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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary by country

Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
71.4%
Tajikistan
Lowest
0.6%
Mozambique
Median
22.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 71.4% in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0.6% in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 22.8%, and the mean is 24.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 117.

Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 653.2%), and the largest decrease in Sri Lanka (down 62.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tajikistan 71.4% 2010 up 5.9% volatile
2 Kyrgyzstan 68.3% 2010 up 31.3% volatile
3 Czechia 68.0% 2010 up 7.8% volatile
4 Kazakhstan 65.4% 2010 up 10.7% volatile
5 Armenia 64.9% 2010 up 5.4% rising
6 Slovakia 62.5% 2010 up 64.0% volatile
7 Germany 55.9% 2010 up 63.5% volatile
8 Poland 55.5% 2010 down 1.3% volatile
9 Republic of Moldova 53.6% 2010 up 35.0% volatile
10 South Africa 52.3% 2010 up 209.0% volatile
11 Switzerland 52.3% 2010 up 58.6% rising
12 Tonga 49.8% 2010 up 397.5% volatile
13 Hungary 49.0% 2010 up 31.1% volatile
14 Slovenia 48.6% 2010 up 4.2% volatile
15 Lithuania 46.8% 2010 down 5.7% rising
16 Romania 46.6% 2010 up 28.5% volatile
17 Trinidad and Tobago 46.4% 2010 up 105.6% volatile
18 Sweden 45.1% 2010 down 2.5% rising
19 Croatia 44.9% 2010 up 63.5% volatile
20 Mongolia 44.4% 2010 up 0.8% volatile
21 Estonia 43.8% 2010 up 6.6% rising
22 Bulgaria 42.7% 2010 up 79.9% volatile
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 42.0% 2010 up 540.4% volatile
24 Latvia 41.7% 2010 up 20.6% volatile
25 Serbia 41.6% 2010 up 97.5% volatile
26 Japan 41.3% 2010 up 14.6% rising
27 Hong Kong, China 40.2% 2010 up 54.1% volatile
28 Norway 38.9% 2010 up 31.3% volatile
29 United Arab Emirates 38.7% 2010 up 18.8% volatile
30 Albania 37.2% 2010 up 40.7% volatile
31 Netherlands 36.5% 2010 down 0.8% volatile
32 Ukraine 36.2% 2010 up 22.5% rising
33 Denmark 36.0% 2010 up 1.9% volatile
34 Mauritius 35.3% 2010 up 126.3% volatile
35 United States of America 35.3% 2010 up 6.6% falling
36 Finland 35.3% 2010 up 98.1% volatile
37 Austria 35.2% 2010 up 9.7% rising
38 Republic of Korea 34.4% 2010 up 0.1% volatile
39 Guyana 34.4% 2010 up 26.6% volatile
40 Chile 34.0% 2010 up 32.4% rising
41 Malaysia 34.0% 2010 up 28.9% volatile
42 France 34.0% 2010 up 14.4% volatile
43 Cuba 33.1% 2010 up 8.0% volatile
44 Bahrain 32.4% 2010 up 2.0% volatile
45 Jamaica 32.0% 2010 up 26.3% volatile
46 Israel 31.9% 2010 up 7.7% rising
47 Cyprus 31.9% 2010 up 17.8% volatile
48 Belize 31.7% 2010 up 128.1% volatile
49 Italy 31.6% 2010 up 28.1% volatile
50 Argentina 31.3% 2010 up 35.3% rising
51 Brunei Darussalam 31.0% 2010 up 6.0% volatile
52 Fiji 30.4% 2010 down 3.0% volatile
53 Australia 30.2% 2010 down 41.8% rising
54 Belgium 29.7% 2010 up 15.5% volatile
55 Singapore 28.6% 2010 down 20.5% volatile
56 Macau, China 28.4% 2010 up 74.5% volatile
57 Canada 28.1% 2010 down 10.2% rising
58 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 28.0% 2010 up 189.1% volatile
59 Peru 27.7% 2010 up 37.3% volatile
60 Jordan 27.1% 2010 up 3.7% volatile
61 Botswana 26.2% 2010 up 20.1% volatile
62 Iceland 25.9% 2010 up 4.7% rising
63 Barbados 25.8% 2010 up 6.6% rising
64 Luxembourg 25.7% 2010 up 3.0% rising
65 Greece 25.4% 2010 down 1.1% rising
66 Brazil 25.1% 2010 up 69.8% volatile
67 Dominican Republic 23.6% 2010 up 151.2% volatile
68 Panama 23.4% 2010 up 22.0% rising
69 Libya 23.4% 2010 up 23.8% volatile
70 Iran, Islamic Republic of 23.4% 2010 up 35.8% volatile
71 Qatar 23.0% 2010 up 7.1% rising
72 Philippines 22.8% 2010 up 37.1% rising
73 Ireland 22.8% 2010 down 12.3% rising
74 Saudi Arabia 22.7% 2010 up 73.4% volatile
75 Colombia 21.9% 2010 up 24.1% volatile
76 Ecuador 21.7% 2010 up 43.8% volatile
77 Egypt 21.2% 2010 up 59.8% volatile
78 Gabon 21.1% 2010 up 40.0% volatile
79 Kuwait 20.5% 2010 down 4.0% rising
80 Russian Federation 19.8% 2010 down 20.1% rising
81 El Salvador 19.6% 2010 up 122.6% volatile
82 Uruguay 18.6% 2010 up 10.9% rising
83 Bangladesh 18.1% 2010 up 83.2% volatile
84 Spain 17.7% 2010 up 41.1% volatile
85 Indonesia 16.9% 2010 up 125.4% volatile
86 Namibia 16.8% 2010 up 30.2% rising
87 Paraguay 16.7% 2010 up 26.8% volatile
88 Costa Rica 16.2% 2010 up 8.1% volatile
89 China 16.2% 2010 down 13.2% volatile
90 Viet Nam 15.5% 2010 up 106.5% volatile
91 Sri Lanka 15.4% 2010 down 62.0% volatile
92 Honduras 14.8% 2010 up 21.8% volatile
93 Mexico 14.6% 2010 up 8.7% volatile
94 Nicaragua 14.6% 2010 up 42.2% volatile
95 Syrian Arab Republic 14.3% 2010 up 246.5% volatile
96 Myanmar 13.8% 2010 up 41.7% volatile
97 Lesotho 13.6% 2010 down 36.1% volatile
98 India 13.4% 2010 up 21.8% volatile
99 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 13.4% 2010 down 34.3% volatile
100 Türkiye 13.3% 2010 up 89.3% volatile
101 Thailand 13.3% 2010 up 139.3% volatile
102 Guatemala 13.2% 2010 up 38.5% volatile
103 Ghana 13.0% 2010 up 15.8% volatile
104 Algeria 12.8% 2010 up 22.4% volatile
105 Portugal 12.7% 2010 down 7.4% volatile
106 Zambia 12.0% 2010 up 31.4% volatile
107 New Zealand 11.7% 2010 down 32.4% falling
108 Tunisia 11.5% 2010 up 32.3% volatile
109 Malta 11.3% 2010 down 54.8% rising
110 Kenya 11.2% 2010 up 201.3% volatile
111 Cameroon 11.2% 2010 up 38.3% volatile
112 Pakistan 10.1% 2010 up 86.9% volatile
113 Iraq 10.1% 2010 up 30.4% volatile
114 Nepal 9.6% 2010 up 132.7% volatile
115 Liberia 8.8% 2010 up 72.2% volatile
116 Morocco 8.1% 2010 up 52.8% volatile
117 Zimbabwe 8.0% 2010 up 46.7% volatile
118 Maldives 7.8% 2010 up 81.0% falling
119 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 7.1% 2010 up 25.6% volatile
120 Benin 7.0% 2010 up 87.7% volatile
121 Congo 6.3% 2010 down 29.2% volatile
122 Uganda 6.0% 2010 up 653.2% volatile
123 Malawi 5.6% 2010 up 164.3% volatile
124 Central African Republic 5.3% 2010 up 52.6% volatile
125 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.6% 2010 up 52.7% volatile
126 Côte d'Ivoire 4.3% 2010 up 107.1% volatile
127 Mauritania 4.3% 2010 up 84.5% volatile
128 Rwanda 4.3% 2010 up 66.3% volatile
129 Mali 3.8% 2010 up 452.9% volatile
130 Yemen 3.7% 2010 up 255.2% volatile
131 Sudan 3.6% 2010 down 1.4% volatile
132 Papua New Guinea 3.6% 2010 down 0.3% volatile
133 Eswatini 3.5% 2010 down 31.9% volatile
134 Sierra Leone 3.0% 2010 up 50.2% volatile
135 Burundi 2.8% 2010 up 80.9% volatile
136 Gambia 2.6% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
136 Haiti 2.6% 2010 down 15.4% rising
138 Cambodia 2.4% 2010 up 80.8% volatile
139 Togo 2.3% 2010 down 40.5% volatile
140 Afghanistan 1.7% 2010 up 53.2% volatile
141 Senegal 1.6% 2010 down 24.7% volatile
142 Niger 1.1% 2010 up 76.7% volatile
143 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8% 2010 up 203.6% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.6% 2010 up 3.4% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary
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 secondary schooling. Completed Secondary