Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary by country
Countries reporting
144
Highest
49.0%
Russia
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
2.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 49.0% in Russia; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.9%, and the mean is 6.0%.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 1,733.3%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with tertiary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 49.0% | 2010 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Finland | 34.9% | 2010 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 28.9% | 2010 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 25.7% | 2010 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 5 | France | 21.8% | 2010 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 6 | New Zealand | 18.6% | 2010 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Norway | 18.5% | 2010 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Ireland | 17.5% | 2010 | up 116.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Israel | 17.3% | 2010 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 17.0% | 2010 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Japan | 16.4% | 2010 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Belgium | 16.1% | 2010 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Ukraine | 15.7% | 2010 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Venezuela | 15.7% | 2010 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Australia | 15.3% | 2010 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 16 | Sweden | 13.8% | 2010 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 17 | Denmark | 13.4% | 2010 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 18 | Estonia | 13.4% | 2010 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Chile | 13.3% | 2010 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Spain | 13.0% | 2010 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 12.9% | 2010 | up 122.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Argentina | 12.7% | 2010 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Portugal | 12.5% | 2010 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Lithuania | 12.2% | 2010 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 12.2% | 2010 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Switzerland | 11.6% | 2010 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 11.2% | 2010 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Malaysia | 11.1% | 2010 | up 119.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Netherlands | 11.0% | 2010 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Slovenia | 10.4% | 2010 | up 73.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Iceland | 10.3% | 2010 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Cyprus | 10.1% | 2010 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Panama | 10.1% | 2010 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Qatar | 10.1% | 2010 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Bolivia | 10.0% | 2010 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Poland | 9.7% | 2010 | up 97.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Slovakia | 9.5% | 2010 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 8.9% | 2010 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Jordan | 8.8% | 2010 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Czechia | 8.8% | 2010 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 8.5% | 2010 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Germany | 8.4% | 2010 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 7.7% | 2010 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Croatia | 7.1% | 2010 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Armenia | 7.1% | 2010 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 46 | Singapore | 6.7% | 2010 | up 196.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Uruguay | 6.7% | 2010 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 48 | Latvia | 6.6% | 2010 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 49 | Austria | 6.4% | 2010 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Italy | 6.1% | 2010 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Ecuador | 6.1% | 2010 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Peru | 6.1% | 2010 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 52 | South Africa | 6.1% | 2010 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Gabon | 6.0% | 2010 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Serbia | 5.8% | 2010 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Paraguay | 5.7% | 2010 | up 189.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Jamaica | 5.6% | 2010 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.4% | 2010 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 59 | Moldova | 5.3% | 2010 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 60 | Colombia | 5.3% | 2010 | up 106.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 5.2% | 2010 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Mexico | 4.7% | 2010 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Macao | 4.5% | 2010 | up 115.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Romania | 4.2% | 2010 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Saudi Arabia | 4.2% | 2010 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Iran | 4.0% | 2010 | up 132.0% | volatile |
| 67 | South Korea | 3.9% | 2010 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Brazil | 3.8% | 2010 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Kuwait | 3.5% | 2010 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Iraq | 3.1% | 2010 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Turkey | 3.0% | 2010 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Cuba | 3.0% | 2010 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Fiji | 2.8% | 2010 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Hong Kong | 2.7% | 2010 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 75 | Tunisia | 2.6% | 2010 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.5% | 2010 | up 104.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Malta | 2.4% | 2010 | up 426.1% | rising |
| 78 | Morocco | 2.4% | 2010 | up 103.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Thailand | 2.4% | 2010 | up 221.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Indonesia | 2.3% | 2010 | up 264.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Kenya | 2.3% | 2010 | up 151.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Hungary | 2.2% | 2010 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 83 | El Salvador | 2.0% | 2010 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Belize | 2.0% | 2010 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Brunei | 2.0% | 2010 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 1.9% | 2010 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 87 | Mauritius | 1.9% | 2010 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Algeria | 1.7% | 2010 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Tonga | 1.7% | 2010 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Honduras | 1.7% | 2010 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Greece | 1.6% | 2010 | up 118.1% | volatile |
| 92 | India | 1.5% | 2010 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Laos | 1.5% | 2010 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Syria | 1.5% | 2010 | up 97.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Vietnam | 1.4% | 2010 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Libya | 1.2% | 2010 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Bangladesh | 1.2% | 2010 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Maldives | 1.2% | 2010 | up 123.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Mongolia | 1.1% | 2010 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Bahrain | 1.1% | 2010 | up 83.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Namibia | 1.1% | 2010 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 102 | Costa Rica | 1.1% | 2010 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 103 | Afghanistan | 1.0% | 2010 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Liberia | 1.0% | 2010 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Myanmar | 0.9% | 2010 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Egypt | 0.9% | 2010 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 107 | China | 0.9% | 2010 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Botswana | 0.9% | 2010 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.8% | 2010 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Congo | 0.8% | 2010 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Lesotho | 0.8% | 2010 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Mali | 0.7% | 2010 | up 1,116.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Uganda | 0.7% | 2010 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Nepal | 0.6% | 2010 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Yemen | 0.6% | 2010 | up 1,733.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Albania | 0.5% | 2010 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Sudan | 0.5% | 2010 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Pakistan | 0.5% | 2010 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Ghana | 0.5% | 2010 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Senegal | 0.4% | 2010 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Haiti | 0.4% | 2010 | up 141.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Gambia | 0.4% | 2010 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Barbados | 0.3% | 2010 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 0.3% | 2010 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 125 | Zambia | 0.3% | 2010 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Tanzania | 0.3% | 2010 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Benin | 0.2% | 2010 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Central African Republic | 0.2% | 2010 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Mauritania | 0.2% | 2010 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 0.2% | 2010 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2% | 2010 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Cambodia | 0.2% | 2010 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1% | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 134 | Niger | 0.1% | 2010 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Sierra Leone | 0.1% | 2010 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 134 | Togo | 0.1% | 2010 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Burundi | 0.1% | 2010 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 138 | Mozambique | 0.1% | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 138 | Malawi | 0.1% | 2010 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Rwanda | 0.1% | 2010 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 142 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2010 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 143 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2010 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |