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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with no education by country

Percentage of female population age 65-69 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
99.9%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
27.3%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 99.9% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 27.3%, and the mean is 37.4%.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 4,202.2%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 99.9% 2010 unchanged flat
2 Afghanistan 98.6% 2010 down 0.8% flat
3 Niger 97.9% 2010 down 0.5% flat
4 Mozambique 96.3% 2010 down 1.7% rising
5 Sierra Leone 94.3% 2010 down 2.8% flat
6 Nepal 94.2% 2010 down 2.7% falling
7 Senegal 93.5% 2010 up 3.1% rising
8 Morocco 93.1% 2010 down 4.4% flat
9 Gambia 93.0% 2010 down 1.6% falling
10 Côte d'Ivoire 92.9% 2010 down 3.7% flat
11 Liberia 92.3% 2010 down 2.3% flat
12 Central African Republic 91.8% 2010 down 1.7% falling
13 Benin 91.6% 2010 down 3.8% flat
14 Iraq 91.1% 2010 down 5.6% falling
15 Rwanda 90.8% 2010 down 6.0% falling
16 Sudan 90.7% 2010 down 4.2% falling
17 Pakistan 89.8% 2010 down 3.8% falling
18 Papua New Guinea 88.5% 2010 down 8.0% falling
19 Bahrain 88.5% 2010 down 5.6% falling
20 Tunisia 88.2% 2010 down 8.5% falling
21 Mali 87.9% 2010 down 10.7% falling
22 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 86.5% 2010 down 8.2% falling
23 Togo 85.7% 2010 down 6.0% falling
24 India 84.1% 2010 down 6.2% falling
25 Haiti 82.8% 2010 down 3.3% falling
26 Libya 82.2% 2010 down 12.6% falling
27 Kenya 81.3% 2010 down 1.3% falling
28 Eswatini 80.9% 2010 up 10.3% falling
29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 80.1% 2010 down 10.9% falling
30 Algeria 79.3% 2010 down 15.0% flat
31 Burundi 78.7% 2010 down 17.6% falling
32 Egypt 78.4% 2010 down 8.6% falling
33 Congo 76.4% 2010 down 17.5% falling
34 Saudi Arabia 76.0% 2010 down 0.7% falling
35 Syria 74.8% 2010 down 3.9% falling
35 Tanzania, United Republic of 74.8% 2010 down 13.4% falling
37 Maldives 74.3% 2010 down 17.7% rising
38 Jordan 73.0% 2010 down 11.4% falling
39 Cameroon 72.4% 2010 down 15.4% falling
40 Ghana 72.3% 2010 down 20.1% falling
41 Cambodia 71.4% 2010 down 19.5% falling
42 Mauritania 70.4% 2010 up 1.5% falling
43 Malawi 70.0% 2010 down 9.7% falling
44 Bangladesh 67.6% 2010 down 12.1% falling
45 Uganda 64.6% 2010 down 17.8% falling
46 Kuwait 63.2% 2010 down 19.5% falling
47 Guatemala 60.0% 2010 down 8.6% falling
48 Zambia 59.6% 2010 unchanged falling
49 Myanmar 58.9% 2010 down 18.8% falling
50 Iran 57.9% 2010 down 26.1% falling
51 Singapore 55.9% 2010 down 26.3% falling
52 Brunei Darussalam 51.5% 2010 down 29.9% falling
53 Malaysia 47.4% 2010 down 29.0% falling
54 Türkiye 46.4% 2010 down 29.6% falling
55 Nicaragua 46.0% 2010 down 17.5% falling
56 Indonesia 45.6% 2010 down 35.9% falling
57 Botswana 45.4% 2010 down 10.2% falling
58 Honduras 42.9% 2010 down 14.9% falling
59 Namibia 41.9% 2010 down 22.8% falling
60 Mauritius 40.2% 2010 down 22.4% falling
61 United Arab Emirates 39.9% 2010 down 45.3% falling
62 Qatar 38.9% 2010 down 56.0% falling
63 Ecuador 37.3% 2010 up 4.5% falling
64 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 35.7% 2010 down 42.3% falling
65 Gabon 35.2% 2010 down 49.1% falling
66 Portugal 35.1% 2010 up 11.3% falling
67 Zimbabwe 34.4% 2010 down 25.4% falling
68 Peru 32.7% 2010 down 18.7% falling
69 Mexico 30.7% 2010 down 27.7% falling
70 China 30.0% 2010 down 59.4% falling
71 Brazil 27.7% 2010 down 27.8% falling
72 South Africa 27.5% 2010 down 41.5% falling
73 Cuba 27.2% 2010 down 44.7% rising
74 Hong Kong 26.6% 2010 down 66.3% falling
75 Sri Lanka 21.9% 2010 down 27.6% falling
76 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 21.8% 2010 down 51.8% falling
77 Colombia 19.7% 2010 down 23.0% falling
78 Dominican Republic 19.4% 2010 up 4,202.2% volatile
79 Panama 18.4% 2010 down 23.6% falling
80 Lesotho 16.9% 2010 down 14.3% volatile
81 Republic of Korea 16.8% 2010 down 58.6% falling
82 Viet Nam 14.9% 2010 down 63.7% falling
83 Costa Rica 14.7% 2010 down 19.3% falling
84 Italy 14.7% 2010 down 35.0% falling
85 Fiji 11.8% 2010 down 38.7% falling
86 Israel 11.3% 2010 down 35.7% falling
87 Macao 10.8% 2010 down 80.9% falling
88 Mongolia 10.5% 2010 down 74.1% volatile
89 Paraguay 10.3% 2010 down 51.2% falling
90 Albania 8.4% 2010 up 3.2% volatile
91 Belgium 7.8% 2010 down 6.9% volatile
92 Chile 7.4% 2010 down 31.0% falling
93 Jamaica 7.3% 2010 down 21.2% volatile
94 Spain 7.2% 2010 down 82.3% falling
95 El Salvador 7.2% 2010 down 85.8% falling
96 Philippines 7.2% 2010 down 6.8% volatile
97 Greece 6.8% 2010 down 84.1% falling
98 Guyana 6.5% 2010 down 73.0% falling
99 Thailand 6.1% 2010 down 76.3% volatile
100 Serbia 6.0% 2010 down 80.3% falling
101 Kyrgyzstan 6.0% 2010 down 45.1% volatile
102 Croatia 4.8% 2010 down 76.4% falling
103 Trinidad and Tobago 4.3% 2010 down 65.1% volatile
104 Romania 3.6% 2010 down 61.5% falling
105 Luxembourg 3.6% 2010 up 1,018.8% volatile
106 Uruguay 3.5% 2010 down 31.9% volatile
107 Malta 3.2% 2010 down 88.4% falling
108 Argentina 3.1% 2010 down 67.2% falling
109 Bulgaria 3.1% 2010 up 15.8% volatile
110 France 2.8% 2010 down 61.5% volatile
111 Germany 2.4% 2010 down 74.4% volatile
112 Cyprus 2.2% 2010 down 95.9% falling
113 Tajikistan 2.1% 2010 down 69.3% volatile
114 Republic of Moldova 2.0% 2010 down 93.1% falling
115 Switzerland 1.7% 2010 down 90.2% volatile
116 Australia 1.5% 2010 down 53.6% rising
117 Denmark 1.5% 2010 up 129.2% volatile
118 Sweden 1.5% 2010 down 3.3% falling
119 Norway 1.5% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
120 Ireland 1.1% 2010 down 88.3% falling
121 Canada 1.0% 2010 down 68.4% falling
121 Tonga 1.0% 2010 down 57.0% volatile
123 Slovenia 1.0% 2010 down 52.0% volatile
124 Ukraine 0.9% 2010 down 91.2% falling
125 Russian Federation 0.8% 2010 down 61.8% volatile
126 Armenia 0.8% 2010 down 82.2% volatile
127 Hungary 0.5% 2010 down 51.4% volatile
127 Iceland 0.5% 2010 down 22.7% volatile
129 United States 0.3% 2010 down 67.0% volatile
130 Poland 0.3% 2010 down 97.2% volatile
131 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 89.6% volatile
132 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2010 down 92.5% falling
133 Latvia 0.2% 2010 down 52.5% volatile
134 Belize 0.2% 2010 down 98.7% falling
135 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 57.6% volatile
136 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 56.7% volatile
137 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
138 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
139 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 93.3% volatile
140 Barbados 0.0% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
141 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of female population age 65-69 with no education