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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
69.5%
Lesotho
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
20.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 69.5% in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 20.4%, and the mean is 23.7%.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 185.2%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 69.5% 2010 up 15.2% falling
2 Tanzania, United Republic of 65.1% 2010 up 11.6% rising
3 Malawi 61.6% 2010 up 23.8% rising
4 Uganda 56.7% 2010 down 2.4% rising
5 Cambodia 56.0% 2010 up 13.6% rising
6 Kenya 54.8% 2010 up 5.4% rising
7 El Salvador 53.8% 2010 up 20.8% rising
8 Thailand 51.0% 2010 down 12.7% flat
9 Paraguay 50.7% 2010 down 17.3% falling
10 Guatemala 49.9% 2010 up 16.2% rising
11 Namibia 49.8% 2010 up 3.9% rising
12 Ecuador 49.5% 2010 up 30.8% falling
13 Costa Rica 48.5% 2010 up 1.1% falling
14 Myanmar 48.1% 2010 up 2.7% rising
15 Cameroon 48.1% 2010 down 2.6% rising
16 Honduras 46.9% 2010 down 16.3% rising
17 Mauritania 46.4% 2010 up 31.9% rising
18 Türkiye 45.2% 2010 down 8.8% rising
19 Indonesia 44.8% 2010 down 17.8% rising
20 Uruguay 44.6% 2010 down 2.0% falling
21 Papua New Guinea 43.5% 2010 up 12.0% rising
22 Zimbabwe 40.8% 2010 up 3.5% falling
23 Portugal 39.7% 2010 down 15.7% falling
24 Syrian Arab Republic 39.7% 2010 down 26.3% rising
25 Haiti 39.4% 2010 up 38.7% rising
26 Zambia 39.0% 2010 down 26.0% rising
27 Argentina 38.9% 2010 down 14.2% falling
28 Rwanda 38.3% 2010 up 10.5% volatile
29 Kuwait 37.5% 2010 up 59.0% volatile
30 Algeria 36.7% 2010 up 2.9% rising
31 Eswatini 36.2% 2010 up 3.1% rising
32 Nicaragua 35.9% 2010 down 0.7% rising
33 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 35.7% 2010 up 3.5% rising
34 Mauritius 34.0% 2010 down 23.5% falling
35 Brazil 33.7% 2010 down 26.1% falling
36 Greece 33.4% 2010 up 8.3% falling
37 Côte d'Ivoire 33.3% 2010 up 18.1% volatile
38 Maldives 33.2% 2010 down 11.5% rising
39 Burundi 33.1% 2010 up 14.5% volatile
40 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 32.2% 2010 down 27.1% falling
41 New Zealand 32.1% 2010 up 4.8% flat
42 Peru 31.9% 2010 up 13.7% falling
43 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 31.3% 2010 up 0.1% rising
44 Trinidad and Tobago 31.1% 2010 down 12.6% falling
45 Spain 30.3% 2010 up 25.0% falling
46 Austria 30.1% 2010 down 20.8% falling
47 Lao People's Democratic Republic 29.7% 2010 down 9.5% rising
48 Malta 29.6% 2010 up 13.6% falling
49 Mexico 29.5% 2010 down 23.3% falling
50 Panama 29.5% 2010 down 5.9% falling
51 Qatar 29.2% 2010 up 185.2% volatile
52 Dominican Republic 29.0% 2010 down 49.3% falling
53 Guyana 28.9% 2010 down 20.2% falling
54 Colombia 28.9% 2010 down 32.4% falling
55 Iceland 27.7% 2010 down 29.1% falling
56 Gabon 27.5% 2010 down 17.1% rising
57 Sudan 27.4% 2010 up 20.4% volatile
58 Senegal 27.2% 2010 up 24.2% falling
59 China 26.6% 2010 down 18.7% falling
60 Tunisia 26.5% 2010 down 5.5% rising
61 Liberia 26.2% 2010 up 102.1% volatile
62 Nepal 26.0% 2010 up 55.4% volatile
63 Fiji 25.6% 2010 up 15.5% falling
64 Iraq 25.5% 2010 down 19.6% volatile
65 Viet Nam 25.5% 2010 down 51.9% rising
66 Luxembourg 24.9% 2010 down 27.9% falling
67 Philippines 24.6% 2010 down 22.7% falling
68 Central African Republic 24.3% 2010 up 10.2% rising
69 Cyprus 22.9% 2010 up 10.5% falling
70 Togo 21.6% 2010 down 17.2% volatile
71 Bangladesh 21.5% 2010 down 2.0% rising
72 Macau, China 20.7% 2010 down 43.3% falling
73 Italy 20.1% 2010 down 25.8% falling
74 Congo 19.8% 2010 down 10.0% rising
75 Saudi Arabia 19.8% 2010 down 25.3% rising
76 Poland 19.4% 2010 down 32.6% falling
77 Chile 19.4% 2010 down 39.8% falling
78 France 19.1% 2010 down 26.9% falling
79 Malaysia 18.2% 2010 down 18.2% falling
80 Hong Kong, China 17.8% 2010 up 4.8% falling
81 Morocco 17.8% 2010 up 21.6% volatile
82 Iran, Islamic Republic of 17.1% 2010 down 31.2% rising
83 Mozambique 17.0% 2010 up 25.0% rising
84 Ireland 16.8% 2010 down 10.3% falling
85 South Africa 16.8% 2010 down 24.4% falling
86 Belgium 16.2% 2010 down 12.1% falling
87 Sri Lanka 16.2% 2010 up 22.5% falling
88 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.9% 2010 down 48.7% falling
89 United Arab Emirates 15.6% 2010 up 1.0% volatile
90 Jamaica 15.5% 2010 down 34.3% falling
91 Belize 14.3% 2010 down 65.8% falling
92 Sierra Leone 14.1% 2010 down 6.3% volatile
93 Benin 14.0% 2010 down 1.1% rising
94 India 13.9% 2010 down 13.2% rising
95 Cuba 13.8% 2010 down 19.8% volatile
96 Pakistan 13.5% 2010 up 53.9% rising
97 Ghana 12.7% 2010 down 17.7% rising
98 Brunei Darussalam 12.6% 2010 down 24.8% falling
98 Republic of Korea 12.6% 2010 down 15.4% falling
100 Niger 12.4% 2010 up 26.8% volatile
101 Romania 12.4% 2010 down 30.3% volatile
102 Jordan 12.3% 2010 down 33.9% rising
103 Netherlands 11.9% 2010 down 28.2% volatile
104 Lithuania 11.9% 2010 down 27.0% falling
105 Japan 11.9% 2010 down 39.6% falling
106 Serbia 11.7% 2010 down 72.5% falling
107 Sweden 11.5% 2010 down 29.9% volatile
108 Libya 11.2% 2010 down 20.8% volatile
109 Croatia 11.1% 2010 down 65.3% falling
110 Albania 10.7% 2010 down 51.9% falling
111 Israel 10.6% 2010 down 54.9% falling
112 Mali 9.7% 2010 down 25.2% rising
113 Tonga 9.7% 2010 down 55.8% falling
114 Mongolia 9.5% 2010 down 39.9% falling
115 Barbados 8.8% 2010 down 51.8% volatile
116 Ukraine 8.2% 2010 down 32.1% volatile
117 Egypt 8.2% 2010 down 22.5% rising
118 Bahrain 8.2% 2010 down 15.9% flat
119 Denmark 7.6% 2010 down 47.9% volatile
120 Botswana 7.4% 2010 down 25.9% volatile
121 Australia 7.3% 2010 down 37.3% volatile
122 Yemen 7.1% 2010 up 11.4% volatile
123 Singapore 7.1% 2010 down 41.2% flat
124 Republic of Moldova 6.9% 2010 down 47.3% falling
125 Afghanistan 6.9% 2010 down 27.9% volatile
126 Kyrgyzstan 6.8% 2010 down 69.2% falling
127 Bulgaria 6.6% 2010 down 83.7% falling
128 Russian Federation 6.4% 2010 down 29.5% volatile
129 Estonia 5.3% 2010 down 56.6% volatile
130 Kazakhstan 5.0% 2010 down 43.0% volatile
131 Canada 5.0% 2010 down 46.6% volatile
132 Armenia 4.7% 2010 down 39.9% falling
133 Gambia 4.4% 2010 up 4.2% volatile
134 Latvia 4.4% 2010 down 73.3% volatile
135 Slovenia 4.1% 2010 down 38.2% volatile
136 Germany 3.7% 2010 down 88.4% volatile
137 Switzerland 3.6% 2010 down 88.2% falling
138 Tajikistan 2.9% 2010 down 67.2% volatile
139 United States of America 2.6% 2010 down 2.6% volatile
140 Hungary 2.3% 2010 down 82.6% volatile
141 Slovakia 1.4% 2010 down 95.9% volatile
142 Czechia 0.6% 2010 up 103.3% volatile
143 Norway 0.2% 2010 down 98.9% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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