Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) by country
Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)
Countries reporting
144
Highest
92.1%
Tajikistan
Lowest
4.7%
Niger
Median
45.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 92.1% in Tajikistan; the lowest is 4.7% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 45.4%, and the mean is 44.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 429.0%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 25.9%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 92.1% | 2010 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 2 | Czechia | 85.3% | 2010 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Tonga | 85.0% | 2010 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 4 | Barbados | 83.9% | 2010 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 5 | Albania | 83.1% | 2010 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 6 | Belize | 80.1% | 2010 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Hungary | 79.1% | 2010 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Botswana | 79.0% | 2010 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Slovakia | 78.9% | 2010 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 77.1% | 2010 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 75.6% | 2010 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 75.1% | 2010 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 13 | Romania | 75.0% | 2010 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 14 | Armenia | 74.7% | 2010 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 15 | Latvia | 74.1% | 2010 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 16 | Slovenia | 73.1% | 2010 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 17 | South Africa | 72.2% | 2010 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 18 | Switzerland | 71.9% | 2010 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 70.6% | 2010 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 20 | Finland | 69.9% | 2010 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 21 | Serbia | 69.7% | 2010 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Croatia | 68.4% | 2010 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 66.6% | 2010 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 24 | Norway | 66.0% | 2010 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 25 | Guyana | 65.8% | 2010 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Jordan | 65.7% | 2010 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Netherlands | 64.5% | 2010 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 28 | Denmark | 63.7% | 2010 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 29 | Mongolia | 62.9% | 2010 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 30 | Chile | 62.7% | 2010 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 62.4% | 2010 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 32 | China | 61.4% | 2010 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Jamaica | 61.1% | 2010 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Italy | 60.8% | 2010 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 35 | Lithuania | 59.4% | 2010 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 36 | Japan | 59.4% | 2010 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 37 | Fiji | 59.0% | 2010 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Poland | 59.0% | 2010 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 39 | Cuba | 58.4% | 2010 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 40 | Estonia | 58.4% | 2010 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 41 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 58.4% | 2010 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 42 | Sweden | 58.3% | 2010 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 43 | Hong Kong, China | 58.1% | 2010 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 44 | Macau, China | 57.8% | 2010 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Australia | 57.6% | 2010 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 57.0% | 2010 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Trinidad and Tobago | 56.5% | 2010 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 48 | Malta | 56.3% | 2010 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 49 | France | 56.0% | 2010 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Austria | 56.0% | 2010 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 51 | Brunei Darussalam | 54.3% | 2010 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 52 | Mauritius | 54.1% | 2010 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 53 | Malaysia | 54.1% | 2010 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 53.4% | 2010 | up 74.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Viet Nam | 52.6% | 2010 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Bahrain | 51.9% | 2010 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 51.8% | 2010 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Belgium | 50.9% | 2010 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 49.7% | 2010 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Ghana | 48.7% | 2010 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Israel | 48.0% | 2010 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 62 | Argentina | 47.5% | 2010 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 63 | Canada | 47.4% | 2010 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 64 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 47.3% | 2010 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Ukraine | 47.1% | 2010 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 66 | Philippines | 47.1% | 2010 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 67 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 46.9% | 2010 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 68 | Cyprus | 46.4% | 2010 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 69 | Brazil | 46.4% | 2010 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Luxembourg | 46.3% | 2010 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 71 | Mexico | 46.3% | 2010 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Republic of Korea | 45.9% | 2010 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 73 | Kuwait | 44.8% | 2010 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 74 | Uruguay | 44.8% | 2010 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 75 | Maldives | 44.5% | 2010 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 76 | Egypt | 44.0% | 2010 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Peru | 43.7% | 2010 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | 43.4% | 2010 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 79 | Congo | 43.1% | 2010 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Spain | 42.6% | 2010 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 81 | United States of America | 41.8% | 2010 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 82 | Gabon | 41.7% | 2010 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Zambia | 41.4% | 2010 | up 93.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Ireland | 40.8% | 2010 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 85 | Qatar | 40.5% | 2010 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 40.2% | 2010 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Iceland | 40.1% | 2010 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 88 | Singapore | 39.0% | 2010 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 89 | Greece | 38.9% | 2010 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 90 | Indonesia | 38.5% | 2010 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Panama | 37.5% | 2010 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 92 | El Salvador | 37.2% | 2010 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Paraguay | 36.1% | 2010 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 94 | Honduras | 35.9% | 2010 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 35.8% | 2010 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Libya | 35.3% | 2010 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Syrian Arab Republic | 33.4% | 2010 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 98 | India | 33.2% | 2010 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Portugal | 33.2% | 2010 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Tunisia | 32.6% | 2010 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Türkiye | 32.6% | 2010 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Russian Federation | 31.3% | 2010 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 103 | Thailand | 30.9% | 2010 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 104 | New Zealand | 30.8% | 2010 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 105 | Ecuador | 30.5% | 2010 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 106 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 30.2% | 2010 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 107 | Namibia | 29.9% | 2010 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 29.4% | 2010 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 109 | Iraq | 28.4% | 2010 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Eswatini | 27.2% | 2010 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Gambia | 26.7% | 2010 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 25.5% | 2010 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Uganda | 24.4% | 2010 | up 321.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Nepal | 24.3% | 2010 | up 72.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Togo | 24.3% | 2010 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Cameroon | 23.6% | 2010 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Lesotho | 23.2% | 2010 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Pakistan | 23.0% | 2010 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Haiti | 22.7% | 2010 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Algeria | 22.5% | 2010 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Myanmar | 22.5% | 2010 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 122 | Guatemala | 22.0% | 2010 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 123 | Morocco | 21.0% | 2010 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Kenya | 20.7% | 2010 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Benin | 20.1% | 2010 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 20.0% | 2010 | up 133.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Yemen | 17.6% | 2010 | up 186.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 15.3% | 2010 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Malawi | 14.7% | 2010 | up 167.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Liberia | 13.3% | 2010 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Cambodia | 13.2% | 2010 | up 96.9% | rising |
| 132 | Rwanda | 13.1% | 2010 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Mali | 13.0% | 2010 | up 429.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.7% | 2010 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Afghanistan | 12.4% | 2010 | up 334.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Central African Republic | 11.6% | 2010 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 11.0% | 2010 | up 188.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Mauritania | 10.9% | 2010 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 9.1% | 2010 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 140 | Burundi | 8.5% | 2010 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Sudan | 6.9% | 2010 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Senegal | 6.8% | 2010 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 143 | Mozambique | 4.9% | 2010 | up 372.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Niger | 4.7% | 2010 | up 121.8% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of female population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)