Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country
Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)
Countries reporting
144
Highest
75.3%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
12.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 75.3% in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.5%, and the mean is 18.2%.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 59,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 75.3% | 2010 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 2 | Malawi | 68.9% | 2010 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 62.5% | 2010 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Cambodia | 60.9% | 2010 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 5 | Cameroon | 59.3% | 2010 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 6 | Lesotho | 58.2% | 2010 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 7 | Kenya | 58.2% | 2010 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 8 | Myanmar | 56.5% | 2010 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 9 | Uganda | 53.3% | 2010 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 10 | Guatemala | 52.1% | 2010 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 11 | Zambia | 49.8% | 2010 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 12 | Eswatini | 49.0% | 2010 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 48.0% | 2010 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Honduras | 47.4% | 2010 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 15 | Burundi | 43.9% | 2010 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Rwanda | 43.8% | 2010 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Namibia | 43.4% | 2010 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 18 | Algeria | 43.2% | 2010 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 19 | Türkiye | 42.8% | 2010 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 20 | Iraq | 41.8% | 2010 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 21 | El Salvador | 40.8% | 2010 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 22 | Mauritania | 40.7% | 2010 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 23 | Paraguay | 39.5% | 2010 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.5% | 2010 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Kuwait | 37.5% | 2010 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 37.3% | 2010 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 27 | Indonesia | 35.4% | 2010 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 28 | Ecuador | 34.9% | 2010 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 29 | Nepal | 34.8% | 2010 | up 97.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 33.5% | 2010 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 31 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 33.3% | 2010 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 32 | Sudan | 31.7% | 2010 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Uruguay | 31.0% | 2010 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 34 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 30.2% | 2010 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 35 | Qatar | 30.1% | 2010 | up 226.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 30.0% | 2010 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 37 | Central African Republic | 29.7% | 2010 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 29.7% | 2010 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 39 | Senegal | 29.3% | 2010 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 40 | New Zealand | 29.0% | 2010 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 41 | Togo | 28.2% | 2010 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Tunisia | 27.1% | 2010 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Afghanistan | 27.0% | 2010 | up 273.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Gabon | 25.9% | 2010 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 45 | Maldives | 24.4% | 2010 | down 46.0% | rising |
| 46 | Congo | 23.9% | 2010 | up 59,600.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Peru | 23.2% | 2010 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 48 | Mauritius | 23.0% | 2010 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 49 | Liberia | 22.5% | 2010 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Brazil | 22.4% | 2010 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 51 | Argentina | 21.7% | 2010 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 52 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 21.6% | 2010 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 53 | Morocco | 21.4% | 2010 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Mexico | 21.3% | 2010 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 55 | Mozambique | 20.9% | 2010 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 56 | Guyana | 20.3% | 2010 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 57 | Panama | 20.3% | 2010 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 58 | Thailand | 18.3% | 2010 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 59 | Viet Nam | 17.4% | 2010 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 60 | India | 16.9% | 2010 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 16.8% | 2010 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 62 | Colombia | 16.0% | 2010 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 63 | Saudi Arabia | 15.8% | 2010 | down 44.8% | rising |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 15.1% | 2010 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Pakistan | 14.8% | 2010 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 66 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14.5% | 2010 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Benin | 14.2% | 2010 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Niger | 13.7% | 2010 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Sierra Leone | 13.3% | 2010 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Haiti | 13.1% | 2010 | down 65.5% | rising |
| 71 | Fiji | 12.6% | 2010 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Portugal | 12.6% | 2010 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 73 | Ghana | 12.4% | 2010 | down 45.1% | rising |
| 74 | Belize | 12.2% | 2010 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 75 | Philippines | 12.2% | 2010 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.3% | 2010 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Iceland | 10.7% | 2010 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Ukraine | 10.2% | 2010 | up 1,070.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Mali | 9.8% | 2010 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 80 | China | 9.8% | 2010 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 81 | Yemen | 9.3% | 2010 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Cuba | 8.0% | 2010 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Jordan | 7.9% | 2010 | down 68.9% | rising |
| 84 | Malaysia | 7.7% | 2010 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Austria | 7.6% | 2010 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Mongolia | 7.6% | 2010 | up 168.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Bangladesh | 7.6% | 2010 | down 67.6% | rising |
| 88 | South Africa | 7.1% | 2010 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 89 | Spain | 7.1% | 2010 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Greece | 6.6% | 2010 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 91 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6.6% | 2010 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Egypt | 6.1% | 2010 | up 15,250.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 5.5% | 2010 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Cyprus | 4.8% | 2010 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Macau, China | 4.7% | 2010 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 4.7% | 2010 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.4% | 2010 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Estonia | 4.0% | 2010 | up 594.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Chile | 3.7% | 2010 | down 80.3% | falling |
| 100 | Netherlands | 3.5% | 2010 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Poland | 3.5% | 2010 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Israel | 3.4% | 2010 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Romania | 3.2% | 2010 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Hong Kong, China | 3.1% | 2010 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Armenia | 3.0% | 2010 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Jamaica | 2.8% | 2010 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Ireland | 2.6% | 2010 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Latvia | 2.5% | 2010 | up 275.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Albania | 2.3% | 2010 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Tonga | 2.2% | 2010 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Malta | 2.1% | 2010 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Sweden | 2.1% | 2010 | up 124.7% | volatile |
| 113 | France | 2.0% | 2010 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Australia | 1.9% | 2010 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Japan | 1.9% | 2010 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Bahrain | 1.9% | 2010 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 117 | Italy | 1.6% | 2010 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Switzerland | 1.5% | 2010 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Germany | 1.3% | 2010 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 120 | United States of America | 1.1% | 2010 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Singapore | 1.1% | 2010 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Lithuania | 1.0% | 2010 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Botswana | 0.9% | 2010 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Hungary | 0.9% | 2010 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8% | 2010 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Russian Federation | 0.7% | 2010 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Republic of Moldova | 0.7% | 2010 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Slovakia | 0.5% | 2010 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Serbia | 0.5% | 2010 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Croatia | 0.5% | 2010 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 0.2% | 2010 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Norway | 0.2% | 2010 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Republic of Korea | 0.1% | 2010 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2010 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Slovenia | 0.1% | 2010 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Libya | 0.1% | 2010 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2010 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2010 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2010 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2010 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Canada | 0.0% | 2010 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2010 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2010 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Finland | 0.0% | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of female population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)