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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Completed Primary by country

Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Completed Primary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
74.0%
Mauritania
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
13.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Completed Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 74.0% in Mauritania; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.2%, and the mean is 16.9%.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Czechia (up 8,510.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mauritania 74.0% 2010 up 98.2% volatile
2 Ecuador 63.1% 2010 up 137.6% rising
3 Myanmar 57.4% 2010 up 13.3% volatile
4 Namibia 55.7% 2010 up 79.2% rising
5 Austria 51.6% 2010 up 2.5% falling
6 Kuwait 50.4% 2010 up 482.3% volatile
7 Tanzania, United Republic of 48.9% 2010 down 5.9% volatile
8 Rwanda 47.7% 2010 down 0.5% volatile
9 Papua New Guinea 43.3% 2010 up 28.1% volatile
10 Sudan 43.1% 2010 up 11.2% rising
11 Côte d'Ivoire 42.4% 2010 up 33.9% rising
12 Zimbabwe 40.4% 2010 up 89.1% rising
13 Cambodia 39.9% 2010 up 39.2% volatile
14 Nepal 38.8% 2010 up 61.5% volatile
15 Burundi 38.6% 2010 up 3.9% volatile
16 Lithuania 38.4% 2010 up 1.2% volatile
17 Bangladesh 37.8% 2010 up 72.9% volatile
18 Lesotho 35.5% 2010 up 56.3% rising
19 Uruguay 35.0% 2010 up 78.5% rising
20 Guatemala 34.9% 2010 up 77.3% rising
21 Liberia 34.6% 2010 up 263.4% volatile
22 Senegal 34.0% 2010 up 357.3% volatile
23 Luxembourg 33.0% 2010 up 17.7% falling
24 Germany 30.5% 2010 down 62.1% rising
25 Malawi 29.9% 2010 up 154.9% volatile
26 Paraguay 29.6% 2010 down 46.8% rising
27 Brazil 28.9% 2010 down 8.4% volatile
28 Costa Rica 28.1% 2010 down 9.1% flat
29 Indonesia 27.0% 2010 down 62.7% rising
30 Morocco 26.7% 2010 up 27.0% volatile
31 Cameroon 26.2% 2010 down 24.4% rising
32 Gabon 25.6% 2010 down 24.7% rising
33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25.6% 2010 down 10.6% rising
34 Togo 25.4% 2010 down 40.1% volatile
35 Syrian Arab Republic 24.5% 2010 down 26.1% volatile
36 Honduras 23.9% 2010 down 43.4% rising
37 Argentina 23.4% 2010 down 26.0% falling
38 Algeria 23.3% 2010 down 28.3% volatile
39 Kyrgyzstan 22.9% 2010 down 54.4% rising
40 Central African Republic 22.4% 2010 up 5.2% volatile
41 Poland 21.9% 2010 down 70.3% falling
42 Mozambique 21.7% 2010 up 92.9% rising
43 Ireland 21.3% 2010 up 86.6% volatile
44 Benin 21.2% 2010 up 27.6% volatile
45 Estonia 20.7% 2010 down 19.3% falling
46 Eswatini 20.6% 2010 down 12.2% rising
47 Peru 19.8% 2010 up 61.4% falling
48 Malta 19.5% 2010 up 6.5% volatile
48 El Salvador 19.5% 2010 down 11.0% rising
50 Mali 18.5% 2010 up 58.1% volatile
51 Australia 18.5% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
51 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 18.5% 2010 down 10.0% falling
53 Kenya 18.5% 2010 up 5.7% rising
54 Panama 18.2% 2010 up 17.0% falling
55 Ukraine 18.2% 2010 up 209.4% volatile
56 Uganda 18.2% 2010 down 47.4% volatile
57 Portugal 18.2% 2010 up 79.3% falling
58 Pakistan 17.8% 2010 up 26.8% rising
59 Republic of Moldova 17.8% 2010 up 174.2% volatile
60 Maldives 17.5% 2010 down 29.6% rising
61 Netherlands 17.5% 2010 down 31.8% volatile
62 Brunei Darussalam 17.5% 2010 down 31.2% rising
63 Spain 17.4% 2010 down 28.9% falling
64 Niger 17.2% 2010 up 79.8% volatile
65 Saudi Arabia 16.9% 2010 down 32.1% flat
66 Gambia 16.1% 2010 up 44.2% volatile
67 Yemen 15.7% 2010 up 63.5% volatile
68 Ghana 15.5% 2010 down 9.4% rising
69 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 15.3% 2010 up 34.6% rising
70 Nicaragua 14.8% 2010 up 5.8% rising
71 Belgium 14.7% 2010 up 144.6% falling
72 Egypt 13.9% 2010 up 2.8% rising
73 Zambia 12.5% 2010 down 76.6% volatile
74 India 12.4% 2010 down 29.6% rising
75 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.3% 2010 down 30.7% volatile
76 United Arab Emirates 12.0% 2010 down 21.2% rising
77 Iraq 11.7% 2010 down 63.6% volatile
78 Sierra Leone 11.5% 2010 up 61.0% volatile
79 Macau, China 11.5% 2010 down 56.4% falling
80 Philippines 11.1% 2010 down 22.5% falling
81 Greece 11.1% 2010 up 20.1% falling
82 Tunisia 10.9% 2010 down 46.2% rising
83 Dominican Republic 10.8% 2010 up 23.5% falling
84 Mongolia 10.7% 2010 down 42.8% falling
85 Fiji 10.3% 2010 up 31.0% falling
86 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.0% 2010 down 56.1% volatile
87 Thailand 9.9% 2010 down 47.4% volatile
88 Libya 9.8% 2010 up 19.0% volatile
89 Bahrain 9.1% 2010 up 1.2% rising
90 Czechia 8.6% 2010 up 8,510.0% volatile
91 Qatar 8.5% 2010 down 48.2% falling
92 Switzerland 8.4% 2010 down 83.5% volatile
93 Jordan 8.4% 2010 down 56.5% falling
94 Mexico 8.3% 2010 down 51.7% falling
95 South Africa 8.2% 2010 down 24.1% volatile
96 Iceland 7.8% 2010 down 76.0% falling
97 Bulgaria 7.7% 2010 down 87.7% falling
98 Haiti 7.6% 2010 up 145.8% rising
99 Slovakia 7.5% 2010 down 87.9% falling
100 Belize 7.5% 2010 down 80.1% falling
101 Colombia 7.5% 2010 down 62.5% falling
102 Guyana 7.1% 2010 down 50.0% falling
103 Russian Federation 7.0% 2010 up 92.6% volatile
104 Kazakhstan 6.8% 2010 up 402.9% volatile
105 Israel 6.7% 2010 down 86.8% rising
105 United States of America 6.7% 2010 up 1,386.7% volatile
107 China 6.7% 2010 down 51.6% falling
108 Viet Nam 6.4% 2010 down 83.7% volatile
109 Türkiye 5.9% 2010 down 76.8% volatile
110 Congo 5.4% 2010 down 58.2% volatile
111 Cyprus 5.0% 2010 up 232.7% volatile
112 Albania 4.4% 2010 down 61.9% volatile
113 Cuba 4.2% 2010 down 40.1% volatile
114 Latvia 3.9% 2010 down 65.5% volatile
115 Chile 3.8% 2010 down 64.9% volatile
116 Botswana 3.8% 2010 up 982.9% volatile
117 Canada 3.4% 2010 up 80.9% volatile
118 Hungary 3.3% 2010 down 26.4% volatile
119 Romania 2.3% 2010 down 2.9% rising
120 Malaysia 1.9% 2010 down 39.6% volatile
121 Japan 1.9% 2010 up 51.2% volatile
122 France 1.8% 2010 down 83.3% volatile
123 Croatia 1.7% 2010 down 96.3% falling
124 Sri Lanka 1.6% 2010 down 35.2% volatile
125 Singapore 1.6% 2010 down 46.6% volatile
126 Italy 1.3% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
127 Trinidad and Tobago 1.1% 2010 down 74.2% volatile
128 Armenia 1.1% 2010 down 80.8% volatile
129 Tonga 0.9% 2010 down 87.5% volatile
130 Mauritius 0.9% 2010 down 88.6% volatile
131 Slovenia 0.9% 2010 up 117.5% volatile
132 Serbia 0.6% 2010 down 99.2% falling
133 Sweden 0.1% 2010 down 88.7% volatile
134 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
135 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 down 98.1% volatile
136 Hong Kong, China 0.0% 2010 down 99.7% volatile
136 Jamaica 0.0% 2010 down 98.4% volatile
136 Tajikistan 0.0% 2010 down 99.7% volatile
139 Afghanistan 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% volatile
139 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 97.9% volatile
139 Denmark 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
142 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
143 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0% 2010 — volatile
143 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. 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
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Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Completed Primary