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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 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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