90.4% falling
44 Belgium 2.9% 2010 up 59.6% volatile
45 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.9% 2010 down 22.4% volatile
46 Côte d'Ivoire 2.8% 2010 down 72.1% falling
47 Luxembourg 2.8% 2010 down 8.0% volatile
48 Fiji 2.8% 2010 down 34.8% volatile
49 Sudan 2.7% 2010 up 11.2% falling
50 Brazil 2.6% 2010 down 78.5% volatile
51 Burundi 2.6% 2010 down 78.2% falling
52 Germany 2.6% 2010 down 70.3% volatile
53 Pakistan 2.4% 2010 up 95.2% volatile
54 Mauritius 2.0% 2010 down 88.7% falling
55 Uruguay 2.0% 2010 down 46.5% volatile
56 Ireland 1.8% 2010 up 45.9% volatile
57 Cameroon 1.7% 2010 down 84.2% volatile
58 Gabon 1.7% 2010 down 84.3% falling
58 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.7% 2010 down 81.3% falling
60 Argentina 1.6% 2010 down 56.8% volatile
61 Central African Republic 1.5% 2010 down 77.9% volatile
62 Mozambique 1.4% 2010 down 59.7% volatile
63 Benin 1.4% 2010 down 73.3% rising
64 Malaysia 1.4% 2010 down 31.8% volatile
65 Iran 1.3% 2010 down 74.4% falling
66 Kyrgyzstan 1.2% 2010 down 71.6% volatile
67 Republic of Moldova 1.2% 2010 down 42.7% volatile
68 Niger 1.1% 2010 down 62.6% volatile
69 Yemen 1.1% 2010 down 65.7% volatile
70 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2010 down 45.8% volatile
70 Ghana 1.0% 2010 down 81.1% falling
72 Chile 0.9% 2010 down 79.8% volatile
72 Egypt 0.9% 2010 down 78.4% volatile
74 Canada 0.9% 2010 up 20.3% volatile
75 Saudi Arabia 0.8% 2010 down 91.2% volatile
76 Philippines 0.8% 2010 down 77.9% volatile
77 Iraq 0.8% 2010 down 92.4% volatile
78 Jordan 0.8% 2010 down 73.7% volatile
79 Czechia 0.7% 2010 up 7,100.0% volatile
79 Tunisia 0.7% 2010 down 88.8% volatile
81 Mongolia 0.7% 2010 down 88.0% volatile
82 Switzerland 0.7% 2010 down 87.2% volatile
83 Spain 0.7% 2010 down 88.4% volatile
83 Iceland 0.7% 2010 down 81.1% volatile
85 Cuba 0.6% 2010 down 63.8% volatile
86 Slovakia 0.6% 2010 down 90.6% volatile
87 Albania 0.5% 2010 down 77.5% volatile
88 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% 2010 down 56.5% volatile
89 Kazakhstan 0.5% 2010 up 7.0% volatile
89 Russian Federation 0.5% 2010 down 60.3% volatile
91 Viet Nam 0.4% 2010 down 96.6% volatile
92 Netherlands 0.4% 2010 down 57.3% volatile
93 Sri Lanka 0.4% 2010 down 69.2% volatile
94 Israel 0.4% 2010 — volatile
95 Slovenia 0.4% 2010 up 280.0% volatile
96 Tonga 0.3% 2010 down 81.8% volatile
97 Greece 0.3% 2010 down 34.1% volatile
98 United States 0.2% 2010 up 228.6% volatile
99 Latvia 0.2% 2010 down 65.6% volatile
100 Mali 0.2% 2010 down 95.9% falling
101 Japan 0.2% 2010 up 14.3% volatile
102 France 0.1% 2010 down 96.5% volatile
103 Lithuania 0.1% 2010 — volatile
104 Botswana 0.1% 2010 up 140.0% volatile
105 Singapore 0.1% 2010 down 89.1% volatile
106 Hungary 0.1% 2010 down 62.5% volatile
107 Croatia 0.1% 2010 up 0.0% volatile
108 Belize 0.1% 2010 — volatile
109 Cyprus 0.1% 2010 down 94.6% volatile
109 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 98.4% volatile
111 Afghanistan 0.0% 2010 down 99.8% volatile
111 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 99.7% volatile
113 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 96.1% volatile
114 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
114 New Zealand 0.0% 2010 down 97.1% volatile
114 Sweden 0.0% 2010 down 92.9% volatile
117 Armenia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Australia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Bangladesh 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Bulgaria 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Brunei Darussalam 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 China 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Denmark 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 Estonia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
117 Gambia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 Hong Kong 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 India 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 Italy 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 Jamaica 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Libya 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 Macao 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Morocco 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 Malta 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Norway 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Portugal 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 Rwanda 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 Serbia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 Togo 0.0% 2010 — volatile
117 Thailand 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Tajikistan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Ukraine 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
117 Zambia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Incomplete primary
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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