Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) by country
Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)
Countries reporting
144
Highest
100.0%
Denmark
Lowest
0.6%
Sudan
Median
74.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Denmark; the lowest is 0.6% in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 74.9%, and the mean is 65.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 179.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 5,627.1%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 91.3%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2010 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2010 | up 570.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Slovenia | 98.7% | 2010 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 4 | Italy | 98.4% | 2010 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 5 | Tajikistan | 98.3% | 2010 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 6 | Serbia | 97.8% | 2010 | up 386.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Norway | 97.4% | 2010 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Tonga | 97.1% | 2010 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 9 | Japan | 97.0% | 2010 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 10 | Mauritius | 96.8% | 2010 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 11 | France | 96.0% | 2010 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Hungary | 95.8% | 2010 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 13 | Sweden | 94.8% | 2010 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 14 | Cyprus | 94.6% | 2010 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 15 | Botswana | 94.5% | 2010 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Albania | 94.1% | 2010 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 94.1% | 2010 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 18 | Hong Kong, China | 93.8% | 2010 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | 93.3% | 2010 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 20 | Armenia | 93.2% | 2010 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 21 | Latvia | 93.2% | 2010 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Israel | 92.1% | 2010 | up 131.0% | flat |
| 23 | New Zealand | 92.0% | 2010 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 24 | Canada | 91.0% | 2010 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 25 | Czechia | 90.3% | 2010 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Romania | 90.3% | 2010 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 27 | Iceland | 90.0% | 2010 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 28 | Jordan | 89.9% | 2010 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 29 | China | 89.1% | 2010 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 89.1% | 2010 | up 262.7% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 88.3% | 2010 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 32 | Macau, China | 88.3% | 2010 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 33 | Qatar | 87.7% | 2010 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 87.2% | 2010 | up 96.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Türkiye | 86.9% | 2010 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Guyana | 86.8% | 2010 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 37 | Mongolia | 85.7% | 2010 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 38 | Switzerland | 85.7% | 2010 | up 816.1% | falling |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 85.5% | 2010 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 40 | South Africa | 85.5% | 2010 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 41 | Belize | 85.4% | 2010 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 42 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 85.3% | 2010 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 43 | Tunisia | 85.0% | 2010 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Zambia | 84.6% | 2010 | up 292.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Fiji | 83.4% | 2010 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 46 | Mexico | 83.1% | 2010 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Malaysia | 82.9% | 2010 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 82.1% | 2010 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Belgium | 82.0% | 2010 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 50 | Portugal | 81.5% | 2010 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 81.5% | 2010 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Australia | 81.4% | 2010 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 53 | Spain | 81.3% | 2010 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 54 | Netherlands | 81.3% | 2010 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 55 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 80.9% | 2010 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Republic of Moldova | 80.8% | 2010 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 57 | Singapore | 80.0% | 2010 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 58 | Jamaica | 80.0% | 2010 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 59 | Barbados | 79.7% | 2010 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 79.6% | 2010 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 61 | Malta | 79.5% | 2010 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 79.4% | 2010 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Estonia | 78.9% | 2010 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Bahrain | 78.4% | 2010 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 65 | Poland | 78.0% | 2010 | up 239.8% | rising |
| 66 | Maldives | 78.0% | 2010 | up 88.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Ireland | 76.8% | 2010 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 68 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 76.2% | 2010 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 69 | Russian Federation | 76.1% | 2010 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 70 | India | 75.6% | 2010 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Peru | 75.0% | 2010 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 75.0% | 2010 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 73 | United States of America | 74.8% | 2010 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 74 | Republic of Korea | 74.8% | 2010 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 75 | Ukraine | 73.0% | 2010 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.5% | 2010 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 77 | Philippines | 72.4% | 2010 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 78 | Slovakia | 71.1% | 2010 | up 143.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Ghana | 70.6% | 2010 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 80 | Argentina | 70.2% | 2010 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 81 | Thailand | 68.7% | 2010 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Brazil | 68.0% | 2010 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Indonesia | 67.8% | 2010 | up 556.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 66.7% | 2010 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 65.4% | 2010 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 86 | Panama | 64.9% | 2010 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 87 | Libya | 64.6% | 2010 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Honduras | 64.5% | 2010 | up 97.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Cuba | 63.8% | 2010 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 90 | Germany | 63.5% | 2010 | up 763.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Egypt | 63.4% | 2010 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 63.4% | 2010 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Uruguay | 63.0% | 2010 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 94 | Bangladesh | 62.0% | 2010 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Iraq | 62.0% | 2010 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Lithuania | 61.5% | 2010 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 97 | Paraguay | 60.7% | 2010 | up 144.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Syrian Arab Republic | 57.5% | 2010 | up 591.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Togo | 55.9% | 2010 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 55.8% | 2010 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Brunei Darussalam | 55.8% | 2010 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 102 | Congo | 55.1% | 2010 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 54.3% | 2010 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 104 | Gabon | 54.2% | 2010 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 105 | Gambia | 53.7% | 2010 | up 97.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Algeria | 49.4% | 2010 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Morocco | 48.4% | 2010 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 108 | El Salvador | 44.9% | 2010 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Benin | 44.7% | 2010 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Pakistan | 44.3% | 2010 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Austria | 43.9% | 2010 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 112 | Sierra Leone | 42.3% | 2010 | up 141.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Nepal | 42.3% | 2010 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Afghanistan | 40.1% | 2010 | up 5,627.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 40.1% | 2010 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 116 | Kuwait | 37.9% | 2010 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 117 | Yemen | 36.8% | 2010 | up 144.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Cameroon | 35.5% | 2010 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 119 | Viet Nam | 35.3% | 2010 | up 51.8% | falling |
| 120 | Eswatini | 34.4% | 2010 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 121 | Rwanda | 29.9% | 2010 | up 134.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Myanmar | 29.5% | 2010 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 123 | Ecuador | 27.8% | 2010 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 124 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 27.7% | 2010 | up 1,396.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Guatemala | 27.5% | 2010 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 126 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 25.6% | 2010 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Cambodia | 25.2% | 2010 | up 181.0% | rising |
| 128 | Mali | 24.3% | 2010 | up 353.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Haiti | 22.6% | 2010 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Lesotho | 21.7% | 2010 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Kenya | 21.2% | 2010 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Uganda | 20.4% | 2010 | up 218.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Burundi | 18.0% | 2010 | up 144.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Mauritania | 17.0% | 2010 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 135 | Côte d'Ivoire | 16.5% | 2010 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 136 | Central African Republic | 16.3% | 2010 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Namibia | 16.3% | 2010 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 138 | Malawi | 16.2% | 2010 | up 189.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Mozambique | 16.1% | 2010 | up 1,693.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2010 | up 198.7% | falling |
| 141 | Niger | 11.9% | 2010 | up 174.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Senegal | 11.2% | 2010 | up 235.2% | rising |
| 143 | Liberia | 9.7% | 2010 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 144 | Sudan | 0.6% | 2010 | down 91.3% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of female population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)