Statizoid

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary by country

Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
28.6%
Republic of Korea
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
6.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 28.6% in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.5%, and the mean is 8.0%.

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 855.6%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Korea 28.6% 2010 up 80.1% volatile
2 Ireland 28.3% 2010 up 63.3% volatile
3 Singapore 27.9% 2010 up 121.4% volatile
4 United States of America 26.8% 2010 up 22.3% rising
5 Ukraine 26.2% 2010 up 23.6% volatile
6 Canada 22.8% 2010 up 76.3% volatile
7 Mongolia 22.6% 2010 up 176.9% volatile
8 Greece 22.4% 2010 up 101.3% volatile
9 Estonia 22.1% 2010 up 32.9% volatile
10 Israel 21.3% 2010 up 15.7% volatile
11 New Zealand 20.7% 2010 up 0.0% volatile
12 Russian Federation 20.3% 2010 up 23.3% volatile
13 Cyprus 20.2% 2010 up 34.3% volatile
14 Australia 19.8% 2010 up 48.5% rising
15 Iceland 17.5% 2010 up 72.2% volatile
16 Lithuania 17.4% 2010 up 93.5% volatile
17 Japan 16.7% 2010 up 19.5% volatile
18 Sweden 16.2% 2010 up 21.1% volatile
19 Hungary 16.1% 2010 up 86.7% volatile
20 Panama 16.1% 2010 up 19.6% volatile
21 Belgium 15.9% 2010 up 23.8% volatile
22 Costa Rica 15.7% 2010 up 24.2% volatile
23 Luxembourg 15.5% 2010 up 98.8% volatile
24 Libya 15.5% 2010 up 124.7% volatile
25 Qatar 15.2% 2010 up 24.3% volatile
26 Denmark 14.9% 2010 up 30.1% volatile
27 Kazakhstan 14.8% 2010 up 71.2% volatile
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14.7% 2010 up 26.0% volatile
29 Slovenia 14.7% 2010 up 81.2% volatile
30 Spain 14.3% 2010 up 43.8% volatile
31 Hong Kong, China 13.9% 2010 up 53.7% volatile
32 Netherlands 13.7% 2010 up 38.9% volatile
33 Bulgaria 13.6% 2010 up 37.1% volatile
34 Cuba 13.4% 2010 up 130.7% volatile
35 Switzerland 13.3% 2010 up 124.1% volatile
36 Latvia 12.9% 2010 up 54.1% rising
37 Iran, Islamic Republic of 12.7% 2010 up 85.2% volatile
38 Norway 12.5% 2010 up 38.7% volatile
39 Colombia 12.4% 2010 up 133.6% volatile
40 Poland 12.3% 2010 up 98.4% volatile
41 Armenia 11.9% 2010 up 20.8% rising
42 Thailand 11.7% 2010 up 142.2% volatile
43 Peru 11.4% 2010 down 39.3% volatile
44 Finland 11.2% 2010 up 12.6% volatile
45 Croatia 10.9% 2010 up 82.0% volatile
46 Nicaragua 10.9% 2010 up 30.2% volatile
47 United Arab Emirates 10.7% 2010 unchanged volatile
48 Macau, China 10.3% 2010 up 99.2% volatile
49 Germany 10.1% 2010 up 40.5% volatile
50 Jamaica 10.1% 2010 up 16.7% volatile
51 Malta 9.8% 2010 up 67.7% volatile
52 Kyrgyzstan 9.7% 2010 up 36.7% rising
53 Gabon 9.7% 2010 up 27.7% volatile
54 Republic of Moldova 9.6% 2010 up 38.8% rising
55 Mexico 9.6% 2010 up 62.7% volatile
56 France 9.2% 2010 up 28.4% volatile
56 Slovakia 9.2% 2010 up 129.9% volatile
58 Sri Lanka 9.1% 2010 up 13.3% volatile
59 Serbia 8.4% 2010 up 36.9% volatile
60 Bahrain 8.2% 2010 down 9.1% volatile
61 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.8% 2010 up 71.7% volatile
62 Austria 7.4% 2010 up 31.4% volatile
63 Trinidad and Tobago 7.2% 2010 up 123.9% volatile
64 Algeria 7.1% 2010 up 140.5% volatile
65 Czechia 7.0% 2010 up 72.4% volatile
66 Tunisia 7.0% 2010 up 148.6% volatile
67 Fiji 6.9% 2010 up 34.5% volatile
68 Saudi Arabia 6.9% 2010 up 9.3% volatile
69 Italy 6.8% 2010 up 47.7% volatile
70 Brazil 6.7% 2010 up 58.7% volatile
70 Iraq 6.7% 2010 up 75.8% volatile
72 Philippines 6.5% 2010 down 13.5% rising
73 Romania 6.4% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
74 Brunei Darussalam 6.3% 2010 up 39.1% volatile
75 Chile 5.9% 2010 down 22.3% volatile
76 Kuwait 5.6% 2010 down 5.8% volatile
77 Egypt 5.4% 2010 up 121.7% volatile
78 Ecuador 5.4% 2010 down 22.2% volatile
79 Malaysia 5.1% 2010 up 91.0% volatile
80 Portugal 4.6% 2010 up 13.9% volatile
81 Uruguay 4.4% 2010 up 33.4% volatile
82 Türkiye 4.2% 2010 up 18.7% volatile
83 Paraguay 4.2% 2010 up 12.9% volatile
84 Morocco 3.9% 2010 up 43.5% volatile
85 Argentina 3.9% 2010 down 8.5% rising
86 Dominican Republic 3.7% 2010 down 17.9% volatile
87 Indonesia 3.6% 2010 up 292.3% volatile
88 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.6% 2010 up 17.1% volatile
89 Pakistan 3.5% 2010 down 19.7% volatile
90 Barbados 3.4% 2010 up 374.6% volatile
91 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.3% 2010 up 130.3% volatile
92 El Salvador 3.3% 2010 down 42.0% volatile
93 Belize 3.3% 2010 up 4.1% volatile
94 India 3.2% 2010 up 19.9% volatile
95 Kenya 3.0% 2010 up 77.8% volatile
96 Viet Nam 2.9% 2010 up 63.8% volatile
97 Myanmar 2.9% 2010 up 67.8% volatile
98 Tonga 2.6% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
99 Tajikistan 2.5% 2010 up 1.6% rising
100 China 2.4% 2010 up 14.1% volatile
101 Jordan 2.2% 2010 up 16.9% volatile
102 Sudan 2.1% 2010 up 156.6% volatile
103 Honduras 1.9% 2010 down 11.8% volatile
104 Syrian Arab Republic 1.9% 2010 up 85.6% volatile
105 Eswatini 1.9% 2010 up 54.1% volatile
106 Bangladesh 1.8% 2010 up 7.9% volatile
107 Botswana 1.8% 2010 up 28.5% volatile
108 Côte d'Ivoire 1.7% 2010 up 45.4% volatile
109 Yemen 1.4% 2010 up 110.1% volatile
110 Mauritius 1.4% 2010 up 180.0% volatile
111 Afghanistan 1.3% 2010 up 6.3% volatile
112 Cameroon 1.3% 2010 up 167.3% volatile
113 Liberia 1.2% 2010 down 15.2% volatile
114 Mali 1.1% 2010 up 365.2% volatile
115 Albania 1.0% 2010 down 63.3% volatile
116 Uganda 0.9% 2010 down 24.2% volatile
117 Nepal 0.9% 2010 up 43.8% volatile
118 Namibia 0.9% 2010 down 38.0% rising
119 Cambodia 0.9% 2010 up 855.6% volatile
120 Lesotho 0.8% 2010 up 27.3% volatile
120 Togo 0.8% 2010 up 121.1% volatile
122 Ghana 0.8% 2010 down 30.8% volatile
123 Haiti 0.8% 2010 up 44.6% volatile
124 Senegal 0.7% 2010 up 176.0% volatile
125 Sierra Leone 0.6% 2010 up 165.2% volatile
126 Gambia 0.6% 2010 down 9.8% volatile
127 Benin 0.5% 2010 up 25.6% volatile
127 Papua New Guinea 0.5% 2010 down 1.8% volatile
129 Mauritania 0.5% 2010 up 53.3% volatile
130 Rwanda 0.4% 2010 up 186.7% volatile
131 Congo 0.4% 2010 down 31.5% volatile
132 Niger 0.3% 2010 up 84.2% volatile
133 Central African Republic 0.3% 2010 down 21.4% volatile
133 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2010 up 22.2% volatile
133 Zambia 0.3% 2010 down 34.0% volatile
136 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.3% 2010 unchanged volatile
137 Burundi 0.3% 2010 up 52.9% volatile
138 Mozambique 0.2% 2010 up 150.0% volatile
138 Zimbabwe 0.2% 2010 down 19.4% volatile
140 Guyana 0.2% 2010 up 300.0% volatile
141 South Africa 0.2% 2010 down 40.5% rising
142 Maldives 0.2% 2010 up 185.7% volatile
143 Malawi 0.1% 2010 down 18.2% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary by country. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-female-population-age-15-with-tertiary-schooling-completed/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-female-population-age-15-with-tertiary-schooling-completed/">Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. 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
Last refreshed

Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary