Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary by country
Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary
Countries reporting
144
Highest
85.3%
Slovenia
Lowest
0.2%
New Zealand
Median
38.7%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 85.3% in Slovenia; the lowest is 0.2% in New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.7%, and the mean is 39.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 449.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,044.3%), and the largest decrease in New Zealand (down 99.1%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovenia | 85.3% | 2010 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 2 | Serbia | 84.1% | 2010 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Czechia | 82.1% | 2010 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 4 | Israel | 80.2% | 2010 | up 104.1% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 78.7% | 2010 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 6 | South Africa | 78.0% | 2010 | up 137.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Chile | 77.3% | 2010 | up 98.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Lithuania | 75.4% | 2010 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 9 | Tonga | 74.9% | 2010 | up 290.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Finland | 74.8% | 2010 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 74.3% | 2010 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Fiji | 74.2% | 2010 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Hungary | 74.2% | 2010 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Italy | 72.8% | 2010 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Sweden | 72.2% | 2010 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 16 | Switzerland | 71.9% | 2010 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.7% | 2010 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Germany | 70.4% | 2010 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 19 | Mauritius | 70.0% | 2010 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Romania | 69.9% | 2010 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 21 | Austria | 69.5% | 2010 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 22 | Kyrgyzstan | 68.9% | 2010 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 67.5% | 2010 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 24 | Tajikistan | 67.5% | 2010 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 25 | Estonia | 67.1% | 2010 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 26 | Greece | 66.2% | 2010 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 27 | Denmark | 65.9% | 2010 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 64.9% | 2010 | up 212.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Republic of Moldova | 64.1% | 2010 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 63.0% | 2010 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Peru | 62.4% | 2010 | up 201.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Netherlands | 62.3% | 2010 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 33 | Armenia | 61.5% | 2010 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 61.4% | 2010 | up 108.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Croatia | 61.2% | 2010 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 36 | Slovakia | 60.0% | 2010 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 37 | Macau, China | 58.5% | 2010 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 58.2% | 2010 | up 114.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Bahrain | 57.7% | 2010 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 57.5% | 2010 | up 255.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Belgium | 57.0% | 2010 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 42 | France | 56.8% | 2010 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Mongolia | 56.8% | 2010 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 44 | Guyana | 55.7% | 2010 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 54.7% | 2010 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 46 | Albania | 54.6% | 2010 | up 88.6% | rising |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 54.2% | 2010 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 54.0% | 2010 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 49 | Hong Kong, China | 53.4% | 2010 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 50 | Ireland | 51.1% | 2010 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 51 | Brazil | 50.1% | 2010 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Paraguay | 48.9% | 2010 | up 113.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Portugal | 48.9% | 2010 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Argentina | 48.0% | 2010 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 55 | Qatar | 47.9% | 2010 | up 92.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Norway | 47.7% | 2010 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 57 | Belize | 47.2% | 2010 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Jordan | 46.5% | 2010 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Malaysia | 45.1% | 2010 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Jamaica | 45.0% | 2010 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Ecuador | 44.3% | 2010 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Canada | 43.6% | 2010 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 63 | Japan | 42.7% | 2010 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 64 | Malta | 42.7% | 2010 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Türkiye | 42.6% | 2010 | up 106.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Panama | 42.2% | 2010 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 67 | Spain | 42.1% | 2010 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Cyprus | 41.2% | 2010 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 69 | El Salvador | 41.2% | 2010 | up 106.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Egypt | 40.1% | 2010 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Indonesia | 39.7% | 2010 | up 131.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Uruguay | 39.5% | 2010 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 73 | India | 37.9% | 2010 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Brunei Darussalam | 37.6% | 2010 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 75 | Honduras | 37.3% | 2010 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Thailand | 37.3% | 2010 | up 146.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 37.2% | 2010 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Colombia | 37.0% | 2010 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Latvia | 34.8% | 2010 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 80 | Syrian Arab Republic | 33.6% | 2010 | up 425.2% | volatile |
| 81 | United States of America | 33.5% | 2010 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 82 | Kuwait | 33.5% | 2010 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 83 | China | 33.4% | 2010 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Gabon | 33.1% | 2010 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 32.7% | 2010 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Singapore | 31.0% | 2010 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Viet Nam | 31.0% | 2010 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Benin | 31.0% | 2010 | up 160.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Myanmar | 30.7% | 2010 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Ghana | 30.5% | 2010 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Botswana | 30.1% | 2010 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Nepal | 29.9% | 2010 | up 70.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 28.1% | 2010 | down 51.2% | rising |
| 94 | Mexico | 27.7% | 2010 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Philippines | 27.5% | 2010 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 27.2% | 2010 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Lesotho | 26.9% | 2010 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 26.8% | 2010 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 99 | Guatemala | 26.2% | 2010 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Tunisia | 25.9% | 2010 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Pakistan | 24.5% | 2010 | up 120.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Iraq | 24.4% | 2010 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Yemen | 22.4% | 2010 | up 276.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Algeria | 22.3% | 2010 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Russian Federation | 21.5% | 2010 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 106 | Morocco | 21.4% | 2010 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Namibia | 20.8% | 2010 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 108 | Kenya | 17.4% | 2010 | up 188.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Cameroon | 17.1% | 2010 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Libya | 16.1% | 2010 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Zambia | 15.9% | 2010 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Haiti | 15.2% | 2010 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Maldives | 15.1% | 2010 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 114 | Togo | 14.6% | 2010 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Republic of Korea | 13.9% | 2010 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Barbados | 13.7% | 2010 | down 49.5% | rising |
| 117 | Sierra Leone | 13.3% | 2010 | up 331.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Malawi | 12.9% | 2010 | up 132.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritania | 12.7% | 2010 | up 97.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.3% | 2010 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Cuba | 10.4% | 2010 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Afghanistan | 10.3% | 2010 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Rwanda | 10.2% | 2010 | up 82.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9.6% | 2010 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Liberia | 9.6% | 2010 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Central African Republic | 9.5% | 2010 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Ukraine | 9.5% | 2010 | down 80.9% | falling |
| 128 | Papua New Guinea | 8.8% | 2010 | up 872.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8.3% | 2010 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Eswatini | 8.3% | 2010 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Mali | 8.0% | 2010 | up 1,044.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Burundi | 7.4% | 2010 | up 116.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Cambodia | 6.9% | 2010 | up 182.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 6.2% | 2010 | up 576.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 5.8% | 2010 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Uganda | 4.7% | 2010 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Senegal | 4.7% | 2010 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Mozambique | 4.4% | 2010 | up 559.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Niger | 4.2% | 2010 | up 130.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Gambia | 3.3% | 2010 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Iceland | 3.0% | 2010 | down 89.7% | falling |
| 142 | Congo | 2.1% | 2010 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Sudan | 0.6% | 2010 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 144 | New Zealand | 0.2% | 2010 | down 99.1% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary