Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) by country
Percentage of female population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)
Countries reporting
144
Highest
77.8%
Republic of Korea
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
18.8%
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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 77.8% in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.8%, and the mean is 23.1%.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Barbados (up 1,277.3%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25-29 with tertiary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 77.8% | 2010 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 76.7% | 2010 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Singapore | 74.0% | 2010 | up 99.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Iceland | 70.0% | 2010 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 5 | United States of America | 67.7% | 2010 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 6 | Ireland | 66.1% | 2010 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Canada | 65.7% | 2010 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 8 | Lithuania | 62.2% | 2010 | up 245.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Japan | 60.0% | 2010 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Libya | 58.7% | 2010 | up 1,051.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Cyprus | 58.3% | 2010 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Greece | 55.9% | 2010 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Australia | 51.3% | 2010 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 51.1% | 2010 | up 100.7% | volatile |
| 15 | New Zealand | 50.9% | 2010 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Israel | 49.0% | 2010 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 17 | Ukraine | 48.9% | 2010 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Belgium | 48.8% | 2010 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Estonia | 47.2% | 2010 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 20 | France | 46.9% | 2010 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Latvia | 45.6% | 2010 | up 131.4% | rising |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 44.5% | 2010 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Mongolia | 43.9% | 2010 | up 292.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Norway | 43.9% | 2010 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Spain | 43.6% | 2010 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Netherlands | 43.0% | 2010 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Sweden | 42.1% | 2010 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 28 | Slovenia | 41.0% | 2010 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Denmark | 40.9% | 2010 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 30 | Cuba | 40.6% | 2010 | up 278.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Finland | 40.0% | 2010 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Macau, China | 39.9% | 2010 | up 73.4% | volatile |
| 33 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 39.7% | 2010 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 38.8% | 2010 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Philippines | 38.5% | 2010 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 36 | Switzerland | 38.0% | 2010 | up 123.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Slovakia | 37.5% | 2010 | up 149.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 37.0% | 2010 | up 102.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Panama | 35.3% | 2010 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Hungary | 34.8% | 2010 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Hong Kong, China | 34.3% | 2010 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Portugal | 33.8% | 2010 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Croatia | 33.7% | 2010 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Colombia | 33.5% | 2010 | up 173.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Malta | 33.1% | 2010 | up 111.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Malaysia | 33.1% | 2010 | up 135.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Republic of Moldova | 32.8% | 2010 | up 113.8% | rising |
| 48 | Czechia | 31.3% | 2010 | up 146.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Qatar | 30.1% | 2010 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 50 | Tunisia | 29.7% | 2010 | up 350.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Thailand | 29.7% | 2010 | up 177.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 29.3% | 2010 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Serbia | 29.3% | 2010 | up 94.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Chile | 28.5% | 2010 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 27.9% | 2010 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 27.8% | 2010 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Peru | 27.4% | 2010 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Armenia | 26.7% | 2010 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 59 | Italy | 26.2% | 2010 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Romania | 26.0% | 2010 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.6% | 2010 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 62 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 25.6% | 2010 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Germany | 25.3% | 2010 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Mexico | 25.2% | 2010 | up 83.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Jordan | 25.1% | 2010 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Jamaica | 23.3% | 2010 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Gabon | 23.1% | 2010 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Ecuador | 22.7% | 2010 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Algeria | 22.6% | 2010 | up 167.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 21.4% | 2010 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 71 | Austria | 20.9% | 2010 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Barbados | 19.4% | 2010 | up 1,277.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Fiji | 18.2% | 2010 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Iraq | 18.0% | 2010 | up 102.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Paraguay | 16.7% | 2010 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Brunei Darussalam | 16.6% | 2010 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Egypt | 16.1% | 2010 | up 132.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.8% | 2010 | up 140.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 15.6% | 2010 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Brazil | 15.4% | 2010 | up 71.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Türkiye | 15.4% | 2010 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Bahrain | 15.0% | 2010 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 83 | United Arab Emirates | 12.8% | 2010 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 12.5% | 2010 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Indonesia | 12.0% | 2010 | up 452.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Mauritius | 11.6% | 2010 | up 264.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Kuwait | 11.0% | 2010 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 88 | Viet Nam | 10.6% | 2010 | up 136.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Uruguay | 10.2% | 2010 | up 45.0% | flat |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 10.1% | 2010 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Morocco | 10.1% | 2010 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 92 | India | 9.6% | 2010 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 93 | China | 9.3% | 2010 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Kenya | 9.2% | 2010 | up 83.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Pakistan | 9.0% | 2010 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Tonga | 8.6% | 2010 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Myanmar | 8.5% | 2010 | up 107.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8.2% | 2010 | up 183.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Sudan | 7.6% | 2010 | up 261.9% | volatile |
| 100 | El Salvador | 7.1% | 2010 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Honduras | 6.2% | 2010 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.9% | 2010 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Albania | 5.8% | 2010 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 104 | Argentina | 5.3% | 2010 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 105 | South Africa | 5.3% | 2010 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Belize | 5.1% | 2010 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.0% | 2010 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Cameroon | 5.0% | 2010 | up 878.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Yemen | 4.8% | 2010 | up 330.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Eswatini | 4.1% | 2010 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 4.0% | 2010 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 3.7% | 2010 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 113 | Botswana | 3.6% | 2010 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Liberia | 3.3% | 2010 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Afghanistan | 3.3% | 2010 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Ghana | 3.0% | 2010 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Senegal | 2.9% | 2010 | up 260.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Cambodia | 2.8% | 2010 | up 833.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Togo | 2.7% | 2010 | up 262.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Mali | 2.6% | 2010 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Uganda | 2.2% | 2010 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Haiti | 2.0% | 2010 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Rwanda | 2.0% | 2010 | up 566.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Lesotho | 2.0% | 2010 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Nepal | 2.0% | 2010 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Mauritania | 1.6% | 2010 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Benin | 1.5% | 2010 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Sierra Leone | 1.5% | 2010 | up 204.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 1.3% | 2010 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Niger | 1.2% | 2010 | up 105.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Maldives | 1.1% | 2010 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Mozambique | 0.9% | 2010 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Burundi | 0.9% | 2010 | up 145.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.8% | 2010 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Guyana | 0.7% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Gambia | 0.6% | 2010 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Namibia | 0.6% | 2010 | down 77.4% | falling |
| 138 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.6% | 2010 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 0.4% | 2010 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Zimbabwe | 0.4% | 2010 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Zambia | 0.3% | 2010 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Congo | 0.3% | 2010 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Malawi | 0.1% | 2010 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of female population age 25-29 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)