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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
70.5%
Lesotho
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
21.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 70.5% in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.9%, and the mean is 24.5%.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 307.9%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 70.5% 2010 up 4.1% flat
2 Tanzania, United Republic of 60.3% 2010 up 17.9% rising
3 Thailand 59.7% 2010 down 10.9% rising
4 Paraguay 57.6% 2010 down 9.8% falling
5 El Salvador 56.3% 2010 up 25.4% rising
6 Cameroon 54.0% 2010 up 16.2% volatile
7 Türkiye 54.0% 2010 up 6.9% rising
8 Honduras 52.9% 2010 down 2.6% rising
9 Cambodia 52.8% 2010 up 21.5% volatile
10 Costa Rica 52.0% 2010 up 1.0% falling
11 Malawi 50.3% 2010 up 24.6% rising
12 Kenya 49.4% 2010 up 5.3% volatile
13 Indonesia 49.3% 2010 down 2.1% rising
14 Zambia 49.0% 2010 down 0.7% rising
15 Uganda 47.9% 2010 up 0.4% rising
16 Uruguay 47.6% 2010 down 4.5% falling
17 Ecuador 47.6% 2010 up 18.0% falling
18 Namibia 47.3% 2010 up 0.6% rising
19 Myanmar 46.8% 2010 up 17.7% rising
20 Portugal 43.3% 2010 down 19.2% rising
21 Argentina 42.3% 2010 down 14.4% falling
22 Guatemala 41.7% 2010 up 9.1% rising
23 Papua New Guinea 40.6% 2010 up 48.2% volatile
24 Maldives 40.6% 2010 up 46.5% rising
25 Mauritius 40.5% 2010 down 17.1% rising
26 Syrian Arab Republic 40.0% 2010 down 7.1% volatile
27 Zimbabwe 39.7% 2010 down 11.8% rising
28 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 38.9% 2010 up 3.5% rising
29 Trinidad and Tobago 38.4% 2010 down 16.4% falling
30 Nicaragua 37.1% 2010 up 0.7% rising
31 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 36.7% 2010 down 26.6% rising
32 Greece 36.7% 2010 up 4.9% falling
33 Algeria 36.6% 2010 up 20.0% volatile
34 Kuwait 36.0% 2010 up 83.0% volatile
35 Peru 35.9% 2010 up 15.8% falling
36 Brazil 35.8% 2010 down 25.7% rising
37 Mexico 35.3% 2010 down 18.2% falling
38 Colombia 35.2% 2010 down 25.6% falling
39 Rwanda 35.1% 2010 up 27.0% volatile
40 Dominican Republic 34.5% 2010 down 50.0% flat
41 Guyana 34.4% 2010 down 16.8% falling
42 Mauritania 33.9% 2010 up 8.6% rising
43 Iraq 33.4% 2010 up 32.9% volatile
44 Malta 33.0% 2010 up 12.1% falling
45 Lao People's Democratic Republic 32.7% 2010 up 2.8% rising
46 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 32.5% 2010 up 12.3% volatile
47 Spain 32.5% 2010 up 27.5% falling
48 Iceland 32.1% 2010 down 23.9% falling
49 Qatar 32.0% 2010 up 307.9% volatile
50 Panama 31.8% 2010 down 7.8% falling
51 New Zealand 31.6% 2010 down 9.3% falling
52 Fiji 31.6% 2010 up 22.0% falling
53 China 31.6% 2010 down 13.9% rising
54 Eswatini 31.4% 2010 up 14.0% rising
55 Viet Nam 30.8% 2010 down 45.9% rising
56 Philippines 30.6% 2010 down 20.3% falling
57 Tunisia 30.3% 2010 up 14.8% volatile
58 Gabon 30.2% 2010 down 1.4% rising
59 Burundi 29.8% 2010 up 66.2% volatile
60 Austria 29.7% 2010 down 25.0% falling
61 Côte d'Ivoire 28.1% 2010 up 33.6% volatile
62 Cyprus 26.4% 2010 up 6.1% falling
63 Haiti 25.6% 2010 up 1.2% rising
64 Luxembourg 24.9% 2010 down 32.3% falling
65 Macau, China 24.5% 2010 down 39.1% falling
66 Chile 23.3% 2010 down 36.7% falling
66 Saudi Arabia 23.3% 2010 down 9.1% rising
68 Malaysia 23.0% 2010 down 18.8% rising
69 Central African Republic 22.9% 2010 up 30.3% rising
70 Italy 22.5% 2010 down 26.5% falling
71 France 22.0% 2010 down 24.4% falling
72 Sudan 21.9% 2010 up 30.7% volatile
73 Iran, Islamic Republic of 21.9% 2010 down 10.8% volatile
74 Senegal 21.1% 2010 up 17.6% falling
75 Poland 20.9% 2010 down 18.4% falling
76 Jamaica 20.9% 2010 down 31.3% falling
77 Togo 20.5% 2010 up 3.6% volatile
78 Hong Kong, China 20.5% 2010 up 9.9% falling
79 Sri Lanka 19.9% 2010 up 22.6% falling
80 Bangladesh 19.3% 2010 down 9.6% rising
81 South Africa 19.1% 2010 down 19.9% flat
82 Congo 17.7% 2010 up 50.2% rising
83 Ireland 17.6% 2010 down 18.5% falling
84 United Arab Emirates 17.6% 2010 up 23.1% volatile
85 Belgium 17.5% 2010 down 14.9% falling
86 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17.1% 2010 down 49.9% falling
87 Nepal 16.7% 2010 up 72.2% volatile
88 Belize 16.1% 2010 down 64.6% falling
89 Sierra Leone 16.0% 2010 up 20.7% volatile
90 Cuba 15.6% 2010 down 16.7% falling
91 Morocco 15.4% 2010 up 28.0% volatile
92 Mozambique 15.2% 2010 up 45.2% rising
93 Jordan 15.1% 2010 down 12.8% rising
94 Republic of Korea 14.8% 2010 down 19.8% falling
95 Liberia 14.7% 2010 up 39.9% volatile
96 Romania 13.6% 2010 down 31.3% volatile
97 India 13.6% 2010 down 16.3% rising
98 Brunei Darussalam 13.4% 2010 down 4.5% rising
99 Serbia 13.3% 2010 down 68.4% falling
99 Sweden 13.3% 2010 down 29.1% volatile
101 Benin 13.2% 2010 up 16.6% rising
102 Japan 12.9% 2010 down 42.9% falling
103 Libya 12.8% 2010 down 32.8% volatile
104 Albania 12.6% 2010 down 53.1% falling
105 Netherlands 12.2% 2010 down 27.1% volatile
106 Israel 12.1% 2010 down 43.9% falling
107 Croatia 11.9% 2010 down 64.0% falling
108 Ghana 11.8% 2010 down 10.8% rising
109 Tonga 11.6% 2010 down 59.7% falling
110 Pakistan 11.2% 2010 up 63.1% rising
111 Lithuania 10.7% 2010 down 30.6% falling
112 Barbados 10.5% 2010 down 50.8% volatile
113 Niger 10.4% 2010 up 34.0% volatile
114 Botswana 10.4% 2010 down 33.2% falling
115 Mongolia 10.2% 2010 down 33.5% falling
116 Afghanistan 9.8% 2010 up 96.6% volatile
117 Denmark 8.9% 2010 down 47.5% volatile
118 Egypt 8.5% 2010 up 3.9% volatile
119 Singapore 7.5% 2010 down 41.7% rising
120 Bahrain 7.2% 2010 down 17.9% rising
121 Mali 7.1% 2010 down 35.9% volatile
122 Russian Federation 6.8% 2010 down 34.5% volatile
123 Bulgaria 6.6% 2010 down 83.2% falling
124 Australia 6.4% 2010 down 40.9% volatile
125 Republic of Moldova 6.4% 2010 down 57.9% falling
126 Ukraine 6.1% 2010 down 55.3% volatile
127 Yemen 6.0% 2010 up 137.3% volatile
128 Canada 5.5% 2010 down 48.5% volatile
129 Armenia 5.4% 2010 down 39.8% volatile
130 Latvia 4.8% 2010 down 70.5% volatile
131 Estonia 4.7% 2010 down 60.3% volatile
132 Kazakhstan 4.6% 2010 down 58.2% volatile
132 Slovenia 4.6% 2010 down 41.3% volatile
134 Tajikistan 4.4% 2010 down 50.6% falling
135 Kyrgyzstan 4.1% 2010 down 79.3% falling
136 Switzerland 3.5% 2010 down 88.2% falling
137 Gambia 2.5% 2010 down 27.4% volatile
138 United States of America 2.4% 2010 down 20.1% volatile
139 Hungary 2.4% 2010 down 84.8% volatile
140 Germany 1.9% 2010 down 93.4% volatile
141 Slovakia 0.9% 2010 down 97.2% volatile
142 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 98.9% volatile
143 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 78.8% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Primary
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 primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)