Romania vs Sweden: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with primary

Romania
3.1%
in 2010
Sweden
2.7%
in 2010
Romania rank
118th
Sweden rank
121st

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with primary over time

  • Romania
  • Sweden
020406080196019852010

How they compare

Romania currently reports 3.1% against 2.7% in Sweden, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.2 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Romania ahead.

Romania ranks 118th and Sweden ranks 121st of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Romania Sweden Difference Ahead
1960s 73.7% 74.0% 0.2% Sweden
1970s 75.9% 63.3% 12.7% Romania
1980s 61.4% 45.0% 16.4% Romania
1990s 37.2% 27.9% 9.3% Romania
2000s 10.8% 10.2% 0.6% Romania
2010s 3.1% 2.7% 0.4% Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: percentage of female population age 50-54 with primary, Romania or Sweden?
Romania, at 3.1% against 2.7% in Sweden as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: percentage of female population age 50-54 with primary between Romania and Sweden?
0.4%, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Sweden?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Romania and Sweden rank globally for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 50-54 with primary?
Romania ranks 118th and Sweden ranks 121st 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 50-54 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

Romania vs Sweden: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with primary. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-female-population-age-50-54-with-primary-schooling-total/romania/sweden/

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-50-54-with-primary-schooling-total/romania/sweden/">Romania vs Sweden: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with primary</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 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 50-54 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)