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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary by country

Percentage of female population age 75+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary

Countries reporting
143
Highest
60.0%
France
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
9.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 60.0% in France; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.8%, and the mean is 14.7%.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 7,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 60.0% 2010 up 79.9% rising
2 Colombia 55.1% 2010 up 140.0% rising
3 Trinidad and Tobago 55.1% 2010 up 0.5% rising
4 Poland 51.4% 2010 up 16.4% rising
5 Iceland 47.7% 2010 down 15.4% falling
6 Malta 46.3% 2010 up 157.0% rising
7 Greece 46.2% 2010 up 89.5% rising
8 Lithuania 46.2% 2010 up 43.4% falling
9 Ireland 44.4% 2010 up 26.0% falling
10 Uruguay 42.2% 2010 up 10.5% rising
11 Spain 41.8% 2010 up 111.4% rising
12 Luxembourg 41.6% 2010 down 15.9% rising
13 Argentina 40.4% 2010 down 0.5% rising
14 Guyana 40.3% 2010 down 1.3% falling
15 Austria 39.5% 2010 down 8.2% falling
16 Albania 37.0% 2010 up 300.9% volatile
17 Sweden 33.7% 2010 up 9.5% falling
18 Republic of Korea 33.2% 2010 up 88.0% volatile
19 Tonga 32.5% 2010 up 22.7% rising
20 New Zealand 32.4% 2010 up 6.0% falling
21 Croatia 31.4% 2010 down 0.2% rising
22 Jamaica 31.2% 2010 up 14.4% rising
23 Italy 30.8% 2010 down 36.6% rising
24 Cyprus 29.4% 2010 up 205.8% rising
25 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 29.1% 2010 up 39.7% volatile
26 Belgium 28.1% 2010 down 14.0% falling
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 27.9% 2010 down 44.5% falling
28 Denmark 25.5% 2010 down 28.3% falling
29 Tajikistan 25.4% 2010 down 9.2% rising
30 Netherlands 25.2% 2010 down 29.8% falling
31 Ecuador 24.6% 2010 up 4.0% rising
32 Belize 24.0% 2010 down 51.8% falling
33 Viet Nam 23.8% 2010 up 30.6% rising
34 Panama 23.7% 2010 up 18.6% rising
35 Japan 23.4% 2010 down 30.8% falling
36 Republic of Moldova 23.1% 2010 up 58.9% volatile
37 Mongolia 23.0% 2010 up 31.8% volatile
38 Kazakhstan 22.8% 2010 up 28.0% rising
39 Philippines 22.7% 2010 up 35.1% rising
40 Armenia 22.6% 2010 down 11.8% flat
41 Costa Rica 22.6% 2010 down 16.0% volatile
42 Israel 21.8% 2010 down 41.8% falling
43 Kyrgyzstan 21.2% 2010 down 17.4% rising
44 Fiji 21.2% 2010 up 66.9% volatile
45 Sri Lanka 21.2% 2010 up 40.2% rising
46 Türkiye 19.7% 2010 up 34.0% volatile
47 Chile 19.4% 2010 up 58.4% falling
48 Portugal 19.3% 2010 down 21.7% rising
49 Ukraine 19.2% 2010 up 89.3% falling
50 Russian Federation 19.1% 2010 up 17.1% falling
51 Brazil 18.9% 2010 up 1.7% rising
52 Peru 18.8% 2010 up 29.8% rising
53 El Salvador 18.5% 2010 up 388.7% volatile
54 Estonia 18.4% 2010 down 18.2% falling
55 Slovenia 18.2% 2010 up 7.4% falling
56 Serbia 17.1% 2010 down 6.3% flat
57 Paraguay 16.7% 2010 down 8.7% rising
58 Bangladesh 15.4% 2010 down 26.0% volatile
59 Mexico 15.2% 2010 up 4.6% rising
60 Mauritania 14.8% 2010 up 29.5% rising
61 Thailand 13.7% 2010 up 1,061.9% volatile
62 Cuba 13.4% 2010 down 3.7% falling
63 Hong Kong, China 13.1% 2010 up 166.6% volatile
64 Zimbabwe 12.6% 2010 down 36.5% volatile
65 Bulgaria 12.5% 2010 down 65.9% volatile
66 Macau, China 11.6% 2010 down 9.4% falling
67 Myanmar 10.7% 2010 up 37.6% volatile
68 Botswana 10.6% 2010 up 48.3% volatile
69 Indonesia 10.3% 2010 up 43.7% volatile
70 Namibia 10.1% 2010 up 46.2% volatile
71 Honduras 10.1% 2010 up 9.2% rising
72 Gabon 9.8% 2010 up 58.6% rising
73 Nicaragua 9.3% 2010 up 10.1% falling
74 Latvia 8.7% 2010 up 11.8% falling
75 Canada 8.4% 2010 down 23.7% falling
76 Jordan 7.9% 2010 up 62.6% volatile
77 Barbados 7.6% 2010 up 41.5% falling
78 Qatar 7.3% 2010 up 7,200.0% volatile
79 Australia 7.1% 2010 down 33.1% volatile
80 Malaysia 6.9% 2010 up 204.4% volatile
81 Mauritius 6.3% 2010 down 22.9% falling
82 South Africa 5.8% 2010 down 22.9% volatile
83 Saudi Arabia 5.8% 2010 down 1.4% rising
84 Kuwait 5.7% 2010 up 133.7% volatile
85 Dominican Republic 5.5% 2010 down 43.5% volatile
86 Hungary 5.5% 2010 down 73.9% falling
87 Brunei Darussalam 5.5% 2010 up 134.3% volatile
88 Zambia 4.9% 2010 down 0.6% volatile
89 China 4.9% 2010 up 284.3% volatile
90 Cameroon 4.8% 2010 up 117.8% volatile
91 Guatemala 4.6% 2010 down 48.8% rising
92 Switzerland 4.2% 2010 down 86.9% falling
93 Egypt 4.2% 2010 up 44.6% volatile
94 Iran, Islamic Republic of 4.0% 2010 up 10.0% volatile
95 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.8% 2010 up 137.0% volatile
96 Lesotho 3.8% 2010 up 33.9% rising
97 Ghana 3.7% 2010 up 491.9% volatile
98 Central African Republic 3.1% 2010 up 10.9% rising
99 Syrian Arab Republic 3.1% 2010 up 108.8% volatile
100 United Arab Emirates 3.0% 2010 up 114.4% volatile
100 Pakistan 3.0% 2010 up 29.6% volatile
102 Singapore 2.8% 2010 up 19.1% volatile
102 United States of America 2.8% 2010 down 17.4% volatile
104 Romania 2.7% 2010 up 10.0% falling
105 Slovakia 2.6% 2010 down 89.6% falling
106 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.2% 2010 down 0.4% rising
107 Bahrain 2.0% 2010 up 15.3% volatile
108 Eswatini 2.0% 2010 down 40.6% volatile
109 Kenya 1.8% 2010 up 44.4% volatile
110 Liberia 1.8% 2010 up 34.3% rising
111 Tunisia 1.7% 2010 up 114.1% volatile
112 Germany 1.6% 2010 down 95.4% falling
112 Haiti 1.6% 2010 unchanged rising
112 Uganda 1.6% 2010 down 94.3% volatile
115 Benin 1.6% 2010 up 72.8% rising
115 Sudan 1.6% 2010 up 57.4% volatile
117 Togo 1.5% 2010 up 53.1% volatile
118 India 1.4% 2010 up 16.3% rising
119 Burundi 1.3% 2010 up 268.6% volatile
120 Algeria 1.2% 2010 up 52.6% volatile
121 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.2% 2010 up 114.8% volatile
122 Cambodia 1.1% 2010 up 409.5% volatile
123 Maldives 1.1% 2010 down 21.5% falling
124 Sierra Leone 1.1% 2010 down 31.4% falling
125 Côte d'Ivoire 1.0% 2010 up 73.3% volatile
126 Malawi 1.0% 2010 up 36.1% volatile
127 Iraq 0.9% 2010 up 196.7% volatile
128 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9% 2010 down 92.5% volatile
129 Congo 0.8% 2010 up 50.0% rising
130 Mali 0.8% 2010 up 912.5% volatile
131 Mozambique 0.8% 2010 up 57.1% volatile
132 Nepal 0.7% 2010 unchanged volatile
133 Niger 0.7% 2010 up 34.0% rising
134 Senegal 0.7% 2010 down 80.0% volatile
135 Morocco 0.5% 2010 up 23.8% rising
136 Papua New Guinea 0.5% 2010 unchanged rising
137 Libya 0.4% 2010 up 105.0% volatile
138 Gambia 0.4% 2010 unchanged rising
139 Rwanda 0.3% 2010 up 68.8% falling
140 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 81.1% volatile
141 Norway 0.1% 2010 down 99.8% volatile
142 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
143 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of female population age 75+ with primary schooling. Completed Primary