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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
74.6%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
8.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 74.6% in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.1%, and the mean is 16.3%.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 8,507.7%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 74.6% 2010 up 6.0% rising
2 Malawi 73.9% 2010 up 30.0% rising
3 New Zealand 65.6% 2010 up 327.8% volatile
4 Mauritania 64.8% 2010 up 82.6% rising
5 Uganda 62.7% 2010 down 2.4% rising
6 Cambodia 60.4% 2010 up 1.3% rising
7 Kenya 58.5% 2010 down 4.2% rising
8 Papua New Guinea 57.8% 2010 down 4.8% volatile
9 Haiti 57.5% 2010 up 45.8% rising
10 Lesotho 57.5% 2010 up 7.8% falling
11 Cameroon 47.9% 2010 down 27.0% rising
12 Guatemala 47.8% 2010 down 0.9% rising
13 Eswatini 45.5% 2010 up 12.6% rising
14 Namibia 45.2% 2010 down 3.4% rising
15 Nepal 43.6% 2010 up 97.2% volatile
16 Myanmar 42.0% 2010 down 31.1% rising
17 Syrian Arab Republic 41.0% 2010 down 35.3% rising
18 Rwanda 39.5% 2010 down 7.1% rising
19 Zimbabwe 39.5% 2010 up 37.5% falling
20 Zambia 39.1% 2010 down 16.7% falling
21 Ecuador 38.7% 2010 up 18.7% falling
22 El Salvador 38.2% 2010 up 0.6% falling
23 Côte d'Ivoire 38.0% 2010 up 2.9% volatile
24 Algeria 37.3% 2010 down 13.7% rising
25 Burundi 35.9% 2010 down 21.5% rising
26 Honduras 35.7% 2010 down 37.1% flat
27 Nicaragua 34.0% 2010 down 4.9% rising
28 Liberia 33.5% 2010 up 104.8% volatile
29 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 32.9% 2010 down 11.6% rising
30 Sudan 31.9% 2010 up 19.3% rising
31 Costa Rica 30.5% 2010 down 22.4% falling
32 Senegal 30.0% 2010 up 41.5% falling
33 Central African Republic 29.7% 2010 down 11.4% rising
34 Paraguay 29.1% 2010 down 44.0% falling
35 Kuwait 28.3% 2010 down 37.4% volatile
36 Argentina 27.8% 2010 down 3.8% falling
37 Indonesia 27.6% 2010 down 51.8% falling
38 Uruguay 25.7% 2010 down 17.2% falling
39 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 25.3% 2010 down 13.0% flat
40 Qatar 24.7% 2010 up 519.3% volatile
41 Togo 23.4% 2010 down 24.9% volatile
42 Morocco 22.4% 2010 up 14.4% volatile
43 Ukraine 21.5% 2010 up 1,518.8% volatile
44 Brazil 21.3% 2010 down 34.9% falling
45 Türkiye 20.9% 2010 down 60.1% rising
46 Lao People's Democratic Republic 20.1% 2010 down 37.6% rising
47 Maldives 18.5% 2010 down 64.0% flat
48 India 17.8% 2010 up 14.7% rising
49 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 17.2% 2010 down 51.7% falling
50 Mozambique 17.1% 2010 down 32.9% rising
51 Panama 17.1% 2010 down 27.1% falling
52 Peru 17.0% 2010 down 11.2% falling
53 Gabon 16.9% 2010 down 44.8% falling
54 Tunisia 16.8% 2010 down 55.3% rising
55 Congo 15.9% 2010 down 43.6% volatile
56 Pakistan 15.6% 2010 up 61.9% rising
57 Mexico 14.7% 2010 down 50.8% falling
58 Bangladesh 14.1% 2010 down 39.1% rising
59 Luxembourg 13.3% 2010 up 18.1% volatile
60 Viet Nam 12.8% 2010 down 63.4% falling
61 Niger 12.3% 2010 down 9.3% volatile
62 Ghana 11.6% 2010 down 31.1% rising
63 Dominican Republic 11.5% 2010 down 46.5% falling
64 Colombia 11.2% 2010 down 64.5% falling
65 Austria 11.2% 2010 up 8,507.7% volatile
66 Mauritius 10.8% 2010 down 69.4% falling
67 Portugal 10.4% 2010 down 42.0% volatile
68 Thailand 9.9% 2010 down 76.4% falling
69 Mali 9.6% 2010 down 36.7% volatile
70 Philippines 9.4% 2010 down 45.8% volatile
71 Belize 9.1% 2010 down 72.0% falling
72 Spain 8.5% 2010 up 13.8% volatile
73 Benin 7.6% 2010 down 57.7% volatile
74 Iceland 7.5% 2010 down 57.7% volatile
75 Guyana 7.5% 2010 down 69.5% volatile
76 China 7.5% 2010 down 62.1% volatile
77 South Africa 7.3% 2010 down 38.9% volatile
78 Saudi Arabia 6.5% 2010 down 70.4% falling
79 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.3% 2010 down 31.5% volatile
80 Iraq 6.2% 2010 down 86.5% volatile
81 United Arab Emirates 6.2% 2010 down 63.6% volatile
82 Malaysia 5.9% 2010 down 36.7% volatile
83 Kazakhstan 5.6% 2010 up 1,020.0% volatile
84 Bahrain 5.5% 2010 up 2.8% falling
85 Trinidad and Tobago 5.2% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
86 Greece 4.8% 2010 down 37.6% volatile
87 Cuba 4.7% 2010 down 53.2% volatile
88 Jordan 4.5% 2010 down 76.8% volatile
89 Bulgaria 4.5% 2010 down 78.2% volatile
90 Libya 4.1% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
91 Mongolia 3.9% 2010 down 49.1% volatile
92 Afghanistan 3.8% 2010 down 16.0% volatile
93 Australia 3.1% 2010 down 42.6% volatile
94 Romania 3.0% 2010 down 39.1% volatile
95 Armenia 2.9% 2010 up 82.7% volatile
96 Germany 2.7% 2010 down 89.2% volatile
97 Japan 2.7% 2010 up 28.4% volatile
98 Fiji 2.6% 2010 down 83.2% volatile
99 Brunei Darussalam 2.5% 2010 down 88.7% volatile
100 Netherlands 2.4% 2010 down 51.4% volatile
101 Ireland 2.4% 2010 down 17.2% volatile
102 Israel 2.3% 2010 down 73.9% volatile
103 Malta 2.2% 2010 up 4.2% volatile
104 Cyprus 2.1% 2010 down 12.8% volatile
105 Albania 2.1% 2010 down 46.2% volatile
106 Sri Lanka 2.0% 2010 down 56.1% volatile
107 Tonga 2.0% 2010 down 75.8% volatile
108 Jamaica 1.7% 2010 down 70.9% volatile
109 Chile 1.7% 2010 down 88.8% volatile
110 Botswana 1.6% 2010 up 3,775.0% volatile
111 Macau, China 1.3% 2010 down 90.8% volatile
112 Hungary 1.2% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
113 Poland 1.2% 2010 down 82.8% volatile
113 Sweden 1.2% 2010 down 19.3% volatile
115 Lithuania 1.1% 2010 down 43.2% volatile
116 Hong Kong, China 1.1% 2010 down 75.9% volatile
117 Singapore 1.1% 2010 down 66.7% volatile
118 Kyrgyzstan 0.9% 2010 down 92.2% volatile
119 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8% 2010 down 96.2% volatile
120 Republic of Moldova 0.8% 2010 down 62.7% volatile
121 Italy 0.7% 2010 down 67.3% volatile
122 Russian Federation 0.7% 2010 down 13.8% volatile
122 Serbia 0.7% 2010 down 95.8% volatile
124 Czechia 0.6% 2010 up 306.7% volatile
125 Switzerland 0.6% 2010 down 97.1% volatile
126 Gambia 0.5% 2010 up 45.7% volatile
127 United States of America 0.4% 2010 down 66.4% volatile
128 Croatia 0.4% 2010 down 95.1% volatile
129 France 0.1% 2010 down 95.0% volatile
130 Republic of Korea 0.1% 2010 down 52.4% volatile
131 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 93.8% volatile
131 Norway 0.1% 2010 down 98.2% volatile
133 Yemen 0.1% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
134 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 97.8% volatile
134 Canada 0.0% 2010 down 97.2% volatile
134 Egypt 0.0% 2010 down 99.7% volatile
134 Latvia 0.0% 2010 down 96.9% volatile
134 Slovakia 0.0% 2010 down 99.5% volatile
134 Tajikistan 0.0% 2010 down 96.7% volatile
140 Belgium 0.0% 2010 down 98.2% volatile
141 Denmark 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
141 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2010 down 99.9% volatile
141 Slovenia 0.0% 2010 down 95.0% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 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 20-24 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)