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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
30.7%
Cuba
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
0.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 30.7% in Cuba; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4%, and the mean is 3.2%.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 67,166.7%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cuba 30.7% 2010 — volatile
2 Libya 25.6% 2010 up 49.6% volatile
3 Republic of Korea 25.1% 2010 up 30.5% volatile
4 Barbados 20.2% 2010 up 1,554.1% volatile
4 Slovakia 20.2% 2010 up 67,166.7% volatile
6 Thailand 18.9% 2010 up 246.1% volatile
7 United States of America 18.1% 2010 up 44.9% volatile
8 Sri Lanka 17.5% 2010 up 250.4% volatile
9 Colombia 16.8% 2010 up 288.0% volatile
10 Singapore 16.4% 2010 up 1,036.8% volatile
11 Russian Federation 16.1% 2010 up 65.5% volatile
12 Philippines 14.7% 2010 down 24.3% rising
13 Egypt 13.4% 2010 up 256.4% volatile
14 Malaysia 12.2% 2010 up 46.7% volatile
15 Croatia 10.7% 2010 up 171.6% volatile
16 Jamaica 9.8% 2010 up 6.1% volatile
17 Myanmar 9.2% 2010 up 110.3% volatile
18 Ukraine 8.7% 2010 up 126.3% volatile
19 Iran, Islamic Republic of 7.7% 2010 up 46.2% volatile
20 Algeria 7.5% 2010 up 977.1% volatile
21 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.3% 2010 up 476.2% volatile
22 Kazakhstan 7.1% 2010 up 779.0% volatile
23 Iraq 7.0% 2010 up 120.0% volatile
24 Belize 7.0% 2010 up 82.6% volatile
25 Gabon 6.8% 2010 up 7.1% rising
26 Brunei Darussalam 6.7% 2010 up 14.9% volatile
27 Panama 6.4% 2010 down 1.4% volatile
28 Hong Kong, China 6.2% 2010 up 2,573.9% volatile
29 Armenia 5.6% 2010 — volatile
30 Nicaragua 5.5% 2010 up 16.9% volatile
31 Trinidad and Tobago 5.0% 2010 up 273.7% volatile
32 Canada 4.6% 2010 down 37.3% falling
33 Argentina 4.5% 2010 up 14,900.0% volatile
34 Mexico 4.4% 2010 up 38.9% volatile
35 Eswatini 4.2% 2010 up 53.6% volatile
36 China 3.7% 2010 up 8.2% volatile
37 Fiji 3.3% 2010 up 74.6% volatile
38 New Zealand 3.2% 2010 down 72.7% falling
39 Kyrgyzstan 3.2% 2010 — volatile
40 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.2% 2010 down 8.1% volatile
41 Morocco 3.0% 2010 up 35.9% rising
42 Saudi Arabia 2.9% 2010 up 7,025.0% volatile
43 Yemen 2.4% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
44 United Arab Emirates 2.2% 2010 up 6.3% volatile
45 France 2.1% 2010 down 16.1% volatile
46 Sudan 2.1% 2010 up 126.1% volatile
47 Nepal 1.6% 2010 — volatile
48 Botswana 1.5% 2010 up 3,750.0% volatile
49 Tajikistan 1.5% 2010 up 15,200.0% volatile
50 Tonga 1.3% 2010 up 111.5% volatile
51 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.3% 2010 down 26.3% volatile
52 Cameroon 1.2% 2010 up 47.6% volatile
53 Togo 1.1% 2010 up 53.6% volatile
54 Mauritania 1.0% 2010 up 106.0% volatile
55 Cambodia 1.0% 2010 up 1,162.5% volatile
56 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.9% 2010 up 2,100.0% volatile
57 India 0.8% 2010 — volatile
58 Gambia 0.8% 2010 unchanged volatile
59 Netherlands 0.8% 2010 — volatile
59 Tunisia 0.8% 2010 down 16.3% volatile
61 Ghana 0.7% 2010 up 1,100.0% volatile
62 Sierra Leone 0.7% 2010 up 150.0% volatile
63 Afghanistan 0.7% 2010 down 22.7% rising
64 Mongolia 0.7% 2010 — volatile
65 Latvia 0.6% 2010 — volatile
66 Kenya 0.6% 2010 down 4.8% volatile
67 Malta 0.6% 2010 down 76.7% volatile
68 Costa Rica 0.5% 2010 down 89.9% volatile
69 Dominican Republic 0.5% 2010 down 96.0% volatile
70 Côte d'Ivoire 0.4% 2010 up 57.1% volatile
71 Brazil 0.4% 2010 down 37.7% volatile
72 Israel 0.4% 2010 down 77.4% volatile
73 Namibia 0.4% 2010 unchanged volatile
74 Spain 0.4% 2010 down 83.0% volatile
74 Mali 0.4% 2010 down 17.4% volatile
76 Guyana 0.3% 2010 — volatile
77 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.2% 2010 down 43.2% volatile
78 Peru 0.2% 2010 down 98.6% volatile
79 Cyprus 0.2% 2010 down 85.1% volatile
80 Benin 0.2% 2010 up 10.0% volatile
81 Qatar 0.2% 2010 down 94.4% volatile
82 Central African Republic 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
82 Papua New Guinea 0.2% 2010 unchanged falling
84 Belgium 0.2% 2010 down 45.7% volatile
84 Türkiye 0.2% 2010 down 93.9% volatile
86 Haiti 0.2% 2010 down 15.0% rising
87 Liberia 0.2% 2010 down 92.9% volatile
87 Viet Nam 0.2% 2010 down 87.3% volatile
89 Switzerland 0.1% 2010 — volatile
90 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 225.0% volatile
91 Chile 0.1% 2010 down 98.5% volatile
91 Congo 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
91 Indonesia 0.1% 2010 — volatile
91 Macau, China 0.1% 2010 — volatile
95 Niger 0.1% 2010 unchanged flat
96 Czechia 0.1% 2010 — volatile
96 Paraguay 0.1% 2010 down 93.2% volatile
98 Burundi 0.1% 2010 up 25.0% falling
98 Maldives 0.1% 2010 down 44.4% volatile
98 Rwanda 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
98 Senegal 0.1% 2010 down 81.5% volatile
102 Austria 0.0% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
102 Bangladesh 0.0% 2010 — volatile
102 Hungary 0.0% 2010 — volatile
102 Lesotho 0.0% 2010 down 91.1% volatile
102 Malawi 0.0% 2010 — volatile
102 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2010 up 300.0% falling
102 Zambia 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
102 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2010 — volatile
110 Mauritius 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
110 South Africa 0.0% 2010 down 96.4% volatile
112 Iceland 0.0% 2010 down 92.3% falling
113 Ecuador 0.0% 2010 down 99.8% volatile
113 Portugal 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% volatile
115 Albania 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Australia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Bulgaria 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Bahrain 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Germany 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Estonia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Greece 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Honduras 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Ireland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Italy 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Jordan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Japan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Kuwait 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Luxembourg 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Norway 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Pakistan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Poland 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Romania 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 El Salvador 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Serbia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Slovenia 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Sweden 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0% 2010 — volatile
115 Uganda 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
115 Uruguay 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Tertiary
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 tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)