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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
45.5%
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0.0%
Serbia
Median
3.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 45.5% in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0.0% in Serbia.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.4%, and the mean is 8.1%.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 365.2%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Democratic Republic of Congo 45.5% 2010 up 30.1% volatile
2 Uganda 45.3% 2010 up 32.7% rising
3 Bolivia 41.3% 2010 up 37.3% rising
4 Malawi 41.1% 2010 up 20.6% rising
5 Cambodia 41.0% 2010 up 4.1% volatile
6 El Salvador 37.8% 2010 up 32.9% rising
7 Haiti 33.3% 2010 up 18.9% volatile
8 Kuwait 32.6% 2010 up 78.7% volatile
9 Lesotho 32.0% 2010 down 15.2% falling
10 Maldives 31.9% 2010 up 125.2% rising
11 Guatemala 31.5% 2010 up 18.5% rising
12 Honduras 26.6% 2010 down 19.9% rising
13 Kenya 25.1% 2010 down 17.3% rising
14 Mauritius 24.6% 2010 down 38.0% flat
15 Nicaragua 22.4% 2010 up 2.2% falling
16 Qatar 22.1% 2010 up 345.7% volatile
17 Cameroon 21.7% 2010 down 21.4% volatile
18 Paraguay 21.4% 2010 down 25.4% falling
19 Eswatini 21.1% 2010 up 10.6% flat
20 Iraq 19.6% 2010 up 365.2% volatile
21 Myanmar 19.2% 2010 down 6.4% rising
22 Namibia 19.1% 2010 down 27.7% flat
23 Zambia 16.7% 2010 down 23.9% falling
24 Peru 16.6% 2010 down 1.1% falling
25 Dominican Republic 16.1% 2010 down 64.8% falling
26 Indonesia 15.8% 2010 down 33.5% rising
27 Algeria 15.1% 2010 down 25.6% volatile
28 Saudi Arabia 13.9% 2010 down 2.3% rising
29 Cote d'Ivoire 13.6% 2010 up 34.9% volatile
29 Costa Rica 13.6% 2010 up 24.0% volatile
31 Sierra Leone 13.3% 2010 up 74.2% volatile
32 Ecuador 13.2% 2010 down 1.7% falling
33 Senegal 13.1% 2010 down 25.4% falling
34 Tunisia 12.7% 2010 down 28.2% volatile
35 Syria 11.6% 2010 down 58.1% rising
36 Mauritania 11.6% 2010 down 19.2% falling
37 Laos 11.5% 2010 down 41.2% rising
38 Mexico 11.3% 2010 down 48.2% falling
39 South Africa 10.6% 2010 down 43.9% falling
40 Central African Republic 10.4% 2010 up 12.0% rising
41 United Arab Emirates 10.3% 2010 up 24.9% volatile
42 Guyana 10.3% 2010 down 34.5% falling
43 Gabon 10.0% 2010 down 21.6% falling
44 Burundi 10.0% 2010 up 22.0% volatile
45 Nepal 9.8% 2010 up 47.7% volatile
46 Tanzania 9.8% 2010 down 27.6% falling
47 Zimbabwe 9.5% 2010 down 64.8% falling
48 Brazil 9.4% 2010 down 37.1% volatile
49 China 9.2% 2010 down 35.3% volatile
50 Fiji 8.8% 2010 up 67.9% volatile
51 Vietnam 7.3% 2010 down 72.2% falling
52 Venezuela 7.0% 2010 down 52.6% falling
53 New Zealand 6.7% 2010 up 18.3% falling
54 Afghanistan 6.7% 2010 up 16.2% volatile
55 Panama 6.6% 2010 down 25.6% volatile
56 Philippines 6.5% 2010 down 60.8% falling
57 Mozambique 6.3% 2010 down 6.0% flat
58 Iran 6.0% 2010 down 15.8% rising
59 Benin 6.0% 2010 up 23.9% rising
60 Thailand 6.0% 2010 down 88.5% flat
61 Sri Lanka 5.7% 2010 up 8.7% volatile
62 Malaysia 5.4% 2010 down 40.4% falling
63 Liberia 5.2% 2010 up 43.8% volatile
64 Chile 5.2% 2010 down 59.2% falling
65 Niger 5.0% 2010 up 41.2% volatile
66 Turkey 4.9% 2010 down 10.0% rising
67 Ghana 4.5% 2010 down 29.8% rising
68 Uruguay 4.2% 2010 down 42.3% volatile
69 Argentina 4.2% 2010 down 53.2% volatile
70 Iceland 4.2% 2010 down 31.8% volatile
71 Bahrain 3.8% 2010 down 38.4% rising
72 Jordan 3.6% 2010 down 16.6% rising
73 Mali 3.2% 2010 down 65.1% volatile
74 Macao 2.7% 2010 down 79.8% falling
75 Jamaica 2.6% 2010 down 57.3% volatile
76 Cuba 2.5% 2010 down 40.7% volatile
77 Luxembourg 2.3% 2010 down 53.3% volatile
78 Belgium 2.2% 2010 up 1.9% volatile
79 United Kingdom 2.0% 2010 down 41.7% volatile
80 Pakistan 1.9% 2010 up 87.0% falling
81 Yemen 1.8% 2010 up 26.6% volatile
82 Barbados 1.8% 2010 down 68.9% volatile
83 India 1.7% 2010 down 25.8% falling
84 Botswana 1.7% 2010 down 26.5% volatile
85 Bangladesh 1.7% 2010 down 12.5% volatile
86 Spain 1.6% 2010 down 54.2% falling
87 Romania 1.6% 2010 down 32.2% volatile
88 Papua New Guinea 1.6% 2010 — volatile
89 Israel 1.4% 2010 down 17.9% volatile
90 Trinidad and Tobago 1.4% 2010 down 62.4% volatile
91 Austria 1.2% 2010 down 79.8% volatile
92 Australia 1.1% 2010 down 70.5% volatile
93 Singapore 1.1% 2010 down 81.4% volatile
94 Netherlands 1.1% 2010 down 27.0% volatile
95 Tonga 1.0% 2010 down 64.7% volatile
96 Ireland 1.0% 2010 down 30.9% volatile
97 Mongolia 0.9% 2010 down 78.6% volatile
98 Japan 0.8% 2010 down 36.5% volatile
99 France 0.7% 2010 down 79.1% volatile
99 United States 0.7% 2010 down 15.5% volatile
101 Canada 0.6% 2010 down 63.2% volatile
102 Malta 0.6% 2010 up 59.0% volatile
103 Cyprus 0.6% 2010 up 34.1% volatile
104 Sweden 0.5% 2010 up 108.0% volatile
105 Switzerland 0.5% 2010 down 89.2% volatile
106 Bulgaria 0.5% 2010 down 83.4% volatile
107 Germany 0.5% 2010 down 86.3% volatile
108 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2010 down 35.9% volatile
109 Togo 0.2% 2010 down 95.7% volatile
110 Russia 0.2% 2010 down 8.7% volatile
111 Lithuania 0.2% 2010 up 41.7% volatile
111 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 48.5% volatile
113 Armenia 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
113 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 31.8% volatile
115 Greece 0.1% 2010 down 72.7% volatile
116 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2010 down 94.6% volatile
116 Ukraine 0.1% 2010 down 8.3% volatile
118 Hungary 0.1% 2010 down 80.8% volatile
119 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 92.7% volatile
119 Latvia 0.1% 2010 up 80.0% volatile
121 Croatia 0.1% 2010 down 94.4% volatile
121 Slovenia 0.1% 2010 down 20.0% volatile
123 Estonia 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
124 Brunei 0.1% 2010 up 150.0% volatile
125 Congo 0.0% 2010 down 99.7% volatile
125 South Korea 0.0% 2010 down 73.3% volatile
125 Slovakia 0.0% 2010 down 98.5% volatile
128 Egypt 0.0% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
128 Moldova 0.0% 2010 down 97.1% volatile
130 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% falling
130 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 93.3% volatile
130 Poland 0.0% 2010 down 87.5% volatile
133 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
133 Denmark 0.0% 2010 — volatile
133 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
133 Gambia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
133 Hong Kong 0.0% 2010 — volatile
133 Italy 0.0% 2010 — volatile
133 Libya 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
133 Morocco 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
133 Portugal 0.0% 2010 — volatile
133 Rwanda 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
133 Sudan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
133 Serbia 0.0% 2010 — volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 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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