Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary by country
Countries reporting
144
Highest
61.4%
Maldives
Lowest
0.0%
Benin
Median
11.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 61.4% in Maldives; the lowest is 0.0% in Benin.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.6%, and the mean is 14.9%.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 3,789.7%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 100.0%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 61.4% | 2010 | up 238.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Barbados | 60.3% | 2010 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 3 | Botswana | 59.9% | 2010 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 58.3% | 2010 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 5 | China | 52.2% | 2010 | up 170.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Albania | 47.6% | 2010 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 45.8% | 2010 | up 353.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Malta | 42.5% | 2010 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Belize | 39.3% | 2010 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 36.7% | 2010 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Jordan | 35.0% | 2010 | up 214.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Ghana | 34.4% | 2010 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 13 | Congo | 32.3% | 2010 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Gambia | 30.7% | 2010 | up 91.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Mexico | 30.5% | 2010 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Guyana | 29.3% | 2010 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 17 | Uruguay | 27.9% | 2010 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 18 | Jamaica | 27.4% | 2010 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 19 | Eswatini | 26.5% | 2010 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 20 | Republic of Moldova | 25.1% | 2010 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 24.8% | 2010 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 22 | Kuwait | 24.0% | 2010 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 23 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 23.8% | 2010 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Egypt | 23.1% | 2010 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Indonesia | 22.9% | 2010 | up 203.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Cuba | 22.9% | 2010 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 22.9% | 2010 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Portugal | 22.6% | 2010 | up 122.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Namibia | 22.3% | 2010 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 30 | Tajikistan | 22.2% | 2010 | up 136.4% | falling |
| 31 | Brunei Darussalam | 22.0% | 2010 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 32 | Zambia | 21.2% | 2010 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Italy | 20.8% | 2010 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 34 | Philippines | 20.6% | 2010 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 35 | Uganda | 19.9% | 2010 | up 285.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Thailand | 19.7% | 2010 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Latvia | 19.6% | 2010 | down 42.4% | rising |
| 38 | Tonga | 18.7% | 2010 | down 71.5% | rising |
| 39 | Romania | 18.3% | 2010 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 18.0% | 2010 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Gabon | 17.9% | 2010 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 42 | Brazil | 17.9% | 2010 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Togo | 17.5% | 2010 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 17.3% | 2010 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Iran | 16.9% | 2010 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Macao | 16.9% | 2010 | down 52.0% | rising |
| 47 | El Salvador | 16.7% | 2010 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 48 | Bahrain | 16.6% | 2010 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 49 | Tunisia | 16.3% | 2010 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Norway | 15.6% | 2010 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 51 | Fiji | 15.1% | 2010 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 52 | Colombia | 14.3% | 2010 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 53 | Denmark | 14.3% | 2010 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 54 | Haiti | 14.0% | 2010 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Argentina | 13.7% | 2010 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Malawi | 13.7% | 2010 | up 319.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Honduras | 13.6% | 2010 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Chile | 13.1% | 2010 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 58 | India | 13.1% | 2010 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 13.1% | 2010 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 12.8% | 2010 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 12.8% | 2010 | up 81.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Syria | 12.7% | 2010 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 12.7% | 2010 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 65 | Finland | 12.4% | 2010 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 66 | Paraguay | 12.4% | 2010 | up 87.4% | rising |
| 67 | South Africa | 12.3% | 2010 | down 64.1% | rising |
| 68 | France | 12.3% | 2010 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 69 | Netherlands | 12.3% | 2010 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Bangladesh | 12.2% | 2010 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Austria | 11.7% | 2010 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 72 | Mauritius | 11.6% | 2010 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Switzerland | 11.6% | 2010 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 74 | Lesotho | 11.3% | 2010 | up 3,789.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Nepal | 11.1% | 2010 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Türkiye | 11.0% | 2010 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Mongolia | 10.9% | 2010 | down 57.3% | rising |
| 78 | Hungary | 10.9% | 2010 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 79 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 10.5% | 2010 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 80 | Germany | 10.2% | 2010 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 81 | Belgium | 10.0% | 2010 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 82 | Serbia | 9.8% | 2010 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 83 | Australia | 9.7% | 2010 | up 548.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Cambodia | 9.6% | 2010 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Qatar | 9.5% | 2010 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 86 | Cameroon | 9.3% | 2010 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.2% | 2010 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 88 | Hong Kong | 9.2% | 2010 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 89 | Malaysia | 9.0% | 2010 | down 61.9% | rising |
| 90 | Estonia | 9.0% | 2010 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 91 | Cyprus | 8.8% | 2010 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 92 | Panama | 8.3% | 2010 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 93 | Guatemala | 8.2% | 2010 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 8.1% | 2010 | down 49.8% | rising |
| 95 | New Zealand | 8.1% | 2010 | up 135.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Morocco | 8.0% | 2010 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 97 | Canada | 7.8% | 2010 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 98 | Kenya | 7.6% | 2010 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Pakistan | 7.6% | 2010 | up 80.1% | rising |
| 100 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7.5% | 2010 | down 82.4% | falling |
| 101 | Libya | 7.5% | 2010 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Ireland | 7.5% | 2010 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 103 | Ukraine | 7.4% | 2010 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Ecuador | 7.3% | 2010 | down 42.6% | rising |
| 105 | Sweden | 7.2% | 2010 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 106 | Greece | 7.2% | 2010 | down 48.6% | flat |
| 107 | Czechia | 6.8% | 2010 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 108 | Armenia | 6.7% | 2010 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 109 | Peru | 6.6% | 2010 | down 59.5% | rising |
| 110 | Liberia | 6.3% | 2010 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Iraq | 6.3% | 2010 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.2% | 2010 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.9% | 2010 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Mali | 5.8% | 2010 | up 449.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Yemen | 5.6% | 2010 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Myanmar | 5.6% | 2010 | up 34.0% | falling |
| 116 | Sudan | 5.6% | 2010 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 5.5% | 2010 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Central African Republic | 5.3% | 2010 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5.3% | 2010 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Senegal | 5.3% | 2010 | up 149.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Mauritania | 5.0% | 2010 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Slovakia | 4.8% | 2010 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Russian Federation | 4.7% | 2010 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Japan | 4.6% | 2010 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Lithuania | 4.6% | 2010 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Croatia | 4.5% | 2010 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 128 | Algeria | 4.3% | 2010 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Rwanda | 4.0% | 2010 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Iceland | 3.6% | 2010 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 131 | Singapore | 3.5% | 2010 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Israel | 3.3% | 2010 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 3.2% | 2010 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.2% | 2010 | down 91.4% | rising |
| 135 | Burundi | 3.0% | 2010 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | 2.9% | 2010 | up 2,100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Slovenia | 2.5% | 2010 | down 73.0% | falling |
| 138 | United States | 2.3% | 2010 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 139 | Niger | 1.0% | 2010 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Republic of Korea | 0.7% | 2010 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Poland | 0.5% | 2010 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Mozambique | 0.3% | 2010 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2010 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Benin | 0.0% | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |