Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary by country
Countries reporting
144
Highest
91.1%
Denmark
Lowest
0.0%
Bangladesh
Median
42.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 91.1% in Denmark; the lowest is 0.0% in Bangladesh.
The median across all reporting countries is 42.4%, and the mean is 42.2%.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 5,410.6%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 100.0%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 91.1% | 2010 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 2 | Finland | 86.3% | 2010 | up 567.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Norway | 83.0% | 2010 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Italy | 82.7% | 2010 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 5 | Hungary | 81.0% | 2010 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 6 | Serbia | 80.5% | 2010 | up 372.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Czechia | 79.0% | 2010 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Slovenia | 76.8% | 2010 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 9 | Romania | 76.1% | 2010 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 74.7% | 2010 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 11 | Switzerland | 72.9% | 2010 | up 1,396.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Barbados | 72.7% | 2010 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 70.9% | 2010 | up 251.1% | rising |
| 14 | Botswana | 70.2% | 2010 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Maldives | 69.9% | 2010 | up 141.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Türkiye | 68.8% | 2010 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Croatia | 67.9% | 2010 | up 91.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Zambia | 67.6% | 2010 | up 299.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Cyprus | 67.4% | 2010 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 20 | Jordan | 67.3% | 2010 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 21 | Estonia | 67.0% | 2010 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 22 | France | 66.8% | 2010 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Greece | 66.2% | 2010 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 24 | Chile | 65.9% | 2010 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 25 | Republic of Moldova | 62.7% | 2010 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 26 | Portugal | 62.5% | 2010 | up 166.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Poland | 62.5% | 2010 | up 212.9% | rising |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 61.5% | 2010 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Slovakia | 61.2% | 2010 | up 143.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Tunisia | 61.0% | 2010 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Malta | 60.8% | 2010 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 32 | Latvia | 60.2% | 2010 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Netherlands | 59.5% | 2010 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 59.4% | 2010 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 58.7% | 2010 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 36 | Iceland | 57.8% | 2010 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 37 | Israel | 57.3% | 2010 | up 122.4% | falling |
| 38 | Albania | 56.9% | 2010 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 39 | Ireland | 56.5% | 2010 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 40 | Qatar | 56.1% | 2010 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 41 | Guyana | 56.1% | 2010 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 42 | Belgium | 56.0% | 2010 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 43 | Bahrain | 55.9% | 2010 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 44 | Belize | 55.7% | 2010 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 45 | Congo | 54.7% | 2010 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 46 | Canada | 54.6% | 2010 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 47 | Germany | 54.6% | 2010 | up 754.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Spain | 54.2% | 2010 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 49 | Luxembourg | 54.0% | 2010 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Macao | 53.9% | 2010 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 51 | Honduras | 53.8% | 2010 | up 111.7% | volatile |
| 52 | New Zealand | 53.4% | 2010 | up 136.5% | flat |
| 53 | Jamaica | 51.6% | 2010 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 54 | Uruguay | 51.6% | 2010 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 55 | Gambia | 51.5% | 2010 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 51.5% | 2010 | up 453.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 51.4% | 2010 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Indonesia | 51.0% | 2010 | up 529.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 49.8% | 2010 | up 215.7% | rising |
| 60 | Argentina | 49.8% | 2010 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 61 | Philippines | 49.5% | 2010 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 62 | Cuba | 49.2% | 2010 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 63 | Lithuania | 48.2% | 2010 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 64 | Ghana | 47.7% | 2010 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 65 | Brazil | 47.6% | 2010 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Paraguay | 46.8% | 2010 | up 180.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Australia | 46.1% | 2010 | up 2,597.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Mexico | 45.4% | 2010 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Togo | 44.3% | 2010 | up 233.1% | volatile |
| 70 | China | 43.9% | 2010 | up 83.4% | rising |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 43.0% | 2010 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 72 | India | 42.6% | 2010 | up 91.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Syria | 42.1% | 2010 | up 417.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Colombia | 42.0% | 2010 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 75 | South Africa | 41.8% | 2010 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 76 | United States of America | 41.4% | 2010 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 77 | Egypt | 41.0% | 2010 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Mongolia | 40.6% | 2010 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 79 | Iraq | 40.0% | 2010 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 80 | United Arab Emirates | 38.8% | 2010 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Ukraine | 38.5% | 2010 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 82 | Russian Federation | 38.3% | 2010 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 83 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 37.6% | 2010 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 84 | Libya | 36.5% | 2010 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Armenia | 36.2% | 2010 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 36.1% | 2010 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 87 | Brunei Darussalam | 36.0% | 2010 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 88 | Austria | 36.0% | 2010 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 89 | Gabon | 35.0% | 2010 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 90 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 34.8% | 2010 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 91 | Sierra Leone | 34.8% | 2010 | up 137.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.4% | 2010 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 93 | Tonga | 34.2% | 2010 | down 55.6% | flat |
| 94 | Peru | 34.1% | 2010 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 95 | Panama | 33.2% | 2010 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 96 | Fiji | 32.2% | 2010 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 31.9% | 2010 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Thailand | 31.4% | 2010 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Morocco | 31.2% | 2010 | up 78.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Eswatini | 30.0% | 2010 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 101 | Benin | 29.5% | 2010 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Japan | 27.1% | 2010 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 103 | Afghanistan | 25.9% | 2010 | up 5,410.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Nepal | 25.7% | 2010 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 25.5% | 2010 | up 1,309.9% | volatile |
| 106 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 25.0% | 2010 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 107 | Kuwait | 24.8% | 2010 | down 52.1% | rising |
| 108 | Viet Nam | 23.9% | 2010 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Yemen | 23.8% | 2010 | up 134.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Cameroon | 22.9% | 2010 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 22.9% | 2010 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 112 | Cambodia | 22.8% | 2010 | up 179.1% | rising |
| 113 | Algeria | 22.7% | 2010 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Pakistan | 22.1% | 2010 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 115 | Mali | 21.7% | 2010 | up 332.3% | volatile |
| 116 | El Salvador | 21.6% | 2010 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Guatemala | 20.7% | 2010 | up 104.6% | rising |
| 118 | Rwanda | 19.3% | 2010 | up 124.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Uganda | 18.5% | 2010 | up 237.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Malaysia | 17.9% | 2010 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 121 | Kenya | 16.7% | 2010 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 16.5% | 2010 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Haiti | 16.5% | 2010 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Mauritius | 16.1% | 2010 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Lesotho | 15.0% | 2010 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14.1% | 2010 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 127 | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.0% | 2010 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 128 | Myanmar | 12.9% | 2010 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 129 | Hong Kong | 12.7% | 2010 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 130 | Malawi | 12.0% | 2010 | up 196.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Burundi | 11.6% | 2010 | up 133.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Mauritania | 11.0% | 2010 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 133 | Senegal | 10.7% | 2010 | up 259.3% | rising |
| 134 | Central African Republic | 10.5% | 2010 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Mozambique | 10.4% | 2010 | up 1,609.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Namibia | 10.3% | 2010 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 10.2% | 2010 | up 186.6% | falling |
| 138 | Niger | 7.7% | 2010 | up 162.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Singapore | 7.4% | 2010 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 140 | Liberia | 7.3% | 2010 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 141 | Ecuador | 2.4% | 2010 | down 89.0% | rising |
| 142 | Republic of Korea | 0.6% | 2010 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Sudan | 0.5% | 2010 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |