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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary by country

Percentage of female population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
47.3%
Singapore
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
4.3%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 47.3% in Singapore; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.3%, and the mean is 8.0%.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 15,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 47.3% 2010 up 109.9% volatile
2 Cuba 45.2% 2010 up 1,653.5% volatile
3 Iceland 35.3% 2010 up 100.3% volatile
4 Hong Kong, China 34.2% 2010 up 197.2% volatile
5 Iran, Islamic Republic of 34.0% 2010 up 64.0% volatile
6 Libya 31.4% 2010 up 87.9% volatile
7 Ireland 31.1% 2010 up 1.0% volatile
8 Cyprus 30.7% 2010 up 37.5% volatile
9 Ukraine 29.5% 2010 up 75.6% volatile
10 Mongolia 28.3% 2010 up 255.2% volatile
11 Republic of Korea 25.2% 2010 up 36.0% volatile
12 Greece 22.2% 2010 up 100.6% volatile
13 Colombia 21.9% 2010 up 166.7% volatile
14 Malta 21.0% 2010 up 26.8% volatile
15 Latvia 20.7% 2010 up 330.1% volatile
16 Japan 19.8% 2010 down 18.5% volatile
17 United States of America 19.3% 2010 up 46.4% rising
18 Russian Federation 17.4% 2010 up 25.7% volatile
19 New Zealand 17.2% 2010 down 46.7% volatile
20 Barbados 17.0% 2010 up 2,557.8% volatile
21 Kazakhstan 16.8% 2010 up 126.0% rising
22 Costa Rica 16.5% 2010 down 9.1% volatile
23 Thailand 16.4% 2010 up 31.4% volatile
24 Nicaragua 16.0% 2010 up 19.1% volatile
25 Belgium 15.9% 2010 down 15.5% rising
26 Croatia 15.7% 2010 up 32.4% volatile
27 Canada 15.3% 2010 up 12.9% falling
28 Algeria 13.3% 2010 up 79.8% volatile
29 Tunisia 12.7% 2010 up 85.3% volatile
30 Panama 12.6% 2010 up 7.4% volatile
31 Armenia 12.6% 2010 up 75.4% rising
32 Iraq 11.7% 2010 up 103.7% volatile
33 Slovakia 11.5% 2010 up 540.0% volatile
34 Jamaica 11.3% 2010 up 16.6% volatile
35 Spain 10.8% 2010 down 7.5% volatile
36 Macau, China 10.8% 2010 up 83.9% volatile
37 Gabon 10.7% 2010 up 10.0% rising
37 Kyrgyzstan 10.7% 2010 up 353.2% rising
39 Mexico 10.4% 2010 up 68.9% volatile
40 Peru 10.3% 2010 down 65.8% volatile
41 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10.0% 2010 up 11.9% volatile
42 Malaysia 9.8% 2010 up 69.9% volatile
43 Fiji 9.4% 2010 up 1.3% volatile
44 Trinidad and Tobago 8.9% 2010 up 111.1% volatile
45 Philippines 8.7% 2010 down 0.5% rising
46 Egypt 8.6% 2010 up 68.1% volatile
47 Brunei Darussalam 8.3% 2010 up 30.5% volatile
48 Estonia 8.3% 2010 up 5.6% rising
49 Netherlands 8.1% 2010 up 69.1% volatile
50 United Arab Emirates 7.9% 2010 down 33.8% volatile
51 Sri Lanka 7.8% 2010 down 29.8% volatile
52 Pakistan 7.7% 2010 down 9.4% volatile
53 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.6% 2010 up 85.1% volatile
54 Poland 7.6% 2010 up 113.5% volatile
55 Saudi Arabia 7.4% 2010 down 32.5% volatile
56 France 7.4% 2010 down 33.6% volatile
57 Republic of Moldova 7.2% 2010 down 17.3% rising
58 Lithuania 6.9% 2010 up 67.1% rising
59 Qatar 6.3% 2010 down 58.5% rising
60 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.8% 2010 up 223.2% volatile
61 Israel 5.6% 2010 down 69.8% rising
62 Sweden 5.5% 2010 down 66.2% volatile
63 Bahrain 5.5% 2010 down 10.7% volatile
64 Hungary 5.4% 2010 up 44.8% volatile
65 Morocco 5.3% 2010 up 46.6% volatile
66 China 5.1% 2010 up 45.8% volatile
67 Luxembourg 4.8% 2010 down 0.4% volatile
68 Myanmar 4.8% 2010 up 73.8% volatile
69 India 4.7% 2010 up 28.6% volatile
69 Norway 4.7% 2010 up 5.2% volatile
71 Switzerland 4.6% 2010 up 177.1% volatile
71 Sudan 4.6% 2010 up 116.0% volatile
73 Bulgaria 4.0% 2010 up 6.9% volatile
74 Belize 4.0% 2010 up 37.7% volatile
75 Romania 4.0% 2010 up 78.7% volatile
76 Türkiye 3.9% 2010 down 15.0% volatile
77 Slovenia 3.9% 2010 up 157.0% volatile
78 Argentina 3.5% 2010 up 287.9% volatile
79 Denmark 3.5% 2010 down 78.3% volatile
80 Serbia 3.4% 2010 up 123.8% volatile
81 Czechia 3.4% 2010 up 28.7% volatile
82 Jordan 3.4% 2010 up 25.9% rising
83 Italy 3.2% 2010 up 223.0% volatile
84 Eswatini 3.2% 2010 up 15,700.0% volatile
85 Indonesia 3.1% 2010 up 615.9% volatile
86 Tonga 3.0% 2010 down 57.7% volatile
87 Brazil 2.9% 2010 down 25.4% volatile
88 Austria 2.9% 2010 down 70.6% volatile
89 Kenya 2.8% 2010 down 5.6% volatile
90 Viet Nam 2.8% 2010 down 11.5% volatile
91 Togo 2.8% 2010 up 685.7% volatile
92 Albania 2.7% 2010 down 11.0% rising
93 Cameroon 2.6% 2010 up 54.1% volatile
94 Côte d'Ivoire 2.6% 2010 up 43.2% volatile
95 Germany 2.6% 2010 up 37.6% volatile
96 Botswana 2.4% 2010 up 104.2% volatile
96 Yemen 2.4% 2010 up 52.5% volatile
98 Chile 2.2% 2010 down 75.7% volatile
99 Tajikistan 2.2% 2010 up 82.0% falling
100 Cambodia 2.2% 2010 up 1,900.0% volatile
101 Finland 2.1% 2010 down 29.1% volatile
102 Ecuador 2.1% 2010 down 60.3% volatile
103 Sierra Leone 2.0% 2010 up 270.9% volatile
104 Mauritius 2.0% 2010 up 225.8% volatile
105 Kuwait 1.9% 2010 down 63.5% volatile
106 Bangladesh 1.8% 2010 up 7.3% volatile
107 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.7% 2010 down 43.2% volatile
108 Dominican Republic 1.6% 2010 down 77.5% volatile
109 Haiti 1.6% 2010 up 24.0% volatile
110 Ghana 1.5% 2010 up 231.8% volatile
111 Nepal 1.3% 2010 up 87.1% volatile
112 Afghanistan 1.3% 2010 down 23.5% volatile
113 El Salvador 1.2% 2010 down 89.9% volatile
114 Syrian Arab Republic 1.2% 2010 up 132.0% volatile
115 Portugal 1.1% 2010 down 63.1% volatile
116 Paraguay 1.0% 2010 down 55.8% volatile
117 Liberia 1.0% 2010 down 66.9% volatile
118 Rwanda 0.9% 2010 up 206.5% volatile
119 Senegal 0.8% 2010 up 355.6% volatile
120 Mali 0.8% 2010 up 67.4% volatile
121 Benin 0.7% 2010 up 14.5% volatile
122 Honduras 0.7% 2010 down 76.0% volatile
122 Uganda 0.7% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
124 Niger 0.7% 2010 up 88.9% volatile
125 Guyana 0.6% 2010 — volatile
125 Mozambique 0.6% 2010 up 326.7% volatile
127 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5% 2010 up 246.7% volatile
128 Mauritania 0.4% 2010 up 21.2% volatile
129 Burundi 0.4% 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Papua New Guinea 0.3% 2010 down 72.6% volatile
131 Lesotho 0.3% 2010 down 62.1% volatile
131 Uruguay 0.3% 2010 down 84.5% volatile
133 Gambia 0.3% 2010 down 9.4% volatile
134 Namibia 0.3% 2010 down 64.0% volatile
135 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.2% 2010 down 46.8% volatile
136 Maldives 0.2% 2010 up 700.0% volatile
137 Central African Republic 0.2% 2010 down 71.7% volatile
138 Zimbabwe 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
139 Zambia 0.1% 2010 down 56.2% volatile
140 Malawi 0.1% 2010 down 16.7% volatile
141 South Africa 0.0% 2010 down 70.0% volatile
142 Congo 0.0% 2010 down 92.3% volatile
143 Australia 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
143 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary
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 tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary