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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
51.3%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Serbia
Median
4.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 51.3% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Serbia.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.2%, and the mean is 8.6%.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 361.1%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 51.3% 2010 down 20.2% rising
2 Maldives 46.8% 2010 up 229.7% rising
3 Bolivia 41.3% 2010 up 37.3% rising
4 Uganda 41.1% 2010 up 20.4% rising
5 Cambodia 41.0% 2010 down 6.6% volatile
6 Malawi 39.0% 2010 up 14.4% rising
7 El Salvador 37.8% 2010 up 17.3% rising
8 Kuwait 32.6% 2010 up 145.2% volatile
9 Lesotho 32.0% 2010 down 33.2% falling
10 Haiti 30.4% 2010 up 39.7% volatile
11 Mauritius 28.9% 2010 down 27.3% rising
12 Democratic Republic of Congo 28.3% 2010 down 26.3% volatile
13 Guatemala 27.1% 2010 up 2.0% rising
14 Honduras 26.6% 2010 down 23.5% rising
15 Kenya 25.1% 2010 down 11.8% rising
16 Zambia 24.2% 2010 down 17.0% falling
17 Nicaragua 24.0% 2010 down 0.5% falling
18 Namibia 22.2% 2010 down 15.9% rising
19 Qatar 22.1% 2010 up 336.0% volatile
20 Cameroon 21.4% 2010 down 24.0% volatile
21 Paraguay 21.4% 2010 down 45.1% falling
22 Algeria 21.2% 2010 down 4.2% volatile
23 Eswatini 20.3% 2010 up 23.3% rising
24 Peru 16.6% 2010 down 17.5% falling
25 Dominican Republic 16.1% 2010 down 64.8% falling
26 Indonesia 15.8% 2010 down 33.8% rising
27 Guyana 15.7% 2010 unchanged falling
28 Myanmar 15.6% 2010 down 14.7% rising
29 Saudi Arabia 14.3% 2010 up 6.1% rising
30 Costa Rica 13.6% 2010 up 12.9% volatile
31 Iraq 13.5% 2010 up 60.7% volatile
32 Ecuador 13.2% 2010 down 1.8% falling
33 Senegal 13.1% 2010 down 1.7% falling
34 Tunisia 12.8% 2010 down 14.9% volatile
35 Zimbabwe 12.7% 2010 down 53.2% falling
36 Rwanda 12.6% 2010 down 46.3% volatile
37 Laos 12.5% 2010 down 38.1% volatile
38 Syria 11.6% 2010 down 58.1% volatile
39 Mauritania 11.5% 2010 down 20.6% falling
40 Mexico 11.3% 2010 down 48.2% falling
41 United Arab Emirates 11.1% 2010 up 19.2% volatile
42 South Africa 10.6% 2010 down 43.9% flat
43 Brazil 10.4% 2010 down 46.4% falling
44 Cote d'Ivoire 10.4% 2010 up 21.3% volatile
45 China 10.2% 2010 down 47.2% volatile
46 Fiji 9.8% 2010 up 11.0% volatile
47 Gabon 9.4% 2010 down 42.5% rising
48 Tanzania 9.4% 2010 down 30.0% rising
49 Vietnam 9.0% 2010 down 70.7% falling
50 Philippines 8.0% 2010 down 57.8% falling
51 Sierra Leone 7.9% 2010 up 34.9% volatile
52 Central African Republic 7.8% 2010 down 16.7% rising
53 Nepal 7.7% 2010 up 47.0% volatile
54 Burundi 7.1% 2010 down 13.8% volatile
55 Venezuela 7.0% 2010 down 52.6% falling
56 Argentina 6.9% 2010 down 23.1% volatile
57 Panama 6.6% 2010 down 25.6% falling
58 Iran 6.3% 2010 down 7.5% volatile
59 Afghanistan 6.3% 2010 up 1.1% volatile
60 Bahrain 5.6% 2010 down 11.5% rising
61 Sri Lanka 5.5% 2010 up 6.5% volatile
62 Macao 5.3% 2010 down 59.8% falling
63 Chile 5.2% 2010 down 72.6% falling
63 Malaysia 5.2% 2010 down 43.2% falling
65 Turkey 4.9% 2010 down 45.0% rising
66 Benin 4.9% 2010 up 1.9% rising
66 Mozambique 4.9% 2010 up 46.3% falling
68 Austria 4.6% 2010 down 29.2% volatile
69 Ghana 4.5% 2010 down 29.4% rising
70 Iceland 4.3% 2010 down 45.2% volatile
71 Uruguay 4.2% 2010 down 63.6% volatile
72 Niger 4.2% 2010 up 55.9% volatile
73 Togo 4.2% 2010 down 32.3% rising
74 Liberia 4.1% 2010 up 45.7% volatile
75 New Zealand 4.0% 2010 down 31.4% falling
76 Mali 3.9% 2010 down 55.2% volatile
77 Jamaica 3.6% 2010 down 63.5% volatile
78 Jordan 3.6% 2010 down 54.9% volatile
79 Barbados 3.3% 2010 down 41.3% volatile
80 Cuba 3.0% 2010 down 34.9% volatile
81 Luxembourg 3.0% 2010 down 46.6% volatile
82 Libya 2.8% 2010 down 78.1% volatile
83 Congo 2.4% 2010 down 85.6% volatile
84 United Kingdom 2.2% 2010 down 54.4% volatile
85 Belgium 2.2% 2010 down 11.9% volatile
86 India 2.0% 2010 down 56.6% falling
87 Singapore 1.9% 2010 down 76.5% volatile
88 Pakistan 1.9% 2010 up 128.0% falling
89 Bangladesh 1.9% 2010 down 3.6% volatile
90 Egypt 1.8% 2010 down 68.1% volatile
91 Yemen 1.7% 2010 up 361.1% volatile
92 Romania 1.6% 2010 down 57.9% volatile
93 Spain 1.6% 2010 down 59.1% falling
94 Australia 1.4% 2010 down 57.4% volatile
95 Israel 1.4% 2010 down 52.7% volatile
96 Trinidad and Tobago 1.4% 2010 down 62.8% volatile
97 Mongolia 1.2% 2010 down 72.4% volatile
98 Botswana 1.1% 2010 down 77.2% volatile
99 Netherlands 1.1% 2010 down 9.2% volatile
100 Japan 1.1% 2010 down 18.0% volatile
101 Tonga 1.0% 2010 down 80.6% volatile
102 Ireland 1.0% 2010 down 55.6% volatile
103 France 0.8% 2010 down 86.6% volatile
104 Canada 0.6% 2010 down 63.2% volatile
105 United States 0.6% 2010 down 14.3% volatile
106 Cyprus 0.6% 2010 down 43.3% volatile
107 Switzerland 0.5% 2010 down 89.9% volatile
108 Sweden 0.5% 2010 up 1.9% volatile
109 Germany 0.5% 2010 down 87.7% volatile
110 Brunei 0.5% 2010 down 93.1% volatile
111 Bulgaria 0.4% 2010 down 86.8% volatile
112 Malta 0.2% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
113 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 30.3% volatile
114 Russia 0.2% 2010 down 28.6% volatile
115 Lithuania 0.2% 2010 up 6.2% volatile
116 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 34.8% volatile
116 Gambia 0.1% 2010 down 86.7% volatile
118 Armenia 0.1% 2010 down 13.3% volatile
119 Greece 0.1% 2010 down 86.4% volatile
119 Hungary 0.1% 2010 down 76.9% volatile
119 Ukraine 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
122 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2010 down 94.6% volatile
123 South Korea 0.1% 2010 down 70.6% volatile
124 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 92.7% volatile
124 Slovenia 0.1% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
126 Croatia 0.1% 2010 down 94.4% volatile
127 Estonia 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
127 Latvia 0.1% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
129 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 87.2% volatile
130 Slovakia 0.0% 2010 down 99.0% volatile
131 Moldova 0.0% 2010 down 97.7% volatile
132 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
132 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 95.0% volatile
132 Poland 0.0% 2010 down 90.0% volatile
135 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
135 Denmark 0.0% 2010 — volatile
135 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
135 Hong Kong 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
135 Italy 0.0% 2010 — volatile
135 Morocco 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
135 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
135 Portugal 0.0% 2010 — volatile
135 Sudan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
135 Serbia 0.0% 2010 — volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 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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