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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of female population age 30-34 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
70.3%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
15.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 70.3% in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.5%, and the mean is 20.4%.

Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 746.5%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 70.3% 2010 down 0.3% rising
2 Cameroon 65.5% 2010 up 5.5% volatile
3 Lesotho 65.0% 2010 up 14.5% falling
4 Myanmar 61.0% 2010 up 34.7% rising
5 Papua New Guinea 60.6% 2010 up 144.0% volatile
6 Cambodia 59.9% 2010 up 12.2% volatile
7 Malawi 56.8% 2010 up 16.4% rising
8 Uganda 55.3% 2010 down 3.1% rising
9 Kenya 55.2% 2010 down 18.3% rising
10 Maldives 55.1% 2010 up 22.2% rising
11 Paraguay 53.6% 2010 down 16.5% falling
12 Honduras 53.0% 2010 down 2.3% rising
13 Türkiye 52.5% 2010 down 11.0% rising
14 Syrian Arab Republic 50.3% 2010 down 18.0% volatile
15 Zambia 47.0% 2010 down 17.1% rising
16 Namibia 46.8% 2010 down 3.7% rising
17 El Salvador 46.6% 2010 up 1.7% rising
18 Iraq 46.0% 2010 up 18.0% volatile
19 Guatemala 45.9% 2010 up 1.1% rising
20 Burundi 45.7% 2010 up 122.0% volatile
21 Indonesia 44.3% 2010 down 16.5% rising
22 Costa Rica 43.8% 2010 down 4.2% falling
23 Algeria 43.2% 2010 up 11.6% volatile
24 Rwanda 42.5% 2010 up 19.3% volatile
25 Ecuador 42.1% 2010 up 25.2% falling
26 Eswatini 40.4% 2010 up 17.6% rising
27 Kuwait 40.0% 2010 up 87.9% volatile
28 Haiti 39.5% 2010 up 13.7% volatile
29 Tunisia 37.6% 2010 up 0.5% volatile
30 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 37.3% 2010 up 31.8% volatile
31 Côte d'Ivoire 37.0% 2010 up 22.7% volatile
32 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 36.6% 2010 down 8.8% rising
33 Nicaragua 35.8% 2010 down 2.4% rising
34 Mauritania 35.5% 2010 up 6.5% rising
35 Central African Republic 33.6% 2010 up 48.9% volatile
36 Thailand 33.3% 2010 down 46.8% falling
37 Uruguay 32.5% 2010 down 19.1% falling
38 Lao People's Democratic Republic 32.2% 2010 down 11.4% rising
39 Gabon 30.6% 2010 up 11.6% rising
40 Peru 30.5% 2010 up 12.7% falling
41 Qatar 30.1% 2010 up 270.8% volatile
42 Brazil 29.0% 2010 down 41.3% falling
43 Zimbabwe 28.7% 2010 down 11.2% falling
44 Mauritius 28.2% 2010 down 37.9% falling
45 Congo 28.2% 2010 up 746.5% volatile
46 Senegal 27.8% 2010 up 33.1% falling
47 Argentina 27.6% 2010 down 20.5% falling
48 Togo 27.1% 2010 down 13.1% volatile
49 Sudan 26.8% 2010 up 10.1% volatile
50 Mexico 26.7% 2010 down 19.3% falling
51 Sierra Leone 25.8% 2010 up 48.6% volatile
52 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 25.8% 2010 down 39.7% falling
53 Mozambique 25.5% 2010 up 78.1% rising
54 Guyana 24.4% 2010 down 34.8% falling
55 Iran, Islamic Republic of 24.1% 2010 down 28.9% volatile
56 Panama 23.5% 2010 down 9.8% falling
57 Bangladesh 23.2% 2010 up 1.4% rising
58 Colombia 22.9% 2010 down 44.8% falling
59 Dominican Republic 22.4% 2010 down 52.2% falling
60 Nepal 22.1% 2010 up 59.6% volatile
61 Brunei Darussalam 21.9% 2010 up 199.7% falling
61 Saudi Arabia 21.9% 2010 down 26.3% rising
63 Viet Nam 21.4% 2010 down 62.0% falling
64 Portugal 21.3% 2010 down 48.6% falling
65 Morocco 19.5% 2010 up 11.1% volatile
66 Philippines 19.0% 2010 down 28.0% falling
67 Liberia 18.9% 2010 up 19.9% volatile
68 New Zealand 18.3% 2010 down 12.8% rising
69 Benin 18.0% 2010 up 25.9% volatile
70 Iceland 17.8% 2010 down 13.8% falling
71 United Arab Emirates 16.9% 2010 up 17.9% volatile
72 Fiji 15.5% 2010 up 3.5% volatile
73 India 15.5% 2010 up 6.0% rising
74 Trinidad and Tobago 15.3% 2010 down 30.1% falling
75 China 15.1% 2010 down 56.4% falling
76 Belize 14.9% 2010 down 62.5% falling
77 Pakistan 13.9% 2010 up 63.0% rising
78 Niger 13.6% 2010 up 11.2% volatile
79 Egypt 13.1% 2010 up 155.5% volatile
80 Ghana 12.9% 2010 down 10.6% rising
81 Yemen 12.7% 2010 up 164.9% volatile
82 Malaysia 11.5% 2010 down 30.8% falling
83 Jordan 11.2% 2010 up 23.7% rising
84 Cuba 10.0% 2010 up 1.3% volatile
85 South Africa 9.6% 2010 down 52.4% falling
86 Macau, China 9.4% 2010 down 69.1% falling
87 Bahrain 9.3% 2010 up 9.6% rising
88 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8.4% 2010 down 29.3% volatile
89 Greece 8.1% 2010 down 43.0% volatile
90 Sri Lanka 8.0% 2010 down 22.4% falling
91 Mali 7.8% 2010 down 53.0% volatile
92 Mongolia 6.8% 2010 up 98.0% volatile
93 Luxembourg 6.7% 2010 down 62.3% volatile
94 Spain 6.7% 2010 down 40.9% volatile
95 Chile 6.4% 2010 down 76.6% falling
96 Jamaica 5.9% 2010 down 43.4% volatile
97 Israel 5.7% 2010 down 58.6% volatile
98 Cyprus 5.5% 2010 down 12.6% volatile
99 Poland 5.0% 2010 down 42.7% volatile
100 Hong Kong, China 4.8% 2010 down 45.7% volatile
101 Afghanistan 4.5% 2010 down 34.2% volatile
102 Belgium 4.2% 2010 up 31.3% volatile
103 Bulgaria 4.2% 2010 down 77.1% volatile
104 Netherlands 3.3% 2010 down 43.6% volatile
105 Australia 3.2% 2010 down 35.9% volatile
106 Tonga 3.1% 2010 down 76.4% volatile
107 Ireland 3.0% 2010 down 31.9% volatile
108 Malta 2.8% 2010 down 38.2% volatile
109 France 2.8% 2010 down 79.9% volatile
110 Libya 2.7% 2010 down 91.2% volatile
111 Slovakia 2.7% 2010 down 70.0% volatile
112 Romania 2.6% 2010 up 10.0% volatile
113 Sweden 2.4% 2010 up 116.1% volatile
114 Italy 2.2% 2010 down 54.7% volatile
115 Japan 2.1% 2010 down 58.9% volatile
116 Germany 2.0% 2010 down 86.7% volatile
117 Albania 1.9% 2010 down 40.7% volatile
118 United States of America 1.9% 2010 down 14.5% volatile
119 Barbados 1.8% 2010 down 73.8% volatile
120 Singapore 1.8% 2010 down 75.4% volatile
121 Switzerland 1.6% 2010 down 91.1% volatile
122 Armenia 1.6% 2010 up 27.9% volatile
123 Ukraine 1.3% 2010 up 133.3% volatile
124 Latvia 1.3% 2010 up 182.6% volatile
125 Tajikistan 1.2% 2010 up 1.7% volatile
126 Republic of Moldova 0.9% 2010 down 25.2% volatile
127 Hungary 0.8% 2010 down 53.9% volatile
127 Serbia 0.8% 2010 down 96.4% volatile
129 Canada 0.8% 2010 down 59.7% volatile
130 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2010 down 91.9% volatile
131 Russian Federation 0.7% 2010 up 38.0% volatile
132 Estonia 0.6% 2010 up 22.9% volatile
133 Croatia 0.6% 2010 down 95.9% volatile
134 Lithuania 0.5% 2010 up 75.0% volatile
135 Gambia 0.3% 2010 down 92.0% volatile
136 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 95.5% volatile
137 Slovenia 0.3% 2010 down 55.0% volatile
138 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2010 down 82.8% volatile
139 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 99.4% volatile
139 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 73.1% volatile
141 Botswana 0.1% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
142 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 75.0% volatile
143 Denmark 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 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 30-34 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)