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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
69.0%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Norway
Median
8.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 69.0% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Norway.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.6%, and the mean is 12.2%.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 1,137.4%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 69.0% 2010 down 4.1% volatile
2 Lesotho 68.2% 2010 down 1.3% rising
3 El Salvador 51.6% 2010 up 64.0% rising
4 Mauritius 45.0% 2010 up 8.3% rising
5 Paraguay 43.4% 2010 down 14.6% flat
6 Dominican Republic 42.3% 2010 down 43.2% rising
7 Zimbabwe 38.3% 2010 down 12.6% rising
8 Cambodia 36.7% 2010 up 232.1% volatile
9 Honduras 34.5% 2010 up 7.9% 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 Fiji 30.5% 2010 down 3.6% falling
14 Ecuador 30.3% 2010 up 3.4% rising
15 Indonesia 30.1% 2010 down 9.3% volatile
16 Bolivia 29.9% 2010 up 12.9% volatile
17 Nicaragua 29.4% 2010 up 3.6% rising
18 Maldives 27.8% 2010 up 286.8% rising
19 China 27.7% 2010 up 17.3% volatile
20 Mexico 27.4% 2010 down 21.0% flat
21 Qatar 25.5% 2010 up 1,137.4% volatile
22 South Africa 24.5% 2010 up 14.3% rising
23 Kenya 24.3% 2010 up 34.7% volatile
24 Vietnam 22.9% 2010 down 37.3% rising
25 Jamaica 22.5% 2010 down 35.7% falling
26 Peru 22.4% 2010 down 9.0% rising
27 Philippines 22.3% 2010 down 23.1% falling
28 Tanzania 22.1% 2010 up 13.1% rising
29 Costa Rica 21.6% 2010 down 39.4% falling
30 Zambia 20.9% 2010 down 34.7% rising
31 Macao 20.6% 2010 down 2.6% rising
32 Argentina 20.2% 2010 down 2.7% falling
33 Gabon 20.0% 2010 down 5.3% rising
34 Brazil 19.8% 2010 down 21.8% rising
35 Guatemala 19.6% 2010 down 5.1% volatile
36 Democratic Republic of Congo 19.0% 2010 up 133.7% volatile
37 Chile 18.2% 2010 down 54.1% falling
38 Kuwait 16.9% 2010 up 69.9% volatile
39 Malaysia 16.8% 2010 down 26.6% rising
40 Portugal 16.4% 2010 down 37.4% rising
41 Rwanda 16.3% 2010 up 97.8% volatile
42 Guyana 15.7% 2010 down 43.1% falling
43 Venezuela 15.6% 2010 down 35.6% rising
44 Uruguay 15.4% 2010 down 49.0% falling
45 Panama 14.8% 2010 down 41.1% falling
46 Haiti 14.8% 2010 up 42.7% rising
47 Myanmar 14.0% 2010 up 8.3% rising
48 United Arab Emirates 13.7% 2010 up 32.0% volatile
49 Botswana 13.6% 2010 down 40.6% falling
50 Laos 13.6% 2010 up 61.6% volatile
50 Mauritania 13.6% 2010 down 19.1% rising
52 Hong Kong 12.4% 2010 up 24.6% rising
53 Jordan 12.2% 2010 up 112.9% volatile
54 Turkey 12.2% 2010 up 4.6% volatile
55 Brunei 12.1% 2010 down 23.6% volatile
56 Congo 12.0% 2010 up 139.5% volatile
57 Algeria 11.8% 2010 up 126.1% volatile
58 Spain 11.4% 2010 down 18.7% rising
59 Syria 11.3% 2010 down 59.5% volatile
60 Cameroon 11.3% 2010 up 46.6% volatile
61 Mongolia 11.0% 2010 down 57.1% volatile
62 Saudi Arabia 10.8% 2010 unchanged rising
63 Papua New Guinea 10.6% 2010 up 38.8% volatile
64 Tunisia 10.6% 2010 up 269.0% volatile
65 Iceland 10.3% 2010 down 33.2% falling
66 Barbados 10.2% 2010 down 35.4% falling
67 Sri Lanka 10.1% 2010 up 14.8% falling
68 Austria 9.6% 2010 down 37.5% falling
69 Eswatini 9.4% 2010 down 23.6% rising
70 Romania 9.1% 2010 down 77.1% falling
71 New Zealand 8.8% 2010 down 29.4% falling
72 Cuba 8.6% 2010 down 39.3% falling
73 Trinidad and Tobago 8.5% 2010 down 47.8% falling
74 Luxembourg 8.2% 2010 down 40.7% falling
75 Australia 7.7% 2010 down 18.3% volatile
76 Cyprus 7.5% 2010 down 64.4% volatile
77 United Kingdom 6.8% 2010 down 55.7% falling
78 Singapore 6.5% 2010 down 26.0% volatile
79 Ireland 6.3% 2010 down 34.5% falling
80 Libya 6.2% 2010 up 170.0% volatile
81 Belgium 6.2% 2010 down 38.4% falling
82 Iran 6.1% 2010 up 26.7% volatile
83 Burundi 6.1% 2010 down 44.6% volatile
84 Senegal 6.0% 2010 down 7.2% falling
85 Togo 5.9% 2010 down 3.8% volatile
86 Central African Republic 5.5% 2010 up 27.0% rising
87 Egypt 5.4% 2010 up 0.2% volatile
88 Tonga 5.1% 2010 down 66.2% falling
89 Ghana 5.0% 2010 up 62.7% rising
90 India 4.8% 2010 up 47.5% falling
91 Cote d'Ivoire 4.5% 2010 up 136.5% volatile
92 Italy 4.4% 2010 down 57.7% volatile
93 Bahrain 4.4% 2010 up 10.6% volatile
94 Benin 4.3% 2010 up 32.5% rising
95 Japan 3.8% 2010 down 53.9% volatile
96 Serbia 3.4% 2010 down 91.8% flat
97 Mali 3.3% 2010 up 175.0% volatile
98 Iraq 3.2% 2010 up 212.5% volatile
99 Nepal 3.1% 2010 up 59.3% volatile
100 Afghanistan 3.0% 2010 up 257.1% volatile
101 Canada 3.0% 2010 down 77.2% falling
102 Israel 3.0% 2010 down 67.7% volatile
103 Morocco 2.6% 2010 up 75.2% volatile
104 South Korea 2.5% 2010 down 44.6% volatile
105 Greece 2.4% 2010 down 78.4% falling
106 France 2.2% 2010 down 76.1% volatile
107 Sierra Leone 2.0% 2010 up 283.0% volatile
108 Sweden 2.0% 2010 down 79.2% volatile
109 Liberia 2.0% 2010 up 43.5% rising
110 Bangladesh 1.9% 2010 down 6.9% volatile
111 Sudan 1.9% 2010 up 19.4% rising
112 Russia 1.6% 2010 down 79.3% volatile
113 Netherlands 1.6% 2010 down 52.4% volatile
114 Mozambique 1.6% 2010 up 29.8% falling
115 Kazakhstan 1.6% 2010 down 90.2% falling
116 Denmark 1.5% 2010 down 85.1% volatile
117 Tajikistan 1.3% 2010 down 83.2% falling
118 Gambia 1.1% 2010 up 13.7% rising
119 Kyrgyzstan 1.0% 2010 down 93.8% falling
119 Pakistan 1.0% 2010 up 52.9% volatile
121 United States 1.0% 2010 down 22.0% volatile
122 Switzerland 0.9% 2010 down 90.1% volatile
123 Moldova 0.9% 2010 down 95.7% falling
124 Niger 0.9% 2010 up 6.2% falling
125 Bulgaria 0.6% 2010 down 95.3% volatile
126 Slovenia 0.4% 2010 down 60.9% volatile
127 Croatia 0.4% 2010 down 91.1% volatile
128 Malta 0.4% 2010 down 98.0% volatile
129 Germany 0.3% 2010 down 96.1% volatile
130 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 66.3% volatile
131 Armenia 0.3% 2010 down 82.2% volatile
132 Albania 0.2% 2010 down 97.8% volatile
133 Latvia 0.2% 2010 down 92.6% volatile
134 Belize 0.2% 2010 down 63.0% volatile
134 Ukraine 0.2% 2010 down 88.9% volatile
136 Lithuania 0.2% 2010 down 95.5% volatile
137 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 92.9% volatile
138 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 73.3% volatile
139 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 99.5% volatile
140 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged falling
141 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
141 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 87.5% volatile
143 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
143 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 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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