Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 15-19 by highest level of educational attainment. Lower Secondary. Female by country

Share of the population of the stated age group that has completed lower secondary or incomplete upper secondary education as the highest level of educational attainment. Projections are based on collected census and survey data for the base year (around 2010) and the Medium Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP2)...

Countries reporting
166
Highest
0.9%
Denmark
Lowest
0.0%
Iceland
Median
0.5%
Years covered
91
2010–2100
Data points
3,173

What the numbers show

Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 15-19 by highest level of educational attainment. Lower Secondary. Female is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Denmark; the lowest is 0.0% in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 0.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 89.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 16.7%), and the largest decrease in Cape Verde (down 33.3%).

Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 15-19 by: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 0.9% 2100 down 1.1% flat
2 Maldives 0.9% 2100 up 2.4% rising
3 Tunisia 0.8% 2100 unchanged rising
4 Finland 0.8% 2100 unchanged rising
4 Guinea 0.8% 2100 up 8.2% volatile
6 Norway 0.8% 2100 unchanged rising
7 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.8% 2100 unchanged rising
7 Luxembourg 0.8% 2100 unchanged rising
9 Germany 0.7% 2100 up 1.4% rising
10 Morocco 0.7% 2100 unchanged rising
11 Tonga 0.7% 2100 down 1.4% flat
12 Switzerland 0.7% 2100 unchanged flat
12 Saudi Arabia 0.7% 2100 down 1.4% rising
12 El Salvador 0.7% 2100 unchanged rising
12 Uruguay 0.7% 2100 unchanged rising
16 Bahamas 0.7% 2100 down 2.8% flat
16 Ghana 0.7% 2100 down 2.8% rising
16 Namibia 0.7% 2100 down 1.4% flat
16 Samoa 0.7% 2100 unchanged rising
20 Sweden 0.7% 2100 unchanged rising
21 Aruba 0.7% 2100 unchanged flat
21 Benin 0.7% 2100 up 4.6% rising
21 Bhutan 0.7% 2100 down 2.9% rising
21 Guatemala 0.7% 2100 down 1.4% rising
21 Sierra Leone 0.7% 2100 up 1.5% rising
21 Syria 0.7% 2100 unchanged rising
27 Belize 0.7% 2100 up 3.1% rising
27 Palestine, State of 0.7% 2100 unchanged flat
29 Malawi 0.7% 2100 down 1.5% rising
29 Portugal 0.7% 2100 down 1.5% flat
31 Albania 0.7% 2100 down 4.4% falling
31 Argentina 0.7% 2100 down 1.5% flat
31 Paraguay 0.7% 2100 unchanged rising
34 Malta 0.6% 2100 unchanged rising
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6% 2100 down 1.6% flat
35 Japan 0.6% 2100 unchanged flat
35 Republic of Korea 0.6% 2100 unchanged rising
35 Kuwait 0.6% 2100 down 1.6% flat
35 Senegal 0.6% 2100 up 8.6% rising
40 South Africa 0.6% 2100 down 6.1% falling
41 Mexico 0.6% 2100 down 1.6% rising
41 Mozambique 0.6% 2100 unchanged rising
41 Mauritius 0.6% 2100 down 1.6% rising
41 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6% 2100 up 7.0% rising
45 Madagascar 0.6% 2100 up 13.2% rising
45 Slovenia 0.6% 2100 down 3.2% falling
47 Ecuador 0.6% 2100 unchanged rising
47 Cambodia 0.6% 2100 up 1.7% rising
47 Lebanon 0.6% 2100 down 1.7% rising
50 Austria 0.6% 2100 unchanged flat
50 Liberia 0.6% 2100 up 9.4% rising
50 Latvia 0.6% 2100 unchanged falling
50 Zambia 0.6% 2100 up 1.8% rising
54 Estonia 0.6% 2100 unchanged flat
54 Italy 0.6% 2100 down 3.4% falling
54 Lithuania 0.6% 2100 up 1.8% rising
54 Romania 0.6% 2100 down 3.4% falling
58 Cuba 0.6% 2100 down 3.4% falling
58 Gabon 0.6% 2100 up 3.7% rising
58 Jamaica 0.6% 2100 down 3.4% falling
58 Jordan 0.6% 2100 unchanged rising
62 Timor-Leste 0.6% 2100 unchanged rising
63 Guinea-Bissau 0.5% 2100 unchanged rising
63 Panama 0.5% 2100 down 1.8% flat
63 Poland 0.5% 2100 down 3.6% falling
63 Serbia 0.5% 2100 down 3.6% flat
67 Spain 0.5% 2100 down 1.9% falling
67 Haiti 0.5% 2100 up 3.9% rising
67 Ireland 0.5% 2100 down 1.9% flat
70 Equatorial Guinea 0.5% 2100 down 3.7% rising
70 Honduras 0.5% 2100 up 4.0% rising
70 Kenya 0.5% 2100 down 1.9% rising
70 Macau, China 0.5% 2100 down 1.9% falling
74 Bangladesh 0.5% 2100 unchanged rising
74 Iraq 0.5% 2100 up 2.0% rising
74 Mali 0.5% 2100 up 6.2% volatile
74 United States of America 0.5% 2100 down 1.9% falling
78 North Macedonia 0.5% 2100 down 5.7% falling
79 Netherlands 0.5% 2100 unchanged flat
80 Bahrain 0.5% 2100 down 2.0% falling
80 Cameroon 0.5% 2100 up 4.3% rising
80 Congo 0.5% 2100 up 6.7% rising
80 Costa Rica 0.5% 2100 unchanged rising
80 Gambia 0.5% 2100 down 4.0% rising
80 Nigeria 0.5% 2100 unchanged rising
80 Vanuatu 0.5% 2100 down 2.0% rising
87 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% 2100 down 6.0% falling
88 Belgium 0.5% 2100 down 2.1% falling
88 Brazil 0.5% 2100 down 8.0% falling
88 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5% 2100 up 12.2% rising
88 Suriname 0.5% 2100 down 6.1% falling
88 Eswatini 0.5% 2100 up 4.5% rising
93 Bulgaria 0.5% 2100 down 4.3% falling
93 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.5% 2100 down 4.3% falling
93 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% 2100 down 4.3% falling
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4% 2100 down 6.4% falling
96 Uganda 0.4% 2100 up 4.8% rising
98 Montenegro 0.4% 2100 down 4.4% falling
99 Republic of Moldova 0.4% 2100 down 8.7% falling
99 Chad 0.4% 2100 up 7.7% volatile
101 Dominican Republic 0.4% 2100 down 4.7% falling
101 Guyana 0.4% 2100 down 6.8% falling
101 Niger 0.4% 2100 up 13.9% volatile
104 Lesotho 0.4% 2100 up 5.3% rising
105 Burkina Faso 0.4% 2100 up 14.7% volatile
106 Czechia 0.4% 2100 down 5.0% falling
106 Indonesia 0.4% 2100 down 9.5% falling
106 Nicaragua 0.4% 2100 down 2.6% rising
109 Hungary 0.4% 2100 down 5.1% falling
110 Georgia 0.4% 2100 down 2.7% falling
110 Greece 0.4% 2100 down 2.7% falling
110 Puerto Rico 0.4% 2100 down 2.7% falling
110 Singapore 0.4% 2100 unchanged falling
114 Hong Kong, China 0.3% 2100 unchanged falling
114 Rwanda 0.3% 2100 up 6.1% rising
116 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.3% 2100 down 2.9% falling
117 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2100 down 5.7% falling
117 Mongolia 0.3% 2100 down 5.7% falling
117 Thailand 0.3% 2100 down 2.9% flat
117 Turkmenistan 0.3% 2100 down 5.7% falling
121 Saint Lucia 0.3% 2100 down 8.6% falling
122 Viet Nam 0.3% 2100 down 6.1% falling
123 Armenia 0.3% 2100 down 6.2% falling
123 Croatia 0.3% 2100 down 9.1% falling
123 Pakistan 0.3% 2100 down 6.2% rising
126 Slovakia 0.3% 2100 down 9.4% falling
127 Cyprus 0.3% 2100 unchanged falling
127 Ukraine 0.3% 2100 down 9.7% falling
129 Comoros 0.3% 2100 up 12.5% rising
129 Nepal 0.3% 2100 down 6.9% falling
129 Tajikistan 0.3% 2100 down 6.9% falling
129 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2100 up 12.5% rising
133 Belarus 0.3% 2100 down 7.1% falling
133 Chile 0.3% 2100 down 10.3% falling
133 Ethiopia 0.3% 2100 up 8.3% rising
133 Zimbabwe 0.3% 2100 down 10.3% falling
137 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.2% 2100 down 3.8% falling
137 Russian Federation 0.2% 2100 down 7.4% falling
139 Egypt 0.2% 2100 down 11.1% falling
140 Central African Republic 0.2% 2100 up 15.0% rising
141 Colombia 0.2% 2100 down 4.3% falling
142 Burundi 0.2% 2100 up 10.5% rising
142 Qatar 0.2% 2100 unchanged falling
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2% 2100 down 8.7% falling
145 Algeria 0.2% 2100 down 9.1% falling
146 France 0.2% 2100 unchanged falling
147 India 0.2% 2100 down 10.0% falling
147 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2100 down 10.0% falling
147 Peru 0.2% 2100 down 10.0% falling
150 Canada 0.2% 2100 unchanged falling
151 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2100 down 11.8% falling
151 Australia 0.1% 2100 down 6.2% falling
153 Türkiye 0.1% 2100 down 6.7% falling
154 Myanmar 0.1% 2100 down 7.1% falling
155 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1% 2100 down 7.7% falling
156 Somalia 0.1% 2100 down 9.1% rising
157 New Caledonia 0.1% 2100 down 10.0% falling
157 Philippines 0.1% 2100 down 10.0% falling
159 New Zealand 0.1% 2100 down 11.1% falling
160 Sudan 0.1% 2100 up 16.7% rising
161 China 0.1% 2100 down 25.0% volatile
161 Cape Verde 0.1% 2100 down 33.3% falling
161 Israel 0.1% 2100 unchanged falling
161 French Polynesia 0.1% 2100 unchanged falling
165 Malaysia 0.0% 2100 unchanged volatile
166 Iceland 0.0% 2100 unchanged rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Wittgenstein Projection: Percentage of the population age 15-19 by highest level of educational attainment. Lower Secondary. Female
Source
Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/dataexplorer/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
167 places, 3,173 data points, 2010–2100
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Share of the population of the stated age group that has completed lower secondary or incomplete upper secondary education as the highest level of educational attainment. Projections are based on collected census and survey data for the base year (around 2010) and the Medium Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP2) projection model. The SSP2 is a middle-of-the-road scenario that combines medium fertility with medium mortality, medium migration, and the Global Education Trend (GET) education scenario. For more information and other projection models, consult the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital's website: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/dataexplorer/