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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
93.1%
Czechia
Lowest
0.1%
Yemen
Median
10.7%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 93.1% in Czechia; the lowest is 0.1% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.7%, and the mean is 21.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,551.

Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 2,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 95.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 93.1% 2010 down 2.3% volatile
2 Slovakia 92.6% 2010 up 84.4% volatile
3 Finland 90.3% 2010 up 508.9% volatile
4 Norway 89.5% 2010 up 161.9% volatile
5 Germany 88.9% 2010 up 168.6% volatile
6 Switzerland 85.0% 2010 up 235.4% rising
7 Hungary 83.3% 2010 up 12.2% volatile
8 Barbados 76.9% 2010 down 7.2% volatile
9 Belize 74.5% 2010 up 133.4% volatile
10 Slovenia 72.2% 2010 down 1.9% rising
11 Latvia 68.2% 2010 up 12.8% volatile
12 Bulgaria 63.6% 2010 up 454.0% volatile
13 Netherlands 62.6% 2010 up 17.6% volatile
14 Japan 62.3% 2010 up 34.9% volatile
15 United States 59.1% 2010 down 5.7% rising
16 Armenia 56.0% 2010 up 7.1% rising
17 Canada 52.7% 2010 down 7.2% rising
18 Australia 52.4% 2010 down 26.4% rising
19 Kazakhstan 51.1% 2010 up 33.8% volatile
20 Denmark 51.0% 2010 up 24.9% volatile
20 Estonia 51.0% 2010 down 24.6% volatile
22 Tajikistan 49.6% 2010 up 10.3% volatile
23 Tonga 46.8% 2010 up 1.1% rising
24 United Kingdom 45.5% 2010 up 218.6% rising
25 Kyrgyzstan 44.2% 2010 up 145.0% volatile
26 Croatia 43.1% 2010 up 93.9% volatile
27 Ukraine 41.2% 2010 down 18.1% volatile
28 Sri Lanka 38.6% 2010 up 9.9% volatile
29 Austria 38.5% 2010 up 14.5% rising
30 Sweden 37.5% 2010 down 5.9% rising
31 Belgium 36.7% 2010 up 6.8% volatile
32 South Africa 36.0% 2010 down 48.2% rising
33 Romania 35.2% 2010 up 0.9% volatile
34 New Zealand 34.5% 2010 down 7.2% rising
35 Vietnam 34.1% 2010 up 174.1% volatile
36 Moldova 33.3% 2010 up 98.7% volatile
37 Lithuania 32.6% 2010 up 56.6% volatile
38 France 30.3% 2010 down 35.9% volatile
39 Israel 30.0% 2010 down 34.5% rising
40 Macao 29.9% 2010 up 321.5% volatile
41 Argentina 29.3% 2010 up 89.3% rising
42 Luxembourg 29.2% 2010 up 22.7% rising
43 Russia 29.1% 2010 down 7.9% volatile
44 Chile 27.9% 2010 up 1.8% rising
45 Poland 27.8% 2010 up 30.4% volatile
46 Iceland 26.4% 2010 up 85.2% volatile
47 Zimbabwe 25.1% 2010 down 61.1% volatile
48 Ireland 22.7% 2010 down 14.4% rising
49 Albania 22.1% 2010 down 70.8% volatile
50 Mongolia 21.6% 2010 up 56.6% volatile
51 Jamaica 21.1% 2010 up 27.0% volatile
52 Iran 21.0% 2010 up 101.5% volatile
53 Cuba 18.7% 2010 up 16.9% rising
54 Panama 17.5% 2010 down 2.0% rising
55 Italy 17.1% 2010 up 12.6% rising
56 Bangladesh 16.8% 2010 down 57.1% volatile
57 Brazil 14.4% 2010 up 107.2% volatile
58 Botswana 14.1% 2010 up 80.3% volatile
59 Uruguay 13.8% 2010 down 51.3% volatile
60 Colombia 13.8% 2010 up 25.1% rising
61 Philippines 13.7% 2010 down 44.2% rising
62 Mauritius 13.5% 2010 down 77.5% volatile
63 Dominican Republic 13.5% 2010 up 216.4% rising
64 Malta 13.2% 2010 down 62.3% volatile
65 Guatemala 12.6% 2010 up 133.0% volatile
66 South Korea 12.2% 2010 up 234.8% volatile
67 Cyprus 12.2% 2010 up 6.7% rising
68 Costa Rica 11.5% 2010 up 26.3% volatile
69 Trinidad and Tobago 11.1% 2010 up 20.0% rising
70 Kuwait 11.0% 2010 up 102.4% volatile
71 Greece 11.0% 2010 up 13.1% volatile
72 Ghana 10.8% 2010 up 256.6% volatile
73 Qatar 10.6% 2010 up 35.3% volatile
74 Fiji 10.6% 2010 down 38.9% volatile
75 Peru 10.5% 2010 down 13.5% rising
76 Serbia 10.0% 2010 up 18.3% rising
77 Singapore 9.5% 2010 up 36.4% volatile
78 Jordan 9.5% 2010 up 86.3% volatile
79 Bolivia 9.3% 2010 down 83.0% volatile
80 Mexico 9.1% 2010 up 2.5% rising
81 Hong Kong 9.1% 2010 up 33.4% volatile
82 United Arab Emirates 8.9% 2010 up 68.2% volatile
83 Venezuela 8.8% 2010 up 45.3% volatile
84 Paraguay 7.5% 2010 up 6.4% rising
85 China 7.1% 2010 up 71.2% volatile
86 Spain 7.0% 2010 down 37.5% volatile
87 Guyana 6.8% 2010 up 19.8% rising
88 El Salvador 6.8% 2010 up 65.5% rising
89 Namibia 6.8% 2010 up 61.4% falling
90 Ecuador 6.3% 2010 down 44.7% rising
91 Eswatini 6.3% 2010 up 9.4% volatile
92 Nicaragua 6.2% 2010 up 51.8% rising
93 Portugal 6.0% 2010 down 8.7% rising
94 Uganda 6.0% 2010 down 26.7% volatile
95 Saudi Arabia 6.0% 2010 up 19.7% rising
96 Bahrain 5.8% 2010 up 132.8% volatile
97 Brunei 5.8% 2010 up 94.6% volatile
98 Haiti 5.6% 2010 up 14.6% rising
99 Honduras 5.5% 2010 down 9.5% rising
100 Turkey 4.8% 2010 up 38.8% rising
101 India 4.7% 2010 up 27.3% volatile
102 Gambia 4.6% 2010 up 15.1% rising
103 Myanmar 4.3% 2010 up 25.1% rising
104 Egypt 4.0% 2010 up 41.6% volatile
105 Malaysia 3.5% 2010 down 95.0% volatile
106 Thailand 3.4% 2010 up 76.3% volatile
106 Zambia 3.4% 2010 up 15.2% volatile
108 Pakistan 3.4% 2010 up 78.9% volatile
109 Indonesia 3.4% 2010 up 3.4% volatile
110 Syria 3.0% 2010 up 127.8% volatile
111 Mali 2.8% 2010 up 2,700.0% volatile
112 Togo 2.8% 2010 up 66.3% volatile
113 Gabon 2.7% 2010 up 69.1% volatile
114 Lesotho 1.9% 2010 down 39.3% volatile
115 Liberia 1.8% 2010 down 32.1% rising
116 Morocco 1.7% 2010 down 16.7% rising
117 Sierra Leone 1.6% 2010 down 16.0% rising
118 Benin 1.3% 2010 up 115.0% rising
119 Iraq 1.2% 2010 up 124.1% volatile
120 Congo 0.9% 2010 up 31.4% rising
121 Libya 0.9% 2010 up 250.0% volatile
122 Cameroon 0.8% 2010 up 76.1% rising
123 Cote d'Ivoire 0.8% 2010 up 71.7% rising
123 Nepal 0.8% 2010 up 21.5% volatile
125 Tunisia 0.8% 2010 down 6.2% flat
126 Sudan 0.5% 2010 up 36.8% rising
127 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5% 2010 up 308.3% volatile
127 Algeria 0.5% 2010 up 172.2% volatile
129 Malawi 0.4% 2010 up 34.4% volatile
130 Cambodia 0.4% 2010 down 38.5% volatile
131 Papua New Guinea 0.4% 2010 up 48.0% volatile
132 Central African Republic 0.3% 2010 down 30.0% volatile
133 Kenya 0.3% 2010 down 69.7% rising
134 Rwanda 0.3% 2010 down 3.4% falling
135 Burundi 0.3% 2010 up 170.0% volatile
136 Mauritania 0.2% 2010 up 91.7% volatile
137 Maldives 0.2% 2010 down 95.9% volatile
138 Laos 0.2% 2010 up 63.6% rising
139 Tanzania 0.2% 2010 up 21.4% rising
140 Niger 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
141 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 50.0% rising
141 Senegal 0.1% 2010 down 42.9% falling
143 Afghanistan 0.1% 2010 up 83.3% volatile
144 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Secondary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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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 secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)