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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
97.2%
Botswana
Lowest
1.1%
Mozambique
Median
43.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 97.2% in Botswana; the lowest is 1.1% in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 43.9%, and the mean is 43.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 88.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 907.1%), and the largest decrease in Papua New Guinea (down 87.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Botswana 97.2% 2010 up 20.1% volatile
2 Barbados 96.7% 2010 up 5.4% rising
3 Tajikistan 95.9% 2010 up 3.9% rising
4 Albania 93.4% 2010 up 5.3% volatile
5 Tonga 90.1% 2010 up 17.6% rising
6 Latvia 87.6% 2010 up 13.2% rising
7 Cuba 84.2% 2010 up 11.5% volatile
8 South Africa 84.0% 2010 up 48.0% rising
9 Armenia 82.1% 2010 up 9.5% rising
10 Kyrgyzstan 80.2% 2010 up 4.8% rising
11 Belize 78.9% 2010 up 61.0% volatile
12 China 77.5% 2010 up 36.6% volatile
13 Romania 76.5% 2010 down 10.8% rising
14 Republic of Moldova 76.1% 2010 down 9.7% rising
15 Malta 74.8% 2010 down 10.6% volatile
16 Czechia 73.8% 2010 down 14.4% rising
17 Serbia 73.1% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
18 Italy 72.7% 2010 down 6.9% rising
19 Trinidad and Tobago 71.8% 2010 up 0.9% volatile
20 Guyana 71.3% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
21 Slovakia 70.8% 2010 down 5.8% rising
22 Jordan 70.7% 2010 up 8.4% volatile
23 Austria 69.6% 2010 up 15.0% rising
24 Zimbabwe 69.2% 2010 up 11.8% volatile
25 Sri Lanka 67.7% 2010 up 10.2% rising
26 Jamaica 67.5% 2010 up 1.5% volatile
27 Croatia 67.2% 2010 down 10.5% rising
28 Hong Kong, China 66.7% 2010 up 3.5% rising
29 Chile 66.7% 2010 up 46.5% rising
30 Germany 66.6% 2010 up 8.7% volatile
31 Kazakhstan 65.6% 2010 down 17.8% rising
32 Hungary 65.6% 2010 down 18.4% volatile
33 Viet Nam 64.7% 2010 up 84.2% volatile
34 Mauritius 63.3% 2010 up 27.6% volatile
35 Fiji 62.7% 2010 down 13.2% volatile
36 Malaysia 61.7% 2010 down 6.2% volatile
37 Ukraine 60.5% 2010 up 30.1% rising
38 Macau, China 57.5% 2010 up 6.9% volatile
39 Mongolia 56.5% 2010 down 31.8% volatile
40 Dominican Republic 55.9% 2010 up 48.4% volatile
41 Uruguay 53.0% 2010 up 4.0% rising
42 Bulgaria 52.9% 2010 up 1.1% rising
43 Switzerland 52.7% 2010 down 4.6% rising
44 Argentina 52.6% 2010 up 20.6% rising
45 Slovenia 52.1% 2010 down 28.7% rising
46 United Arab Emirates 51.6% 2010 up 5.0% volatile
47 Netherlands 51.5% 2010 down 20.3% rising
48 Brazil 51.4% 2010 up 47.8% volatile
49 Poland 51.3% 2010 down 28.2% rising
50 Egypt 50.6% 2010 up 18.0% volatile
51 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 50.2% 2010 down 16.7% rising
52 Ghana 50.0% 2010 up 10.5% volatile
53 Philippines 49.2% 2010 up 32.0% rising
54 Bahrain 49.1% 2010 down 6.3% volatile
55 Estonia 49.1% 2010 down 15.8% rising
56 Mexico 48.9% 2010 up 1.6% volatile
57 France 48.7% 2010 down 19.7% rising
58 Denmark 47.9% 2010 down 28.3% rising
59 Portugal 47.8% 2010 up 32.4% volatile
60 Finland 47.3% 2010 up 15.3% rising
61 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 47.1% 2010 up 48.7% rising
62 Sweden 47.1% 2010 down 33.5% rising
63 Spain 46.7% 2010 down 8.4% volatile
64 Lithuania 46.2% 2010 down 40.8% rising
65 Australia 45.9% 2010 down 25.2% falling
66 Cyprus 45.3% 2010 down 15.1% rising
67 Iran, Islamic Republic of 45.2% 2010 up 26.2% volatile
68 Libya 45.1% 2010 down 0.8% volatile
69 Gabon 44.6% 2010 up 16.4% volatile
70 Greece 44.5% 2010 down 23.0% rising
71 Colombia 44.2% 2010 up 10.8% rising
72 Saudi Arabia 43.9% 2010 up 54.8% volatile
73 Indonesia 43.8% 2010 up 170.9% volatile
74 Brunei Darussalam 43.6% 2010 down 33.9% volatile
75 Kuwait 43.4% 2010 up 9.7% rising
76 Belgium 43.2% 2010 down 20.8% rising
77 El Salvador 42.0% 2010 up 65.9% volatile
78 Peru 41.5% 2010 up 30.0% rising
79 Namibia 40.6% 2010 up 20.5% rising
80 Thailand 40.5% 2010 up 117.3% volatile
81 Norway 40.1% 2010 down 27.1% rising
82 Luxembourg 39.8% 2010 down 25.3% rising
83 Ecuador 39.2% 2010 up 25.7% rising
84 Japan 38.7% 2010 down 17.0% falling
85 Iceland 38.0% 2010 down 18.5% rising
86 Congo 37.2% 2010 down 40.0% volatile
87 Israel 36.5% 2010 down 14.9% rising
88 Zambia 36.3% 2010 up 31.2% volatile
89 Maldives 35.9% 2010 up 31.4% flat
90 Panama 35.6% 2010 down 16.2% rising
91 India 35.5% 2010 up 100.2% volatile
92 Bangladesh 34.5% 2010 up 62.6% volatile
93 Honduras 33.5% 2010 up 21.3% volatile
93 Nicaragua 33.5% 2010 up 22.7% volatile
95 Qatar 33.1% 2010 down 11.8% rising
96 Canada 32.1% 2010 down 44.1% falling
97 United States of America 31.3% 2010 down 12.8% falling
98 Republic of Korea 31.1% 2010 down 50.7% rising
99 Syrian Arab Republic 31.0% 2010 up 87.8% volatile
100 Ireland 30.5% 2010 down 40.7% falling
101 Tunisia 29.9% 2010 up 29.3% volatile
102 Lesotho 29.8% 2010 down 19.6% volatile
103 Lao People's Democratic Republic 29.6% 2010 up 53.4% volatile
104 Guatemala 29.5% 2010 up 78.9% volatile
105 New Zealand 29.3% 2010 down 22.8% falling
106 Paraguay 28.8% 2010 up 37.6% rising
107 Türkiye 28.1% 2010 up 83.1% volatile
108 Haiti 27.8% 2010 up 23.0% volatile
109 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 27.6% 2010 down 24.6% rising
110 Nepal 27.4% 2010 up 95.4% volatile
111 Gambia 27.2% 2010 up 178.8% volatile
112 Costa Rica 27.0% 2010 down 24.4% rising
113 Singapore 26.5% 2010 down 55.9% volatile
114 Iraq 24.6% 2010 up 12.4% volatile
115 Russian Federation 24.6% 2010 down 19.9% falling
116 Cameroon 24.5% 2010 up 2.9% volatile
117 Kenya 23.7% 2010 up 47.6% volatile
118 Uganda 23.7% 2010 up 335.1% volatile
119 Algeria 23.0% 2010 up 9.7% volatile
120 Morocco 21.5% 2010 up 50.5% volatile
121 Myanmar 21.3% 2010 up 8.3% rising
122 Pakistan 21.1% 2010 up 94.6% volatile
123 Eswatini 19.5% 2010 down 30.2% volatile
124 Togo 16.7% 2010 up 4.3% volatile
125 Côte d'Ivoire 15.5% 2010 up 43.1% volatile
125 Liberia 15.5% 2010 up 13.0% volatile
127 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12.9% 2010 down 53.3% volatile
128 Central African Republic 12.8% 2010 down 8.7% volatile
129 Sudan 12.4% 2010 down 13.4% volatile
130 Cambodia 11.9% 2010 up 61.4% volatile
131 Benin 11.9% 2010 up 5.3% volatile
132 Mauritania 10.6% 2010 up 23.6% volatile
133 Sierra Leone 10.0% 2010 up 10.3% volatile
134 Malawi 9.9% 2010 up 83.7% volatile
135 Yemen 9.9% 2010 up 907.1% volatile
136 Rwanda 9.3% 2010 up 60.3% volatile
137 Afghanistan 8.7% 2010 up 99.1% volatile
138 Mali 8.0% 2010 up 271.8% volatile
139 Tanzania, United Republic of 6.9% 2010 up 43.8% volatile
140 Senegal 5.8% 2010 up 19.3% volatile
141 Burundi 5.7% 2010 up 43.9% volatile
142 Niger 3.0% 2010 up 96.8% volatile
143 Papua New Guinea 1.5% 2010 down 87.7% volatile
144 Mozambique 1.1% 2010 down 26.5% volatile

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