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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
60.1%
South Korea
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
5.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 60.1% in South Korea; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.0%, and the mean is 9.2%.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 9,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 60.1% 2010 up 36.8% volatile
2 Russia 55.1% 2010 up 25.6% volatile
3 Iceland 50.4% 2010 up 89.8% volatile
4 United States 45.1% 2010 up 2.3% rising
5 Libya 39.6% 2010 up 88.7% volatile
6 Ukraine 37.2% 2010 up 76.3% volatile
7 Malaysia 31.5% 2010 up 69.6% volatile
8 Philippines 30.7% 2010 down 0.4% volatile
9 Cuba 30.2% 2010 up 1,658.1% volatile
10 Canada 30.1% 2010 up 13.0% rising
11 Japan 28.3% 2010 down 22.8% rising
12 Bolivia 26.4% 2010 up 84.7% volatile
13 Latvia 26.1% 2010 up 331.1% volatile
14 Slovakia 23.3% 2010 up 541.0% volatile
15 France 22.1% 2010 down 33.6% volatile
16 Barbados 21.4% 2010 up 2,548.2% volatile
17 Kazakhstan 21.1% 2010 up 127.0% rising
18 Croatia 19.8% 2010 up 33.0% volatile
19 Cyprus 17.1% 2010 up 37.5% volatile
20 Algeria 16.8% 2010 up 80.5% volatile
21 Singapore 16.3% 2010 up 366.6% volatile
22 Norway 16.3% 2010 up 5.1% volatile
23 Tunisia 16.1% 2010 up 86.1% volatile
24 Armenia 15.9% 2010 up 76.1% rising
25 Panama 15.8% 2010 up 7.4% rising
26 Spain 15.4% 2010 down 12.4% volatile
27 Mexico 15.4% 2010 up 69.2% volatile
28 New Zealand 14.8% 2010 down 46.7% volatile
29 Iraq 14.8% 2010 up 104.1% volatile
29 Jordan 14.8% 2010 up 25.7% volatile
31 United Kingdom 14.3% 2010 up 5.9% volatile
32 Jamaica 14.2% 2010 up 16.9% volatile
33 Macao 13.6% 2010 up 84.5% volatile
34 Gabon 13.5% 2010 up 10.4% rising
34 Kyrgyzstan 13.5% 2010 up 355.9% rising
36 Colombia 13.1% 2010 up 170.2% volatile
37 Argentina 13.1% 2010 up 286.4% volatile
38 Portugal 12.6% 2010 down 63.2% volatile
39 Belgium 11.8% 2010 down 15.6% volatile
39 Fiji 11.8% 2010 up 1.5% volatile
41 Venezuela 11.6% 2010 down 43.3% volatile
42 Netherlands 11.5% 2010 up 60.6% volatile
43 Trinidad and Tobago 11.0% 2010 up 111.5% volatile
44 Egypt 10.8% 2010 up 68.5% volatile
44 Poland 10.8% 2010 up 101.9% volatile
46 Brunei 10.5% 2010 up 31.1% volatile
47 Estonia 10.4% 2010 up 6.1% rising
48 United Arab Emirates 9.9% 2010 down 33.5% volatile
49 Sri Lanka 9.8% 2010 down 29.5% volatile
50 Ireland 9.6% 2010 up 1.1% volatile
51 Bulgaria 9.4% 2010 up 7.0% volatile
52 Saudi Arabia 9.3% 2010 down 32.2% volatile
53 Moldova 9.0% 2010 down 16.9% rising
54 Lithuania 8.7% 2010 up 67.9% falling
55 Israel 8.0% 2010 down 71.4% rising
56 Qatar 8.0% 2010 down 58.3% rising
57 Sweden 7.9% 2010 down 67.9% rising
58 Laos 7.4% 2010 up 223.7% volatile
59 Hong Kong 7.0% 2010 up 81.0% rising
60 Luxembourg 6.9% 2010 down 5.7% rising
61 Czechia 6.8% 2010 up 28.8% volatile
62 Morocco 6.7% 2010 up 47.2% volatile
63 Switzerland 6.6% 2010 up 161.8% rising
64 China 6.4% 2010 up 46.2% volatile
65 Finland 6.2% 2010 down 29.4% volatile
66 Myanmar 6.0% 2010 up 74.5% volatile
67 India 5.9% 2010 up 29.3% volatile
68 Sudan 5.8% 2010 up 117.2% volatile
69 Chile 5.7% 2010 down 75.6% volatile
70 Turkey 5.6% 2010 down 19.7% volatile
71 Ecuador 5.2% 2010 down 60.2% volatile
72 Belize 5.0% 2010 up 37.6% volatile
73 Romania 5.0% 2010 up 79.5% volatile
74 Denmark 4.9% 2010 down 79.4% volatile
74 Hungary 4.9% 2010 up 45.0% volatile
76 Slovenia 4.9% 2010 up 159.3% volatile
77 Italy 4.6% 2010 up 208.0% volatile
78 Mauritius 4.4% 2010 up 226.5% volatile
79 Serbia 4.3% 2010 up 123.0% volatile
80 Austria 4.1% 2010 down 72.2% volatile
80 Paraguay 4.1% 2010 down 56.1% volatile
82 Brazil 4.0% 2010 down 25.6% volatile
83 Indonesia 4.0% 2010 up 607.1% volatile
84 Dominican Republic 3.9% 2010 down 77.5% volatile
85 Tonga 3.8% 2010 down 57.5% volatile
86 Germany 3.7% 2010 up 30.1% volatile
87 Peru 3.6% 2010 down 68.5% volatile
88 Kenya 3.6% 2010 down 5.0% volatile
89 Vietnam 3.5% 2010 down 11.5% volatile
90 Togo 3.5% 2010 up 704.7% volatile
91 Albania 3.4% 2010 down 10.7% rising
92 Cameroon 3.3% 2010 up 53.9% volatile
93 Cote d'Ivoire 3.3% 2010 up 43.9% volatile
94 Botswana 3.0% 2010 up 103.4% volatile
94 Yemen 3.0% 2010 up 53.0% volatile
96 Malta 2.9% 2010 up 26.4% falling
97 Iran 2.9% 2010 up 64.4% volatile
98 Tajikistan 2.8% 2010 up 82.4% falling
99 Cambodia 2.8% 2010 up 1,746.7% volatile
100 Thailand 2.6% 2010 up 18.0% rising
101 Kuwait 2.4% 2010 down 63.5% volatile
102 Bangladesh 2.2% 2010 up 7.3% volatile
103 Rwanda 2.0% 2010 up 197.1% volatile
104 Eswatini 1.9% 2010 up 9,600.0% volatile
105 South Africa 1.9% 2010 down 72.1% volatile
106 Ghana 1.8% 2010 up 228.6% volatile
107 Nepal 1.6% 2010 up 85.4% volatile
108 Afghanistan 1.6% 2010 down 23.0% volatile
109 Costa Rica 1.6% 2010 down 9.8% falling
110 Syria 1.5% 2010 up 128.1% volatile
111 Uruguay 1.2% 2010 down 84.5% volatile
112 Mongolia 1.2% 2010 up 255.9% volatile
113 Senegal 1.0% 2010 up 347.8% volatile
114 Mali 1.0% 2010 up 69.0% volatile
115 Benin 0.9% 2010 up 15.4% volatile
115 Sierra Leone 0.9% 2010 up 119.5% volatile
117 Honduras 0.9% 2010 down 76.0% volatile
118 Niger 0.9% 2010 up 95.5% volatile
118 Uganda 0.9% 2010 down 40.7% volatile
120 Liberia 0.8% 2010 down 67.1% volatile
121 Bahrain 0.8% 2010 up 156.2% volatile
122 Guyana 0.8% 2010 volatile
123 Mozambique 0.8% 2010 up 321.1% volatile
124 Pakistan 0.8% 2010 down 9.5% volatile
125 Maldives 0.8% 2010 down 19.4% volatile
126 Haiti 0.7% 2010 up 24.6% volatile
127 Tanzania 0.7% 2010 up 261.1% volatile
128 Nicaragua 0.5% 2010 up 20.0% rising
129 Mauritania 0.5% 2010 up 24.4% volatile
130 Burundi 0.5% 2010 unchanged volatile
131 Greece 0.4% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
132 Lesotho 0.4% 2010 down 60.2% volatile
133 Gambia 0.3% 2010 down 12.5% volatile
133 Namibia 0.3% 2010 down 63.2% falling
135 El Salvador 0.3% 2010 down 89.8% volatile
136 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.3% 2010 down 45.8% volatile
137 Papua New Guinea 0.3% 2010 down 71.7% volatile
138 Zimbabwe 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
139 Central African Republic 0.2% 2010 down 73.3% volatile
140 Zambia 0.2% 2010 down 53.7% volatile
141 Malawi 0.0% 2010 down 20.0% volatile
142 Congo 0.0% 2010 down 94.6% volatile
143 Australia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
143 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 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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