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

Percentage of female population age 75+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
18.9%
Estonia
Lowest
0.0%
Togo
Median
1.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 75+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 18.9% in Estonia; the lowest is 0.0% in Togo.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.1%, and the mean is 2.4%.

Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 2,275.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Estonia 18.9% 2010 up 239.2% volatile
2 Australia 16.9% 2010 up 299.8% volatile
3 United States of America 15.8% 2010 up 24.0% rising
4 Israel 14.4% 2010 up 151.8% volatile
5 Ukraine 11.2% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
6 New Zealand 10.5% 2010 up 14.3% volatile
7 Hungary 9.8% 2010 up 222.1% volatile
8 Russian Federation 9.2% 2010 up 29.4% volatile
9 Canada 8.8% 2010 up 121.2% rising
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8.1% 2010 up 26.6% volatile
11 Ireland 7.8% 2010 up 86.2% volatile
12 Costa Rica 7.6% 2010 up 100.3% volatile
13 Armenia 6.9% 2010 up 6.8% rising
14 Sweden 6.3% 2010 down 8.8% volatile
15 Denmark 6.2% 2010 up 78.0% volatile
16 Latvia 6.1% 2010 up 48.9% volatile
17 Argentina 6.0% 2010 up 59.9% volatile
18 Luxembourg 5.8% 2010 up 296.6% volatile
19 Bulgaria 5.8% 2010 up 109.7% volatile
20 Lithuania 5.6% 2010 up 201.6% volatile
21 Panama 5.2% 2010 down 20.2% volatile
22 Iran, Islamic Republic of 4.9% 2010 up 91.0% volatile
23 Republic of Moldova 4.3% 2010 up 74.2% volatile
24 Netherlands 4.3% 2010 up 0.9% volatile
25 Belgium 4.2% 2010 up 34.7% volatile
26 Philippines 4.1% 2010 down 50.9% rising
27 Jamaica 4.0% 2010 up 64.9% volatile
28 Finland 3.9% 2010 up 17.6% volatile
29 Mongolia 3.9% 2010 up 99.0% volatile
30 Trinidad and Tobago 3.8% 2010 up 157.5% volatile
31 Kyrgyzstan 3.7% 2010 up 21.4% rising
32 Germany 3.6% 2010 up 72.5% rising
33 Czechia 3.6% 2010 up 149.3% volatile
34 Macau (China) 3.5% 2010 up 169.5% volatile
35 Switzerland 3.4% 2010 up 84.3% rising
36 Poland 3.3% 2010 up 120.5% volatile
37 Uruguay 3.3% 2010 down 16.6% volatile
38 Slovenia 3.3% 2010 up 12.8% volatile
39 Croatia 3.1% 2010 up 90.7% volatile
40 Peru 2.9% 2010 down 45.4% volatile
41 Brazil 2.9% 2010 up 180.4% volatile
42 Chile 2.8% 2010 down 41.6% volatile
43 Greece 2.8% 2010 up 73.1% volatile
44 Austria 2.6% 2010 up 55.1% volatile
45 France 2.5% 2010 down 22.2% volatile
46 Iceland 2.4% 2010 up 106.0% volatile
47 Sri Lanka 2.4% 2010 up 53.9% volatile
48 Fiji 2.3% 2010 down 33.3% volatile
49 Norway 2.1% 2010 up 104.9% volatile
50 Mexico 2.0% 2010 up 63.2% volatile
51 Spain 2.0% 2010 up 62.9% volatile
52 Japan 2.0% 2010 up 9.2% volatile
53 Malta 1.9% 2010 down 7.2% volatile
54 Viet Nam 1.9% 2010 up 156.8% volatile
55 Cuba 1.8% 2010 up 16.5% rising
56 United Arab Emirates 1.8% 2010 up 92.6% volatile
57 Kazakhstan 1.8% 2010 down 49.3% volatile
58 Romania 1.7% 2010 up 7.0% volatile
59 Brunei Darussalam 1.6% 2010 up 120.0% volatile
60 Colombia 1.6% 2010 up 114.7% volatile
60 Uganda 1.6% 2010 up 96.3% volatile
62 Singapore 1.5% 2010 up 186.5% volatile
63 Tajikistan 1.5% 2010 up 9.7% rising
64 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.4% 2010 down 75.6% volatile
64 Slovakia 1.4% 2010 down 73.0% volatile
66 Cyprus 1.4% 2010 down 37.4% volatile
67 Republic of Korea 1.4% 2010 up 245.0% volatile
67 Saudi Arabia 1.4% 2010 up 20.0% volatile
69 Nicaragua 1.3% 2010 up 112.7% volatile
70 Kuwait 1.3% 2010 up 101.6% volatile
71 Bahrain 1.2% 2010 up 95.0% volatile
71 Italy 1.2% 2010 down 32.8% volatile
73 Paraguay 1.1% 2010 down 47.2% volatile
74 Thailand 1.1% 2010 up 202.8% volatile
75 Hong Kong, China 1.0% 2010 down 30.8% volatile
76 Dominican Republic 1.0% 2010 down 28.8% volatile
77 Mali 0.9% 2010 up 2,275.0% volatile
78 Libya 0.8% 2010 up 320.0% volatile
79 Belize 0.8% 2010 down 12.1% volatile
80 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% 2010 up 2.8% volatile
81 India 0.7% 2010 up 41.2% volatile
82 Portugal 0.7% 2010 up 73.2% volatile
83 Barbados 0.7% 2010 down 18.6% volatile
84 El Salvador 0.7% 2010 up 65.0% volatile
85 Pakistan 0.6% 2010 up 73.0% volatile
86 Gabon 0.6% 2010 up 67.6% volatile
86 Jordan 0.6% 2010 up 63.2% volatile
86 Serbia 0.6% 2010 down 63.7% volatile
89 Botswana 0.6% 2010 up 247.1% volatile
89 Qatar 0.6% 2010 down 28.9% rising
91 Türkiye 0.6% 2010 down 14.7% volatile
92 Zambia 0.6% 2010 up 16.3% volatile
93 Iraq 0.5% 2010 up 184.2% volatile
94 Namibia 0.5% 2010 up 56.2% flat
95 Syrian Arab Republic 0.5% 2010 up 133.3% volatile
96 Bangladesh 0.5% 2010 down 57.3% volatile
97 Liberia 0.5% 2010 down 14.8% rising
98 Gambia 0.5% 2010 up 73.1% volatile
99 Egypt 0.4% 2010 up 24.2% volatile
99 Tonga 0.4% 2010 down 65.8% rising
101 Ecuador 0.4% 2010 down 81.8% volatile
102 Haiti 0.3% 2010 down 2.8% rising
103 Malaysia 0.3% 2010 down 94.0% volatile
104 China 0.3% 2010 down 11.1% volatile
105 Lesotho 0.3% 2010 up 116.7% volatile
106 Zimbabwe 0.2% 2010 up 108.3% volatile
107 Mauritius 0.2% 2010 down 43.2% volatile
108 Honduras 0.2% 2010 down 17.4% volatile
108 Myanmar 0.2% 2010 up 111.1% volatile
110 Ghana 0.2% 2010 down 83.7% volatile
110 Indonesia 0.2% 2010 up 88.9% volatile
110 Sierra Leone 0.2% 2010 up 88.9% volatile
113 Central African Republic 0.2% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
114 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1% 2010 up 66.7% rising
115 South Africa 0.1% 2010 down 53.3% rising
116 Kenya 0.1% 2010 down 23.5% rising
117 Malawi 0.1% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
117 Sudan 0.1% 2010 up 50.0% rising
117 Tunisia 0.1% 2010 up 20.0% rising
120 Rwanda 0.1% 2010 up 25.0% rising
121 Algeria 0.1% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
122 Afghanistan 0.1% 2010 up 14.3% volatile
122 Albania 0.1% 2010 down 94.8% volatile
122 Benin 0.1% 2010 up 33.3% rising
122 Guyana 0.1% 2010 up 33.3% rising
122 Niger 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
122 Nepal 0.1% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
128 Cameroon 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
128 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
128 Morocco 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
128 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
128 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
133 Burundi 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
133 Congo 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
133 Mozambique 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
133 Mauritania 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
133 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 95.4% volatile
133 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2010 up 200.0% rising
140 Maldives 0.0% 2010 — volatile
141 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Cambodia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Senegal 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Togo 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% rising

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