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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education by country

Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
87.1%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
9.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 87.1% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.5%, and the mean is 21.2%.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 130 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 7,086.7%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 87.1% 2010 down 4.0% falling
2 Yemen 85.5% 2010 down 9.9% falling
3 Afghanistan 84.3% 2010 down 6.8% falling
4 Mozambique 83.4% 2010 down 5.5% falling
5 Mali 81.6% 2010 down 6.5% falling
6 Gambia 80.2% 2010 down 7.7% falling
7 Benin 75.6% 2010 down 5.9% falling
8 Sierra Leone 74.0% 2010 down 8.0% falling
9 Senegal 71.7% 2010 down 7.1% rising
10 Liberia 69.9% 2010 down 10.4% falling
11 Pakistan 69.0% 2010 down 14.0% falling
12 Central African Republic 67.0% 2010 down 10.7% falling
13 Sudan 66.0% 2010 down 11.0% falling
14 Nepal 65.6% 2010 down 18.8% falling
15 Burundi 65.0% 2010 down 17.7% falling
16 Morocco 63.9% 2010 down 12.5% falling
17 Togo 63.4% 2010 down 6.3% falling
18 India 59.4% 2010 down 1.5% falling
19 Côte d'Ivoire 57.8% 2010 down 16.8% falling
20 Mauritania 57.8% 2010 down 9.4% falling
21 Rwanda 56.9% 2010 down 15.5% falling
22 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 54.7% 2010 down 8.9% falling
23 Haiti 52.0% 2010 down 10.4% falling
24 Papua New Guinea 51.8% 2010 down 20.1% falling
25 Egypt 47.6% 2010 down 25.0% falling
26 Eswatini 46.7% 2010 down 3.6% falling
27 Bangladesh 46.6% 2010 down 17.6% falling
28 Lao People's Democratic Republic 44.5% 2010 down 18.0% falling
29 Ghana 43.0% 2010 down 13.9% falling
30 Congo 42.6% 2010 down 12.3% falling
31 Iraq 38.8% 2010 down 27.7% falling
32 Malawi 38.6% 2010 down 30.2% falling
33 Cambodia 37.4% 2010 down 26.0% falling
34 Tunisia 36.8% 2010 down 30.4% falling
35 Algeria 36.7% 2010 down 27.8% falling
36 Guatemala 36.4% 2010 down 21.3% falling
37 Bahrain 36.1% 2010 up 4.1% falling
38 Tanzania, United Republic of 34.1% 2010 down 23.6% falling
39 Maldives 32.1% 2010 down 37.7% falling
40 Libya 31.7% 2010 down 32.4% falling
41 Syrian Arab Republic 30.5% 2010 down 2.6% falling
42 Myanmar 30.2% 2010 down 29.7% falling
43 Uganda 29.1% 2010 down 35.5% falling
44 Saudi Arabia 26.5% 2010 down 34.6% falling
45 Zambia 25.2% 2010 down 21.9% falling
46 Kenya 25.1% 2010 down 34.0% falling
47 Cameroon 24.6% 2010 down 35.2% falling
48 Nicaragua 23.5% 2010 down 32.1% falling
49 Brunei Darussalam 22.7% 2010 down 6.6% falling
50 Iran, Islamic Republic of 21.5% 2010 down 46.2% falling
51 Singapore 19.8% 2010 down 23.8% volatile
52 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 19.5% 2010 down 19.6% falling
53 Namibia 19.5% 2010 down 26.3% falling
54 Honduras 18.8% 2010 down 14.4% falling
55 Türkiye 18.0% 2010 down 42.9% falling
56 Botswana 16.0% 2010 down 32.0% falling
57 Gabon 15.9% 2010 down 40.3% falling
58 Jordan 15.4% 2010 down 52.4% falling
59 Portugal 15.2% 2010 up 11.5% falling
60 Indonesia 13.3% 2010 down 59.4% falling
61 Ecuador 12.3% 2010 down 44.8% falling
62 Brazil 12.2% 2010 down 32.5% falling
63 Malaysia 12.0% 2010 down 40.3% volatile
64 Zimbabwe 11.6% 2010 down 34.9% falling
65 Peru 10.9% 2010 down 40.5% falling
66 Dominican Republic 10.8% 2010 up 7,086.7% volatile
67 Mexico 10.6% 2010 down 31.3% falling
68 Kuwait 10.3% 2010 down 67.0% falling
69 Viet Nam 10.2% 2010 down 21.2% volatile
70 Cuba 10.1% 2010 down 34.7% falling
71 Mauritius 9.9% 2010 down 43.9% falling
72 China 9.8% 2010 down 51.0% volatile
73 United Arab Emirates 9.3% 2010 down 56.3% volatile
74 South Africa 9.1% 2010 down 59.5% volatile
75 Panama 8.8% 2010 down 8.8% falling
76 Hong Kong, China 8.7% 2010 down 66.5% falling
77 Italy 8.4% 2010 down 16.9% falling
78 Colombia 7.8% 2010 down 31.4% falling
79 Lesotho 7.6% 2010 down 11.2% volatile
80 Sri Lanka 7.4% 2010 down 41.7% volatile
81 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 6.8% 2010 down 54.0% volatile
82 Republic of Korea 6.4% 2010 down 43.9% volatile
83 Paraguay 5.6% 2010 down 49.0% volatile
84 Belgium 5.5% 2010 up 9.0% rising
85 Qatar 5.3% 2010 down 86.5% falling
86 Serbia 5.3% 2010 down 35.8% volatile
87 Guyana 5.3% 2010 down 26.9% falling
88 Albania 5.2% 2010 up 143.1% volatile
88 Costa Rica 5.2% 2010 down 18.9% falling
90 Norway 5.2% 2010 up 1,438.2% volatile
91 Jamaica 5.2% 2010 down 18.7% volatile
92 Macau, China 5.1% 2010 down 53.8% volatile
93 Luxembourg 5.1% 2010 up 11.6% volatile
94 El Salvador 4.6% 2010 down 83.9% falling
95 Israel 4.3% 2010 down 11.8% volatile
95 Mongolia 4.3% 2010 down 36.5% volatile
97 Fiji 4.2% 2010 down 45.5% volatile
98 Thailand 4.1% 2010 down 75.2% volatile
99 Greece 3.8% 2010 down 76.8% falling
100 Philippines 3.5% 2010 down 46.3% volatile
101 Spain 3.3% 2010 down 83.1% volatile
102 Chile 3.2% 2010 down 40.8% volatile
103 Denmark 3.1% 2010 up 247.8% volatile
104 Croatia 2.9% 2010 down 61.2% volatile
105 Bulgaria 2.8% 2010 up 81.8% volatile
106 Romania 2.4% 2010 down 38.4% volatile
107 Malta 2.4% 2010 down 82.3% falling
108 Ukraine 2.1% 2010 down 55.9% volatile
109 Germany 2.0% 2010 down 65.5% volatile
110 Trinidad and Tobago 1.9% 2010 down 43.3% volatile
111 Uruguay 1.8% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
112 Sweden 1.6% 2010 up 12.3% rising
113 France 1.6% 2010 down 52.0% volatile
114 Republic of Moldova 1.5% 2010 down 82.2% volatile
115 Argentina 1.4% 2010 down 68.7% volatile
115 Switzerland 1.4% 2010 down 88.7% volatile
117 Kyrgyzstan 1.4% 2010 down 41.8% volatile
118 Cyprus 1.4% 2010 down 90.5% volatile
119 Austria 1.3% 2010 up 43.0% volatile
120 Iceland 1.3% 2010 up 15.9% rising
121 Russian Federation 1.1% 2010 down 31.3% volatile
122 Australia 0.9% 2010 down 36.5% rising
123 Tonga 0.8% 2010 down 45.1% volatile
124 Ireland 0.8% 2010 down 86.1% falling
125 Canada 0.7% 2010 down 44.0% falling
126 Slovenia 0.6% 2010 down 35.6% volatile
127 Armenia 0.5% 2010 down 48.1% volatile
128 Tajikistan 0.5% 2010 down 52.7% volatile
129 United States of America 0.4% 2010 down 19.1% volatile
130 Poland 0.4% 2010 down 89.6% volatile
131 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 84.5% volatile
132 Hungary 0.3% 2010 down 61.2% volatile
133 Latvia 0.2% 2010 down 64.7% volatile
134 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2010 down 88.1% falling
135 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
135 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 16.7% volatile
137 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 up 20.0% volatile
138 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 98.0% falling
138 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 81.5% falling
140 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2010 down 98.7% volatile
141 Barbados 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
142 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
142 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education
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+ with no education