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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
61.5%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
11.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 61.5% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.8%, and the mean is 13.8%.

Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 811.8%), 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 Russian Federation 61.5% 2010 up 26.0% volatile
2 United States of America 55.2% 2010 up 14.0% rising
3 Canada 46.9% 2010 up 82.6% rising
4 Ukraine 42.9% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
5 Ireland 41.7% 2010 up 67.5% volatile
6 Israel 37.8% 2010 up 10.8% rising
7 New Zealand 36.4% 2010 down 0.6% volatile
8 Estonia 36.1% 2010 up 31.8% volatile
9 Republic of Korea 36.1% 2010 up 53.1% volatile
10 Singapore 35.3% 2010 up 124.5% volatile
11 Australia 34.3% 2010 up 43.7% rising
12 Iceland 30.7% 2010 up 65.2% volatile
13 Finland 30.1% 2010 up 21.6% volatile
14 Cyprus 29.6% 2010 up 32.8% volatile
15 Libya 29.3% 2010 up 126.5% volatile
16 Lithuania 28.7% 2010 up 93.7% volatile
17 Japan 28.6% 2010 up 14.7% volatile
18 Norway 28.5% 2010 up 27.1% volatile
19 Sweden 28.2% 2010 up 18.9% volatile
20 Belgium 27.9% 2010 up 22.7% volatile
21 Qatar 25.9% 2010 up 30.0% volatile
22 Denmark 25.9% 2010 up 27.6% rising
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 25.6% 2010 up 22.9% volatile
24 Philippines 25.5% 2010 down 5.1% rising
25 Panama 25.2% 2010 up 23.4% volatile
26 Kazakhstan 24.4% 2010 up 64.4% volatile
27 Greece 24.3% 2010 up 97.6% volatile
28 Spain 24.1% 2010 up 35.5% volatile
29 Luxembourg 24.1% 2010 up 85.7% volatile
30 Bulgaria 24.0% 2010 up 34.2% volatile
31 Mongolia 23.8% 2010 up 157.5% volatile
32 Netherlands 23.6% 2010 up 35.8% volatile
33 France 23.4% 2010 up 31.4% volatile
34 Switzerland 22.9% 2010 up 118.8% volatile
35 Slovenia 22.3% 2010 up 67.4% volatile
36 Colombia 21.5% 2010 up 130.4% volatile
37 Poland 21.3% 2010 up 87.0% volatile
38 Latvia 21.1% 2010 up 53.3% rising
39 Armenia 20.2% 2010 up 20.0% rising
40 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 19.9% 2010 up 73.1% volatile
41 Slovakia 19.4% 2010 up 127.2% volatile
42 Cuba 19.3% 2010 up 132.5% volatile
43 United Arab Emirates 19.0% 2010 down 0.6% volatile
44 Malaysia 18.5% 2010 up 95.6% volatile
45 Iran, Islamic Republic of 18.4% 2010 up 96.2% volatile
46 Hungary 18.2% 2010 up 74.9% volatile
47 Croatia 17.8% 2010 up 80.7% volatile
48 Jamaica 17.6% 2010 up 16.7% volatile
49 Costa Rica 17.6% 2010 up 30.2% volatile
50 Germany 17.3% 2010 up 36.7% volatile
51 Kyrgyzstan 17.2% 2010 up 35.6% rising
52 Macau, China 17.0% 2010 up 97.9% volatile
53 Gabon 16.9% 2010 up 20.0% volatile
54 Hong Kong, China 16.5% 2010 up 37.0% volatile
55 Peru 16.2% 2010 down 35.8% volatile
56 Republic of Moldova 16.2% 2010 up 38.7% rising
57 Mexico 16.0% 2010 up 69.2% volatile
58 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 15.5% 2010 up 14.1% volatile
59 Sri Lanka 15.4% 2010 up 9.9% volatile
60 Chile 15.2% 2010 down 21.6% volatile
61 Thailand 14.2% 2010 up 144.4% volatile
62 Czechia 14.0% 2010 up 63.5% volatile
63 Serbia 13.8% 2010 up 35.6% volatile
64 Portugal 13.6% 2010 down 0.7% volatile
65 Austria 12.7% 2010 up 27.6% volatile
66 Saudi Arabia 12.6% 2010 up 8.8% volatile
67 Algeria 12.5% 2010 up 130.1% volatile
68 Argentina 12.4% 2010 up 20.8% volatile
69 Iraq 12.2% 2010 up 74.4% volatile
70 Malta 12.1% 2010 up 71.0% volatile
71 Fiji 12.1% 2010 up 30.9% volatile
72 Tunisia 12.0% 2010 up 140.1% volatile
73 Italy 11.5% 2010 up 42.5% volatile
74 Jordan 11.5% 2010 up 39.6% volatile
75 Nicaragua 11.2% 2010 up 29.4% volatile
76 Brunei Darussalam 10.9% 2010 up 36.7% volatile
77 Trinidad and Tobago 10.9% 2010 up 108.4% volatile
78 Brazil 10.5% 2010 up 53.5% volatile
79 Romania 10.4% 2010 up 47.0% volatile
80 Ecuador 10.0% 2010 down 28.7% volatile
81 Egypt 9.6% 2010 up 116.1% volatile
82 Kuwait 9.5% 2010 down 7.3% volatile
83 Dominican Republic 9.3% 2010 down 22.7% volatile
84 Uruguay 9.2% 2010 up 33.0% rising
85 Bahrain 9.1% 2010 down 15.9% volatile
86 Paraguay 8.9% 2010 up 34.2% volatile
87 Türkiye 7.6% 2010 up 11.6% volatile
88 Barbados 7.3% 2010 up 520.3% volatile
89 Morocco 6.8% 2010 up 38.7% volatile
90 Indonesia 6.1% 2010 up 278.4% volatile
91 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.1% 2010 up 130.6% volatile
92 Belize 5.9% 2010 up 0.5% volatile
93 Myanmar 5.7% 2010 up 70.6% volatile
94 India 5.6% 2010 up 18.9% volatile
95 Kenya 5.6% 2010 up 74.7% volatile
96 El Salvador 5.1% 2010 down 39.8% volatile
96 Viet Nam 5.1% 2010 up 60.3% volatile
98 Tajikistan 4.6% 2010 up 1.8% rising
99 Tonga 4.6% 2010 down 38.9% volatile
100 Pakistan 4.3% 2010 down 11.8% volatile
101 South Africa 4.3% 2010 down 38.5% rising
102 China 4.0% 2010 up 12.2% volatile
103 Mauritius 3.9% 2010 up 176.4% volatile
104 Sudan 3.9% 2010 up 153.9% volatile
105 Honduras 3.5% 2010 down 13.2% volatile
106 Syrian Arab Republic 3.5% 2010 up 76.1% volatile
107 Botswana 3.4% 2010 up 30.4% volatile
108 Côte d'Ivoire 3.3% 2010 up 44.9% volatile
109 Bangladesh 3.2% 2010 up 6.4% volatile
110 Yemen 2.8% 2010 up 110.7% volatile
111 Eswatini 2.7% 2010 up 60.6% volatile
112 Afghanistan 2.5% 2010 up 6.8% volatile
113 Cameroon 2.5% 2010 up 166.3% volatile
114 Liberia 2.2% 2010 down 15.4% volatile
115 Mali 2.0% 2010 up 372.1% volatile
116 Albania 1.8% 2010 down 63.4% rising
117 Nepal 1.7% 2010 up 69.3% volatile
118 Namibia 1.7% 2010 down 35.0% rising
119 Uganda 1.6% 2010 down 33.5% volatile
120 Togo 1.6% 2010 up 122.9% volatile
121 Cambodia 1.6% 2010 up 811.8% volatile
122 Ghana 1.5% 2010 down 31.4% volatile
123 Lesotho 1.4% 2010 up 16.1% volatile
124 Haiti 1.3% 2010 up 44.9% volatile
125 Senegal 1.3% 2010 up 178.3% volatile
126 Rwanda 1.1% 2010 up 278.6% volatile
127 Maldives 1.1% 2010 up 56.7% volatile
128 Benin 1.0% 2010 up 26.2% volatile
129 Papua New Guinea 1.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Gambia 1.0% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
130 Sierra Leone 1.0% 2010 up 167.6% volatile
132 Mauritania 0.8% 2010 up 54.5% volatile
133 Congo 0.8% 2010 down 31.2% volatile
134 Niger 0.7% 2010 up 83.3% volatile
135 Zambia 0.7% 2010 down 30.9% volatile
136 Central African Republic 0.6% 2010 down 19.5% volatile
136 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.6% 2010 up 24.0% volatile
138 Burundi 0.5% 2010 up 56.2% volatile
138 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.5% 2010 down 2.0% volatile
140 Mozambique 0.5% 2010 up 166.7% volatile
140 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2010 down 20.0% volatile
142 Guyana 0.4% 2010 up 300.0% volatile
143 Malawi 0.1% 2010 down 16.7% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ 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
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)