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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
55.6%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Serbia
Median
5.7%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 55.6% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Serbia.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.7%, and the mean is 10.0%.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 288.3%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 55.6% 2010 down 22.7% rising
2 Lesotho 49.1% 2010 down 21.8% falling
3 El Salvador 44.1% 2010 up 38.5% rising
4 Cambodia 43.8% 2010 up 21.1% volatile
5 Bolivia 40.0% 2010 up 25.5% volatile
6 Uganda 37.2% 2010 up 23.4% volatile
7 Democratic Republic of Congo 34.9% 2010 up 19.2% volatile
8 Honduras 34.2% 2010 down 9.2% rising
9 Malawi 34.1% 2010 up 8.3% rising
10 Paraguay 32.9% 2010 down 15.8% falling
11 Mauritius 31.7% 2010 down 32.6% rising
12 Kenya 28.6% 2010 up 11.8% volatile
13 Guatemala 28.0% 2010 up 20.8% rising
14 Haiti 28.0% 2010 up 88.8% volatile
15 Zimbabwe 27.1% 2010 down 29.2% flat
16 Indonesia 26.9% 2010 down 3.0% rising
17 Maldives 26.5% 2010 up 151.0% rising
18 Namibia 26.4% 2010 down 17.2% rising
19 Dominican Republic 25.2% 2010 down 55.4% flat
20 Cameroon 25.1% 2010 up 1.0% volatile
21 Kuwait 24.6% 2010 up 82.2% volatile
22 Nicaragua 24.1% 2010 down 5.7% flat
23 Zambia 21.9% 2010 down 24.7% falling
24 Algeria 21.2% 2010 down 1.6% volatile
25 Rwanda 20.9% 2010 up 28.1% volatile
26 Peru 19.2% 2010 down 4.4% falling
27 Qatar 19.2% 2010 up 288.3% volatile
28 Mexico 19.0% 2010 down 36.1% falling
29 Myanmar 18.7% 2010 down 10.4% rising
30 Ecuador 18.4% 2010 down 24.3% falling
31 South Africa 18.3% 2010 down 18.6% rising
32 Libya 18.2% 2010 up 44.3% volatile
33 Eswatini 17.9% 2010 up 21.4% rising
34 Laos 17.8% 2010 down 8.4% volatile
35 Tunisia 16.4% 2010 up 10.5% volatile
36 Guyana 15.7% 2010 unchanged falling
37 China 15.4% 2010 down 42.2% volatile
38 Saudi Arabia 14.3% 2010 up 6.1% rising
39 Philippines 13.5% 2010 down 33.9% falling
40 Tanzania 13.5% 2010 down 39.1% rising
41 Mauritania 13.1% 2010 down 14.5% falling
42 Costa Rica 12.9% 2010 down 37.9% falling
43 Brazil 12.6% 2010 down 35.1% falling
44 Congo 12.4% 2010 down 24.8% volatile
45 Gabon 11.6% 2010 down 37.8% rising
46 Syria 11.4% 2010 down 65.1% volatile
47 United Arab Emirates 11.1% 2010 up 9.1% volatile
48 Vietnam 11.0% 2010 down 67.7% rising
49 Venezuela 10.2% 2010 down 49.7% falling
50 Chile 10.0% 2010 down 47.0% falling
51 Fiji 9.8% 2010 down 6.2% volatile
52 Malaysia 9.7% 2010 down 40.8% rising
53 Cote d'Ivoire 9.2% 2010 up 13.6% volatile
54 Senegal 8.9% 2010 down 27.0% falling
55 Panama 8.5% 2010 down 46.3% falling
56 Central African Republic 8.4% 2010 up 37.5% rising
57 Sri Lanka 8.2% 2010 up 25.0% falling
58 Jordan 8.1% 2010 down 26.8% volatile
59 Uruguay 7.9% 2010 down 31.9% falling
60 Macao 7.5% 2010 down 63.6% falling
61 Turkey 7.5% 2010 down 16.7% rising
62 Burundi 7.4% 2010 up 8.5% volatile
63 Sierra Leone 7.3% 2010 up 72.9% volatile
64 Argentina 6.9% 2010 down 50.8% falling
65 Nepal 6.6% 2010 up 57.5% volatile
66 Iran 6.3% 2010 down 8.4% volatile
67 Iceland 6.3% 2010 down 15.5% volatile
68 Bahrain 6.1% 2010 down 5.1% volatile
69 Austria 6.1% 2010 down 33.0% volatile
69 Mozambique 6.1% 2010 up 58.5% falling
71 Afghanistan 5.7% 2010 up 91.0% volatile
72 New Zealand 5.7% 2010 down 33.9% falling
73 Jamaica 5.7% 2010 down 69.1% falling
74 Barbados 5.6% 2010 down 44.8% volatile
75 Egypt 4.9% 2010 down 22.7% volatile
76 Togo 4.9% 2010 down 19.1% volatile
77 Ghana 4.8% 2010 down 37.4% rising
78 Luxembourg 4.8% 2010 down 35.3% volatile
79 Benin 4.4% 2010 down 9.1% rising
80 Cuba 4.2% 2010 down 51.0% volatile
81 Singapore 4.0% 2010 down 60.2% volatile
82 Iraq 3.8% 2010 down 56.7% volatile
83 Belgium 3.6% 2010 up 8.3% volatile
83 Spain 3.6% 2010 down 21.7% falling
85 Trinidad and Tobago 3.5% 2010 down 59.0% volatile
86 Liberia 3.4% 2010 up 52.2% volatile
87 Niger 3.2% 2010 up 107.7% volatile
88 Australia 3.2% 2010 down 55.7% volatile
89 United Kingdom 3.0% 2010 down 59.4% volatile
89 Mali 3.0% 2010 down 56.6% volatile
91 Romania 2.7% 2010 down 57.5% volatile
92 Mongolia 2.4% 2010 down 81.2% volatile
93 Ireland 2.4% 2010 down 46.9% volatile
94 India 2.3% 2010 down 55.0% falling
95 Israel 2.2% 2010 down 26.9% volatile
96 Botswana 2.1% 2010 down 85.1% falling
97 Bangladesh 1.9% 2010 up 1.1% volatile
98 Tonga 1.8% 2010 down 73.3% volatile
99 Morocco 1.8% 2010 down 42.8% volatile
100 Pakistan 1.6% 2010 up 50.0% falling
101 France 1.4% 2010 down 68.7% volatile
102 Japan 1.3% 2010 down 69.6% volatile
102 Yemen 1.3% 2010 up 137.7% volatile
104 Netherlands 1.2% 2010 down 40.4% volatile
105 Canada 1.2% 2010 down 69.1% volatile
106 Malta 1.2% 2010 down 87.7% volatile
107 United States 0.7% 2010 down 1.4% volatile
108 Cyprus 0.7% 2010 down 58.9% volatile
109 Gambia 0.7% 2010 down 26.1% rising
110 Switzerland 0.7% 2010 down 90.0% volatile
111 Sweden 0.6% 2010 down 29.1% volatile
112 Greece 0.6% 2010 down 57.1% volatile
113 Germany 0.5% 2010 down 90.4% volatile
114 Bulgaria 0.4% 2010 down 88.4% volatile
115 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 40.4% volatile
116 Sudan 0.3% 2010 down 86.6% rising
116 Tajikistan 0.3% 2010 down 74.0% volatile
118 South Korea 0.3% 2010 down 52.9% volatile
119 Russia 0.2% 2010 down 47.9% volatile
120 Croatia 0.2% 2010 down 83.9% volatile
121 Lithuania 0.2% 2010 down 39.4% volatile
121 Slovenia 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
123 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 95.9% volatile
124 Armenia 0.1% 2010 down 46.4% volatile
125 Moldova 0.1% 2010 down 96.0% volatile
125 Ukraine 0.1% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
127 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 96.4% volatile
128 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 85.4% volatile
128 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 96.4% volatile
130 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
131 Latvia 0.1% 2010 down 44.4% volatile
131 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
133 Poland 0.0% 2010 down 78.9% volatile
134 Brunei 0.0% 2010 down 99.8% volatile
134 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% falling
136 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
136 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
136 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
136 Hong Kong 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
136 Italy 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
136 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
136 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
136 Portugal 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
136 Serbia 0.0% 2010 — volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 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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