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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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