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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
61.3%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Serbia
Median
5.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 61.3% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Serbia.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.8%, and the mean is 10.6%.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 1,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 61.3% 2010 down 17.3% volatile
2 Lesotho 49.1% 2010 down 28.7% rising
3 El Salvador 44.1% 2010 up 32.7% rising
4 Cambodia 43.8% 2010 up 60.1% volatile
5 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 40.0% 2010 up 25.5% volatile
6 Mauritius 38.7% 2010 down 17.8% rising
7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 38.4% 2010 up 101.9% volatile
8 Uganda 37.2% 2010 up 23.4% volatile
9 Honduras 34.2% 2010 down 2.3% rising
10 Malawi 34.1% 2010 up 8.3% rising
11 Maldives 33.2% 2010 up 215.2% rising
12 Paraguay 32.9% 2010 down 15.8% falling
13 Zambia 29.2% 2010 up 39.3% rising
14 Kenya 28.6% 2010 up 9.2% volatile
15 Zimbabwe 27.1% 2010 down 29.2% rising
16 Indonesia 26.9% 2010 down 3.0% volatile
17 Namibia 26.4% 2010 down 17.2% rising
18 Nicaragua 25.9% 2010 down 4.7% rising
19 Cameroon 25.8% 2010 up 101.2% volatile
20 Dominican Republic 25.2% 2010 down 55.4% rising
21 Kuwait 24.6% 2010 up 143.4% volatile
22 Rwanda 23.5% 2010 up 44.1% volatile
23 Guatemala 22.7% 2010 down 2.3% rising
24 Haiti 21.7% 2010 up 47.2% volatile
25 Algeria 21.6% 2010 up 76.0% volatile
26 Viet Nam 20.7% 2010 down 39.9% rising
27 Peru 19.2% 2010 down 14.6% flat
28 Qatar 19.2% 2010 up 432.4% volatile
29 Mexico 19.0% 2010 down 36.1% falling
30 Lao People's Democratic Republic 18.6% 2010 up 20.3% volatile
31 Ecuador 18.4% 2010 down 24.3% falling
32 South Africa 18.3% 2010 down 18.6% rising
33 Myanmar 16.8% 2010 up 5.3% rising
34 China 16.6% 2010 down 41.5% volatile
35 Tunisia 16.6% 2010 up 114.8% volatile
36 Congo 16.5% 2010 up 37.5% volatile
37 Fiji 16.3% 2010 down 12.0% falling
38 Guyana 15.7% 2010 unchanged falling
39 Philippines 15.3% 2010 down 25.2% falling
40 Gabon 15.1% 2010 down 33.6% rising
41 Brazil 14.6% 2010 down 42.7% falling
42 Eswatini 13.7% 2010 down 5.7% flat
43 Tanzania, United Republic of 13.5% 2010 down 39.1% rising
44 Macao 13.4% 2010 down 35.1% falling
44 Saudi Arabia 13.4% 2010 up 25.0% rising
46 Mauritania 13.3% 2010 down 14.0% falling
47 Costa Rica 12.9% 2010 down 43.7% falling
48 Libya 12.6% 2010 up 102.9% volatile
49 United Arab Emirates 12.2% 2010 up 12.1% volatile
50 Syria 11.4% 2010 down 65.1% volatile
51 Argentina 11.1% 2010 down 20.9% falling
52 Papua New Guinea 11.1% 2010 up 4.3% rising
53 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 10.2% 2010 down 49.7% falling
54 Chile 10.0% 2010 down 74.8% falling
55 Malaysia 9.7% 2010 down 40.8% rising
56 Jamaica 9.0% 2010 down 64.7% falling
57 Senegal 8.9% 2010 up 9.6% falling
58 Central African Republic 8.6% 2010 up 38.1% rising
59 Panama 8.5% 2010 down 46.3% falling
60 Sri Lanka 8.2% 2010 up 25.0% falling
61 Jordan 8.1% 2010 down 18.3% volatile
62 Uruguay 7.9% 2010 down 62.6% falling
63 Côte d'Ivoire 7.8% 2010 up 54.9% volatile
64 Iceland 7.7% 2010 down 24.6% falling
65 Iraq 7.7% 2010 up 108.4% volatile
66 Burundi 7.5% 2010 up 9.1% volatile
67 Türkiye 7.5% 2010 down 41.3% rising
68 Togo 6.6% 2010 up 6.5% volatile
69 Brunei Darussalam 6.6% 2010 down 45.8% volatile
70 Iran 6.2% 2010 down 2.4% volatile
71 Afghanistan 6.2% 2010 up 106.7% volatile
72 Austria 6.0% 2010 down 39.8% falling
73 Sierra Leone 5.6% 2010 up 155.9% volatile
74 Barbados 5.6% 2010 down 44.8% volatile
75 Bahrain 5.6% 2010 down 11.5% volatile
76 Singapore 5.5% 2010 down 47.8% volatile
77 New Zealand 5.5% 2010 down 34.2% falling
78 Nepal 5.2% 2010 up 69.3% volatile
79 Egypt 5.1% 2010 down 16.6% volatile
80 Luxembourg 5.0% 2010 down 40.7% falling
81 Ghana 4.9% 2010 up 6.3% rising
82 Mongolia 4.7% 2010 down 63.8% volatile
83 Botswana 4.6% 2010 down 67.7% falling
84 Cuba 4.6% 2010 down 46.9% volatile
85 India 4.5% 2010 down 5.9% falling
86 Benin 4.4% 2010 down 8.7% rising
87 Hong Kong 4.2% 2010 down 52.7% falling
88 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.9% 2010 down 58.3% falling
89 Belgium 3.9% 2010 down 10.2% volatile
90 Spain 3.6% 2010 down 55.8% falling
91 Australia 3.6% 2010 down 47.3% volatile
92 Trinidad and Tobago 3.5% 2010 down 59.0% falling
93 Mali 3.4% 2010 up 46.1% volatile
94 Mozambique 3.1% 2010 up 73.6% falling
95 Morocco 3.1% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
96 Liberia 2.9% 2010 up 102.1% rising
97 Romania 2.7% 2010 down 77.8% volatile
98 Niger 2.5% 2010 up 154.6% rising
99 Ireland 2.4% 2010 down 64.8% volatile
100 Israel 2.2% 2010 down 57.1% volatile
101 Bangladesh 1.9% 2010 up 1.1% volatile
102 Tonga 1.8% 2010 down 83.7% volatile
103 Pakistan 1.6% 2010 up 117.8% volatile
104 Sudan 1.6% 2010 down 16.2% rising
105 France 1.5% 2010 down 77.9% volatile
106 Netherlands 1.2% 2010 down 34.4% volatile
107 Canada 1.2% 2010 down 69.1% volatile
107 Japan 1.2% 2010 down 69.8% volatile
109 Gambia 1.1% 2010 up 4.6% rising
110 Republic of Korea 0.7% 2010 down 52.7% falling
111 Cyprus 0.7% 2010 down 93.0% volatile
112 Switzerland 0.7% 2010 down 90.8% volatile
113 United States 0.6% 2010 down 32.3% volatile
114 Sweden 0.6% 2010 down 85.3% volatile
115 Greece 0.6% 2010 down 81.9% volatile
116 Bulgaria 0.5% 2010 down 88.5% volatile
117 Germany 0.4% 2010 down 92.3% volatile
118 Russian Federation 0.4% 2010 down 57.0% volatile
119 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 40.4% volatile
120 Tajikistan 0.3% 2010 down 74.0% volatile
120 Yemen 0.3% 2010 up 1,000.0% volatile
122 Slovenia 0.2% 2010 down 23.3% volatile
123 Croatia 0.2% 2010 down 83.9% volatile
124 Lithuania 0.2% 2010 up 81.8% volatile
125 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 95.8% volatile
126 Armenia 0.1% 2010 down 46.4% volatile
127 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2010 down 97.8% volatile
127 Ukraine 0.1% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
129 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 95.0% volatile
130 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 96.4% volatile
131 Malta 0.1% 2010 down 84.9% volatile
132 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 85.7% volatile
133 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
134 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
135 Latvia 0.0% 2010 down 81.0% volatile
135 Poland 0.0% 2010 down 85.2% volatile
137 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% falling
138 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
138 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
138 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
138 Italy 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
138 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
138 Portugal 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
138 Serbia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 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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