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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
43.0%
Russia
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
2.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 43.0% in Russia; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.0%, and the mean is 4.2%.

Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 2,450.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 43.0% 2010 up 27.5% volatile
2 United States 28.4% 2010 up 7.1% volatile
3 Canada 21.1% 2010 up 93.5% volatile
4 Ukraine 18.0% 2010 up 48.4% volatile
5 Israel 17.8% 2010 up 5.9% volatile
6 Finland 14.9% 2010 up 42.5% volatile
7 New Zealand 14.5% 2010 up 16.2% volatile
8 Estonia 14.4% 2010 up 37.5% volatile
9 Norway 14.2% 2010 up 25.1% volatile
10 Philippines 12.2% 2010 down 10.5% volatile
11 Sweden 12.1% 2010 up 8.7% volatile
12 Australia 12.1% 2010 up 41.2% rising
13 Denmark 11.1% 2010 up 126.9% rising
14 France 10.8% 2010 up 45.5% volatile
15 Bulgaria 10.2% 2010 up 40.0% volatile
16 Lithuania 9.9% 2010 up 65.0% volatile
17 Ireland 9.9% 2010 up 100.2% volatile
18 Belgium 9.8% 2010 up 22.2% volatile
19 Kazakhstan 9.3% 2010 up 101.3% volatile
20 Armenia 8.8% 2010 up 47.9% rising
21 Switzerland 8.2% 2010 up 101.2% volatile
22 Latvia 8.1% 2010 up 45.0% volatile
23 United Arab Emirates 8.0% 2010 up 73.8% volatile
23 Chile 8.0% 2010 up 58.4% volatile
25 Netherlands 8.0% 2010 up 33.1% volatile
25 Venezuela 8.0% 2010 up 62.9% volatile
27 United Kingdom 8.0% 2010 up 14.2% volatile
28 Japan 7.8% 2010 up 120.3% volatile
29 Germany 7.3% 2010 up 33.9% volatile
30 Kyrgyzstan 7.1% 2010 up 48.4% volatile
31 Argentina 7.0% 2010 up 184.6% volatile
32 Luxembourg 6.9% 2010 up 68.3% volatile
33 Qatar 6.7% 2010 up 78.8% volatile
34 Jamaica 6.3% 2010 up 64.9% volatile
35 Slovenia 6.1% 2010 up 29.4% volatile
36 Slovakia 6.1% 2010 up 31.3% volatile
37 Croatia 5.9% 2010 up 138.7% volatile
38 Spain 5.8% 2010 up 78.3% volatile
39 Moldova 5.7% 2010 up 55.6% volatile
40 Gabon 5.7% 2010 up 161.2% volatile
41 Portugal 5.7% 2010 up 44.8% volatile
42 Poland 5.3% 2010 up 15.4% volatile
42 South Africa 5.3% 2010 up 1.2% volatile
44 Iceland 5.2% 2010 up 97.3% volatile
45 Serbia 4.9% 2010 up 24.4% volatile
46 Cyprus 4.9% 2010 up 56.4% volatile
47 Dominican Republic 4.8% 2010 up 16.0% volatile
48 Austria 4.7% 2010 up 79.5% volatile
49 Czechia 4.6% 2010 down 1.3% volatile
50 Uruguay 4.4% 2010 up 113.0% rising
51 Brunei 3.9% 2010 up 66.9% volatile
52 Italy 3.9% 2010 up 69.7% volatile
53 Kuwait 3.9% 2010 up 27.5% volatile
54 Panama 3.7% 2010 up 39.3% volatile
55 Jordan 3.4% 2010 up 197.3% volatile
55 Libya 3.4% 2010 up 35.5% volatile
57 Colombia 3.3% 2010 up 123.5% volatile
58 Bolivia 3.3% 2010 up 3.1% volatile
59 Peru 3.2% 2010 up 1.6% volatile
60 Tajikistan 3.2% 2010 up 86.0% volatile
61 Sri Lanka 2.9% 2010 up 33.0% volatile
62 Malaysia 2.9% 2010 up 180.6% volatile
63 Brazil 2.8% 2010 up 130.3% volatile
64 Mexico 2.7% 2010 up 111.6% volatile
65 Iran 2.7% 2010 up 328.6% volatile
65 Saudi Arabia 2.7% 2010 up 275.0% volatile
67 Cuba 2.7% 2010 up 115.2% volatile
68 Fiji 2.6% 2010 up 37.2% volatile
68 Romania 2.6% 2010 down 2.3% volatile
70 Paraguay 2.1% 2010 up 7.7% volatile
71 Trinidad and Tobago 2.1% 2010 up 109.0% volatile
72 Iraq 2.0% 2010 up 184.7% volatile
73 Singapore 2.0% 2010 up 53.8% volatile
74 Belize 1.9% 2010 up 18.2% volatile
75 Macao 1.8% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
76 Turkey 1.8% 2010 up 18.9% volatile
77 Honduras 1.6% 2010 up 87.4% volatile
78 Hungary 1.6% 2010 up 131.3% volatile
79 Tonga 1.5% 2010 down 34.5% volatile
80 Bangladesh 1.4% 2010 up 42.9% volatile
80 Ecuador 1.4% 2010 down 42.1% volatile
82 Thailand 1.3% 2010 up 424.0% volatile
83 South Korea 1.2% 2010 up 37.8% volatile
84 Congo 1.2% 2010 up 339.3% volatile
85 Egypt 1.2% 2010 up 93.5% volatile
86 India 1.2% 2010 up 66.2% volatile
87 Botswana 1.1% 2010 up 65.2% volatile
87 Mauritius 1.1% 2010 up 338.5% volatile
89 Myanmar 1.1% 2010 up 140.4% volatile
90 El Salvador 1.1% 2010 down 42.3% volatile
91 Vietnam 1.1% 2010 up 68.8% volatile
92 Indonesia 1.1% 2010 up 35.4% volatile
93 Namibia 1.1% 2010 up 82.8% rising
94 Algeria 1.0% 2010 up 212.1% volatile
95 Morocco 1.0% 2010 up 827.3% volatile
95 Mali 1.0% 2010 up 2,450.0% volatile
97 Mongolia 1.0% 2010 up 119.6% volatile
98 Greece 1.0% 2010 up 34.7% volatile
98 Syria 1.0% 2010 up 106.4% volatile
100 Costa Rica 0.9% 2010 up 66.7% rising
101 Uganda 0.9% 2010 up 111.4% volatile
102 Bahrain 0.9% 2010 up 384.2% volatile
103 Tunisia 0.9% 2010 up 83.3% volatile
104 Hong Kong 0.8% 2010 down 54.2% volatile
104 Zambia 0.8% 2010 up 208.0% volatile
106 Cote d'Ivoire 0.7% 2010 up 311.1% volatile
107 Malta 0.7% 2010 down 4.1% rising
108 Laos 0.7% 2010 up 266.7% volatile
109 Kenya 0.6% 2010 up 416.7% volatile
110 Afghanistan 0.5% 2010 up 327.3% volatile
111 Liberia 0.5% 2010 up 76.9% rising
111 Lesotho 0.5% 2010 up 48.4% volatile
113 Gambia 0.4% 2010 up 2.8% volatile
114 Barbados 0.4% 2010 up 20.0% rising
115 Benin 0.3% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
116 Ghana 0.3% 2010 down 58.4% volatile
117 Central African Republic 0.3% 2010 up 150.0% volatile
118 Nepal 0.3% 2010 up 93.3% volatile
118 Zimbabwe 0.3% 2010 up 61.1% flat
120 Senegal 0.2% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
121 China 0.2% 2010 down 61.0% volatile
122 Maldives 0.2% 2010 up 72.7% volatile
122 Pakistan 0.2% 2010 up 18.8% volatile
124 Haiti 0.2% 2010 up 125.0% volatile
124 Sudan 0.2% 2010 up 63.6% volatile
126 Togo 0.2% 2010 up 13.3% volatile
127 Tanzania 0.2% 2010 up 433.3% volatile
128 Cambodia 0.1% 2010 up 650.0% volatile
129 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 87.8% volatile
130 Nicaragua 0.1% 2010 up 120.0% volatile
130 Papua New Guinea 0.1% 2010 up 1,000.0% volatile
132 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1% 2010 up 300.0% volatile
132 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
134 Guyana 0.1% 2010 up 75.0% volatile
134 Mauritania 0.1% 2010 up 75.0% volatile
134 Niger 0.1% 2010 up 75.0% rising
137 Malawi 0.1% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
138 Burundi 0.1% 2010 down 54.5% volatile
138 Sierra Leone 0.1% 2010 up 66.7% rising
140 Cameroon 0.0% 2010 down 42.9% volatile
141 Rwanda 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
142 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged falling
143 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 95.5% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary
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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