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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary by country

Percentage of female population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
68.6%
Republic of Korea
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
10.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 68.6% in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.9%, and the mean is 14.8%.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 1,268.9%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with tertiary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Republic of Korea 68.6% 2010 up 85.2% volatile
2 Singapore 63.2% 2010 up 94.3% volatile
3 Greece 53.6% 2010 up 116.4% volatile
4 Iceland 46.6% 2010 up 65.6% volatile
5 Ireland 46.4% 2010 up 27.1% volatile
6 Cyprus 43.1% 2010 up 19.8% volatile
7 Mongolia 41.9% 2010 up 297.2% volatile
8 Japan 40.0% 2010 up 15.6% volatile
9 Lithuania 39.4% 2010 up 244.9% volatile
10 Canada 39.3% 2010 up 62.7% rising
11 Libya 37.2% 2010 up 1,049.4% volatile
12 United States of America 37.2% 2010 up 13.8% rising
13 Australia 34.2% 2010 up 43.3% rising
14 Poland 34.1% 2010 up 107.3% volatile
15 Israel 32.6% 2010 up 7.1% rising
16 Belgium 31.7% 2010 up 7.4% volatile
17 Ukraine 31.0% 2010 up 0.4% volatile
18 Cuba 30.9% 2010 up 278.5% volatile
19 Hungary 30.8% 2010 up 97.1% volatile
20 New Zealand 30.7% 2010 down 11.1% volatile
21 Russian Federation 30.0% 2010 up 23.3% volatile
22 Estonia 29.9% 2010 up 35.2% rising
23 Hong Kong, China 29.8% 2010 up 26.0% volatile
24 Luxembourg 29.7% 2010 up 79.9% volatile
25 Malta 29.1% 2010 up 113.5% volatile
26 Spain 29.0% 2010 up 5.4% volatile
27 Latvia 28.9% 2010 up 131.0% volatile
28 Netherlands 28.7% 2010 up 39.2% volatile
29 Sweden 28.1% 2010 up 41.9% volatile
30 Denmark 27.2% 2010 up 78.8% volatile
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 26.4% 2010 up 18.0% volatile
32 Costa Rica 26.2% 2010 up 55.0% volatile
33 Slovenia 26.0% 2010 up 55.5% volatile
34 Thailand 25.8% 2010 up 181.9% volatile
35 Switzerland 25.3% 2010 up 130.5% volatile
36 Macau, China 25.3% 2010 up 73.1% volatile
37 Norway 24.7% 2010 up 3.1% volatile
38 Colombia 24.3% 2010 up 171.7% volatile
39 Bulgaria 24.2% 2010 up 24.7% volatile
40 Panama 24.1% 2010 up 29.7% volatile
41 Croatia 21.4% 2010 up 135.8% volatile
42 Republic of Moldova 20.8% 2010 up 113.3% rising
43 Peru 19.6% 2010 down 8.9% volatile
44 Qatar 19.1% 2010 up 28.7% rising
45 Slovakia 19.0% 2010 up 146.4% volatile
46 Tunisia 18.9% 2010 up 349.9% volatile
47 Iran, Islamic Republic of 18.8% 2010 up 111.7% volatile
48 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 18.7% 2010 up 102.6% volatile
49 Mexico 18.7% 2010 up 83.7% volatile
50 Serbia 18.6% 2010 up 93.9% volatile
51 France 18.5% 2010 up 21.7% volatile
52 Sri Lanka 17.6% 2010 up 18.0% volatile
53 Italy 17.4% 2010 up 82.6% volatile
54 Armenia 16.9% 2010 up 8.0% rising
55 Germany 16.9% 2010 up 48.4% volatile
56 Romania 16.5% 2010 up 84.1% volatile
57 Kyrgyzstan 16.2% 2010 up 80.2% rising
58 Czechia 15.8% 2010 up 143.5% volatile
59 Nicaragua 15.2% 2010 up 29.6% volatile
60 Jamaica 14.8% 2010 up 8.4% volatile
61 Gabon 14.7% 2010 up 10.5% volatile
62 Algeria 14.3% 2010 up 167.5% volatile
63 Bahrain 14.2% 2010 down 10.4% volatile
64 Austria 13.9% 2010 up 4.7% volatile
65 Kazakhstan 13.6% 2010 up 9.2% rising
66 Ecuador 12.6% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
67 Barbados 12.3% 2010 up 1,268.9% volatile
68 Trinidad and Tobago 12.3% 2010 up 139.9% volatile
69 Chile 12.2% 2010 down 13.9% volatile
70 Fiji 11.5% 2010 up 17.3% volatile
71 Iraq 11.4% 2010 up 101.6% volatile
72 Brazil 11.3% 2010 up 71.4% volatile
73 Portugal 10.6% 2010 down 11.4% volatile
74 Brunei Darussalam 10.6% 2010 up 73.2% volatile
75 Egypt 10.2% 2010 up 132.5% volatile
75 Türkiye 10.2% 2010 up 35.7% volatile
77 Malaysia 9.8% 2010 up 135.7% volatile
78 Philippines 8.8% 2010 down 17.3% rising
79 Finland 8.3% 2010 down 34.0% rising
80 Paraguay 8.2% 2010 up 30.3% volatile
81 United Arab Emirates 8.1% 2010 down 51.4% volatile
82 Indonesia 7.6% 2010 up 451.4% volatile
83 Pakistan 7.2% 2010 up 17.9% volatile
84 Kuwait 7.0% 2010 up 21.6% rising
85 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 6.9% 2010 up 15.9% volatile
86 Viet Nam 6.7% 2010 up 136.6% volatile
87 Saudi Arabia 6.4% 2010 down 49.7% volatile
88 Morocco 6.4% 2010 up 6.0% volatile
89 India 6.1% 2010 up 31.0% volatile
90 China 5.9% 2010 up 53.9% volatile
91 Kenya 5.8% 2010 up 83.4% volatile
92 Tonga 5.5% 2010 down 6.2% volatile
93 Myanmar 5.4% 2010 up 106.5% volatile
94 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.2% 2010 up 183.7% volatile
95 Uruguay 5.2% 2010 up 44.8% volatile
96 El Salvador 5.0% 2010 down 52.4% volatile
97 Dominican Republic 4.9% 2010 down 18.7% volatile
98 Sudan 4.8% 2010 up 262.4% volatile
99 Mauritius 4.6% 2010 up 263.8% volatile
100 Honduras 3.9% 2010 up 15.6% volatile
101 Syrian Arab Republic 3.8% 2010 up 70.9% volatile
102 Albania 3.7% 2010 down 34.3% rising
103 Eswatini 3.4% 2010 up 70.2% volatile
104 Jordan 3.2% 2010 up 59.4% volatile
105 Belize 3.2% 2010 down 33.3% volatile
106 Côte d'Ivoire 3.2% 2010 up 6.7% volatile
107 Cameroon 3.2% 2010 up 887.5% volatile
108 Yemen 3.0% 2010 up 326.8% volatile
109 Bangladesh 2.5% 2010 down 8.7% volatile
110 Tajikistan 2.3% 2010 down 37.2% falling
111 Botswana 2.3% 2010 down 22.5% volatile
112 Liberia 2.2% 2010 up 26.0% volatile
113 Afghanistan 2.1% 2010 down 22.9% volatile
114 Ghana 1.9% 2010 up 54.0% volatile
115 Senegal 1.8% 2010 up 262.0% volatile
116 Cambodia 1.8% 2010 up 836.8% volatile
117 Togo 1.7% 2010 up 260.4% volatile
118 Mali 1.7% 2010 up 438.7% volatile
119 Uganda 1.4% 2010 down 52.3% volatile
120 Haiti 1.3% 2010 up 22.0% volatile
121 Lesotho 1.3% 2010 unchanged volatile
122 Nepal 1.2% 2010 down 16.7% volatile
123 Sierra Leone 1.2% 2010 up 242.9% volatile
124 Mauritania 1.0% 2010 up 63.9% volatile
125 Rwanda 1.0% 2010 up 371.4% volatile
126 Benin 1.0% 2010 up 26.3% volatile
127 Papua New Guinea 0.8% 2010 down 55.4% volatile
128 Niger 0.7% 2010 up 105.6% volatile
129 Argentina 0.7% 2010 down 78.2% volatile
130 Mozambique 0.6% 2010 up 460.0% volatile
131 Burundi 0.5% 2010 up 145.5% volatile
132 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5% 2010 down 28.4% volatile
133 Guyana 0.5% 2010 — volatile
134 Gambia 0.4% 2010 down 65.5% volatile
135 Namibia 0.4% 2010 down 77.3% flat
136 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.4% 2010 down 29.4% volatile
137 Central African Republic 0.3% 2010 down 52.7% volatile
138 South Africa 0.2% 2010 down 50.0% rising
139 Zimbabwe 0.2% 2010 down 51.1% volatile
140 Zambia 0.2% 2010 down 70.0% volatile
141 Congo 0.2% 2010 down 80.4% volatile
142 Malawi 0.1% 2010 down 60.9% volatile
143 Maldives 0.1% 2010 down 20.0% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 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 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary