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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
85.7%
Iceland
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
10.7%
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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 85.7% in Iceland; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.7%, and the mean is 17.2%.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 12,650.0%), 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 Iceland 85.7% 2010 up 94.0% volatile
2 Republic of Korea 85.2% 2010 up 36.6% volatile
3 Cuba 75.5% 2010 up 1,655.3% volatile
4 Russian Federation 72.5% 2010 up 25.6% volatile
5 Libya 71.0% 2010 up 88.3% volatile
6 Ukraine 66.6% 2010 up 76.0% volatile
7 United States of America 64.3% 2010 up 12.4% rising
8 Singapore 63.6% 2010 up 144.4% volatile
9 Japan 48.1% 2010 down 21.1% volatile
10 Cyprus 47.8% 2010 up 37.5% volatile
11 Latvia 46.8% 2010 up 330.7% volatile
12 Canada 45.4% 2010 up 13.0% rising
13 Hong Kong, China 41.2% 2010 up 167.8% volatile
14 Malaysia 41.2% 2010 up 69.7% volatile
15 Ireland 40.7% 2010 up 1.0% volatile
16 Philippines 39.4% 2010 down 0.4% rising
17 Barbados 38.5% 2010 up 2,552.4% volatile
18 Kazakhstan 37.9% 2010 up 126.6% rising
19 Iran, Islamic Republic of 36.9% 2010 up 64.0% volatile
20 Croatia 35.5% 2010 up 32.7% volatile
21 Colombia 35.0% 2010 up 168.0% volatile
22 Slovakia 34.8% 2010 up 540.7% volatile
23 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 34.0% 2010 up 84.8% volatile
24 New Zealand 32.0% 2010 down 46.7% volatile
25 Algeria 30.1% 2010 up 80.1% volatile
26 Mongolia 29.5% 2010 up 255.2% volatile
27 France 29.4% 2010 down 33.6% volatile
28 Tunisia 28.8% 2010 up 85.7% volatile
29 Armenia 28.5% 2010 up 75.8% rising
30 Panama 28.4% 2010 up 7.4% volatile
31 Belgium 27.7% 2010 down 15.5% rising
32 Iraq 26.5% 2010 up 103.9% volatile
33 Spain 26.2% 2010 down 10.5% volatile
34 Mexico 25.8% 2010 up 69.0% volatile
35 Jamaica 25.5% 2010 up 16.8% volatile
36 Macau, China 24.3% 2010 up 84.2% volatile
37 Gabon 24.3% 2010 up 10.3% rising
37 Kyrgyzstan 24.3% 2010 up 354.7% rising
39 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 24.3% 2010 up 8.3% volatile
40 Malta 23.9% 2010 up 26.8% volatile
41 Greece 22.6% 2010 up 100.6% volatile
42 Fiji 21.2% 2010 up 1.4% volatile
43 Norway 21.0% 2010 up 5.1% volatile
44 Trinidad and Tobago 19.9% 2010 up 111.4% volatile
45 Netherlands 19.6% 2010 up 64.0% volatile
46 Egypt 19.4% 2010 up 68.3% volatile
47 Thailand 18.9% 2010 up 29.4% volatile
48 Brunei Darussalam 18.8% 2010 up 30.8% volatile
49 Estonia 18.7% 2010 up 5.9% rising
50 Poland 18.4% 2010 up 106.5% volatile
51 Costa Rica 18.1% 2010 down 9.1% rising
51 Jordan 18.1% 2010 up 25.8% volatile
53 United Arab Emirates 17.8% 2010 down 33.6% volatile
54 Sri Lanka 17.5% 2010 down 29.6% volatile
55 Saudi Arabia 16.8% 2010 down 32.3% volatile
56 Argentina 16.6% 2010 up 286.7% volatile
57 Nicaragua 16.6% 2010 up 19.1% volatile
58 Republic of Moldova 16.2% 2010 down 17.1% rising
59 Lithuania 15.7% 2010 up 67.6% flat
60 Qatar 14.3% 2010 down 58.4% rising
61 Peru 13.9% 2010 down 66.5% volatile
62 Portugal 13.8% 2010 down 63.2% volatile
63 Israel 13.7% 2010 down 70.8% rising
64 Bulgaria 13.4% 2010 up 7.0% volatile
65 Sweden 13.4% 2010 down 67.2% volatile
66 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 13.3% 2010 down 43.3% volatile
67 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13.2% 2010 up 223.5% volatile
68 Morocco 12.1% 2010 up 46.9% volatile
69 Luxembourg 11.8% 2010 down 3.6% rising
70 China 11.5% 2010 up 46.1% volatile
71 Switzerland 11.2% 2010 up 167.9% volatile
72 Myanmar 10.8% 2010 up 74.2% volatile
73 India 10.6% 2010 up 29.0% volatile
74 Sudan 10.4% 2010 up 116.7% volatile
75 Hungary 10.4% 2010 up 44.9% volatile
76 Czechia 10.2% 2010 up 28.8% volatile
77 Türkiye 9.5% 2010 down 17.9% volatile
78 Belize 9.0% 2010 up 37.7% volatile
79 Romania 8.9% 2010 up 79.2% volatile
80 Slovenia 8.8% 2010 up 158.2% volatile
81 Pakistan 8.4% 2010 down 9.4% volatile
82 Denmark 8.4% 2010 down 79.0% volatile
83 Finland 8.3% 2010 down 29.3% volatile
84 Chile 7.9% 2010 down 75.7% volatile
85 Italy 7.8% 2010 up 214.0% volatile
86 Serbia 7.6% 2010 up 123.4% volatile
87 Ecuador 7.3% 2010 down 60.2% volatile
88 Indonesia 7.1% 2010 up 611.0% volatile
89 Austria 7.0% 2010 down 71.6% volatile
90 Brazil 6.9% 2010 down 25.5% volatile
91 Tonga 6.8% 2010 down 57.6% volatile
92 Mauritius 6.5% 2010 up 226.3% volatile
93 Kenya 6.4% 2010 down 5.3% volatile
94 Bahrain 6.3% 2010 down 2.5% volatile
94 Germany 6.3% 2010 up 33.1% volatile
96 Viet Nam 6.2% 2010 down 11.5% volatile
97 Togo 6.2% 2010 up 696.2% volatile
98 Albania 6.0% 2010 down 10.8% rising
99 Cameroon 6.0% 2010 up 54.0% volatile
100 Côte d'Ivoire 5.9% 2010 up 43.6% volatile
101 Dominican Republic 5.5% 2010 down 77.5% volatile
102 Botswana 5.4% 2010 up 103.7% volatile
102 Yemen 5.4% 2010 up 52.8% volatile
104 Paraguay 5.1% 2010 down 56.0% volatile
105 Eswatini 5.1% 2010 up 12,650.0% volatile
106 Tajikistan 5.0% 2010 up 82.2% falling
107 Cambodia 5.0% 2010 up 1,811.5% volatile
108 Kuwait 4.3% 2010 down 63.5% volatile
109 Bangladesh 4.0% 2010 up 7.3% volatile
110 Ghana 3.3% 2010 up 230.0% volatile
111 Rwanda 3.0% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
112 Nepal 3.0% 2010 up 86.2% volatile
113 Sierra Leone 2.9% 2010 up 206.2% volatile
114 Afghanistan 2.9% 2010 down 23.2% volatile
115 Syrian Arab Republic 2.6% 2010 up 129.8% volatile
116 Haiti 2.3% 2010 up 24.2% volatile
117 South Africa 1.9% 2010 down 72.1% volatile
118 Liberia 1.9% 2010 down 67.0% volatile
119 Senegal 1.9% 2010 up 351.2% volatile
120 Mali 1.8% 2010 up 68.3% volatile
121 Benin 1.6% 2010 up 15.0% volatile
122 Uruguay 1.6% 2010 down 84.5% volatile
123 Honduras 1.6% 2010 down 76.0% volatile
124 Uganda 1.6% 2010 down 40.4% volatile
125 Niger 1.5% 2010 up 92.5% volatile
126 El Salvador 1.5% 2010 down 89.9% volatile
127 Guyana 1.4% 2010 — volatile
128 Mozambique 1.4% 2010 up 323.5% volatile
129 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.2% 2010 up 254.5% volatile
130 Maldives 1.0% 2010 up 3.1% volatile
131 Mauritania 0.9% 2010 up 23.0% volatile
132 Burundi 0.9% 2010 unchanged volatile
133 Lesotho 0.8% 2010 down 61.0% volatile
134 Gambia 0.6% 2010 down 11.1% volatile
134 Papua New Guinea 0.6% 2010 down 72.2% volatile
136 Namibia 0.6% 2010 down 63.5% falling
137 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6% 2010 down 46.2% volatile
138 Central African Republic 0.4% 2010 down 72.6% volatile
138 Zimbabwe 0.4% 2010 unchanged volatile
140 Zambia 0.3% 2010 down 54.8% volatile
141 Malawi 0.1% 2010 down 18.2% volatile
142 Congo 0.0% 2010 down 93.7% 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)
Unit
Incomplete and 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)