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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of female population age 75+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
83.8%
El Salvador
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
26.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 83.8% in El Salvador; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 26.6%, and the mean is 29.6%.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 2,067.5%), 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 El Salvador 83.8% 2010 up 160.6% rising
2 Thailand 80.4% 2010 up 62.1% volatile
3 Spain 77.5% 2010 up 120.2% rising
4 Cyprus 75.5% 2010 up 129.1% rising
5 Uruguay 73.2% 2010 up 27.3% flat
6 Lesotho 72.8% 2010 down 0.2% rising
7 Trinidad and Tobago 70.3% 2010 down 0.0% flat
8 Guyana 69.3% 2010 down 1.3% falling
9 Paraguay 68.8% 2010 down 0.5% rising
10 Iceland 68.7% 2010 down 17.2% falling
11 Greece 68.7% 2010 up 89.1% rising
12 Malta 67.7% 2010 up 154.4% falling
13 Poland 64.1% 2010 up 6.4% rising
14 Ireland 63.9% 2010 up 23.4% falling
15 Jamaica 63.0% 2010 down 7.4% falling
16 Fiji 63.0% 2010 up 28.9% rising
17 Costa Rica 62.8% 2010 down 4.6% falling
18 France 62.2% 2010 up 56.1% falling
19 Philippines 61.9% 2010 up 35.1% rising
20 Luxembourg 60.0% 2010 down 17.7% flat
21 Argentina 59.9% 2010 down 15.0% falling
22 Lithuania 58.8% 2010 up 38.9% rising
23 Serbia 58.7% 2010 up 9.5% rising
24 Austria 56.9% 2010 down 10.1% falling
25 Colombia 55.1% 2010 down 1.4% rising
26 Chile 53.7% 2010 up 3.3% falling
27 Ecuador 53.1% 2010 up 8.4% rising
28 Venezuela 51.3% 2010 up 11.8% rising
29 Panama 51.1% 2010 up 1.5% rising
30 Romania 51.1% 2010 up 7.9% flat
31 Tonga 49.8% 2010 up 2.8% flat
32 Sweden 48.6% 2010 up 7.2% falling
33 Dominican Republic 48.2% 2010 down 47.8% rising
34 Vietnam 48.0% 2010 up 5.6% rising
35 Italy 47.9% 2010 down 5.6% falling
36 Belgium 46.9% 2010 down 8.7% falling
37 New Zealand 46.7% 2010 up 3.8% falling
38 Moldova 46.7% 2010 up 28.6% rising
39 Mongolia 46.4% 2010 up 6.6% volatile
40 Kazakhstan 46.0% 2010 up 3.5% rising
41 Mauritius 45.8% 2010 up 45.2% rising
42 Mexico 45.6% 2010 down 2.4% rising
43 Peru 42.6% 2010 up 27.1% rising
44 Zimbabwe 42.0% 2010 up 34.1% rising
45 Tajikistan 41.8% 2010 down 9.2% rising
46 United Kingdom 40.2% 2010 down 45.7% falling
47 Honduras 39.9% 2010 up 3.7% rising
48 Croatia 39.2% 2010 down 21.4% flat
49 Albania 38.6% 2010 up 98.8% rising
50 Russia 38.5% 2010 down 5.3% falling
51 South Korea 38.4% 2010 up 92.2% volatile
52 China 37.5% 2010 up 74.1% volatile
53 Brazil 37.1% 2010 up 0.6% rising
54 Zambia 36.7% 2010 down 0.6% volatile
55 Denmark 36.7% 2010 down 29.8% falling
56 Nicaragua 36.5% 2010 up 4.8% flat
57 Portugal 35.9% 2010 down 18.4% rising
58 Sri Lanka 35.8% 2010 up 40.8% rising
59 Namibia 35.4% 2010 up 26.5% rising
60 Kyrgyzstan 35.0% 2010 down 30.7% flat
61 Japan 33.8% 2010 down 32.2% falling
62 Indonesia 33.5% 2010 up 31.9% volatile
63 Turkey 31.9% 2010 up 27.6% volatile
64 Cuba 31.7% 2010 down 3.7% falling
65 Uganda 31.6% 2010 down 55.8% volatile
66 Botswana 30.7% 2010 up 27.8% rising
67 Hong Kong 30.7% 2010 up 151.7% rising
68 Mauritania 30.0% 2010 up 4.8% rising
69 Netherlands 29.7% 2010 down 17.4% falling
70 Armenia 29.2% 2010 down 11.8% falling
71 Israel 28.8% 2010 down 23.2% falling
72 Qatar 27.3% 2010 up 2,067.5% volatile
73 Ukraine 25.9% 2010 up 86.3% falling
74 Macao 25.8% 2010 down 24.9% falling
75 Guatemala 24.3% 2010 down 9.3% rising
76 Belize 24.1% 2010 down 51.8% falling
77 Kuwait 23.8% 2010 up 108.2% volatile
78 South Africa 23.5% 2010 up 29.5% rising
79 Canada 23.0% 2010 down 23.7% falling
80 Malaysia 22.6% 2010 up 196.5% volatile
81 Barbados 22.0% 2010 up 40.8% falling
82 Myanmar 21.6% 2010 up 11.2% rising
83 Latvia 21.5% 2010 down 31.8% falling
84 Bulgaria 21.1% 2010 down 71.7% rising
85 Malawi 20.8% 2010 up 19.1% rising
86 Bolivia 20.8% 2010 down 23.8% rising
87 Slovenia 20.6% 2010 up 3.8% falling
88 Gabon 19.8% 2010 up 28.2% rising
89 Estonia 19.3% 2010 down 17.2% falling
90 Kenya 18.2% 2010 up 45.9% volatile
91 Bangladesh 17.3% 2010 down 22.2% volatile
92 Saudi Arabia 16.4% 2010 down 1.4% rising
93 Jordan 16.0% 2010 up 62.9% volatile
94 Brunei 15.6% 2010 up 121.8% volatile
95 United Arab Emirates 14.7% 2010 up 51.2% volatile
96 Australia 14.0% 2010 down 22.0% volatile
97 Tanzania 13.5% 2010 unchanged rising
98 Syria 11.9% 2010 down 42.0% volatile
99 Cambodia 9.8% 2010 up 34.1% volatile
100 Cameroon 9.6% 2010 up 76.2% rising
101 Maldives 9.5% 2010 up 97.7% falling
102 Haiti 9.1% 2010 up 8.8% rising
103 Egypt 8.4% 2010 up 16.9% volatile
104 Laos 7.8% 2010 up 91.4% rising
105 Ghana 7.4% 2010 up 380.5% volatile
106 Eswatini 7.2% 2010 down 47.0% volatile
107 Iran 6.6% 2010 up 12.5% volatile
108 Central African Republic 6.4% 2010 down 10.3% rising
109 Switzerland 6.0% 2010 down 87.2% falling
110 Hungary 5.7% 2010 down 73.6% falling
110 Mali 5.7% 2010 up 923.2% volatile
112 Singapore 5.7% 2010 down 3.9% volatile
113 Democratic Republic of Congo 5.3% 2010 up 120.4% volatile
114 Togo 5.0% 2010 up 12.7% volatile
115 India 4.7% 2010 up 1.3% falling
116 Congo 4.5% 2010 up 34.9% rising
116 Algeria 4.5% 2010 up 100.9% volatile
118 United States 4.5% 2010 down 17.7% volatile
119 Bahrain 4.4% 2010 up 42.6% volatile
120 Slovakia 3.8% 2010 down 89.8% falling
121 Sudan 3.7% 2010 up 41.0% volatile
122 Papua New Guinea 3.6% 2010 down 0.3% rising
123 Liberia 3.5% 2010 up 31.0% rising
124 Pakistan 3.5% 2010 up 44.0% volatile
125 Tunisia 3.4% 2010 up 71.4% rising
126 Benin 3.2% 2010 up 40.0% falling
127 Burundi 2.6% 2010 up 198.9% volatile
128 Rwanda 2.6% 2010 up 96.2% rising
129 Nepal 2.5% 2010 down 0.4% volatile
130 Germany 2.4% 2010 down 95.5% falling
131 Senegal 2.2% 2010 down 74.3% volatile
132 Cote d'Ivoire 2.1% 2010 up 39.3% volatile
133 Libya 2.0% 2010 up 117.8% volatile
134 Iraq 1.8% 2010 up 135.5% volatile
135 Mozambique 1.6% 2010 up 26.0% volatile
136 Sierra Leone 1.5% 2010 down 33.9% falling
137 Niger 1.3% 2010 up 8.1% falling
138 Morocco 1.2% 2010 up 42.9% rising
139 Gambia 1.1% 2010 down 4.5% rising
140 Afghanistan 0.3% 2010 up 105.9% volatile
141 Czechia 0.2% 2010 down 81.5% volatile
142 Norway 0.1% 2010 down 99.8% 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 75+ 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 75+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)