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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
29.4%
Cuba
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
0.3%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 29.4% in Cuba; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 2.5%.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 60,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cuba 29.4% 2010 — volatile
2 Republic of Korea 25.1% 2010 up 30.5% volatile
3 Libya 20.8% 2010 up 49.6% volatile
4 Slovakia 18.2% 2010 up 60,500.0% volatile
5 United States 18.1% 2010 up 45.2% volatile
6 Barbados 16.4% 2010 up 1,557.6% volatile
7 Russian Federation 16.1% 2010 up 65.5% volatile
8 Philippines 14.6% 2010 down 24.3% rising
9 Sri Lanka 14.2% 2010 up 251.0% volatile
10 Malaysia 11.0% 2010 up 46.7% volatile
11 Egypt 10.9% 2010 up 256.2% volatile
12 Croatia 8.7% 2010 up 171.9% volatile
13 Colombia 8.5% 2010 up 289.4% volatile
14 Jamaica 8.0% 2010 up 6.2% volatile
15 Myanmar 7.4% 2010 up 110.8% volatile
16 Singapore 7.2% 2010 up 1,038.1% volatile
17 Ukraine 7.1% 2010 up 126.6% volatile
18 Algeria 6.1% 2010 up 975.4% volatile
19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.9% 2010 up 478.4% volatile
20 Kazakhstan 5.8% 2010 up 777.3% volatile
21 Belize 5.7% 2010 up 82.7% volatile
21 Iraq 5.7% 2010 up 120.0% volatile
23 Gabon 5.5% 2010 up 6.9% rising
24 Brunei Darussalam 5.4% 2010 up 14.9% volatile
25 Trinidad and Tobago 5.0% 2010 up 273.7% volatile
26 Canada 4.6% 2010 down 37.4% falling
27 Armenia 4.5% 2010 — volatile
28 Argentina 4.5% 2010 up 14,900.0% volatile
29 Mexico 4.4% 2010 up 38.9% volatile
30 Panama 4.3% 2010 down 1.4% volatile
31 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.2% 2010 down 8.1% volatile
32 China 3.0% 2010 up 8.2% volatile
33 Iran 2.8% 2010 up 45.9% volatile
34 Fiji 2.7% 2010 up 74.0% volatile
35 Kyrgyzstan 2.6% 2010 — volatile
36 Thailand 2.6% 2010 up 76.6% volatile
37 Morocco 2.5% 2010 up 35.9% rising
38 Saudi Arabia 2.3% 2010 up 7,633.3% volatile
39 New Zealand 2.2% 2010 down 72.7% falling
40 Yemen 1.9% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
41 Hong Kong 1.9% 2010 up 1,264.3% volatile
42 Eswatini 1.9% 2010 up 52.8% volatile
43 United Arab Emirates 1.8% 2010 up 6.5% volatile
44 Sudan 1.7% 2010 up 125.3% volatile
45 France 1.6% 2010 down 16.0% volatile
46 Nepal 1.3% 2010 — volatile
47 Botswana 1.2% 2010 up 4,066.7% volatile
48 Tajikistan 1.2% 2010 up 12,300.0% volatile
49 Tonga 1.1% 2010 up 110.0% volatile
50 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2010 down 27.3% volatile
51 Cameroon 1.0% 2010 up 48.5% volatile
52 Togo 0.9% 2010 up 53.6% volatile
53 Mauritania 0.8% 2010 up 104.9% volatile
54 Cambodia 0.8% 2010 up 1,266.7% volatile
55 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.8% 2010 up 1,875.0% volatile
56 Sierra Leone 0.7% 2010 up 180.0% volatile
57 India 0.7% 2010 — volatile
57 Netherlands 0.7% 2010 — volatile
59 Gambia 0.7% 2010 unchanged volatile
59 Tunisia 0.7% 2010 down 16.2% volatile
61 Ghana 0.6% 2010 up 1,080.0% volatile
62 Afghanistan 0.6% 2010 down 22.5% rising
63 Latvia 0.5% 2010 — volatile
64 Malta 0.5% 2010 down 63.6% volatile
65 Kenya 0.5% 2010 down 3.9% volatile
66 Brazil 0.4% 2010 down 38.1% volatile
67 Dominican Republic 0.4% 2010 down 96.2% volatile
68 Côte d'Ivoire 0.4% 2010 up 56.5% volatile
69 Israel 0.3% 2010 down 77.4% volatile
70 Namibia 0.3% 2010 unchanged volatile
71 Spain 0.3% 2010 down 82.8% volatile
72 Mali 0.3% 2010 down 16.2% volatile
73 Nicaragua 0.3% 2010 up 15.4% volatile
74 Guyana 0.2% 2010 — volatile
75 Costa Rica 0.2% 2010 down 56.0% volatile
76 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.2% 2010 down 44.4% volatile
77 Cyprus 0.2% 2010 down 84.9% volatile
78 Benin 0.2% 2010 up 12.5% volatile
79 Qatar 0.2% 2010 down 94.4% volatile
80 Central African Republic 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
80 Türkiye 0.2% 2010 down 93.8% volatile
82 Papua New Guinea 0.1% 2010 unchanged falling
83 Liberia 0.1% 2010 down 93.1% volatile
84 Belgium 0.1% 2010 down 31.6% volatile
84 Peru 0.1% 2010 down 97.6% volatile
84 Viet Nam 0.1% 2010 down 87.3% volatile
87 Switzerland 0.1% 2010 — volatile
88 Chile 0.1% 2010 down 98.6% volatile
88 Haiti 0.1% 2010 down 15.4% rising
90 Indonesia 0.1% 2010 — volatile
90 Macao 0.1% 2010 — volatile
90 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 233.3% volatile
93 Czechia 0.1% 2010 — volatile
93 Niger 0.1% 2010 unchanged falling
93 Paraguay 0.1% 2010 down 93.9% volatile
96 Congo 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
97 Maldives 0.1% 2010 down 44.4% volatile
98 Burundi 0.0% 2010 up 33.3% falling
98 Hungary 0.0% 2010 — volatile
98 Rwanda 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
98 Senegal 0.0% 2010 down 81.8% volatile
102 Austria 0.0% 2010 down 99.3% volatile
102 Bangladesh 0.0% 2010 — volatile
102 Lesotho 0.0% 2010 down 91.7% volatile
102 Mongolia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
102 Mauritius 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
102 Malawi 0.0% 2010 — volatile
102 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2010 up 200.0% falling
102 South Africa 0.0% 2010 down 96.1% volatile
102 Zambia 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
102 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2010 — volatile
112 Iceland 0.0% 2010 down 90.9% falling
113 Ecuador 0.0% 2010 down 99.8% volatile
113 Portugal 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% volatile
115 Albania 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Australia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Bulgaria 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Bahrain 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Germany 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Estonia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Greece 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Honduras 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Ireland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Italy 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Jordan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Japan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Kuwait 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Luxembourg 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Pakistan 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Poland 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Romania 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 El Salvador 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Serbia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Slovenia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Sweden 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Syria 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Uganda 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Uruguay 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary
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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