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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of female population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
84.1%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
25.3%
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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 84.1% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 25.3%, and the mean is 29.2%.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 1,245.0%), 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 Thailand 84.1% 2010 up 17.3% volatile
2 Lesotho 79.7% 2010 up 4.1% rising
3 El Salvador 74.3% 2010 up 87.0% rising
4 Trinidad and Tobago 71.7% 2010 down 0.1% flat
5 Malta 71.7% 2010 up 39.9% rising
6 Paraguay 70.4% 2010 up 1.9% rising
7 Greece 69.3% 2010 up 77.0% rising
8 Spain 68.6% 2010 up 79.6% rising
9 Guyana 68.2% 2010 down 2.8% falling
10 Fiji 65.1% 2010 up 18.9% rising
11 Cyprus 64.4% 2010 up 95.4% rising
12 Uruguay 64.2% 2010 down 8.0% rising
13 Costa Rica 63.8% 2010 down 0.8% rising
14 Argentina 62.0% 2010 down 12.0% falling
15 Philippines 60.3% 2010 up 31.5% rising
16 Zimbabwe 58.5% 2010 up 19.4% rising
17 Dominican Republic 58.0% 2010 down 37.1% rising
18 Venezuela 57.3% 2010 up 23.8% rising
19 Colombia 56.1% 2010 down 3.6% rising
20 Jamaica 55.0% 2010 down 13.9% falling
21 Macao 53.9% 2010 up 57.1% falling
22 Iceland 52.3% 2010 down 27.9% falling
23 Portugal 52.3% 2010 down 7.9% rising
24 Ecuador 51.8% 2010 up 5.7% rising
25 New Zealand 51.3% 2010 down 7.0% falling
26 Mexico 50.6% 2010 up 8.3% rising
27 Italy 50.5% 2010 down 4.9% falling
28 China 50.4% 2010 up 133.5% volatile
29 Chile 49.8% 2010 down 4.3% falling
30 Panama 49.5% 2010 down 1.6% rising
31 Brazil 48.7% 2010 down 1.5% rising
32 Vietnam 48.0% 2010 up 5.6% rising
33 Namibia 47.2% 2010 up 21.8% rising
34 South Korea 47.2% 2010 up 9.1% volatile
35 Albania 46.4% 2010 down 39.2% volatile
36 Turkey 46.1% 2010 up 56.4% volatile
37 Poland 45.9% 2010 up 2.8% falling
38 Mauritius 45.8% 2010 up 8.1% rising
39 Peru 45.2% 2010 up 19.5% rising
40 Indonesia 45.1% 2010 up 77.7% volatile
41 Qatar 44.5% 2010 up 1,245.0% volatile
42 Ireland 43.5% 2010 up 1.8% falling
43 Honduras 42.9% 2010 up 1.2% rising
44 France 42.9% 2010 down 22.8% falling
45 Hong Kong 42.6% 2010 up 249.6% rising
46 Nicaragua 42.2% 2010 up 11.7% rising
47 Gabon 42.0% 2010 up 55.9% volatile
48 Austria 42.0% 2010 down 30.3% falling
49 Luxembourg 41.6% 2010 down 34.9% falling
50 Malaysia 40.3% 2010 up 45.6% volatile
51 Bolivia 39.5% 2010 up 64.2% volatile
52 Romania 37.2% 2010 down 21.7% falling
53 Zambia 37.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
54 Sri Lanka 35.8% 2010 up 32.9% rising
55 United Kingdom 33.7% 2010 down 49.5% falling
56 Belgium 33.6% 2010 down 13.2% falling
57 Mongolia 33.4% 2010 down 23.2% volatile
58 Botswana 33.2% 2010 down 5.0% rising
59 Tonga 33.1% 2010 down 38.2% rising
60 Serbia 29.9% 2010 down 49.0% rising
61 Myanmar 29.5% 2010 up 31.1% volatile
62 Croatia 29.4% 2010 down 43.2% falling
63 Mauritania 29.2% 2010 down 3.8% rising
64 South Africa 29.1% 2010 up 24.5% rising
65 Malawi 28.9% 2010 up 31.6% rising
66 Cuba 27.8% 2010 down 15.6% falling
67 Guatemala 27.7% 2010 up 0.2% volatile
68 Tajikistan 27.6% 2010 down 39.9% rising
69 Japan 27.6% 2010 down 30.7% falling
70 Brunei 26.6% 2010 up 41.5% volatile
71 Uganda 26.1% 2010 up 28.8% volatile
72 Cambodia 25.6% 2010 up 148.7% volatile
73 Maldives 25.1% 2010 up 423.3% flat
74 Sweden 24.7% 2010 down 35.9% falling
75 Tanzania 24.6% 2010 up 82.7% rising
76 Barbados 24.4% 2010 down 30.3% falling
77 Cameroon 23.8% 2010 up 77.6% volatile
78 Kuwait 23.8% 2010 up 96.2% volatile
79 Israel 22.8% 2010 down 28.2% falling
80 Netherlands 22.4% 2010 down 37.9% falling
81 Moldova 21.9% 2010 down 49.9% rising
82 Belize 21.9% 2010 down 59.2% falling
83 Kyrgyzstan 20.6% 2010 down 66.5% falling
84 Syria 20.2% 2010 down 1.0% volatile
85 Denmark 19.7% 2010 down 51.9% falling
86 United Arab Emirates 19.6% 2010 up 43.6% volatile
87 Burundi 19.2% 2010 up 371.9% volatile
88 Lithuania 18.8% 2010 down 53.4% falling
89 Laos 18.5% 2010 up 88.8% volatile
90 Kenya 18.2% 2010 up 14.1% volatile
91 Bangladesh 18.1% 2010 up 10.1% volatile
92 Congo 17.5% 2010 up 173.0% volatile
93 Algeria 17.4% 2010 up 196.3% volatile
94 Saudi Arabia 16.6% 2010 down 0.7% rising
95 Jordan 16.0% 2010 up 43.5% volatile
96 Iran 15.8% 2010 up 94.9% volatile
97 Australia 14.3% 2010 down 17.2% volatile
98 Armenia 13.3% 2010 down 60.0% falling
99 Democratic Republic of Congo 12.4% 2010 up 134.3% volatile
100 Haiti 12.1% 2010 up 26.0% rising
101 Eswatini 11.8% 2010 down 31.2% volatile
102 Togo 11.4% 2010 up 89.6% volatile
103 Ukraine 11.3% 2010 down 71.2% volatile
104 Egypt 11.3% 2010 up 21.4% volatile
105 Russia 11.2% 2010 down 55.4% falling
106 Canada 11.1% 2010 down 63.0% falling
107 Singapore 11.1% 2010 up 2.4% volatile
108 Papua New Guinea 9.8% 2010 up 172.2% volatile
109 Ghana 9.2% 2010 up 229.3% volatile
110 Rwanda 8.9% 2010 up 198.3% volatile
111 Slovenia 8.8% 2010 down 56.0% falling
112 Estonia 8.7% 2010 down 70.4% falling
113 Libya 8.2% 2010 up 183.1% volatile
114 Tunisia 8.1% 2010 up 216.7% volatile
115 Sudan 8.0% 2010 up 73.9% volatile
116 India 7.5% 2010 up 52.0% rising
117 Central African Republic 7.5% 2010 up 19.7% rising
118 Bulgaria 7.2% 2010 down 88.7% falling
119 Switzerland 5.6% 2010 down 86.4% falling
120 Benin 5.6% 2010 up 60.0% rising
121 Hungary 5.4% 2010 down 85.5% falling
121 Mali 5.4% 2010 up 284.3% volatile
123 Cote d'Ivoire 5.1% 2010 up 103.2% volatile
124 Pakistan 5.0% 2010 up 56.3% volatile
125 Senegal 4.5% 2010 down 46.8% volatile
126 Bahrain 4.4% 2010 up 42.6% volatile
127 Latvia 4.3% 2010 down 78.4% volatile
128 Liberia 4.1% 2010 up 51.3% rising
129 Nepal 3.9% 2010 up 58.9% volatile
130 Sierra Leone 3.5% 2010 up 133.3% falling
131 Mozambique 3.3% 2010 up 75.5% volatile
132 Kazakhstan 3.3% 2010 down 92.6% falling
133 Iraq 3.2% 2010 up 77.8% volatile
134 Morocco 2.8% 2010 up 131.7% volatile
135 United States 2.8% 2010 down 49.3% volatile
136 Niger 1.8% 2010 up 28.6% flat
137 Gambia 1.6% 2010 up 54.4% rising
138 Germany 1.1% 2010 down 97.5% falling
139 Afghanistan 0.9% 2010 up 125.0% volatile
140 Slovakia 0.4% 2010 down 99.0% falling
141 Czechia 0.2% 2010 down 58.3% volatile
141 Norway 0.2% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
143 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Primary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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 primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)