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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
83.7%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
17.5%
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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 83.7% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.5%, and the mean is 22.4%.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Czechia (up 8,381.8%), 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 Malawi 83.7% 2010 up 12.5% rising
2 Uganda 79.6% 2010 down 3.3% rising
3 Mauritania 78.9% 2010 up 60.4% rising
4 Haiti 77.2% 2010 up 162.3% rising
5 Lesotho 76.7% 2010 up 82.3% falling
6 Tanzania, United Republic of 72.2% 2010 down 2.7% rising
7 Ecuador 71.0% 2010 up 115.0% falling
8 Kenya 70.4% 2010 up 19.9% rising
9 Guatemala 69.4% 2010 up 20.9% rising
10 Cambodia 66.0% 2010 up 3.2% rising
11 Kuwait 61.9% 2010 up 163.9% volatile
12 Myanmar 61.2% 2010 down 8.4% rising
13 Namibia 60.8% 2010 down 0.7% rising
14 Liberia 58.2% 2010 up 227.0% volatile
15 Austria 55.9% 2010 up 0.3% falling
16 El Salvador 53.4% 2010 up 7.8% flat
17 Senegal 50.6% 2010 up 42.1% rising
18 Nepal 49.2% 2010 up 23.8% volatile
19 Rwanda 47.7% 2010 down 0.5% rising
20 Sudan 45.8% 2010 up 11.2% rising
21 Zimbabwe 45.5% 2010 up 37.9% falling
22 Côte d'Ivoire 45.2% 2010 up 8.3% rising
23 Papua New Guinea 43.3% 2010 down 32.0% rising
24 Burundi 41.1% 2010 down 16.0% rising
25 Eswatini 38.8% 2010 down 26.8% falling
26 Lithuania 38.5% 2010 up 1.5% volatile
27 Paraguay 38.2% 2010 down 46.0% falling
28 Bangladesh 37.8% 2010 up 64.2% rising
29 Syrian Arab Republic 37.2% 2010 down 56.8% rising
30 Uruguay 36.9% 2010 up 58.7% falling
31 Algeria 36.3% 2010 down 24.0% rising
32 Luxembourg 35.7% 2010 up 15.2% falling
33 Costa Rica 33.7% 2010 down 11.8% falling
34 Honduras 33.3% 2010 down 46.0% falling
35 Germany 33.1% 2010 down 62.9% falling
36 Nicaragua 33.0% 2010 down 4.2% rising
37 Brazil 31.5% 2010 down 27.8% falling
38 Indonesia 31.2% 2010 down 62.0% flat
39 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 29.7% 2010 up 11.5% flat
40 Congo 29.6% 2010 down 41.1% rising
41 Cameroon 27.9% 2010 down 38.8% rising
42 Gabon 27.3% 2010 down 39.1% falling
43 Lao People's Democratic Republic 27.3% 2010 down 27.6% falling
44 Morocco 26.7% 2010 up 27.0% rising
45 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 26.0% 2010 down 22.4% rising
46 Togo 25.4% 2010 down 40.1% rising
47 Argentina 25.1% 2010 down 29.3% falling
48 Panama 24.9% 2010 up 10.8% falling
49 Peru 24.2% 2010 up 4.4% falling
50 Kyrgyzstan 24.1% 2010 down 55.7% falling
51 Central African Republic 23.9% 2010 down 14.9% volatile
52 Mozambique 23.1% 2010 up 56.1% falling
53 Ireland 23.1% 2010 up 82.6% volatile
54 Benin 22.6% 2010 up 3.2% rising
55 Poland 22.0% 2010 down 71.4% falling
56 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 21.4% 2010 down 11.9% falling
57 Estonia 20.7% 2010 down 20.5% falling
58 Maldives 20.6% 2010 down 64.0% rising
59 Pakistan 20.2% 2010 up 32.4% rising
60 Malta 19.5% 2010 up 6.3% volatile
61 Sierra Leone 19.1% 2010 up 46.6% volatile
62 Bahrain 19.0% 2010 down 3.2% rising
63 Republic of Moldova 18.9% 2010 up 121.9% volatile
64 Mali 18.8% 2010 up 11.1% rising
65 Australia 18.5% 2010 down 30.3% volatile
66 Niger 18.4% 2010 up 45.4% volatile
67 Ukraine 18.2% 2010 up 199.7% volatile
68 Portugal 18.2% 2010 up 79.3% volatile
69 Spain 18.1% 2010 down 40.2% falling
70 Netherlands 17.9% 2010 down 32.8% volatile
71 Saudi Arabia 17.7% 2010 down 48.1% falling
72 Belgium 17.6% 2010 up 124.7% falling
73 Brunei Darussalam 17.5% 2010 down 31.2% falling
74 Dominican Republic 16.8% 2010 up 10.7% volatile
75 Yemen 16.8% 2010 up 32.3% volatile
76 Ghana 16.5% 2010 down 26.7% rising
77 Gambia 16.1% 2010 up 44.2% volatile
78 United Arab Emirates 15.7% 2010 down 20.7% rising
79 Egypt 14.9% 2010 down 16.8% falling
80 South Africa 14.2% 2010 down 39.4% falling
81 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.3% 2010 down 32.1% volatile
82 Fiji 13.0% 2010 up 8.0% volatile
83 Zambia 12.5% 2010 down 81.5% falling
84 Iraq 12.5% 2010 down 70.5% volatile
85 India 12.4% 2010 down 29.6% falling
86 Guyana 12.2% 2010 down 50.0% falling
87 Philippines 11.9% 2010 down 33.6% falling
88 Qatar 11.8% 2010 down 57.5% falling
89 Tunisia 11.6% 2010 down 56.5% falling
90 Macau, China 11.5% 2010 down 59.4% falling
91 Mexico 11.4% 2010 down 55.6% falling
92 Greece 11.4% 2010 up 17.6% volatile
93 Iran, Islamic Republic of 11.4% 2010 down 59.5% rising
93 Mongolia 11.4% 2010 down 53.7% volatile
95 Türkiye 10.4% 2010 down 75.6% volatile
96 Thailand 9.9% 2010 down 54.0% falling
97 Libya 9.8% 2010 up 19.0% volatile
98 Czechia 9.3% 2010 up 8,381.8% volatile
99 Jordan 9.1% 2010 down 58.8% falling
100 Switzerland 9.1% 2010 down 83.9% volatile
101 Romania 8.8% 2010 down 25.5% volatile
102 Iceland 8.5% 2010 down 76.5% falling
103 Slovakia 8.2% 2010 down 88.2% falling
104 Bulgaria 7.7% 2010 down 89.4% falling
105 Belize 7.5% 2010 down 80.0% falling
106 Colombia 7.5% 2010 down 74.7% falling
107 Russian Federation 7.5% 2010 up 55.6% volatile
108 Kazakhstan 7.3% 2010 up 307.8% volatile
109 Israel 7.1% 2010 down 86.0% flat
110 United States of America 6.9% 2010 up 1,230.8% volatile
111 Viet Nam 6.8% 2010 down 86.8% falling
112 China 6.7% 2010 down 56.8% falling
113 Cyprus 5.0% 2010 up 107.4% volatile
114 Albania 4.9% 2010 down 64.5% falling
115 Cuba 4.9% 2010 down 44.8% volatile
116 Chile 4.8% 2010 down 69.3% volatile
117 Canada 4.3% 2010 up 63.7% volatile
118 Latvia 4.2% 2010 down 65.5% volatile
119 Botswana 3.9% 2010 up 877.5% volatile
120 Hungary 3.4% 2010 down 28.2% volatile
121 Malaysia 3.3% 2010 down 36.6% volatile
122 Mauritius 2.9% 2010 down 88.7% falling
123 Japan 2.0% 2010 up 47.5% volatile
124 Sri Lanka 2.0% 2010 down 46.8% volatile
125 France 1.9% 2010 down 87.1% volatile
126 Croatia 1.8% 2010 down 96.2% falling
127 Singapore 1.6% 2010 down 56.8% volatile
128 Trinidad and Tobago 1.6% 2010 down 70.7% volatile
129 Italy 1.3% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
130 Tonga 1.3% 2010 down 86.3% volatile
131 Slovenia 1.2% 2010 up 150.0% volatile
132 Armenia 1.1% 2010 down 81.7% volatile
133 Serbia 0.6% 2010 down 99.2% falling
134 Sweden 0.1% 2010 down 89.1% volatile
135 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2010 down 33.3% volatile
136 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 down 98.0% volatile
137 Afghanistan 0.1% 2010 down 99.8% volatile
138 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 97.3% volatile
138 Hong Kong, China 0.0% 2010 down 99.7% volatile
138 Jamaica 0.0% 2010 down 98.8% volatile
138 Tajikistan 0.0% 2010 down 99.7% volatile
142 Denmark 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
143 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
144 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. 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
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Percentage of female population age 15-19 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)