Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) by country
Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)
Countries reporting
144
Highest
96.8%
Australia
Lowest
0.2%
New Zealand
Median
58.8%
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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 96.8% in Australia; the lowest is 0.2% in New Zealand.
The median across all reporting countries is 58.8%, and the mean is 55.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 403.
Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 799.3%), and the largest decrease in New Zealand (down 99.0%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 96.8% | 2010 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 2 | Tajikistan | 94.9% | 2010 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 3 | Finland | 91.7% | 2010 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 4 | Slovenia | 91.2% | 2010 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 5 | Botswana | 91.0% | 2010 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 90.9% | 2010 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 7 | Serbia | 90.8% | 2010 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 8 | Tonga | 90.7% | 2010 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 9 | Italy | 90.7% | 2010 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 10 | Albania | 90.5% | 2010 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 11 | South Africa | 90.3% | 2010 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 12 | Chile | 89.7% | 2010 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 13 | Czechia | 89.1% | 2010 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 14 | Denmark | 88.6% | 2010 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 15 | Hungary | 88.4% | 2010 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 16 | Switzerland | 88.1% | 2010 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 17 | Romania | 86.9% | 2010 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 18 | Guyana | 84.9% | 2010 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Israel | 83.2% | 2010 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 19 | Lithuania | 83.2% | 2010 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 21 | Republic of Moldova | 82.6% | 2010 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 22 | Mauritius | 82.3% | 2010 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Belize | 81.8% | 2010 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Sweden | 81.8% | 2010 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 25 | Austria | 81.7% | 2010 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 81.1% | 2010 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Estonia | 80.8% | 2010 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 28 | China | 80.4% | 2010 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 29 | Maldives | 80.4% | 2010 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 30 | Poland | 80.3% | 2010 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 79.6% | 2010 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 78.7% | 2010 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 33 | Netherlands | 78.0% | 2010 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 76.7% | 2010 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Jordan | 76.1% | 2010 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Fiji | 75.8% | 2010 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Kyrgyzstan | 74.7% | 2010 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 38 | Portugal | 74.6% | 2010 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Trinidad and Tobago | 74.6% | 2010 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 40 | Malta | 73.9% | 2010 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 41 | Uruguay | 72.5% | 2010 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 42 | Greece | 71.9% | 2010 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 43 | Brazil | 71.7% | 2010 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Luxembourg | 71.5% | 2010 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 45 | Macau, China | 71.3% | 2010 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 46 | Norway | 71.3% | 2010 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 47 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 69.4% | 2010 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 48 | France | 68.8% | 2010 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 49 | Thailand | 68.7% | 2010 | up 132.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Armenia | 68.5% | 2010 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 51 | Jamaica | 68.5% | 2010 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 52 | Peru | 68.3% | 2010 | up 91.3% | rising |
| 53 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 67.8% | 2010 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Viet Nam | 67.6% | 2010 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 55 | Belgium | 67.1% | 2010 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 56 | Bahrain | 65.7% | 2010 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Kuwait | 65.4% | 2010 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 58 | Türkiye | 65.3% | 2010 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Slovakia | 64.9% | 2010 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 64.9% | 2010 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 64.9% | 2010 | up 88.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Paraguay | 64.7% | 2010 | up 100.1% | volatile |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 64.1% | 2010 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 64 | Indonesia | 64.0% | 2010 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Croatia | 63.9% | 2010 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 66 | Mongolia | 63.9% | 2010 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 67 | Ghana | 63.5% | 2010 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 68 | Barbados | 61.4% | 2010 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 69 | Egypt | 61.1% | 2010 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 60.0% | 2010 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Qatar | 58.9% | 2010 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 72 | Honduras | 58.8% | 2010 | up 92.7% | volatile |
| 73 | El Salvador | 58.7% | 2010 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Mexico | 57.7% | 2010 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Hong Kong, China | 57.6% | 2010 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 76 | Brunei Darussalam | 57.3% | 2010 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 77 | Ireland | 56.9% | 2010 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 78 | Kazakhstan | 56.5% | 2010 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 79 | Argentina | 55.4% | 2010 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 80 | India | 54.6% | 2010 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Latvia | 53.1% | 2010 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 82 | Canada | 52.7% | 2010 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 83 | Colombia | 52.4% | 2010 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 84 | Ecuador | 52.1% | 2010 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 85 | Malaysia | 51.5% | 2010 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 86 | Panama | 50.9% | 2010 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 87 | Gabon | 50.4% | 2010 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 50.2% | 2010 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 89 | Cyprus | 50.0% | 2010 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 90 | Philippines | 50.0% | 2010 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 91 | Tunisia | 49.3% | 2010 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Japan | 49.1% | 2010 | up 33.1% | falling |
| 93 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 48.6% | 2010 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Syrian Arab Republic | 47.1% | 2010 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 46.7% | 2010 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Congo | 45.5% | 2010 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Gambia | 45.5% | 2010 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Namibia | 43.3% | 2010 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 99 | Nepal | 42.4% | 2010 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Zambia | 42.1% | 2010 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Togo | 40.8% | 2010 | up 163.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 40.3% | 2010 | up 301.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Lesotho | 39.9% | 2010 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Guatemala | 39.2% | 2010 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 38.5% | 2010 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 106 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 38.2% | 2010 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Iraq | 37.1% | 2010 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Myanmar | 37.1% | 2010 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Eswatini | 36.0% | 2010 | up 85.0% | rising |
| 110 | Uganda | 35.6% | 2010 | up 224.6% | volatile |
| 111 | United States of America | 35.1% | 2010 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 112 | Singapore | 34.3% | 2010 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 113 | Yemen | 34.1% | 2010 | up 245.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Morocco | 32.7% | 2010 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Pakistan | 31.9% | 2010 | up 89.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Benin | 31.0% | 2010 | up 160.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Haiti | 29.3% | 2010 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Kenya | 27.1% | 2010 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Algeria | 26.9% | 2010 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Russian Federation | 26.5% | 2010 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 121 | Cameroon | 26.0% | 2010 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Malawi | 26.0% | 2010 | up 161.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Cambodia | 20.6% | 2010 | up 162.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Liberia | 20.1% | 2010 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Libya | 20.0% | 2010 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Cuba | 19.8% | 2010 | down 76.5% | rising |
| 127 | Mauritania | 19.4% | 2010 | up 82.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Mali | 17.6% | 2010 | up 575.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Côte d'Ivoire | 15.8% | 2010 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Afghanistan | 15.8% | 2010 | up 81.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Senegal | 15.6% | 2010 | up 116.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Rwanda | 15.6% | 2010 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 14.7% | 2010 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Central African Republic | 14.5% | 2010 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Republic of Korea | 14.5% | 2010 | down 61.2% | rising |
| 136 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 14.4% | 2010 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 13.5% | 2010 | up 799.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Ukraine | 11.7% | 2010 | down 80.6% | falling |
| 139 | Burundi | 11.3% | 2010 | up 98.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Mozambique | 6.7% | 2010 | up 506.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Niger | 6.5% | 2010 | up 111.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Iceland | 3.7% | 2010 | down 90.3% | falling |
| 143 | Sudan | 3.0% | 2010 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 144 | New Zealand | 0.2% | 2010 | down 99.0% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of female population age 20-24 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)