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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education by country

Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
82.3%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
7.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 82.3% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.8%, and the mean is 17.8%.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 5,800.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 82.3% 2010 down 6.3% falling
2 Afghanistan 78.2% 2010 down 8.3% falling
3 Mozambique 77.6% 2010 down 8.9% falling
4 Mali 75.3% 2010 down 10.5% falling
5 Yemen 72.5% 2010 down 15.8% falling
6 Gambia 67.9% 2010 down 15.6% falling
7 Sierra Leone 65.0% 2010 down 14.6% falling
8 Benin 64.9% 2010 down 13.1% falling
9 Senegal 64.8% 2010 down 11.3% flat
10 Central African Republic 63.5% 2010 down 7.2% falling
11 Sudan 61.9% 2010 down 7.9% falling
12 Pakistan 59.1% 2010 down 19.3% falling
13 Liberia 58.3% 2010 down 21.6% falling
14 Burundi 58.0% 2010 down 12.9% falling
15 Morocco 54.4% 2010 down 17.7% falling
16 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 52.9% 2010 down 6.6% falling
17 Togo 52.5% 2010 down 9.5% falling
18 Côte d'Ivoire 50.7% 2010 down 14.8% falling
19 Nepal 48.0% 2010 down 29.6% falling
20 Rwanda 47.5% 2010 down 17.6% falling
21 India 47.2% 2010 down 9.8% falling
22 Papua New Guinea 46.4% 2010 down 14.7% falling
23 Mauritania 41.9% 2010 down 27.3% falling
24 Lao People's Democratic Republic 38.6% 2010 down 18.0% falling
25 Egypt 38.2% 2010 down 21.9% falling
26 Ghana 37.1% 2010 down 18.2% falling
27 Haiti 36.6% 2010 down 27.9% falling
28 Congo 36.3% 2010 down 5.6% falling
29 Bangladesh 35.2% 2010 down 28.1% falling
30 Iraq 33.9% 2010 down 18.3% falling
31 Eswatini 33.9% 2010 down 13.0% falling
32 Bahrain 30.9% 2010 up 12.5% falling
33 Cambodia 29.2% 2010 down 33.3% falling
34 Tunisia 28.9% 2010 down 30.0% falling
35 Algeria 28.2% 2010 down 26.9% falling
36 Guatemala 28.2% 2010 down 28.7% falling
37 Cameroon 25.9% 2010 down 16.2% falling
38 Libya 24.2% 2010 down 28.1% falling
39 Myanmar 23.7% 2010 down 29.3% falling
40 Malawi 23.6% 2010 down 47.0% falling
41 Syrian Arab Republic 23.4% 2010 down 0.2% falling
42 Tanzania, United Republic of 23.4% 2010 down 37.6% falling
43 Brunei Darussalam 22.2% 2010 down 4.3% falling
44 Maldives 21.2% 2010 down 37.4% falling
45 Kenya 19.0% 2010 down 32.4% falling
46 Zambia 18.9% 2010 down 24.0% falling
47 Namibia 18.6% 2010 down 21.1% falling
48 Singapore 18.6% 2010 down 22.5% volatile
49 Saudi Arabia 18.0% 2010 down 42.0% falling
50 Uganda 17.4% 2010 down 48.5% falling
51 Iran, Islamic Republic of 17.2% 2010 down 36.0% falling
52 Nicaragua 17.2% 2010 down 39.7% falling
53 Viet Nam 16.8% 2010 up 25.3% falling
54 Türkiye 14.7% 2010 down 38.7% falling
55 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 14.2% 2010 down 18.8% volatile
56 Gabon 14.0% 2010 down 24.3% volatile
57 Honduras 13.7% 2010 down 13.8% volatile
58 Portugal 13.4% 2010 up 14.0% volatile
59 Indonesia 10.5% 2010 down 59.6% falling
60 Jordan 10.5% 2010 down 54.4% volatile
61 Botswana 10.2% 2010 down 32.8% volatile
62 Ecuador 10.0% 2010 down 48.9% falling
63 Brazil 9.5% 2010 down 36.5% volatile
64 Malaysia 9.2% 2010 down 38.8% volatile
65 Cuba 8.5% 2010 down 35.8% falling
66 United Arab Emirates 8.3% 2010 down 47.7% volatile
67 Dominican Republic 8.3% 2010 up 5,800.0% volatile
68 Kuwait 8.2% 2010 down 67.0% falling
69 Mexico 8.2% 2010 down 30.1% volatile
70 Peru 8.2% 2010 down 39.4% volatile
71 Mauritius 8.0% 2010 down 40.8% volatile
72 China 7.9% 2010 down 51.2% volatile
73 Panama 7.8% 2010 down 3.0% falling
74 Hong Kong, China 7.5% 2010 down 65.7% falling
75 Italy 7.5% 2010 down 16.6% falling
76 Zimbabwe 6.9% 2010 down 39.0% volatile
77 South Africa 6.7% 2010 down 61.6% volatile
78 Colombia 6.2% 2010 down 36.1% volatile
79 Sri Lanka 6.1% 2010 down 41.7% volatile
80 Lesotho 5.9% 2010 down 28.8% volatile
81 Jamaica 5.8% 2010 down 0.7% volatile
82 Republic of Korea 5.5% 2010 down 40.8% volatile
83 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.4% 2010 down 60.4% volatile
84 Norway 5.3% 2010 up 1,653.3% volatile
85 Belgium 5.1% 2010 up 15.0% rising
86 Guyana 4.8% 2010 down 23.3% falling
87 Serbia 4.8% 2010 down 34.8% volatile
88 Luxembourg 4.7% 2010 down 12.4% volatile
89 Costa Rica 4.5% 2010 down 14.2% volatile
90 Qatar 4.4% 2010 down 86.6% falling
91 Macau, China 4.4% 2010 down 50.8% volatile
92 Albania 4.4% 2010 up 156.7% volatile
93 Paraguay 4.2% 2010 down 50.8% volatile
94 El Salvador 4.0% 2010 down 82.3% falling
95 Mongolia 3.9% 2010 down 33.2% volatile
96 Thailand 3.8% 2010 down 73.7% volatile
97 Israel 3.6% 2010 down 25.6% volatile
98 Greece 3.4% 2010 down 75.7% falling
99 Fiji 3.2% 2010 down 42.8% volatile
100 Spain 3.0% 2010 down 82.6% volatile
101 Bulgaria 2.9% 2010 up 81.8% volatile
102 Denmark 2.9% 2010 up 128.6% volatile
103 Philippines 2.8% 2010 down 51.6% volatile
104 Chile 2.7% 2010 down 38.3% volatile
104 Croatia 2.7% 2010 down 59.8% volatile
106 Romania 2.2% 2010 down 39.4% volatile
107 Malta 2.0% 2010 down 81.6% falling
108 Sweden 2.0% 2010 up 24.8% rising
109 Germany 2.0% 2010 down 64.4% rising
110 Ukraine 1.8% 2010 down 55.4% volatile
111 Switzerland 1.6% 2010 down 88.7% volatile
112 Trinidad and Tobago 1.5% 2010 down 46.7% volatile
113 Iceland 1.5% 2010 up 62.0% rising
114 France 1.5% 2010 down 48.4% volatile
114 Uruguay 1.5% 2010 down 44.1% volatile
116 Republic of Moldova 1.3% 2010 down 82.1% volatile
117 Austria 1.2% 2010 down 1.7% volatile
117 Cyprus 1.2% 2010 down 90.1% volatile
119 Argentina 1.2% 2010 down 68.6% volatile
120 Russian Federation 1.1% 2010 down 22.1% volatile
121 Kyrgyzstan 1.0% 2010 down 38.6% volatile
122 Australia 0.8% 2010 down 33.9% rising
123 Canada 0.7% 2010 down 30.0% falling
124 New Zealand 0.7% 2010 up 590.0% volatile
124 Tonga 0.7% 2010 down 38.9% volatile
126 Ireland 0.7% 2010 down 87.7% falling
127 Slovenia 0.5% 2010 down 35.0% volatile
128 Armenia 0.5% 2010 down 45.2% volatile
129 Tajikistan 0.4% 2010 down 52.6% volatile
130 United States of America 0.3% 2010 down 18.6% volatile
131 Latvia 0.3% 2010 down 49.3% volatile
132 Poland 0.3% 2010 down 88.7% volatile
132 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 83.5% volatile
134 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 56.8% volatile
135 Estonia 0.2% 2010 down 16.7% volatile
136 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2010 down 87.8% falling
137 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
138 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 77.6% falling
139 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 96.9% volatile
140 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 97.2% volatile
141 Barbados 0.0% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
142 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education
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+ with no education