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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
46.7%
Russia
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
5.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 46.7% in Russia; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.5%, and the mean is 8.4%.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 1,292.2%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 46.7% 2010 up 18.2% volatile
2 Finland 31.7% 2010 down 3.6% volatile
3 United States 30.5% 2010 up 5.1% rising
4 Philippines 29.8% 2010 up 21.7% volatile
5 France 28.4% 2010 up 21.7% volatile
6 Canada 26.4% 2010 up 62.7% rising
7 Iceland 23.4% 2010 up 50.8% volatile
8 Malaysia 23.3% 2010 up 136.0% volatile
9 Portugal 23.2% 2010 up 17.8% volatile
10 Lithuania 22.7% 2010 up 247.2% volatile
11 Jordan 21.9% 2010 up 127.7% volatile
12 Libya 21.5% 2010 up 1,055.4% volatile
13 New Zealand 20.2% 2010 down 11.2% volatile
14 Japan 20.0% 2010 up 5.3% volatile
15 Ireland 19.7% 2010 up 28.0% volatile
16 Norway 19.1% 2010 up 3.1% volatile
17 Venezuela 18.7% 2010 up 15.7% volatile
18 Slovakia 18.5% 2010 up 152.3% volatile
19 Bolivia 18.3% 2010 up 102.7% volatile
20 Ukraine 17.9% 2010 up 1.0% volatile
21 Estonia 17.3% 2010 up 35.9% rising
22 Australia 17.1% 2010 up 30.6% rising
23 Belgium 17.1% 2010 up 2.0% volatile
24 Poland 17.1% 2010 up 88.8% volatile
25 Latvia 16.7% 2010 up 132.2% rising
26 Israel 16.3% 2010 down 2.5% rising
27 Chile 16.3% 2010 down 12.2% volatile
28 Czechia 15.4% 2010 up 149.6% volatile
29 Cyprus 15.2% 2010 up 19.8% volatile
30 Slovenia 15.0% 2010 up 56.3% volatile
31 Luxembourg 14.8% 2010 up 63.7% volatile
32 Bulgaria 14.6% 2010 up 24.7% volatile
33 Macao 14.6% 2010 up 74.1% volatile
34 Spain 14.5% 2010 down 4.0% volatile
35 Netherlands 14.4% 2010 up 26.9% volatile
36 Sweden 14.1% 2010 up 29.3% rising
37 Denmark 13.7% 2010 up 62.8% rising
38 United Kingdom 13.2% 2010 up 7.4% volatile
39 Switzerland 12.7% 2010 up 109.4% rising
40 Croatia 12.3% 2010 up 137.4% volatile
41 Moldova 12.0% 2010 up 114.7% rising
42 Panama 11.2% 2010 up 29.6% volatile
43 Qatar 11.0% 2010 up 29.5% rising
44 Tunisia 10.9% 2010 up 351.5% volatile
45 Singapore 10.8% 2010 up 132.9% volatile
46 Serbia 10.7% 2010 up 95.4% volatile
47 Iran 10.5% 2010 up 140.5% volatile
48 Sri Lanka 10.2% 2010 up 18.7% volatile
49 Ecuador 10.0% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
50 Cuba 9.8% 2010 up 278.7% volatile
51 Armenia 9.8% 2010 up 8.6% rising
52 Romania 9.5% 2010 up 85.4% volatile
53 Kyrgyzstan 9.4% 2010 up 80.9% rising
54 Colombia 9.2% 2010 up 176.9% volatile
55 South Korea 9.1% 2010 up 0.4% volatile
56 Italy 8.7% 2010 up 66.5% volatile
57 Jamaica 8.5% 2010 up 9.2% volatile
58 Paraguay 8.5% 2010 up 68.3% volatile
59 Gabon 8.5% 2010 up 11.3% volatile
60 Germany 8.5% 2010 up 35.4% volatile
61 Algeria 8.2% 2010 up 168.7% volatile
62 Kazakhstan 7.8% 2010 up 10.0% rising
63 Peru 7.7% 2010 down 0.5% volatile
64 Dominican Republic 7.6% 2010 down 18.6% volatile
65 Barbados 7.1% 2010 up 1,292.2% volatile
66 Austria 7.0% 2010 down 4.5% volatile
67 Mauritius 6.9% 2010 up 265.3% volatile
68 Fiji 6.7% 2010 up 17.9% volatile
69 Iraq 6.6% 2010 up 102.8% volatile
70 Mexico 6.5% 2010 up 83.6% volatile
71 Brunei 6.1% 2010 up 74.5% volatile
72 Egypt 5.9% 2010 up 133.2% volatile
73 Turkey 5.1% 2010 up 23.6% volatile
74 South Africa 5.1% 2010 down 49.7% volatile
75 Uruguay 5.0% 2010 up 45.2% falling
76 United Arab Emirates 4.7% 2010 down 51.1% volatile
77 Argentina 4.7% 2010 down 62.4% volatile
78 Hong Kong 4.4% 2010 down 16.2% rising
79 Indonesia 4.4% 2010 up 454.4% volatile
80 Brazil 4.1% 2010 up 71.8% volatile
81 Malta 4.1% 2010 up 99.0% rising
82 Kuwait 4.0% 2010 up 22.3% rising
83 Hungary 4.0% 2010 up 118.6% volatile
84 Thailand 3.9% 2010 up 148.1% volatile
85 Vietnam 3.9% 2010 up 137.4% volatile
86 Saudi Arabia 3.7% 2010 down 49.3% volatile
87 Morocco 3.7% 2010 up 6.3% volatile
88 Trinidad and Tobago 3.5% 2010 up 140.8% volatile
89 India 3.5% 2010 up 32.5% volatile
90 China 3.4% 2010 up 55.0% volatile
91 Kenya 3.4% 2010 up 84.7% volatile
92 Tonga 3.1% 2010 down 6.0% volatile
93 Myanmar 3.1% 2010 up 108.7% volatile
94 Laos 3.0% 2010 up 184.0% volatile
95 Sudan 2.8% 2010 up 261.0% volatile
96 Greece 2.3% 2010 up 116.2% volatile
97 Honduras 2.3% 2010 up 15.9% volatile
98 Syria 2.2% 2010 up 72.2% volatile
99 Albania 2.1% 2010 down 34.0% rising
100 El Salvador 2.1% 2010 down 52.4% volatile
101 Mongolia 2.0% 2010 up 219.4% rising
102 Belize 1.9% 2010 down 33.0% volatile
103 Cote d'Ivoire 1.8% 2010 up 7.6% volatile
104 Cameroon 1.8% 2010 up 863.2% volatile
105 Pakistan 1.8% 2010 up 46.7% volatile
106 Yemen 1.8% 2010 up 337.5% volatile
107 Costa Rica 1.6% 2010 up 58.8% rising
108 Bangladesh 1.4% 2010 down 8.2% volatile
109 Tajikistan 1.4% 2010 down 36.6% falling
110 Botswana 1.3% 2010 down 22.2% volatile
111 Afghanistan 1.2% 2010 down 22.4% volatile
112 Ghana 1.1% 2010 up 52.1% volatile
112 Liberia 1.1% 2010 up 42.3% volatile
114 Senegal 1.0% 2010 up 258.6% volatile
115 Cambodia 1.0% 2010 up 827.3% volatile
116 Rwanda 1.0% 2010 up 1,022.2% volatile
117 Maldives 1.0% 2010 down 21.9% volatile
118 Togo 1.0% 2010 up 266.7% volatile
119 Mali 1.0% 2010 up 470.6% volatile
120 Bahrain 0.8% 2010 up 2.5% volatile
120 Uganda 0.8% 2010 down 52.3% volatile
122 Lesotho 0.7% 2010 up 1.4% volatile
122 Eswatini 0.7% 2010 up 69.8% volatile
124 Haiti 0.7% 2010 up 39.2% volatile
124 Nepal 0.7% 2010 down 18.4% volatile
126 Mauritania 0.6% 2010 up 65.7% volatile
127 Benin 0.6% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
128 Papua New Guinea 0.5% 2010 down 55.7% volatile
129 Niger 0.4% 2010 up 104.8% volatile
130 Nicaragua 0.4% 2010 up 56.5% volatile
131 Burundi 0.3% 2010 up 146.2% volatile
131 Mozambique 0.3% 2010 up 433.3% volatile
133 Tanzania 0.3% 2010 down 26.2% volatile
134 Guyana 0.3% 2010 volatile
134 Sierra Leone 0.3% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
136 Gambia 0.2% 2010 down 66.2% volatile
137 Namibia 0.2% 2010 down 77.6% falling
138 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.2% 2010 down 30.0% volatile
139 Central African Republic 0.1% 2010 down 53.1% volatile
140 Zimbabwe 0.1% 2010 down 48.1% volatile
141 Congo 0.1% 2010 down 84.3% volatile
142 Zambia 0.1% 2010 down 70.0% volatile
143 Malawi 0.0% 2010 down 71.4% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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