Maldives vs Papua New Guinea: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary

Maldives
40.6%
in 2010
Papua New Guinea
40.6%
in 2010
Maldives rank
24th
Papua New Guinea rank
23rd

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary over time

  • Maldives
  • Papua New Guinea
10203040196019852010

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 40.6% against 40.6% in Maldives, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 24th and Papua New Guinea ranks 23rd of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Maldives Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 21.7% 6.8% 14.9% Maldives
1970s 25.6% 10.1% 15.4% Maldives
1980s 28.9% 12.8% 16.1% Maldives
1990s 26.3% 17.8% 8.5% Maldives
2000s 36.1% 31.0% 5.2% Maldives
2010s 40.6% 40.6% 0.0% Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary, Maldives or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 40.6% against 40.6% in Maldives as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary between Maldives and Papua New Guinea?
0.0%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Papua New Guinea?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Maldives and Papua New Guinea rank globally for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary?
Maldives ranks 24th and Papua New Guinea ranks 23rd of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Maldives vs Papua New Guinea: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-female-population-age-25-with-primary-schooling-total-incomplete/maldives/papua-new-guinea/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-female-population-age-25-with-primary-schooling-total-incomplete/maldives/papua-new-guinea/">Maldives vs Papua New Guinea: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ 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
Last refreshed

Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)