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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary by country

Countries reporting
144
Highest
72.1%
Lesotho
Lowest
0.0%
Norway
Median
10.3%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Incompleted Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 72.1% in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.0% in Norway.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.3%, and the mean is 14.3%.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 1,172.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 72.1% 2010 down 0.6% rising
2 Thailand 69.8% 2010 down 0.9% volatile
3 El Salvador 57.3% 2010 up 93.9% rising
4 Dominican Republic 49.3% 2010 down 39.6% rising
5 Paraguay 48.6% 2010 down 4.3% rising
6 Zimbabwe 43.9% 2010 up 6.9% volatile
7 Mauritius 40.6% 2010 up 2.8% rising
8 Philippines 38.2% 2010 up 31.5% falling
9 Bolivia 37.3% 2010 up 106.4% volatile
10 Costa Rica 35.6% 2010 down 13.7% falling
11 Romania 34.5% 2010 down 23.1% falling
12 Namibia 32.6% 2010 up 19.7% rising
13 Mexico 32.1% 2010 down 0.3% flat
14 Zambia 32.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
15 Honduras 31.1% 2010 down 2.1% rising
16 Qatar 30.9% 2010 up 1,172.0% volatile
17 Fiji 30.5% 2010 down 11.9% falling
18 Ecuador 30.4% 2010 up 16.2% rising
19 China 30.3% 2010 up 67.9% volatile
20 Nicaragua 29.9% 2010 up 7.5% rising
21 Chile 29.3% 2010 down 26.1% flat
22 Indonesia 28.1% 2010 up 59.8% volatile
23 Jamaica 27.6% 2010 down 27.6% falling
24 Guyana 27.6% 2010 down 6.1% falling
25 Peru 27.5% 2010 up 16.4% rising
26 Malawi 26.9% 2010 up 28.6% rising
27 Uruguay 26.8% 2010 down 16.6% falling
28 Uganda 25.8% 2010 up 47.0% volatile
29 Cyprus 25.0% 2010 up 58.2% rising
30 Spain 24.4% 2010 up 69.7% volatile
31 Vietnam 24.1% 2010 down 11.3% rising
32 Brazil 23.8% 2010 down 4.8% rising
33 Malaysia 22.2% 2010 up 18.9% rising
34 Macao 22.1% 2010 up 2.8% rising
35 South Africa 22.0% 2010 up 18.0% rising
36 Portugal 21.9% 2010 down 19.2% rising
37 Botswana 21.7% 2010 down 11.4% flat
38 Maldives 21.6% 2010 up 525.8% rising
39 Panama 21.6% 2010 down 29.0% flat
40 Gabon 21.1% 2010 up 31.1% rising
41 Guatemala 20.3% 2010 up 2.4% volatile
42 Venezuela 20.2% 2010 down 14.7% rising
43 Argentina 20.2% 2010 down 32.5% falling
43 Cambodia 20.2% 2010 up 120.4% volatile
45 Tanzania 19.6% 2010 up 74.1% rising
46 Hong Kong 19.1% 2010 up 181.0% rising
47 Serbia 18.3% 2010 down 57.2% rising
48 Kuwait 18.1% 2010 up 89.9% volatile
49 Mongolia 16.8% 2010 down 35.4% volatile
50 Kenya 16.4% 2010 up 14.2% volatile
51 Iceland 16.0% 2010 down 31.2% falling
52 Barbados 15.8% 2010 down 31.2% falling
53 Trinidad and Tobago 15.7% 2010 down 2.4% falling
54 New Zealand 15.6% 2010 down 11.3% falling
55 Myanmar 14.8% 2010 up 10.2% rising
56 Mauritania 14.7% 2010 down 19.2% rising
57 Brunei 14.4% 2010 up 18.9% volatile
58 Turkey 14.3% 2010 up 22.4% volatile
59 Cuba 14.1% 2010 down 25.7% falling
60 United Arab Emirates 13.7% 2010 up 30.4% volatile
61 Sri Lanka 13.6% 2010 up 23.3% falling
62 Ireland 13.3% 2010 down 2.9% falling
63 Austria 12.8% 2010 down 33.4% falling
64 Luxembourg 12.7% 2010 down 37.9% falling
65 Democratic Republic of Congo 12.4% 2010 up 153.3% volatile
66 Congo 12.0% 2010 up 139.5% volatile
67 Cameroon 11.9% 2010 up 49.4% volatile
68 Algeria 11.8% 2010 up 156.5% volatile
69 Moldova 11.0% 2010 down 57.9% rising
70 Saudi Arabia 10.8% 2010 down 0.7% rising
71 Syria 10.6% 2010 down 44.1% volatile
72 Haiti 10.3% 2010 up 30.2% rising
73 United Kingdom 10.3% 2010 down 51.8% falling
74 Italy 10.2% 2010 down 38.9% volatile
75 Belgium 10.2% 2010 down 13.2% falling
76 Burundi 9.6% 2010 up 297.5% volatile
77 Greece 9.6% 2010 down 12.2% falling
78 Tonga 9.5% 2010 down 48.9% falling
79 Laos 9.3% 2010 up 58.7% volatile
80 Japan 8.4% 2010 down 33.9% falling
81 Rwanda 8.2% 2010 up 205.6% volatile
82 Australia 8.2% 2010 down 20.2% volatile
83 Jordan 8.1% 2010 up 44.0% volatile
84 Eswatini 7.7% 2010 down 33.7% volatile
85 Papua New Guinea 7.6% 2010 up 145.8% volatile
86 Tajikistan 7.6% 2010 down 58.0% falling
87 Sweden 7.5% 2010 down 38.9% falling
88 Canada 7.4% 2010 down 61.4% falling
88 Togo 7.4% 2010 up 80.2% volatile
90 Kyrgyzstan 7.0% 2010 down 71.2% falling
91 Libya 6.2% 2010 up 170.0% volatile
92 Israel 6.0% 2010 down 38.9% volatile
93 Denmark 6.0% 2010 down 54.1% falling
94 Iran 5.7% 2010 up 71.7% volatile
95 Egypt 5.7% 2010 up 2.2% volatile
96 Russia 5.7% 2010 down 62.5% volatile
97 Singapore 5.6% 2010 down 13.9% volatile
98 South Korea 4.9% 2010 up 11.9% volatile
99 Ghana 4.6% 2010 up 177.2% rising
100 India 4.5% 2010 up 32.9% falling
101 Mali 4.1% 2010 up 244.2% volatile
102 Tunisia 4.1% 2010 up 167.3% volatile
103 Central African Republic 3.8% 2010 up 0.5% rising
104 Netherlands 3.5% 2010 down 42.7% volatile
105 France 3.0% 2010 down 68.5% volatile
106 Croatia 2.9% 2010 down 72.1% volatile
107 Benin 2.8% 2010 up 34.4% flat
107 Bahrain 2.8% 2010 up 60.6% volatile
109 Cote d'Ivoire 2.5% 2010 up 70.5% volatile
110 Nepal 2.5% 2010 up 41.8% volatile
111 Sudan 2.3% 2010 down 0.4% rising
112 Senegal 2.1% 2010 down 67.3% volatile
113 Bangladesh 2.0% 2010 up 1.5% volatile
114 Liberia 1.7% 2010 up 30.3% rising
115 Switzerland 1.7% 2010 down 87.0% falling
116 Mozambique 1.7% 2010 up 48.2% volatile
117 Kazakhstan 1.6% 2010 down 93.8% falling
118 Iraq 1.6% 2010 up 50.5% volatile
119 Armenia 1.6% 2010 down 79.1% falling
120 Ukraine 1.6% 2010 down 84.3% volatile
121 Morocco 1.5% 2010 up 112.9% volatile
122 Pakistan 1.5% 2010 up 141.0% volatile
123 Latvia 1.3% 2010 down 86.6% volatile
124 Sierra Leone 1.3% 2010 up 132.7% rising
125 Bulgaria 1.3% 2010 down 93.8% falling
125 Poland 1.3% 2010 down 85.0% volatile
127 Gambia 1.1% 2010 up 71.0% rising
128 Lithuania 1.0% 2010 down 82.4% volatile
129 Niger 0.9% 2010 up 7.1% falling
129 United States 0.9% 2010 down 55.7% volatile
131 Slovenia 0.9% 2010 down 69.3% volatile
132 Afghanistan 0.8% 2010 up 110.0% volatile
133 Albania 0.8% 2010 down 98.1% volatile
134 Hungary 0.5% 2010 down 71.4% volatile
135 Malta 0.4% 2010 down 97.3% volatile
136 Germany 0.3% 2010 down 97.6% volatile
137 Estonia 0.3% 2010 down 81.0% volatile
138 Belize 0.2% 2010 down 57.9% volatile
139 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 99.1% volatile
140 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 60.0% volatile
141 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
142 Colombia 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% falling
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 65-69 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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