Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in United States of America
United States of America: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary was 33.4% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in United States of America, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in United States of America is 33.4%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in United States of America peaked at 60.4% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 33.4%, in 2010.
United States of America ranks 33rd of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in United States of America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 40.4% | — |
| 1965 | 43.2% | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 46.0% | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 46.3% | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 60.4% | +30.6% |
| 1985 | 46.2% | -23.5% |
| 1990 | 41.7% | -9.8% |
| 1995 | 35.5% | -14.7% |
| 2000 | 56.4% | +58.8% |
| 2005 | 35.0% | -37.9% |
| 2010 | 33.4% | -4.6% |
United States of America compared with similar countries
- United States of America's 33.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.8%, 1.5× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41.8% | 40.4% | 43.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 46.1% | 46.0% | 46.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 53.3% | 46.2% | 60.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 38.6% | 35.5% | 41.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 45.7% | 35.0% | 56.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 33.4% | 33.4% | 33.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
More education data for United States of America
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.74 million (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 419,732 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4.34 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.14 million (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 25.35 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 23.83 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0708 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in United States of America?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary in United States of America was 33.4% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 60.4% in 1980.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.4% in 2010.
- How does United States of America rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary?
- United States of America ranks 33rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary