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

Percentage of female population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
57.1%
Czechia
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
5.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 57.1% in Czechia; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.6%, and the mean is 9.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,903.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 3,860.0%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 96.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 57.1% 2010 up 56.5% volatile
2 United States of America 49.7% 2010 down 1.1% rising
3 Switzerland 49.4% 2010 up 313.7% volatile
4 Norway 40.0% 2010 up 246.4% volatile
5 Armenia 39.8% 2010 up 7.1% rising
6 Germany 37.8% 2010 up 233.2% volatile
7 Latvia 37.1% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
8 Slovenia 33.7% 2010 up 19.5% volatile
9 Estonia 32.5% 2010 down 8.9% volatile
10 Hungary 30.6% 2010 down 19.8% volatile
11 Sweden 29.9% 2010 down 6.7% rising
12 Slovakia 28.6% 2010 up 490.1% volatile
13 Japan 27.4% 2010 up 130.9% volatile
13 Poland 27.4% 2010 up 32.2% volatile
15 South Africa 25.9% 2010 up 33.4% volatile
16 Bulgaria 25.5% 2010 up 686.7% volatile
17 Kazakhstan 24.0% 2010 up 85.9% volatile
18 Kyrgyzstan 23.8% 2010 up 256.2% volatile
19 Israel 23.3% 2010 down 37.3% rising
20 Denmark 22.4% 2010 up 24.9% volatile
21 Australia 22.3% 2010 down 42.3% rising
22 Tajikistan 21.6% 2010 up 10.3% volatile
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 21.5% 2010 up 793.8% volatile
24 Barbados 21.1% 2010 up 6.2% volatile
25 Canada 21.0% 2010 up 2.0% rising
26 Netherlands 20.3% 2010 down 3.3% volatile
27 Argentina 20.0% 2010 up 78.5% rising
28 Ukraine 17.0% 2010 down 39.6% volatile
29 Lithuania 16.8% 2010 up 41.5% volatile
30 Chile 16.4% 2010 down 4.8% rising
31 Finland 16.1% 2010 up 248.6% volatile
32 Belgium 15.7% 2010 up 44.8% volatile
33 Macau, China 14.8% 2010 up 349.7% volatile
34 Mongolia 14.8% 2010 up 125.5% volatile
35 Croatia 14.8% 2010 up 238.2% volatile
36 France 14.2% 2010 down 22.5% volatile
37 Iceland 14.0% 2010 up 97.2% volatile
38 Republic of Moldova 13.7% 2010 up 60.9% volatile
39 Luxembourg 13.1% 2010 up 32.3% rising
40 Austria 13.0% 2010 down 34.0% rising
41 Tonga 12.3% 2010 up 228.8% volatile
42 Jamaica 11.5% 2010 up 38.1% volatile
43 Panama 11.0% 2010 up 4.6% rising
44 Ireland 10.9% 2010 down 15.2% rising
45 Belize 10.8% 2010 up 468.4% volatile
46 Trinidad and Tobago 10.4% 2010 up 97.7% volatile
47 Russian Federation 10.3% 2010 down 11.6% volatile
48 Romania 10.3% 2010 up 55.1% volatile
49 Mauritius 9.7% 2010 down 64.0% volatile
50 Viet Nam 9.4% 2010 up 174.6% volatile
51 Iran, Islamic Republic of 9.2% 2010 up 83.5% volatile
51 Sri Lanka 9.2% 2010 down 35.3% volatile
53 Albania 9.0% 2010 down 45.8% volatile
54 Zimbabwe 8.3% 2010 up 115.8% volatile
55 Peru 8.3% 2010 down 22.9% volatile
56 Guatemala 8.2% 2010 up 90.7% volatile
57 Greece 7.8% 2010 up 32.5% volatile
58 Qatar 7.7% 2010 up 47.5% volatile
59 Cuba 7.7% 2010 up 17.0% rising
60 Costa Rica 7.7% 2010 up 52.8% volatile
61 Cyprus 7.7% 2010 up 19.7% volatile
62 Philippines 7.5% 2010 down 44.2% rising
63 Brazil 7.4% 2010 up 107.3% volatile
64 Bangladesh 7.4% 2010 down 68.7% volatile
65 Italy 7.2% 2010 up 14.3% rising
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.2% 2010 down 83.2% volatile
67 New Zealand 6.4% 2010 down 75.4% falling
68 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 6.3% 2010 up 67.6% volatile
69 United Arab Emirates 6.2% 2010 up 51.2% volatile
70 Colombia 5.8% 2010 up 6.8% rising
71 Republic of Korea 5.7% 2010 up 225.0% volatile
72 Paraguay 5.7% 2010 up 5.4% rising
73 Fiji 5.5% 2010 down 53.0% volatile
74 Uruguay 5.5% 2010 down 52.8% volatile
75 Hong Kong, China 5.2% 2010 up 61.6% rising
76 Kuwait 5.0% 2010 up 79.1% volatile
77 Singapore 4.9% 2010 up 2.9% volatile
78 Honduras 4.9% 2010 up 5.7% rising
79 Dominican Republic 4.6% 2010 up 330.2% volatile
80 Jordan 4.5% 2010 up 95.2% volatile
81 Serbia 3.9% 2010 up 46.3% volatile
82 Namibia 3.8% 2010 up 65.2% flat
83 Bahrain 3.8% 2010 up 158.9% volatile
84 Guyana 3.7% 2010 up 30.5% rising
85 Nicaragua 3.5% 2010 up 46.2% rising
86 Malta 3.4% 2010 down 85.4% rising
87 Mexico 3.4% 2010 unchanged rising
88 Uganda 3.3% 2010 up 66.0% volatile
89 Ghana 3.3% 2010 up 150.4% volatile
90 Saudi Arabia 3.2% 2010 up 19.7% rising
91 Ecuador 3.2% 2010 down 48.1% rising
92 Brunei Darussalam 3.2% 2010 up 112.1% volatile
93 Spain 3.1% 2010 up 11.6% volatile
94 Haiti 2.8% 2010 up 14.8% rising
94 India 2.8% 2010 up 31.0% volatile
96 Botswana 2.7% 2010 up 116.0% volatile
97 Türkiye 2.6% 2010 up 30.3% rising
98 Portugal 2.3% 2010 down 39.3% rising
99 China 2.3% 2010 up 64.0% volatile
100 Egypt 2.2% 2010 up 54.5% volatile
101 Thailand 2.1% 2010 up 235.9% volatile
102 Pakistan 2.1% 2010 up 97.2% volatile
103 Malaysia 2.0% 2010 down 96.0% volatile
104 Mali 2.0% 2010 up 3,860.0% volatile
105 Zambia 1.9% 2010 up 20.6% volatile
106 El Salvador 1.7% 2010 up 14.5% flat
107 Indonesia 1.5% 2010 up 36.6% volatile
108 Gabon 1.5% 2010 up 84.0% volatile
109 Myanmar 1.5% 2010 up 35.8% volatile
110 Gambia 1.5% 2010 up 42.7% volatile
111 Syrian Arab Republic 1.4% 2010 up 337.5% volatile
112 Liberia 1.3% 2010 down 19.8% rising
113 Lesotho 1.1% 2010 down 55.9% volatile
114 Morocco 0.9% 2010 down 9.8% rising
115 Sierra Leone 0.8% 2010 down 17.6% rising
116 Togo 0.8% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
117 Iraq 0.7% 2010 up 144.4% volatile
118 Eswatini 0.6% 2010 down 33.3% volatile
119 Libya 0.5% 2010 up 276.9% volatile
120 Cameroon 0.4% 2010 up 91.3% volatile
121 Côte d'Ivoire 0.4% 2010 up 87.0% volatile
122 Tunisia 0.4% 2010 up 2.5% rising
123 Benin 0.4% 2010 up 33.3% rising
124 Congo 0.3% 2010 up 37.5% rising
125 Sudan 0.3% 2010 up 47.4% rising
126 Algeria 0.3% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
127 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.3% 2010 up 333.3% volatile
128 Malawi 0.2% 2010 up 43.8% volatile
129 Nepal 0.2% 2010 up 29.4% volatile
130 Papua New Guinea 0.2% 2010 up 53.8% volatile
131 Central African Republic 0.2% 2010 down 24.0% volatile
132 Kenya 0.2% 2010 down 56.4% rising
133 Burundi 0.1% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
133 Rwanda 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
135 Mauritania 0.1% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
136 Maldives 0.1% 2010 down 56.0% volatile
137 Cambodia 0.1% 2010 down 59.1% volatile
137 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2010 up 28.6% rising
139 Niger 0.1% 2010 up 16.7% rising
139 Senegal 0.1% 2010 up 75.0% falling
141 Afghanistan 0.1% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 50.0% rising
143 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
144 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary
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 secondary schooling. Completed Secondary