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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
68.2%
Lesotho
Lowest
0.0%
Serbia
Median
8.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 68.2% in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.0% in Serbia.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.6%, and the mean is 12.3%.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 2,294.4%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 68.2% 2010 down 6.9% rising
2 Thailand 67.0% 2010 down 10.1% volatile
3 El Salvador 51.6% 2010 up 63.1% rising
4 Mauritius 45.5% 2010 up 9.7% rising
5 Paraguay 43.4% 2010 up 11.2% falling
6 Dominican Republic 42.3% 2010 down 40.3% rising
7 Zimbabwe 38.3% 2010 down 12.6% rising
8 Cambodia 36.7% 2010 up 112.9% volatile
9 Honduras 34.5% 2010 down 1.4% rising
10 Uganda 32.9% 2010 up 39.3% volatile
11 Namibia 31.9% 2010 down 2.1% rising
12 Malawi 31.5% 2010 up 17.1% rising
13 Ecuador 30.3% 2010 up 2.7% rising
14 Indonesia 30.1% 2010 down 9.3% volatile
15 Bolivia 29.9% 2010 up 12.9% volatile
16 Democratic Republic of Congo 29.3% 2010 up 136.1% volatile
17 Zambia 29.2% 2010 down 9.1% rising
18 Nicaragua 28.0% 2010 down 0.7% rising
19 China 27.7% 2010 down 2.0% volatile
20 Mexico 27.4% 2010 down 20.1% flat
21 Guatemala 26.6% 2010 up 28.4% volatile
22 Maldives 26.4% 2010 up 218.5% rising
23 Qatar 25.5% 2010 up 462.7% volatile
24 South Africa 24.5% 2010 up 14.3% rising
25 Kenya 24.3% 2010 up 36.1% volatile
26 Peru 22.4% 2010 down 10.1% rising
27 Philippines 22.3% 2010 down 23.1% falling
28 Tanzania 22.1% 2010 up 13.1% rising
29 Vietnam 21.8% 2010 down 37.6% rising
30 Costa Rica 21.6% 2010 down 37.6% falling
31 Algeria 21.6% 2010 up 115.2% volatile
32 Cameroon 21.1% 2010 up 58.9% volatile
33 Brazil 18.3% 2010 down 27.6% flat
34 Chile 18.2% 2010 down 54.1% falling
35 Myanmar 17.7% 2010 up 7.4% rising
36 Macao 17.0% 2010 down 19.6% flat
37 Kuwait 16.9% 2010 up 70.4% volatile
38 Malaysia 16.8% 2010 down 26.6% rising
39 Laos 16.5% 2010 up 59.7% volatile
40 Congo 16.5% 2010 up 37.5% volatile
41 Rwanda 16.3% 2010 up 97.8% volatile
42 Fiji 16.3% 2010 down 23.7% falling
43 Gabon 15.9% 2010 down 32.3% rising
44 Guyana 15.7% 2010 down 43.1% falling
45 Jamaica 15.6% 2010 down 49.1% falling
46 Venezuela 15.6% 2010 down 35.1% flat
47 Uruguay 15.4% 2010 down 26.8% falling
48 Haiti 14.8% 2010 up 43.4% rising
49 Panama 14.8% 2010 down 29.3% falling
50 Saudi Arabia 13.4% 2010 up 25.0% rising
51 Botswana 13.4% 2010 down 40.9% falling
52 Mauritania 13.0% 2010 down 20.4% flat
53 Malta 12.9% 2010 up 2,294.4% volatile
54 Libya 12.6% 2010 up 102.9% volatile
55 Hong Kong 12.4% 2010 up 6.8% falling
56 Jordan 12.2% 2010 up 85.7% volatile
57 United Arab Emirates 12.2% 2010 up 12.1% volatile
58 Turkey 12.2% 2010 down 4.6% volatile
59 Spain 11.4% 2010 up 18.7% rising
60 Syria 11.3% 2010 down 59.5% volatile
61 Eswatini 11.1% 2010 down 16.7% falling
62 Argentina 11.1% 2010 down 46.4% falling
63 Papua New Guinea 10.5% 2010 up 37.3% volatile
64 Brunei 10.3% 2010 down 28.2% volatile
65 Barbados 10.2% 2010 down 35.4% falling
66 Tunisia 10.1% 2010 up 72.5% volatile
67 Sri Lanka 10.1% 2010 up 14.8% falling
68 Romania 9.0% 2010 down 71.3% falling
69 New Zealand 8.8% 2010 down 28.7% falling
70 Austria 8.8% 2010 down 19.0% falling
71 Australia 8.8% 2010 up 12.6% volatile
72 Cuba 8.6% 2010 down 39.3% falling
73 Trinidad and Tobago 8.5% 2010 down 47.3% falling
74 Mongolia 8.1% 2010 down 67.5% volatile
75 Iraq 7.5% 2010 up 320.7% volatile
76 Cyprus 7.5% 2010 down 28.0% volatile
77 Iceland 7.3% 2010 down 45.5% falling
78 Luxembourg 7.1% 2010 down 33.9% falling
79 Cote d'Ivoire 6.9% 2010 up 142.4% volatile
80 Iran 6.8% 2010 up 21.9% volatile
81 Singapore 6.6% 2010 down 31.8% volatile
82 Ireland 6.3% 2010 down 25.8% falling
83 Senegal 6.0% 2010 down 23.6% falling
84 Portugal 6.0% 2010 down 80.2% rising
85 Burundi 5.8% 2010 down 45.5% volatile
86 Belgium 5.8% 2010 down 15.5% falling
87 United Kingdom 5.6% 2010 down 56.8% falling
88 Egypt 5.4% 2010 down 15.1% volatile
89 Bahrain 5.2% 2010 down 5.6% volatile
90 Central African Republic 5.2% 2010 up 24.9% rising
91 India 5.1% 2010 up 14.1% falling
91 Togo 5.1% 2010 down 30.2% volatile
93 Tonga 5.1% 2010 down 59.1% falling
94 Ghana 4.8% 2010 up 60.3% rising
95 Nepal 4.2% 2010 up 67.7% volatile
96 Benin 4.1% 2010 up 30.7% rising
97 Sierra Leone 3.9% 2010 up 180.4% volatile
98 Japan 3.8% 2010 down 52.6% volatile
99 Mozambique 3.3% 2010 up 77.2% falling
100 Mali 3.1% 2010 up 34.8% volatile
101 Morocco 3.1% 2010 up 105.4% volatile
102 Afghanistan 3.0% 2010 up 257.1% volatile
103 Canada 3.0% 2010 down 65.9% falling
104 Israel 3.0% 2010 down 46.0% volatile
105 Liberia 2.5% 2010 up 96.1% rising
106 Sudan 2.5% 2010 up 7.4% rising
107 Greece 2.4% 2010 down 58.0% volatile
108 France 2.1% 2010 down 66.8% volatile
109 Sweden 2.0% 2010 down 54.0% volatile
110 Bangladesh 1.9% 2010 down 6.9% volatile
111 Italy 1.9% 2010 down 81.9% volatile
112 Netherlands 1.6% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
113 South Korea 1.3% 2010 down 58.9% rising
113 Niger 1.3% 2010 up 30.7% rising
115 Tajikistan 1.3% 2010 down 83.2% volatile
116 Kyrgyzstan 1.0% 2010 down 92.6% volatile
116 Pakistan 1.0% 2010 up 76.3% volatile
118 Switzerland 0.9% 2010 down 88.9% volatile
118 Gambia 0.9% 2010 down 13.2% rising
120 Moldova 0.8% 2010 down 95.1% falling
121 Russia 0.7% 2010 down 72.1% volatile
122 United States 0.7% 2010 down 35.6% volatile
123 Bulgaria 0.6% 2010 down 93.1% volatile
124 Germany 0.5% 2010 down 92.7% volatile
125 Yemen 0.5% 2010 up 1,400.0% volatile
126 Croatia 0.4% 2010 down 91.0% volatile
126 Slovenia 0.4% 2010 down 16.0% volatile
128 Denmark 0.3% 2010 down 93.7% volatile
129 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 66.3% volatile
130 Armenia 0.3% 2010 down 82.2% volatile
131 Albania 0.2% 2010 down 97.8% volatile
132 Belize 0.2% 2010 down 62.2% volatile
132 Ukraine 0.2% 2010 down 89.0% volatile
134 Lithuania 0.2% 2010 down 67.3% volatile
135 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 90.7% volatile
136 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 98.9% volatile
137 Latvia 0.1% 2010 down 93.2% volatile
138 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 73.3% volatile
139 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 99.5% volatile
140 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
140 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 83.3% volatile
142 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Serbia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 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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