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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education by country

Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
79.7%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Slovenia
Median
1.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 79.7% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Slovenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.9%, and the mean is 11.2%.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 19,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 79.7% 2010 down 3.5% falling
2 Afghanistan 77.6% 2010 down 6.6% falling
3 Mozambique 74.7% 2010 up 2.3% falling
4 Mali 71.0% 2010 down 12.5% falling
5 Yemen 60.4% 2010 down 18.2% falling
6 Benin 59.8% 2010 down 12.9% falling
7 Sierra Leone 56.7% 2010 down 10.2% falling
8 Central African Republic 55.4% 2010 up 6.0% falling
9 Sudan 54.6% 2010 down 2.4% falling
10 Gambia 53.4% 2010 down 25.6% falling
11 Senegal 52.5% 2010 down 26.2% falling
12 Burundi 51.9% 2010 up 8.8% falling
13 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 51.8% 2010 up 6.2% falling
14 Liberia 44.2% 2010 down 32.3% falling
15 Pakistan 44.1% 2010 down 31.3% falling
16 Rwanda 41.9% 2010 down 11.1% falling
17 Côte d'Ivoire 40.2% 2010 down 7.4% falling
18 Congo 38.5% 2010 up 13.5% falling
19 Morocco 32.9% 2010 down 35.3% falling
20 Iraq 30.2% 2010 up 84.4% volatile
21 Togo 29.6% 2010 down 43.7% falling
22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 28.5% 2010 down 16.3% falling
23 Papua New Guinea 28.1% 2010 down 21.2% falling
24 Bahrain 22.5% 2010 up 66.6% volatile
25 Ghana 21.6% 2010 down 42.8% falling
26 Brunei Darussalam 21.4% 2010 up 6.5% volatile
27 Cameroon 20.1% 2010 up 232.1% volatile
28 Egypt 19.4% 2010 down 21.4% falling
29 Zambia 18.4% 2010 up 15.5% falling
30 India 17.0% 2010 down 58.3% falling
31 Bangladesh 17.0% 2010 down 55.9% falling
32 Mauritania 14.9% 2010 down 71.9% falling
33 Cambodia 14.1% 2010 down 56.5% falling
34 Iran, Islamic Republic of 13.7% 2010 up 73.5% volatile
35 Eswatini 13.4% 2010 down 66.6% falling
36 Viet Nam 13.3% 2010 up 199.1% falling
37 Guatemala 13.0% 2010 down 52.6% falling
38 United Arab Emirates 11.9% 2010 up 154.0% volatile
39 Nepal 10.9% 2010 down 77.6% falling
40 Namibia 10.9% 2010 unchanged volatile
41 Haiti 10.9% 2010 down 64.8% falling
42 Myanmar 10.1% 2010 down 12.5% volatile
43 Tanzania, United Republic of 9.8% 2010 down 56.2% volatile
44 Syrian Arab Republic 9.2% 2010 up 1.3% volatile
45 Gabon 8.5% 2010 up 206.1% volatile
46 Kenya 8.0% 2010 down 25.9% volatile
47 Norway 7.7% 2010 up 19,100.0% volatile
48 Guyana 6.2% 2010 up 51.2% flat
49 Algeria 5.6% 2010 down 67.1% volatile
50 Tunisia 5.1% 2010 down 61.8% volatile
51 Belgium 5.1% 2010 up 396.1% volatile
52 Libya 4.9% 2010 down 66.2% volatile
53 Türkiye 4.3% 2010 down 43.1% volatile
54 Jamaica 4.3% 2010 down 11.0% volatile
55 Honduras 3.9% 2010 down 37.7% volatile
56 Panama 3.6% 2010 down 9.0% volatile
57 Sweden 3.6% 2010 up 70.0% rising
58 Luxembourg 3.4% 2010 down 66.0% volatile
59 Bulgaria 3.4% 2010 up 114.0% volatile
60 Iceland 3.1% 2010 up 3,333.3% volatile
61 Denmark 3.0% 2010 down 49.7% volatile
62 Macau, China 3.0% 2010 up 1,390.0% volatile
63 Mongolia 2.7% 2010 up 48.1% volatile
64 Nicaragua 2.7% 2010 down 84.0% volatile
65 Thailand 2.5% 2010 down 81.9% volatile
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.2% 2010 down 47.6% volatile
67 New Zealand 2.1% 2010 up 1,845.5% volatile
68 Qatar 2.1% 2010 down 91.7% volatile
69 Botswana 2.0% 2010 up 2,155.6% volatile
70 Kuwait 2.0% 2010 down 21.8% volatile
71 Lesotho 1.9% 2010 down 31.5% volatile
72 Dominican Republic 1.9% 2010 up 3,700.0% volatile
73 Ecuador 1.9% 2010 down 87.5% volatile
74 Canada 1.9% 2010 up 944.4% volatile
75 Mexico 1.8% 2010 down 53.5% volatile
76 France 1.7% 2010 up 106.2% volatile
77 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.6% 2010 down 58.2% volatile
78 El Salvador 1.6% 2010 down 79.0% volatile
79 Malaysia 1.4% 2010 down 58.9% volatile
80 Colombia 1.4% 2010 down 39.4% volatile
81 Albania 1.3% 2010 up 171.4% volatile
82 Indonesia 1.3% 2010 down 84.6% volatile
82 Jordan 1.3% 2010 down 64.7% volatile
84 Philippines 1.2% 2010 down 70.4% volatile
85 Costa Rica 1.2% 2010 down 48.0% volatile
86 Portugal 1.2% 2010 up 58.1% volatile
87 Romania 1.1% 2010 down 48.6% volatile
88 Paraguay 1.0% 2010 down 72.9% volatile
89 Singapore 1.0% 2010 down 54.1% volatile
90 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2010 down 80.2% volatile
91 Serbia 0.9% 2010 down 13.0% volatile
92 Israel 0.8% 2010 down 16.8% volatile
93 Peru 0.8% 2010 down 78.6% volatile
94 Italy 0.7% 2010 up 20.0% volatile
95 Chile 0.7% 2010 down 23.7% volatile
96 Greece 0.7% 2010 down 60.4% volatile
97 China 0.6% 2010 down 73.9% volatile
98 Russian Federation 0.5% 2010 up 66.7% volatile
99 Tonga 0.5% 2010 down 2.0% volatile
100 Estonia 0.5% 2010 up 95.7% volatile
100 South Africa 0.5% 2010 down 93.5% volatile
102 Republic of Moldova 0.4% 2010 down 17.3% volatile
103 Fiji 0.4% 2010 down 53.3% volatile
104 Mauritius 0.4% 2010 down 63.1% volatile
105 Spain 0.4% 2010 down 80.7% volatile
106 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3% 2010 down 38.2% volatile
107 Croatia 0.3% 2010 down 3.2% volatile
108 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 87.1% volatile
109 Argentina 0.2% 2010 down 81.4% volatile
110 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 13.0% volatile
111 Uruguay 0.2% 2010 down 54.3% volatile
112 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 58.8% falling
113 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 60.6% falling
113 United States of America 0.1% 2010 down 58.1% volatile
115 Armenia 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
115 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 98.1% volatile
117 Australia 0.1% 2010 down 58.3% falling
117 Switzerland 0.1% 2010 down 99.0% volatile
117 Cuba 0.1% 2010 down 93.5% volatile
117 Saudi Arabia 0.1% 2010 down 98.9% volatile
117 Zimbabwe 0.1% 2010 down 94.1% volatile
122 Barbados 0.1% 2010 — volatile
122 Japan 0.1% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
122 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 47.1% volatile
122 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2010 down 35.7% volatile
122 Latvia 0.1% 2010 down 65.4% falling
122 Maldives 0.1% 2010 down 98.4% volatile
122 Tajikistan 0.1% 2010 down 47.1% volatile
122 Ukraine 0.1% 2010 down 70.0% volatile
130 Brazil 0.1% 2010 down 98.2% volatile
130 Malawi 0.1% 2010 down 99.8% volatile
130 Uganda 0.1% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
133 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 12.5% volatile
133 Ireland 0.1% 2010 down 97.4% volatile
135 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1% 2010 down 88.6% volatile
136 Germany 0.0% 2010 down 98.9% volatile
137 Hungary 0.0% 2010 down 97.4% volatile
138 Cyprus 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
138 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
138 Hong Kong, China 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
138 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
138 Malta 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
138 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
138 Slovenia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with no education
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 20-24 with no education