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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 70-74 with no education by country

Percentage of female population age 70-74 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
99.8%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
29.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 70-74 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 99.8% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 29.8%, and the mean is 39.0%.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 128 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 70-74 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 99.8% 2010 unchanged flat
2 Afghanistan 98.5% 2010 down 0.8% flat
3 Niger 98.4% 2010 down 0.1% flat
4 Mozambique 97.7% 2010 down 1.0% rising
5 Sierra Leone 96.8% 2010 up 0.8% flat
6 Iraq 96.3% 2010 down 1.4% flat
7 Nepal 95.7% 2010 down 1.2% falling
8 Côte d'Ivoire 95.3% 2010 down 2.3% flat
9 Sudan 94.6% 2010 down 2.0% flat
10 Libya 93.7% 2010 down 3.9% falling
11 Senegal 93.5% 2010 up 2.8% rising
12 Liberia 92.9% 2010 down 1.4% flat
13 Morocco 92.7% 2010 down 4.7% flat
14 Congo 92.5% 2010 down 4.9% flat
15 Gambia 92.5% 2010 down 2.1% flat
16 Algeria 92.1% 2010 down 4.8% flat
17 Central African Republic 91.8% 2010 down 2.1% falling
18 Benin 91.3% 2010 down 4.1% flat
19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 91.1% 2010 down 6.5% falling
20 Rwanda 90.8% 2010 down 6.0% flat
21 Pakistan 89.8% 2010 down 5.3% falling
22 Papua New Guinea 88.6% 2010 down 7.7% falling
23 Bahrain 88.5% 2010 down 5.6% falling
24 Tunisia 88.2% 2010 down 9.2% flat
25 India 88.2% 2010 down 3.5% falling
26 Mali 87.9% 2010 down 11.4% falling
27 Togo 85.7% 2010 down 8.1% falling
28 Cameroon 85.5% 2010 down 7.7% falling
29 Egypt 85.4% 2010 down 4.5% falling
30 Lao People's Democratic Republic 84.5% 2010 down 7.9% falling
31 Eswatini 83.7% 2010 up 4.6% falling
32 Haiti 82.4% 2010 down 3.3% falling
33 Kenya 81.3% 2010 down 1.7% falling
34 Maldives 79.1% 2010 down 12.5% rising
35 Burundi 78.5% 2010 down 19.9% falling
36 Saudi Arabia 75.5% 2010 down 1.4% falling
37 Syria 74.8% 2010 down 3.9% falling
38 Tanzania, United Republic of 74.8% 2010 down 13.4% falling
39 Jordan 73.0% 2010 down 11.9% falling
40 Ghana 72.3% 2010 down 20.1% falling
41 Myanmar 72.1% 2010 down 3.8% falling
42 Cambodia 71.4% 2010 down 21.6% falling
43 Mauritania 70.3% 2010 up 1.5% falling
44 Malawi 69.9% 2010 down 9.8% falling
45 Singapore 67.6% 2010 down 16.8% falling
46 United Arab Emirates 67.4% 2010 down 18.9% falling
47 Bangladesh 66.6% 2010 down 13.3% falling
48 Uganda 64.6% 2010 down 17.8% falling
49 Kuwait 63.2% 2010 down 23.1% falling
50 Iran 61.9% 2010 down 23.4% falling
51 Guatemala 61.1% 2010 down 7.0% falling
52 Zambia 59.4% 2010 unchanged falling
53 Gabon 53.9% 2010 down 34.6% falling
54 Brunei Darussalam 50.4% 2010 down 30.9% falling
55 Nicaragua 49.6% 2010 down 16.9% falling
56 Malaysia 47.4% 2010 down 29.0% falling
57 Türkiye 46.4% 2010 down 33.9% falling
58 Indonesia 45.6% 2010 down 35.9% falling
59 Botswana 44.5% 2010 down 13.1% falling
60 Honduras 42.9% 2010 down 22.2% falling
61 Namibia 41.4% 2010 down 23.6% falling
62 Mauritius 40.2% 2010 down 22.4% falling
63 Macao 38.9% 2010 down 31.4% falling
64 Qatar 38.9% 2010 down 56.4% falling
65 Ecuador 37.3% 2010 up 4.5% falling
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 35.7% 2010 down 42.3% falling
67 Portugal 35.1% 2010 down 5.6% falling
68 Zimbabwe 34.1% 2010 down 26.0% falling
69 Brazil 33.6% 2010 down 34.3% falling
70 Peru 32.7% 2010 down 31.4% falling
71 Mexico 30.7% 2010 down 27.7% falling
72 China 30.0% 2010 down 59.4% falling
73 Republic of Korea 29.7% 2010 down 48.0% falling
74 South Africa 27.5% 2010 down 41.5% falling
75 Hong Kong 26.6% 2010 down 66.3% falling
76 Cuba 26.0% 2010 down 47.1% rising
77 Sri Lanka 21.9% 2010 down 27.6% falling
78 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 21.8% 2010 down 51.6% falling
79 Colombia 19.7% 2010 down 38.6% falling
80 Dominican Republic 19.4% 2010 up 4,202.2% volatile
81 Fiji 18.6% 2010 down 31.7% falling
82 Panama 18.4% 2010 down 23.6% falling
83 Lesotho 16.9% 2010 down 19.6% volatile
84 Mongolia 16.3% 2010 down 59.8% volatile
85 Viet Nam 14.9% 2010 down 63.6% falling
86 Thailand 14.8% 2010 down 69.1% falling
87 Costa Rica 14.7% 2010 down 17.4% falling
88 Italy 14.7% 2010 down 35.0% falling
89 Israel 11.3% 2010 up 96.4% volatile
90 Paraguay 10.3% 2010 down 51.2% falling
91 Jamaica 8.5% 2010 down 12.4% volatile
92 Albania 8.4% 2010 up 3.2% volatile
93 Belgium 7.6% 2010 down 7.5% volatile
94 Chile 7.4% 2010 down 31.0% falling
95 Spain 7.2% 2010 down 84.2% falling
96 El Salvador 7.2% 2010 down 88.0% falling
97 Philippines 7.2% 2010 down 6.8% volatile
98 Greece 6.8% 2010 down 83.8% falling
99 Guyana 6.3% 2010 down 73.7% falling
100 Serbia 6.0% 2010 down 80.3% falling
101 Kyrgyzstan 6.0% 2010 down 39.9% falling
102 Croatia 4.8% 2010 down 75.7% falling
103 Bulgaria 4.3% 2010 up 29.3% volatile
104 Trinidad and Tobago 4.3% 2010 down 71.7% falling
105 Romania 3.6% 2010 down 63.5% volatile
106 Uruguay 3.5% 2010 down 49.7% volatile
107 Malta 3.2% 2010 down 91.0% falling
108 Argentina 3.0% 2010 down 68.3% falling
109 Germany 2.5% 2010 down 71.5% volatile
110 Australia 2.4% 2010 down 24.3% rising
111 France 2.3% 2010 down 61.1% volatile
112 Ukraine 2.2% 2010 down 89.3% falling
113 Cyprus 2.2% 2010 down 95.9% falling
114 Republic of Moldova 2.0% 2010 down 93.9% falling
115 Tajikistan 2.0% 2010 down 71.3% volatile
116 Switzerland 1.9% 2010 down 90.8% volatile
117 Russian Federation 1.7% 2010 down 76.8% volatile
118 Sweden 1.5% 2010 down 20.0% falling
119 Norway 1.5% 2010 up 276.9% volatile
120 Canada 1.4% 2010 down 54.6% falling
121 Denmark 1.3% 2010 up 127.6% volatile
122 Ireland 1.1% 2010 down 87.6% volatile
123 Tonga 1.0% 2010 down 71.4% volatile
124 Slovenia 0.8% 2010 down 62.0% volatile
124 United States 0.8% 2010 down 26.2% volatile
126 Armenia 0.7% 2010 down 83.6% volatile
127 Hungary 0.5% 2010 down 51.4% volatile
128 Iceland 0.5% 2010 down 22.2% volatile
129 Kazakhstan 0.4% 2010 down 96.6% volatile
130 Luxembourg 0.3% 2010 down 26.8% volatile
131 Poland 0.3% 2010 down 97.4% volatile
132 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 89.6% rising
133 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2010 down 92.9% falling
133 Latvia 0.2% 2010 down 43.2% volatile
135 Belize 0.2% 2010 down 98.7% falling
136 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 59.4% volatile
137 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 63.6% volatile
138 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 up 10.0% volatile
139 Austria 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
140 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 93.8% volatile
141 Barbados 0.0% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
142 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 70-74 with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of female population age 70-74 with no education