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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education by country

Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
99.8%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
40.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ 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 40.0%, and the mean is 45.1%.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 7,940.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 99.8% 2010 unchanged flat
2 Afghanistan 99.4% 2010 down 0.3% flat
3 Niger 98.4% 2010 down 0.1% flat
4 Mozambique 98.3% 2010 down 0.4% rising
5 Senegal 97.7% 2010 up 7.1% rising
6 Burundi 97.1% 2010 down 1.9% flat
7 Morocco 97.0% 2010 down 0.0% flat
8 Rwanda 97.0% 2010 down 1.3% flat
9 Cote d'Ivoire 96.9% 2010 down 1.0% flat
10 Sierra Leone 96.7% 2010 up 1.0% flat
11 Nepal 96.6% 2010 down 0.2% flat
12 Iraq 96.2% 2010 down 2.3% flat
13 Papua New Guinea 96.0% 2010 down 0.1% flat
14 Libya 95.8% 2010 down 2.8% flat
15 Tunisia 95.7% 2010 down 1.4% flat
16 Sudan 95.6% 2010 down 1.3% flat
17 Benin 95.4% 2010 down 1.8% flat
18 Algeria 94.8% 2010 down 2.7% rising
19 Congo 94.5% 2010 down 1.5% flat
20 Democratic Republic of Congo 94.2% 2010 down 3.3% flat
21 Liberia 93.9% 2010 up 0.0% flat
22 Gambia 93.6% 2010 down 0.9% flat
23 Central African Republic 93.0% 2010 up 0.9% falling
24 Pakistan 92.3% 2010 down 3.1% falling
25 Togo 92.3% 2010 down 1.6% falling
26 Laos 92.0% 2010 down 3.9% flat
27 Maldives 90.3% 2010 down 0.1% rising
28 Mali 90.0% 2010 down 9.4% flat
29 Cambodia 89.8% 2010 down 2.4% falling
30 India 89.5% 2010 down 1.5% flat
31 Cameroon 89.5% 2010 down 4.8% falling
32 Bahrain 88.5% 2010 down 5.6% falling
33 Egypt 86.9% 2010 down 2.8% falling
34 Eswatini 86.5% 2010 up 8.4% falling
35 Tanzania 86.3% 2010 down 0.1% flat
36 Haiti 84.7% 2010 down 1.6% falling
37 Syria 84.3% 2010 up 8.3% falling
38 Singapore 82.9% 2010 down 4.1% falling
39 Ghana 81.5% 2010 down 13.1% falling
40 Kenya 81.3% 2010 down 5.8% falling
41 Malawi 78.6% 2010 down 4.2% falling
42 Gabon 76.5% 2010 down 7.1% falling
43 Brunei 76.0% 2010 down 14.4% falling
44 Saudi Arabia 75.5% 2010 down 1.4% falling
45 Myanmar 73.8% 2010 down 4.2% falling
46 United Arab Emirates 73.6% 2010 down 11.9% falling
47 Malaysia 73.2% 2010 up 949.9% falling
48 Jordan 73.0% 2010 down 13.4% falling
49 Mauritania 69.8% 2010 down 2.1% falling
50 Bolivia 67.5% 2010 up 766.8% falling
51 Iran 67.1% 2010 down 17.2% falling
52 Bangladesh 65.2% 2010 up 76.2% falling
53 Kuwait 63.2% 2010 down 23.1% falling
54 Guatemala 63.1% 2010 down 6.1% falling
55 Indonesia 62.9% 2010 down 11.7% falling
56 Turkey 62.3% 2010 down 11.4% falling
57 Qatar 61.2% 2010 down 31.7% falling
58 Uganda 59.9% 2010 up 215.4% falling
59 Zambia 59.0% 2010 down 0.6% falling
60 Hong Kong 58.8% 2010 down 25.6% falling
61 Namibia 57.0% 2010 down 15.3% falling
62 Nicaragua 56.0% 2010 down 7.4% falling
63 Portugal 55.6% 2010 up 15.9% falling
64 China 54.9% 2010 down 25.6% falling
65 Honduras 54.3% 2010 down 1.5% falling
66 Botswana 54.3% 2010 down 20.1% falling
67 South Korea 47.7% 2010 down 37.1% falling
68 Cuba 47.3% 2010 down 3.7% rising
69 Brazil 45.0% 2010 down 18.1% falling
70 Peru 43.1% 2010 down 9.5% falling
71 Mexico 42.2% 2010 down 0.7% falling
72 Mauritius 40.2% 2010 up 434.9% falling
73 Ecuador 39.9% 2010 up 11.8% falling
74 Albania 39.1% 2010 up 1,600.0% volatile
75 Macao 38.9% 2010 down 31.4% falling
76 South Africa 38.4% 2010 up 348.1% falling
77 Venezuela 36.5% 2010 down 18.4% falling
78 Dominican Republic 36.2% 2010 up 7,940.0% volatile
79 Italy 32.9% 2010 up 6.3% rising
80 Zimbabwe 32.5% 2010 up 720.7% falling
81 Serbia 30.3% 2010 down 14.0% falling
82 Colombia 29.0% 2010 down 9.7% falling
83 Mongolia 27.9% 2010 down 31.4% volatile
84 Panama 25.2% 2010 up 4.9% falling
85 Lesotho 24.9% 2010 up 4.6% falling
86 Guyana 23.8% 2010 down 1.3% rising
87 Fiji 22.9% 2010 down 19.6% falling
88 Paraguay 22.3% 2010 up 5.5% falling
89 Sri Lanka 21.9% 2010 down 40.8% falling
90 Costa Rica 17.7% 2010 down 16.2% falling
91 Greece 17.1% 2010 down 67.1% falling
92 Malta 16.9% 2010 down 53.2% falling
93 Israel 15.5% 2010 up 151.1% volatile
94 Ukraine 15.3% 2010 down 25.6% falling
95 Kyrgyzstan 14.9% 2010 down 44.0% falling
96 Vietnam 14.9% 2010 down 63.6% falling
97 Thailand 14.8% 2010 down 69.1% falling
98 Philippines 13.6% 2010 up 77.7% volatile
99 Trinidad and Tobago 13.5% 2010 down 26.5% falling
100 Moldova 13.3% 2010 down 69.1% falling
101 Croatia 12.9% 2010 down 49.1% falling
102 Chile 12.6% 2010 up 17.8% falling
103 Spain 12.0% 2010 down 76.7% falling
104 Romania 11.1% 2010 down 26.6% volatile
105 Cyprus 10.4% 2010 down 80.2% falling
106 Jamaica 9.7% 2010 down 14.3% volatile
107 Belgium 8.5% 2010 up 2.2% volatile
108 El Salvador 7.3% 2010 down 88.3% falling
109 Uruguay 7.1% 2010 up 1.4% volatile
110 Russia 6.4% 2010 down 14.4% falling
111 Tajikistan 6.3% 2010 down 9.3% volatile
112 Bulgaria 6.0% 2010 down 37.1% volatile
113 Armenia 4.0% 2010 down 11.8% volatile
114 Australia 3.6% 2010 up 15.4% rising
115 Argentina 3.0% 2010 down 68.3% falling
116 Switzerland 2.9% 2010 down 88.1% volatile
117 Tonga 2.8% 2010 down 19.0% volatile
118 Sweden 2.8% 2010 up 23.7% rising
119 France 2.6% 2010 down 49.6% volatile
120 Canada 2.4% 2010 down 23.6% falling
121 Germany 2.2% 2010 down 78.0% volatile
122 Poland 2.2% 2010 down 86.2% volatile
123 Slovenia 2.1% 2010 up 4.0% volatile
124 Ireland 1.4% 2010 down 90.8% volatile
125 Denmark 1.3% 2010 up 147.2% volatile
126 Norway 1.3% 2010 up 271.4% volatile
127 United States 1.1% 2010 up 2.9% volatile
128 Slovakia 0.9% 2010 down 63.3% rising
129 Latvia 0.7% 2010 down 53.8% volatile
130 Iceland 0.6% 2010 down 4.6% falling
131 Luxembourg 0.4% 2010 down 32.8% volatile
132 Japan 0.3% 2010 down 43.9% volatile
133 Estonia 0.2% 2010 down 20.7% volatile
134 Hungary 0.2% 2010 down 73.3% volatile
135 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 98.8% volatile
136 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 99.2% falling
137 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
138 Austria 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
139 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 95.0% volatile
140 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
141 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 United Kingdom 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling
141 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with no education
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 75+ with no education