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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
52.0%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Zambia
Median
1.7%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 52.0% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Zambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.7%, and the mean is 6.1%.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 65,766.7%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 52.0% 2010 up 26.6% rising
2 Uganda 41.8% 2010 up 3.7% rising
3 Cambodia 37.6% 2010 down 12.0% rising
4 Democratic Republic of Congo 33.3% 2010 down 26.7% rising
5 Kuwait 32.4% 2010 up 67.3% volatile
6 Guatemala 29.9% 2010 down 5.7% rising
7 Kenya 29.5% 2010 down 7.7% rising
8 El Salvador 28.5% 2010 up 7.1% falling
9 Lesotho 26.2% 2010 down 1.2% falling
10 Bolivia 26.1% 2010 up 22.2% rising
11 Eswatini 25.2% 2010 up 12.7% falling
12 Qatar 21.2% 2010 up 242.0% volatile
13 Congo 19.8% 2010 up 65,766.7% volatile
14 Nicaragua 18.9% 2010 down 15.5% falling
15 Honduras 18.8% 2010 down 30.3% falling
16 Senegal 17.2% 2010 down 20.9% flat
17 Mauritius 16.6% 2010 down 46.3% falling
18 Nepal 14.6% 2010 up 49.0% volatile
19 Paraguay 14.6% 2010 down 33.1% falling
20 Cameroon 14.4% 2010 down 41.6% rising
21 Algeria 14.0% 2010 down 10.0% rising
22 Myanmar 13.7% 2010 down 37.1% rising
23 Namibia 13.1% 2010 down 31.6% falling
24 Afghanistan 12.8% 2010 up 92.3% volatile
25 Tanzania 12.7% 2010 up 29.9% falling
26 Haiti 11.6% 2010 down 65.2% rising
27 Burundi 10.7% 2010 down 6.1% rising
28 Iraq 10.2% 2010 down 54.5% volatile
29 Mauritania 9.9% 2010 down 25.2% falling
30 Costa Rica 9.7% 2010 down 14.8% volatile
31 Syria 9.5% 2010 down 82.2% volatile
32 Dominican Republic 9.2% 2010 down 66.0% falling
33 Cote d'Ivoire 9.1% 2010 down 40.9% volatile
34 United Arab Emirates 8.6% 2010 up 11.5% volatile
35 Guyana 8.5% 2010 down 17.1% falling
36 Maldives 8.2% 2010 down 69.6% flat
37 Peru 8.2% 2010 down 39.4% falling
38 Liberia 7.4% 2010 up 16.6% volatile
39 Ecuador 7.4% 2010 down 21.3% volatile
40 Central African Republic 7.2% 2010 down 38.9% rising
40 Laos 7.2% 2010 down 44.8% rising
42 Indonesia 7.2% 2010 down 57.1% falling
43 Zimbabwe 6.7% 2010 down 30.1% volatile
44 Tunisia 6.6% 2010 down 52.6% rising
45 Mexico 6.5% 2010 down 50.1% falling
46 Gabon 6.3% 2010 down 44.9% falling
47 Sierra Leone 6.2% 2010 down 55.3% volatile
48 Saudi Arabia 5.5% 2010 down 60.2% falling
49 Panama 5.3% 2010 down 27.7% volatile
50 New Zealand 5.3% 2010 up 1.0% falling
51 Mozambique 5.1% 2010 down 29.0% rising
52 Fiji 4.7% 2010 up 2.8% volatile
53 Brazil 4.7% 2010 down 64.0% volatile
54 Turkey 4.4% 2010 up 23.7% falling
55 Vietnam 4.2% 2010 down 78.6% falling
56 Venezuela 3.9% 2010 down 70.2% falling
57 South Africa 3.8% 2010 down 60.1% volatile
58 Benin 3.5% 2010 down 49.1% rising
59 Niger 3.3% 2010 down 41.7% volatile
60 Ghana 3.0% 2010 down 65.6% flat
61 Malaysia 2.8% 2010 down 33.6% volatile
62 China 2.6% 2010 down 74.1% volatile
63 Uruguay 2.6% 2010 down 49.9% volatile
64 Romania 2.5% 2010 down 6.2% volatile
65 Yemen 2.2% 2010 up 12.5% volatile
66 Mali 1.9% 2010 down 72.4% volatile
67 Iceland 1.9% 2010 down 51.9% volatile
67 Thailand 1.9% 2010 down 76.8% volatile
69 Pakistan 1.9% 2010 up 49.2% falling
70 Mongolia 1.9% 2010 up 68.2% volatile
71 Iran 1.7% 2010 down 71.9% rising
72 Jordan 1.7% 2010 down 72.9% volatile
73 Chile 1.7% 2010 down 77.1% volatile
74 Argentina 1.6% 2010 down 66.2% volatile
74 Cuba 1.6% 2010 down 33.7% volatile
76 Philippines 1.6% 2010 down 71.9% volatile
77 Sri Lanka 1.6% 2010 down 40.4% volatile
78 Egypt 1.5% 2010 up 14,800.0% volatile
79 Spain 1.4% 2010 down 27.6% volatile
80 Austria 1.4% 2010 up 19.0% volatile
81 United Kingdom 1.2% 2010 down 43.9% volatile
82 Bahrain 1.0% 2010 down 73.1% volatile
83 Ukraine 0.9% 2010 up 727.3% volatile
84 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% 2010 down 22.1% volatile
85 Jamaica 0.7% 2010 down 78.1% volatile
86 Netherlands 0.6% 2010 down 52.7% volatile
86 Tonga 0.6% 2010 down 62.7% volatile
88 Macao 0.6% 2010 down 81.7% volatile
89 Lithuania 0.5% 2010 up 70.0% volatile
90 Ireland 0.5% 2010 down 31.9% volatile
91 Greece 0.5% 2010 up 666.7% volatile
91 Israel 0.5% 2010 down 57.4% volatile
93 France 0.4% 2010 down 86.6% volatile
94 Sweden 0.4% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
95 Japan 0.3% 2010 down 56.4% volatile
96 Latvia 0.3% 2010 up 255.6% volatile
96 United States 0.3% 2010 down 61.0% volatile
98 Switzerland 0.3% 2010 down 91.1% volatile
98 Estonia 0.3% 2010 up 237.5% volatile
100 Singapore 0.2% 2010 down 86.3% volatile
101 Germany 0.2% 2010 down 92.5% volatile
102 Armenia 0.2% 2010 up 26.7% volatile
103 Australia 0.2% 2010 down 92.1% volatile
104 Albania 0.2% 2010 down 85.7% volatile
105 Moldova 0.2% 2010 down 84.9% volatile
105 Russia 0.2% 2010 down 30.4% volatile
107 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2010 down 90.8% volatile
108 Botswana 0.1% 2010 down 94.4% volatile
109 Croatia 0.1% 2010 down 94.0% volatile
109 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 93.1% volatile
111 Belgium 0.1% 2010 down 94.3% volatile
111 Cyprus 0.1% 2010 down 33.3% volatile
111 Hungary 0.1% 2010 down 64.7% volatile
111 Slovenia 0.1% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
115 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 89.1% volatile
115 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 75.0% volatile
115 Poland 0.1% 2010 up 400.0% volatile
118 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% volatile
119 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 99.4% volatile
119 Canada 0.0% 2010 down 99.1% volatile
119 South Korea 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
119 Luxembourg 0.0% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
123 Bangladesh 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
123 Bulgaria 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
123 Brunei 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
123 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
123 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
123 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
123 Gambia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
123 Hong Kong 0.0% 2010 — volatile
123 India 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
123 Italy 0.0% 2010 — volatile
123 Libya 0.0% 2010 — volatile
123 Morocco 0.0% 2010 — volatile
123 Malta 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
123 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
123 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
123 Portugal 0.0% 2010 — volatile
123 Rwanda 0.0% 2010 — volatile
123 Sudan 0.0% 2010 — volatile
123 Serbia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
123 Togo 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
123 Tajikistan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
123 Zambia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Incompleted 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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