Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary by country
Countries reporting
144
Highest
62.6%
Barbados
Lowest
0.0%
Poland
Median
11.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 62.6% in Barbados; the lowest is 0.0% in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.9%, and the mean is 15.1%.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 2,312.2%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 100.0%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados | 62.6% | 2010 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 2 | Malta | 60.4% | 2010 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 53.9% | 2010 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Congo | 52.4% | 2010 | up 164.7% | volatile |
| 5 | China | 52.3% | 2010 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Albania | 47.5% | 2010 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 46.0% | 2010 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Belize | 45.1% | 2010 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 44.8% | 2010 | up 168.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Botswana | 39.8% | 2010 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Ghana | 34.5% | 2010 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Jordan | 33.5% | 2010 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Latvia | 33.5% | 2010 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 14 | Macao | 33.4% | 2010 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Italy | 32.0% | 2010 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 16 | Tonga | 29.6% | 2010 | down 42.0% | rising |
| 17 | Cuba | 29.4% | 2010 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Mexico | 29.1% | 2010 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Fiji | 28.9% | 2010 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Jamaica | 28.8% | 2010 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Brunei Darussalam | 28.6% | 2010 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Spain | 28.2% | 2010 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 26.1% | 2010 | up 90.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Chile | 25.2% | 2010 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 25 | Guyana | 24.7% | 2010 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Uruguay | 24.5% | 2010 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 27 | Kuwait | 23.6% | 2010 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Malaysia | 21.6% | 2010 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Serbia | 20.2% | 2010 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 30 | Iran | 19.9% | 2010 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Portugal | 19.4% | 2010 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Philippines | 19.1% | 2010 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Egypt | 18.6% | 2010 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Australia | 17.8% | 2010 | up 338.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Hong Kong | 17.6% | 2010 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 36 | El Salvador | 16.8% | 2010 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 37 | France | 16.7% | 2010 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 38 | Gabon | 16.6% | 2010 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Hungary | 16.5% | 2010 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Namibia | 16.4% | 2010 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 16.3% | 2010 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Togo | 16.3% | 2010 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Eswatini | 16.2% | 2010 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Bahrain | 16.2% | 2010 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Croatia | 16.1% | 2010 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 46 | Netherlands | 15.9% | 2010 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 47 | Colombia | 15.9% | 2010 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 48 | Libya | 15.9% | 2010 | up 317.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Romania | 15.8% | 2010 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 50 | New Zealand | 15.5% | 2010 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Norway | 15.2% | 2010 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 52 | Haiti | 15.1% | 2010 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Luxembourg | 15.1% | 2010 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 15.0% | 2010 | up 81.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Indonesia | 14.9% | 2010 | up 95.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Denmark | 14.8% | 2010 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 57 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 14.4% | 2010 | up 213.3% | volatile |
| 58 | South Africa | 13.9% | 2010 | down 54.3% | rising |
| 59 | Mongolia | 13.8% | 2010 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Mauritius | 13.6% | 2010 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Argentina | 13.6% | 2010 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Syria | 13.4% | 2010 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Uganda | 13.3% | 2010 | up 302.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Zambia | 13.2% | 2010 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 13.1% | 2010 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 66 | Tunisia | 12.9% | 2010 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Iceland | 12.8% | 2010 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 68 | Austria | 12.6% | 2010 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 69 | Cyprus | 12.6% | 2010 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 70 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 12.3% | 2010 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.9% | 2010 | up 288.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Republic of Moldova | 11.9% | 2010 | down 51.1% | rising |
| 73 | Greece | 11.9% | 2010 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 74 | Slovenia | 11.9% | 2010 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 75 | Lesotho | 11.8% | 2010 | up 2,312.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 11.8% | 2010 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Belgium | 11.7% | 2010 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 78 | Ireland | 11.6% | 2010 | down 57.0% | rising |
| 79 | United Arab Emirates | 11.4% | 2010 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Singapore | 11.3% | 2010 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Switzerland | 11.3% | 2010 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 82 | Finland | 11.2% | 2010 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 83 | Germany | 10.7% | 2010 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 84 | Kenya | 10.6% | 2010 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Thailand | 10.6% | 2010 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Honduras | 10.6% | 2010 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Cameroon | 10.3% | 2010 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Bangladesh | 10.0% | 2010 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 9.8% | 2010 | down 24.5% | flat |
| 90 | Iraq | 9.5% | 2010 | up 100.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Panama | 9.3% | 2010 | down 32.4% | flat |
| 92 | Ecuador | 9.3% | 2010 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 93 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 9.0% | 2010 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 94 | Paraguay | 8.6% | 2010 | up 166.9% | rising |
| 95 | Sudan | 8.6% | 2010 | up 405.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Qatar | 8.5% | 2010 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Gambia | 8.4% | 2010 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Canada | 8.2% | 2010 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 99 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.0% | 2010 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Guatemala | 7.9% | 2010 | up 131.5% | volatile |
| 101 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 7.6% | 2010 | down 82.9% | falling |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 7.5% | 2010 | down 46.1% | rising |
| 103 | Estonia | 7.4% | 2010 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 104 | Türkiye | 7.3% | 2010 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 7.2% | 2010 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 106 | India | 7.0% | 2010 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Nepal | 6.6% | 2010 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 6.4% | 2010 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Peru | 6.4% | 2010 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 110 | Morocco | 6.2% | 2010 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Central African Republic | 6.1% | 2010 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Sweden | 6.0% | 2010 | down 50.8% | flat |
| 113 | Ukraine | 6.0% | 2010 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Slovakia | 5.7% | 2010 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 115 | Mali | 5.4% | 2010 | up 664.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Maldives | 5.4% | 2010 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Papua New Guinea | 5.3% | 2010 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Czechia | 5.1% | 2010 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 119 | Pakistan | 5.0% | 2010 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Armenia | 5.0% | 2010 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 121 | Israel | 4.8% | 2010 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 122 | Republic of Korea | 4.8% | 2010 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Lithuania | 4.5% | 2010 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.4% | 2010 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.3% | 2010 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Myanmar | 4.3% | 2010 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 127 | Senegal | 4.1% | 2010 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.1% | 2010 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 129 | Japan | 4.1% | 2010 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Mauritania | 3.7% | 2010 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Russian Federation | 3.5% | 2010 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Algeria | 3.5% | 2010 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Liberia | 3.4% | 2010 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 134 | United States | 3.3% | 2010 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Malawi | 2.6% | 2010 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Rwanda | 2.5% | 2010 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Benin | 2.5% | 2010 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Afghanistan | 1.9% | 2010 | up 341.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Burundi | 1.7% | 2010 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 1.5% | 2010 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Niger | 0.7% | 2010 | up 168.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Mozambique | 0.7% | 2010 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Yemen | 0.4% | 2010 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Poland | 0.0% | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |