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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
63.8%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
11.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 63.8% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.9%, and the mean is 14.5%.

Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 884.6%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 63.8% 2010 up 21.4% volatile
2 United States of America 58.0% 2010 up 13.2% rising
3 Canada 50.6% 2010 up 93.9% volatile
4 Israel 45.8% 2010 up 23.5% volatile
5 Ireland 45.5% 2010 up 78.2% volatile
6 Ukraine 43.2% 2010 up 14.2% volatile
7 Australia 41.6% 2010 up 63.1% rising
8 New Zealand 40.6% 2010 up 9.9% volatile
9 Estonia 40.5% 2010 up 30.7% volatile
10 Finland 34.4% 2010 up 22.6% volatile
11 Singapore 34.0% 2010 up 121.8% volatile
12 Republic of Korea 33.4% 2010 up 72.6% volatile
13 Lithuania 32.4% 2010 up 92.2% volatile
14 Sweden 31.7% 2010 up 31.6% volatile
15 Norway 31.3% 2010 up 29.6% volatile
16 Qatar 30.9% 2010 up 49.4% volatile
17 Cyprus 30.4% 2010 up 30.8% volatile
18 Belgium 30.1% 2010 up 26.2% volatile
19 Denmark 29.5% 2010 up 47.6% volatile
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 28.1% 2010 up 26.8% volatile
21 Iceland 27.9% 2010 up 58.4% volatile
22 Japan 27.7% 2010 up 19.0% volatile
23 Luxembourg 27.0% 2010 up 93.5% volatile
24 Mongolia 26.8% 2010 up 129.2% volatile
25 Panama 26.7% 2010 up 21.4% volatile
26 Bulgaria 26.4% 2010 up 32.6% volatile
27 Greece 26.0% 2010 up 92.6% volatile
28 Philippines 26.0% 2010 down 0.2% rising
29 Netherlands 25.8% 2010 up 34.1% volatile
30 Switzerland 25.4% 2010 up 116.3% volatile
31 Spain 25.2% 2010 up 39.8% volatile
32 Slovenia 24.7% 2010 up 60.5% volatile
33 France 24.7% 2010 up 46.1% volatile
34 Kazakhstan 24.4% 2010 up 45.7% volatile
35 Poland 23.2% 2010 up 77.4% volatile
36 United Arab Emirates 22.7% 2010 up 8.0% volatile
37 Libya 22.1% 2010 up 324.3% volatile
38 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 21.0% 2010 up 76.3% volatile
39 Armenia 20.7% 2010 up 6.2% rising
40 Colombia 20.3% 2010 up 110.2% volatile
41 Hungary 20.2% 2010 up 73.5% volatile
41 Latvia 20.2% 2010 up 30.3% rising
43 Peru 19.9% 2010 down 15.5% volatile
44 Germany 19.2% 2010 up 36.6% volatile
45 Costa Rica 19.2% 2010 up 35.5% volatile
46 Kyrgyzstan 18.8% 2010 up 24.9% rising
47 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 18.5% 2010 up 27.1% volatile
48 Croatia 18.3% 2010 up 108.1% volatile
49 Republic of Moldova 18.1% 2010 up 47.8% rising
50 Chile 17.9% 2010 down 7.3% volatile
51 Slovakia 17.9% 2010 up 79.2% volatile
52 Gabon 17.9% 2010 up 25.6% volatile
53 Jamaica 17.8% 2010 up 17.6% volatile
54 Macau, China 17.6% 2010 up 91.3% volatile
55 Mexico 16.5% 2010 up 70.6% volatile
56 Iran, Islamic Republic of 16.4% 2010 up 120.7% volatile
57 Malaysia 15.7% 2010 up 123.0% volatile
58 Czechia 15.2% 2010 up 62.3% volatile
59 Hong Kong, China 15.2% 2010 up 19.2% volatile
59 Serbia 15.2% 2010 up 25.8% volatile
61 Sri Lanka 14.8% 2010 up 8.2% volatile
62 Portugal 14.5% 2010 up 24.9% volatile
63 Austria 14.1% 2010 up 52.6% volatile
63 Saudi Arabia 14.1% 2010 up 24.4% volatile
65 Thailand 13.2% 2010 up 158.0% volatile
66 Argentina 13.0% 2010 up 1.4% volatile
67 Jordan 12.9% 2010 up 45.9% volatile
68 Brazil 12.5% 2010 up 63.5% volatile
69 Italy 12.5% 2010 up 37.1% volatile
70 Cuba 12.4% 2010 up 30.3% volatile
71 Fiji 12.1% 2010 up 42.0% volatile
72 Malta 12.1% 2010 up 90.7% volatile
73 Ecuador 11.8% 2010 down 18.5% volatile
74 Dominican Republic 11.7% 2010 up 9.6% volatile
75 Paraguay 11.7% 2010 up 58.5% volatile
76 Kuwait 11.6% 2010 up 2.1% volatile
77 Nicaragua 11.3% 2010 up 33.5% volatile
78 Romania 11.3% 2010 up 40.6% volatile
79 Uruguay 11.2% 2010 up 61.6% rising
80 Bahrain 10.8% 2010 down 20.7% volatile
81 Tunisia 10.8% 2010 up 187.3% volatile
82 Iraq 10.3% 2010 up 55.5% volatile
82 Trinidad and Tobago 10.3% 2010 up 95.1% volatile
84 Brunei Darussalam 10.2% 2010 up 45.5% volatile
85 Algeria 10.0% 2010 up 144.3% volatile
86 Türkiye 8.4% 2010 up 26.9% volatile
87 Indonesia 6.9% 2010 up 250.8% volatile
88 Egypt 6.9% 2010 up 123.0% volatile
89 Kenya 6.8% 2010 up 120.2% volatile
90 Morocco 6.5% 2010 up 35.3% volatile
91 El Salvador 6.1% 2010 down 26.2% volatile
92 Viet Nam 5.8% 2010 up 105.0% volatile
93 South Africa 5.7% 2010 down 33.0% volatile
94 India 5.6% 2010 up 5.3% volatile
95 Belize 5.6% 2010 down 12.2% volatile
96 Tajikistan 5.4% 2010 down 13.6% rising
97 Tonga 5.4% 2010 down 28.5% volatile
98 Honduras 4.9% 2010 up 24.7% volatile
99 Pakistan 4.5% 2010 up 6.6% volatile
100 Syrian Arab Republic 4.4% 2010 up 65.7% volatile
101 Myanmar 4.2% 2010 up 66.0% volatile
102 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.1% 2010 up 53.9% volatile
103 Mauritius 4.1% 2010 up 167.1% volatile
104 Bangladesh 3.7% 2010 up 6.3% volatile
105 Côte d'Ivoire 3.4% 2010 up 38.9% volatile
106 Botswana 3.3% 2010 down 0.9% volatile
107 Barbados 3.0% 2010 up 166.7% volatile
108 China 3.0% 2010 down 2.6% volatile
109 Afghanistan 3.0% 2010 up 22.1% volatile
110 Sudan 2.9% 2010 up 217.6% volatile
111 Liberia 2.9% 2010 up 52.7% volatile
112 Mali 2.6% 2010 up 884.6% volatile
113 Namibia 2.4% 2010 down 18.7% rising
114 Yemen 2.1% 2010 up 247.5% volatile
115 Uganda 1.9% 2010 down 37.6% volatile
116 Cameroon 1.9% 2010 up 795.2% volatile
117 Lesotho 1.9% 2010 up 43.8% volatile
118 Ghana 1.7% 2010 down 37.7% volatile
119 Senegal 1.6% 2010 up 201.9% volatile
120 Albania 1.5% 2010 down 73.5% volatile
121 Nepal 1.5% 2010 up 22.5% volatile
122 Maldives 1.4% 2010 up 70.9% volatile
123 Haiti 1.3% 2010 up 48.9% volatile
124 Papua New Guinea 1.3% 2010 up 42.9% volatile
125 Eswatini 1.2% 2010 down 34.5% volatile
126 Congo 1.1% 2010 down 23.8% volatile
127 Gambia 1.1% 2010 down 12.0% volatile
128 Benin 1.1% 2010 up 36.2% volatile
129 Zambia 1.0% 2010 down 25.2% volatile
130 Cambodia 1.0% 2010 up 433.3% volatile
130 Togo 1.0% 2010 up 41.2% volatile
132 Central African Republic 0.8% 2010 up 5.1% volatile
133 Mauritania 0.8% 2010 up 54.9% volatile
134 Rwanda 0.8% 2010 up 381.2% volatile
135 Zimbabwe 0.7% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
136 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7% 2010 down 3.0% volatile
137 Sierra Leone 0.6% 2010 up 121.4% volatile
138 Niger 0.6% 2010 up 87.5% volatile
139 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6% 2010 up 46.2% volatile
140 Burundi 0.5% 2010 up 96.3% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.3% 2010 up 105.9% volatile
142 Guyana 0.3% 2010 up 170.0% volatile
143 Malawi 0.2% 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+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Tertiary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of female population age 25+ with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)