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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
57.6%
Belize
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
7.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 57.6% in Belize; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.2%, and the mean is 12.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,921.

Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 5,940.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 94.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belize 57.6% 2010 up 110.9% volatile
2 Finland 53.0% 2010 up 404.6% volatile
3 Hungary 52.8% 2010 up 16.3% volatile
4 Barbados 51.0% 2010 up 15.3% rising
5 Tonga 43.4% 2010 up 18.8% rising
6 Netherlands 41.9% 2010 up 29.9% volatile
7 Slovakia 40.7% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
8 Latvia 39.3% 2010 up 9.2% volatile
9 Republic of Moldova 37.9% 2010 up 265.1% volatile
10 Denmark 37.3% 2010 up 32.4% volatile
11 Slovenia 36.6% 2010 down 19.3% rising
12 Czechia 36.0% 2010 down 26.1% volatile
13 Romania 35.5% 2010 up 27.1% volatile
14 Tajikistan 33.7% 2010 up 32.8% volatile
15 Bulgaria 33.1% 2010 up 120.3% volatile
16 Norway 32.8% 2010 up 54.9% volatile
17 Germany 31.2% 2010 up 64.4% rising
18 Serbia 30.9% 2010 up 405.4% volatile
19 Australia 30.8% 2010 up 36.4% rising
20 Croatia 30.3% 2010 up 83.1% volatile
21 Albania 29.9% 2010 up 251.5% volatile
22 Sri Lanka 29.3% 2010 up 40.4% volatile
23 Japan 27.6% 2010 down 11.5% volatile
24 Lithuania 26.7% 2010 up 56.4% volatile
25 Canada 26.2% 2010 down 27.6% rising
26 Ukraine 25.8% 2010 up 18.3% volatile
27 Austria 25.1% 2010 up 17.6% volatile
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 24.9% 2010 up 63.5% rising
29 Viet Nam 24.7% 2010 up 175.5% volatile
30 Luxembourg 24.6% 2010 up 40.2% rising
31 Cuba 23.8% 2010 up 152.0% volatile
32 Switzerland 23.6% 2010 up 57.0% rising
33 Estonia 22.4% 2010 down 19.5% volatile
34 Belgium 22.4% 2010 down 23.3% rising
35 Kyrgyzstan 21.8% 2010 up 115.7% rising
36 Iceland 18.4% 2010 up 65.0% volatile
37 Russian Federation 18.0% 2010 down 20.3% volatile
38 Ireland 17.5% 2010 down 10.0% rising
39 France 17.4% 2010 up 24.6% volatile
40 Italy 17.2% 2010 up 34.5% rising
41 New Zealand 17.2% 2010 up 35.8% volatile
42 Malta 16.6% 2010 up 53.9% volatile
43 Chile 16.4% 2010 up 59.7% rising
44 Republic of Korea 16.2% 2010 up 106.2% volatile
45 Macao 15.1% 2010 up 297.1% volatile
46 Armenia 14.8% 2010 down 2.3% falling
47 Botswana 14.7% 2010 up 38.3% volatile
48 Uruguay 14.7% 2010 up 38.3% volatile
49 South Africa 13.5% 2010 down 27.1% flat
50 Jamaica 13.3% 2010 up 26.0% volatile
51 Ghana 13.0% 2010 up 296.3% volatile
52 China 12.9% 2010 up 355.6% volatile
53 Guyana 12.4% 2010 up 307.9% volatile
54 Iran 11.7% 2010 up 121.4% volatile
55 Mongolia 11.7% 2010 up 62.1% volatile
56 Dominican Republic 11.2% 2010 up 263.6% rising
57 Fiji 11.0% 2010 down 18.9% volatile
58 Hong Kong 10.6% 2010 up 182.1% volatile
59 Singapore 10.4% 2010 up 148.3% volatile
60 Colombia 10.1% 2010 up 49.3% rising
61 Spain 10.0% 2010 down 24.6% volatile
62 El Salvador 9.9% 2010 up 169.4% volatile
63 Philippines 9.3% 2010 down 15.4% volatile
64 Panama 8.9% 2010 up 22.9% rising
65 Sweden 8.8% 2010 up 11.0% rising
66 Argentina 8.8% 2010 up 104.4% rising
67 Cyprus 8.7% 2010 up 174.8% rising
68 Brazil 8.5% 2010 up 80.2% volatile
69 Mexico 8.2% 2010 up 49.0% rising
70 Gabon 8.2% 2010 up 435.9% volatile
71 Brunei Darussalam 7.6% 2010 up 168.1% volatile
72 Israel 7.3% 2010 up 51.9% falling
73 Kazakhstan 7.1% 2010 down 46.7% volatile
74 Paraguay 7.0% 2010 up 312.4% rising
75 Eswatini 6.5% 2010 down 6.5% volatile
76 Myanmar 6.3% 2010 up 101.0% volatile
77 United Arab Emirates 6.3% 2010 up 88.6% volatile
78 Kuwait 6.1% 2010 up 66.3% volatile
79 Bangladesh 5.4% 2010 up 38.2% volatile
80 Guatemala 5.2% 2010 up 300.8% volatile
81 Jordan 5.0% 2010 up 56.3% volatile
82 Portugal 4.9% 2010 up 28.8% volatile
83 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.8% 2010 up 106.5% volatile
84 United States 4.7% 2010 down 62.6% falling
85 Malaysia 4.3% 2010 up 54.8% volatile
86 Congo 4.3% 2010 up 628.8% volatile
87 Nicaragua 4.2% 2010 up 80.8% volatile
88 Egypt 4.2% 2010 up 83.8% volatile
89 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.2% 2010 up 126.5% falling
90 Greece 4.1% 2010 up 0.5% falling
91 Indonesia 4.1% 2010 up 108.2% volatile
92 Zimbabwe 3.9% 2010 up 66.1% volatile
93 Mauritius 3.9% 2010 up 46.4% volatile
94 Costa Rica 3.8% 2010 down 30.5% rising
95 Qatar 3.8% 2010 up 123.4% rising
96 Honduras 3.6% 2010 up 141.7% volatile
97 Namibia 3.6% 2010 up 33.3% falling
98 Uganda 3.4% 2010 up 1,620.0% volatile
99 Gambia 3.2% 2010 up 34.7% rising
100 Mali 3.0% 2010 up 5,940.0% volatile
101 Cambodia 3.0% 2010 up 312.5% volatile
102 Peru 2.6% 2010 up 68.8% volatile
103 Haiti 2.5% 2010 up 15.0% rising
104 Saudi Arabia 2.5% 2010 up 9.6% rising
105 India 2.5% 2010 up 45.0% volatile
106 Türkiye 2.5% 2010 up 77.7% volatile
107 Thailand 2.3% 2010 up 74.6% volatile
108 Ecuador 2.1% 2010 down 59.3% rising
109 Togo 2.1% 2010 up 19.8% volatile
110 Bahrain 2.0% 2010 up 96.2% volatile
111 Morocco 1.9% 2010 up 156.8% rising
112 Iraq 1.8% 2010 up 243.4% volatile
113 Cameroon 1.8% 2010 up 268.8% volatile
114 Syria 1.8% 2010 up 75.0% volatile
115 Benin 1.7% 2010 up 108.4% rising
116 Pakistan 1.6% 2010 up 18.2% volatile
117 Tunisia 1.6% 2010 up 242.6% volatile
118 Trinidad and Tobago 1.5% 2010 down 76.6% rising
119 Senegal 1.4% 2010 up 214.0% volatile
120 Sierra Leone 1.3% 2010 up 81.4% rising
120 Zambia 1.3% 2010 down 4.5% volatile
122 Nepal 1.3% 2010 up 168.1% volatile
123 Lesotho 1.1% 2010 up 110.0% volatile
124 Côte d'Ivoire 1.0% 2010 up 148.8% volatile
125 Libya 0.9% 2010 up 114.3% volatile
126 Burundi 0.9% 2010 up 394.4% volatile
127 Algeria 0.7% 2010 up 124.2% volatile
128 Liberia 0.7% 2010 down 19.0% flat
128 Papua New Guinea 0.7% 2010 up 325.0% volatile
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.6% 2010 up 342.9% volatile
131 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.5% 2010 up 138.1% volatile
132 Sudan 0.5% 2010 up 81.5% volatile
133 Malawi 0.5% 2010 up 125.0% volatile
134 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2010 up 400.0% volatile
135 Maldives 0.3% 2010 down 94.3% volatile
136 Central African Republic 0.2% 2010 up 72.7% volatile
137 Kenya 0.1% 2010 down 82.8% rising
137 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 150.0% volatile
137 Mauritania 0.1% 2010 up 36.4% volatile
140 Afghanistan 0.1% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
140 Niger 0.1% 2010 up 100.0% rising
142 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 92.5% volatile
142 Rwanda 0.1% 2010 down 54.5% volatile
144 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with secondary schooling. Incompleted Secondary
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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