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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 70-74 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of female population age 70-74 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
80.4%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
25.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 70-74 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 80.4% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 25.1%, and the mean is 28.8%.

Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 3,080.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 70-74 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 80.4% 2010 up 62.1% volatile
2 Lesotho 79.7% 2010 up 5.5% rising
3 El Salvador 74.3% 2010 up 119.3% rising
4 Trinidad and Tobago 71.7% 2010 up 1.8% flat
5 Malta 71.7% 2010 up 166.1% rising
6 Paraguay 70.4% 2010 up 1.9% rising
7 Greece 69.3% 2010 up 59.9% rising
8 Spain 68.6% 2010 up 84.3% rising
9 Fiji 66.8% 2010 up 34.9% rising
10 Guyana 66.5% 2010 down 5.3% falling
11 Cyprus 64.4% 2010 up 95.4% rising
12 Uruguay 64.2% 2010 up 11.7% rising
13 Costa Rica 63.8% 2010 down 4.9% rising
14 Philippines 60.3% 2010 up 31.5% rising
15 Argentina 59.9% 2010 down 15.0% falling
16 Jamaica 59.1% 2010 down 10.1% falling
17 Iceland 58.1% 2010 down 17.8% falling
18 Zimbabwe 58.1% 2010 up 18.6% rising
19 Dominican Republic 58.0% 2010 down 37.1% rising
20 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 57.3% 2010 up 24.3% rising
21 Colombia 56.1% 2010 up 0.4% rising
22 Austria 55.5% 2010 down 11.2% falling
23 Portugal 52.3% 2010 down 1.2% rising
24 Ecuador 51.8% 2010 up 5.7% rising
25 Mexico 50.6% 2010 up 8.3% rising
26 Italy 50.5% 2010 down 4.9% falling
27 China 50.4% 2010 up 133.5% volatile
28 Chile 49.8% 2010 down 4.3% falling
29 New Zealand 49.7% 2010 down 5.8% falling
30 Luxembourg 49.6% 2010 down 26.6% falling
31 Panama 49.5% 2010 down 1.6% rising
32 Viet Nam 48.0% 2010 up 5.6% rising
33 Republic of Korea 47.4% 2010 up 42.2% volatile
34 Namibia 46.7% 2010 up 20.4% rising
35 Albania 46.4% 2010 down 39.2% volatile
36 Türkiye 46.1% 2010 up 85.0% volatile
37 Poland 45.9% 2010 down 16.6% falling
38 Mauritius 45.8% 2010 up 8.1% rising
39 Peru 45.2% 2010 up 34.8% rising
40 Indonesia 45.1% 2010 up 77.7% volatile
41 Qatar 44.5% 2010 up 3,080.0% volatile
42 Ireland 43.5% 2010 down 9.8% falling
43 France 43.4% 2010 up 17.0% falling
44 Honduras 42.9% 2010 up 10.8% rising
45 Brazil 42.8% 2010 up 6.5% rising
46 Mongolia 42.8% 2010 down 1.7% volatile
47 Hong Kong 42.6% 2010 up 249.6% rising
48 Nicaragua 40.7% 2010 up 15.1% rising
49 Malaysia 40.3% 2010 up 45.6% volatile
50 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 39.5% 2010 up 64.2% volatile
51 Romania 37.2% 2010 down 18.1% falling
52 Zambia 36.9% 2010 unchanged volatile
53 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 36.8% 2010 down 48.2% falling
54 Gabon 36.3% 2010 up 135.2% rising
55 Denmark 36.2% 2010 down 23.4% falling
56 Sri Lanka 35.8% 2010 up 32.9% rising
57 Belgium 33.8% 2010 down 25.6% falling
58 Tonga 33.1% 2010 down 46.3% rising
59 Botswana 32.5% 2010 down 4.1% rising
60 Serbia 29.9% 2010 down 49.0% rising
61 Croatia 29.4% 2010 down 45.2% falling
62 Mauritania 29.2% 2010 down 3.8% rising
63 South Africa 29.1% 2010 up 24.5% rising
64 Malawi 28.9% 2010 up 31.4% rising
65 Guatemala 26.6% 2010 down 3.6% volatile
66 Cuba 26.5% 2010 down 19.4% falling
67 Japan 26.4% 2010 down 35.1% falling
68 Uganda 26.1% 2010 up 28.8% volatile
69 Brunei Darussalam 26.0% 2010 up 39.5% volatile
70 Tajikistan 25.8% 2010 down 43.9% rising
71 Macao 25.8% 2010 down 24.9% falling
72 Cambodia 25.6% 2010 up 213.4% volatile
73 Sweden 24.7% 2010 down 45.8% falling
74 Tanzania, United Republic of 24.6% 2010 up 82.6% rising
75 Kuwait 23.8% 2010 up 108.2% volatile
76 Israel 22.8% 2010 down 39.1% falling
77 Barbados 22.7% 2010 down 35.3% falling
78 Myanmar 22.4% 2010 up 5.1% rising
79 Netherlands 22.4% 2010 down 37.9% falling
80 Republic of Moldova 21.9% 2010 down 45.5% rising
81 Kazakhstan 21.9% 2010 down 50.8% falling
82 Belize 21.9% 2010 down 58.9% falling
83 Kyrgyzstan 20.6% 2010 down 66.8% falling
84 Maldives 20.4% 2010 up 326.0% falling
85 Syria 20.2% 2010 down 1.0% volatile
86 Russian Federation 19.9% 2010 down 51.2% falling
87 Burundi 19.1% 2010 up 986.4% volatile
88 Lithuania 18.8% 2010 down 61.1% falling
89 Kenya 18.2% 2010 up 13.5% volatile
90 Bangladesh 17.8% 2010 up 8.5% volatile
91 United Arab Emirates 17.1% 2010 up 75.5% volatile
92 Saudi Arabia 16.4% 2010 down 1.4% rising
93 Jordan 16.0% 2010 up 46.7% volatile
94 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14.6% 2010 up 82.3% volatile
95 Canada 14.2% 2010 down 52.8% falling
96 Australia 14.2% 2010 down 19.5% volatile
97 Cameroon 13.4% 2010 up 94.1% volatile
98 Armenia 12.2% 2010 down 63.2% falling
99 Haiti 12.0% 2010 up 26.1% rising
100 Iran 11.8% 2010 up 93.5% volatile
101 Togo 11.4% 2010 up 140.0% volatile
102 Bulgaria 11.1% 2010 down 83.9% flat
103 Ukraine 10.3% 2010 down 70.6% falling
104 Papua New Guinea 9.8% 2010 up 173.3% volatile
105 Egypt 9.2% 2010 up 14.6% volatile
106 Ghana 9.2% 2010 up 229.3% volatile
107 Singapore 9.0% 2010 down 1.4% volatile
108 Slovenia 9.0% 2010 down 55.0% falling
109 Rwanda 8.9% 2010 up 198.3% volatile
110 Eswatini 8.7% 2010 down 36.3% volatile
111 Latvia 8.5% 2010 down 60.9% falling
112 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8.2% 2010 up 240.8% volatile
113 Tunisia 8.1% 2010 up 315.3% volatile
114 Estonia 8.0% 2010 down 72.8% falling
115 Central African Republic 7.5% 2010 up 28.8% rising
116 Algeria 6.7% 2010 up 144.7% volatile
117 Congo 6.4% 2010 up 204.8% rising
118 Benin 5.6% 2010 up 59.4% rising
119 Hungary 5.4% 2010 down 85.5% falling
119 Mali 5.4% 2010 up 668.6% volatile
121 Switzerland 5.4% 2010 down 87.6% falling
122 India 5.0% 2010 up 14.0% falling
123 Pakistan 5.0% 2010 up 83.4% volatile
124 Sudan 4.6% 2010 up 53.3% volatile
125 Senegal 4.5% 2010 down 48.4% volatile
126 Bahrain 4.4% 2010 up 42.6% volatile
127 Liberia 3.8% 2010 up 42.8% rising
128 United States 3.8% 2010 down 29.5% volatile
129 Côte d'Ivoire 3.3% 2010 up 83.7% volatile
130 Nepal 2.9% 2010 up 18.7% volatile
131 Libya 2.9% 2010 up 92.7% volatile
132 Morocco 2.8% 2010 up 130.0% volatile
133 Mozambique 2.1% 2010 up 70.7% volatile
134 Iraq 1.8% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
135 Gambia 1.6% 2010 up 42.3% rising
136 Sierra Leone 1.5% 2010 down 31.8% falling
137 Niger 1.4% 2010 up 7.7% falling
138 Germany 1.0% 2010 down 98.0% 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 64.3% 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 70-74 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 70-74 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)