Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
65.2%
Maldives
Lowest
0.0%
Bangladesh
Median
12.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 65.2% in Maldives; the lowest is 0.0% in Bangladesh.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.5%, and the mean is 15.7%.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 4,850.0%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Maldives 65.2% 2010 up 287.9% volatile
2 Botswana 60.8% 2010 up 6.1% volatile
3 Zimbabwe 54.2% 2010 down 14.0% volatile
4 Sri Lanka 51.5% 2010 up 512.7% volatile
5 Barbados 47.7% 2010 down 31.4% rising
6 China 47.0% 2010 up 141.1% volatile
7 Congo 43.4% 2010 up 27.4% volatile
8 Gambia 42.2% 2010 up 72.2% volatile
9 Viet Nam 36.6% 2010 down 7.1% rising
10 Albania 36.0% 2010 down 40.0% rising
11 Belize 34.6% 2010 up 9.8% volatile
12 Uruguay 33.0% 2010 down 3.7% rising
13 Ghana 33.0% 2010 up 11.3% rising
14 Kuwait 31.9% 2010 up 72.8% rising
15 Thailand 31.4% 2010 up 116.8% volatile
16 Malta 31.2% 2010 up 39.3% rising
17 Uganda 30.9% 2010 up 311.2% volatile
18 Mexico 30.0% 2010 up 2.0% rising
19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 29.9% 2010 up 31.7% volatile
20 Jordan 29.6% 2010 up 101.2% volatile
21 Guyana 29.2% 2010 up 3.1% rising
22 Eswatini 27.7% 2010 up 103.7% rising
23 Tajikistan 27.4% 2010 up 69.6% falling
24 Sierra Leone 27.0% 2010 up 287.9% volatile
25 Togo 26.2% 2010 up 374.8% volatile
26 Zambia 26.2% 2010 up 22.3% volatile
27 Portugal 25.8% 2010 up 126.1% volatile
28 Indonesia 24.3% 2010 up 49.1% volatile
29 Norway 23.6% 2010 down 11.4% rising
30 Jamaica 23.6% 2010 down 12.0% rising
31 Tunisia 23.4% 2010 up 47.5% volatile
32 Dominican Republic 22.9% 2010 down 15.3% rising
33 Spain 22.9% 2010 down 11.5% volatile
34 Denmark 22.8% 2010 up 58.0% falling
35 Türkiye 22.7% 2010 up 187.9% volatile
36 Philippines 22.5% 2010 up 38.6% rising
37 Namibia 22.5% 2010 up 18.3% rising
38 Brazil 21.6% 2010 up 7.1% rising
39 Honduras 21.5% 2010 up 52.2% volatile
40 Egypt 21.0% 2010 up 4.6% volatile
41 Germany 20.6% 2010 up 70.9% rising
42 Brunei Darussalam 19.7% 2010 up 13.9% rising
43 Nicaragua 19.5% 2010 up 21.7% volatile
44 Republic of Moldova 18.6% 2010 down 40.7% falling
45 Latvia 18.2% 2010 down 47.5% falling
46 Australia 18.1% 2010 up 1,232.3% volatile
47 Italy 17.9% 2010 down 27.4% rising
48 El Salvador 17.5% 2010 down 10.5% rising
49 Gabon 17.3% 2010 down 2.1% rising
50 Luxembourg 17.3% 2010 down 11.4% falling
51 Romania 17.1% 2010 down 35.4% falling
52 Finland 16.9% 2010 up 20.5% falling
53 India 16.7% 2010 up 38.7% volatile
54 Switzerland 16.3% 2010 up 46.8% rising
55 Iran 15.8% 2010 up 26.3% volatile
56 Tonga 15.8% 2010 down 71.8% rising
57 Paraguay 15.8% 2010 up 68.2% rising
58 Netherlands 15.7% 2010 down 8.6% volatile
59 Colombia 15.4% 2010 down 25.0% flat
60 Saudi Arabia 15.2% 2010 up 5.4% volatile
61 Hungary 14.2% 2010 down 14.9% falling
62 Haiti 14.2% 2010 down 9.2% rising
63 Estonia 13.7% 2010 down 10.4% falling
64 Cambodia 13.7% 2010 up 153.4% volatile
65 Syria 13.6% 2010 down 32.0% volatile
66 Malawi 13.0% 2010 up 199.3% volatile
67 Lesotho 13.0% 2010 up 3,842.4% volatile
68 Guatemala 13.0% 2010 up 124.0% volatile
69 Costa Rica 12.9% 2010 down 27.4% rising
70 Macao 12.8% 2010 down 61.5% rising
71 Iraq 12.8% 2010 up 30.8% volatile
72 Nepal 12.6% 2010 up 27.3% volatile
73 Chile 12.4% 2010 down 3.1% falling
74 South Africa 12.4% 2010 down 70.2% rising
75 Mauritius 12.3% 2010 down 55.0% volatile
76 Austria 12.2% 2010 up 8.0% falling
77 France 12.0% 2010 down 10.6% flat
78 Yemen 11.7% 2010 up 199.2% volatile
79 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 11.7% 2010 up 30.6% falling
80 Bulgaria 11.2% 2010 down 31.9% falling
80 Morocco 11.2% 2010 up 31.9% rising
82 Qatar 11.0% 2010 down 4.8% rising
83 Senegal 10.9% 2010 up 355.4% volatile
84 Liberia 10.5% 2010 up 36.1% volatile
85 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 10.3% 2010 down 50.1% rising
86 Belgium 10.2% 2010 down 2.3% falling
87 Kenya 9.6% 2010 down 37.2% volatile
87 Mali 9.6% 2010 up 404.2% volatile
89 Sweden 9.6% 2010 up 22.3% falling
90 United Arab Emirates 9.4% 2010 down 19.3% rising
91 Cuba 9.4% 2010 down 73.3% rising
92 Canada 9.1% 2010 down 58.0% falling
93 Cameroon 8.9% 2010 down 7.9% volatile
94 Cyprus 8.8% 2010 down 44.9% rising
95 Panama 8.7% 2010 down 42.2% falling
96 Tanzania, United Republic of 8.2% 2010 up 37.3% volatile
97 Bahrain 8.0% 2010 down 43.1% rising
98 Lithuania 7.9% 2010 down 52.9% volatile
99 Ecuador 7.8% 2010 down 42.3% rising
100 Argentina 7.5% 2010 down 54.7% volatile
101 Pakistan 7.4% 2010 up 28.9% rising
102 Mongolia 7.1% 2010 down 77.9% rising
103 Armenia 7.1% 2010 down 1.3% falling
104 Czechia 7.0% 2010 down 7.6% falling
105 Mauritania 6.7% 2010 up 57.8% volatile
106 Serbia 6.7% 2010 down 58.3% flat
107 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.4% 2010 down 83.0% falling
108 Japan 6.4% 2010 up 77.8% volatile
109 Myanmar 6.4% 2010 up 50.8% flat
110 Malaysia 6.4% 2010 down 61.7% rising
111 Peru 6.0% 2010 down 60.3% volatile
112 Poland 5.9% 2010 up 4,850.0% volatile
113 Slovenia 5.9% 2010 down 19.0% falling
114 Ireland 5.7% 2010 down 58.6% falling
114 Kyrgyzstan 5.7% 2010 up 2.1% volatile
116 Greece 5.7% 2010 down 58.1% falling
117 Afghanistan 5.4% 2010 up 56.9% volatile
118 Rwanda 5.3% 2010 up 45.0% volatile
119 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.1% 2010 down 0.8% volatile
120 Central African Republic 5.0% 2010 down 2.0% volatile
121 Russian Federation 4.9% 2010 down 29.4% volatile
122 Slovakia 4.9% 2010 down 28.5% volatile
123 Papua New Guinea 4.6% 2010 up 686.4% volatile
124 Algeria 4.6% 2010 up 1.5% rising
125 Hong Kong 4.2% 2010 down 68.2% falling
126 Burundi 3.9% 2010 up 72.1% volatile
126 Libya 3.9% 2010 down 68.7% volatile
128 Côte d'Ivoire 3.5% 2010 down 57.9% volatile
129 Singapore 3.3% 2010 down 48.3% volatile
130 Israel 3.0% 2010 down 28.3% falling
131 Trinidad and Tobago 2.9% 2010 down 92.0% falling
132 Croatia 2.7% 2010 down 66.3% falling
133 Kazakhstan 2.5% 2010 down 23.0% volatile
134 Sudan 2.5% 2010 down 71.3% volatile
135 Mozambique 2.3% 2010 up 425.0% volatile
136 Niger 2.2% 2010 up 82.6% volatile
136 Ukraine 2.2% 2010 down 79.1% volatile
138 United States 1.6% 2010 down 49.7% falling
139 Fiji 1.6% 2010 down 87.1% falling
140 Iceland 0.7% 2010 down 92.3% volatile
141 Republic of Korea 0.5% 2010 down 41.6% volatile
142 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 down 98.9% volatile
143 Benin 0.0% 2010 volatile
143 Bangladesh 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary
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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