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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
50.2%
Russia
Lowest
0.0%
Togo
Median
4.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 50.2% in Russia; the lowest is 0.0% in Togo.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.4%, and the mean is 7.0%.

Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,380.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 50.2% 2010 up 49.9% volatile
2 United States 49.5% 2010 up 60.4% rising
3 Israel 35.7% 2010 up 21.8% volatile
4 Canada 33.9% 2010 up 243.2% volatile
5 Ukraine 33.5% 2010 up 89.4% volatile
6 Australia 30.6% 2010 up 136.2% volatile
7 Estonia 29.4% 2010 up 72.9% volatile
8 New Zealand 26.4% 2010 up 16.5% volatile
9 Kazakhstan 23.2% 2010 up 329.8% volatile
10 Sweden 22.6% 2010 up 36.2% volatile
11 Ireland 21.3% 2010 up 108.4% volatile
12 Finland 19.6% 2010 up 126.1% volatile
13 Bulgaria 19.5% 2010 up 112.7% volatile
14 Norway 17.8% 2010 up 65.1% volatile
15 Armenia 16.4% 2010 up 63.3% rising
16 Lithuania 16.0% 2010 up 72.2% volatile
17 Belgium 15.4% 2010 up 70.8% volatile
18 Latvia 15.4% 2010 up 30.6% volatile
19 United Arab Emirates 14.7% 2010 up 348.2% volatile
20 Bolivia 14.0% 2010 up 277.3% volatile
21 Mongolia 13.9% 2010 up 560.0% volatile
22 United Kingdom 12.8% 2010 up 0.7% volatile
23 Slovenia 12.5% 2010 up 176.9% volatile
24 Denmark 12.4% 2010 up 48.9% rising
25 Netherlands 12.0% 2010 up 53.4% volatile
26 Philippines 11.8% 2010 down 46.2% volatile
27 Germany 11.8% 2010 up 81.5% volatile
28 Switzerland 11.5% 2010 up 116.3% volatile
29 Kyrgyzstan 11.3% 2010 up 93.5% volatile
30 Moldova 11.1% 2010 up 116.6% volatile
31 Hungary 10.8% 2010 up 159.9% volatile
32 Poland 10.7% 2010 up 54.7% volatile
33 Jamaica 10.6% 2010 up 57.2% volatile
34 Croatia 10.5% 2010 up 250.2% volatile
35 Luxembourg 10.4% 2010 up 152.7% volatile
36 France 10.3% 2010 up 93.6% volatile
37 Costa Rica 10.2% 2010 up 66.3% volatile
38 Panama 10.1% 2010 up 29.7% volatile
39 Serbia 9.5% 2010 up 876.3% volatile
40 Cyprus 8.7% 2010 up 170.9% volatile
41 Peru 8.6% 2010 down 0.5% volatile
42 Slovakia 8.6% 2010 down 12.4% volatile
43 Trinidad and Tobago 7.9% 2010 up 190.8% volatile
44 Uruguay 7.6% 2010 up 27.4% rising
45 Japan 7.6% 2010 up 70.9% volatile
46 Austria 7.4% 2010 up 127.6% volatile
47 Argentina 7.4% 2010 up 60.6% volatile
48 Spain 7.3% 2010 up 103.9% volatile
49 Chile 7.2% 2010 down 26.9% volatile
50 Libya 6.8% 2010 up 196.1% volatile
51 Greece 6.7% 2010 up 115.8% volatile
52 Czechia 6.7% 2010 up 22.4% volatile
53 Brunei 6.5% 2010 up 170.8% volatile
54 Iceland 6.4% 2010 up 72.7% volatile
55 Gabon 6.0% 2010 up 528.1% volatile
56 Brazil 5.9% 2010 up 121.5% volatile
56 Colombia 5.9% 2010 up 151.9% volatile
56 Malta 5.9% 2010 up 67.2% volatile
59 Singapore 5.8% 2010 up 190.5% volatile
60 Macao 5.4% 2010 up 169.5% volatile
61 South Korea 5.4% 2010 up 203.4% volatile
62 Cuba 5.3% 2010 up 170.2% volatile
62 Iran 5.3% 2010 up 102.7% volatile
64 Venezuela 5.3% 2010 up 81.5% volatile
65 Mexico 5.3% 2010 up 177.9% volatile
66 Fiji 5.1% 2010 up 36.4% volatile
67 Qatar 5.0% 2010 up 96.1% volatile
68 Portugal 4.9% 2010 up 92.9% volatile
68 Paraguay 4.9% 2010 up 87.0% volatile
70 Tajikistan 4.7% 2010 up 126.0% rising
71 Dominican Republic 4.5% 2010 up 46.6% volatile
72 South Africa 4.5% 2010 up 20.9% rising
73 Hong Kong 4.4% 2010 up 129.5% volatile
74 Italy 4.2% 2010 up 19.1% volatile
75 Sri Lanka 3.7% 2010 up 15.6% volatile
76 Belize 3.5% 2010 up 75.3% volatile
77 Romania 3.3% 2010 down 2.1% volatile
78 Thailand 3.1% 2010 up 342.3% volatile
79 Nicaragua 3.1% 2010 up 152.8% volatile
80 Vietnam 3.0% 2010 up 161.9% volatile
81 Honduras 2.7% 2010 up 405.6% volatile
82 Bangladesh 2.7% 2010 up 831.0% volatile
83 Uganda 2.5% 2010 up 221.8% volatile
84 Tonga 2.2% 2010 down 32.0% volatile
85 Malaysia 2.0% 2010 up 232.8% volatile
86 Kuwait 2.0% 2010 up 20.2% volatile
87 Iraq 2.0% 2010 up 184.3% volatile
88 Saudi Arabia 2.0% 2010 up 9.4% volatile
89 India 1.9% 2010 up 78.9% volatile
90 Botswana 1.9% 2010 up 93.9% volatile
91 Turkey 1.8% 2010 up 38.5% volatile
92 Egypt 1.7% 2010 up 183.3% volatile
93 Jordan 1.6% 2010 up 68.4% volatile
93 Namibia 1.6% 2010 up 128.6% rising
95 Mali 1.5% 2010 up 1,380.0% volatile
96 Myanmar 1.3% 2010 up 225.0% volatile
96 El Salvador 1.3% 2010 down 55.2% volatile
98 Bahrain 1.3% 2010 up 104.8% volatile
99 Algeria 1.1% 2010 up 356.0% volatile
100 Indonesia 1.1% 2010 up 707.1% volatile
101 Syria 1.1% 2010 up 224.2% volatile
102 Pakistan 1.0% 2010 up 57.8% volatile
103 Gambia 1.0% 2010 up 35.6% volatile
104 Ecuador 0.9% 2010 down 75.6% volatile
105 China 0.9% 2010 up 63.2% volatile
106 Liberia 0.9% 2010 up 36.4% rising
107 Barbados 0.8% 2010 up 9.3% rising
108 Congo 0.8% 2010 up 700.0% volatile
109 Zambia 0.7% 2010 unchanged volatile
110 Tunisia 0.7% 2010 up 266.7% volatile
111 Laos 0.5% 2010 up 400.0% volatile
111 Mauritius 0.5% 2010 up 194.1% volatile
111 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2010 up 25.0% rising
114 Cote d'Ivoire 0.5% 2010 up 108.7% volatile
115 Nepal 0.4% 2010 up 310.0% volatile
116 Ghana 0.4% 2010 down 75.2% volatile
117 Central African Republic 0.3% 2010 up 77.8% volatile
118 Burundi 0.3% 2010 up 675.0% volatile
119 Afghanistan 0.3% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
119 Benin 0.3% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
119 Haiti 0.3% 2010 down 25.0% rising
119 Morocco 0.3% 2010 up 500.0% volatile
119 Papua New Guinea 0.3% 2010 up 500.0% volatile
119 Sudan 0.3% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
125 Cameroon 0.2% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
125 Kenya 0.2% 2010 down 25.9% rising
127 Malawi 0.2% 2010 up 30.8% volatile
128 Lesotho 0.1% 2010 down 26.3% volatile
129 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 89.9% volatile
129 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 140.0% volatile
131 Guyana 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
131 Mauritania 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
131 Niger 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
131 Rwanda 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
131 Sierra Leone 0.1% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
136 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
136 Maldives 0.1% 2010 up 66.7% volatile
136 Tanzania 0.1% 2010 up 150.0% rising
136 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
140 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 96.2% volatile
141 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Cambodia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% rising
141 Senegal 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Togo 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 65-69 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Tertiary
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 tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)