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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with no education by country

Percentage of female population age 35-39 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
85.8%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
4.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 85.8% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.0%, and the mean is 16.6%.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 3,128.6%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 85.8% 2010 down 10.8% falling
2 Afghanistan 84.9% 2010 down 3.7% falling
3 Niger 82.5% 2010 down 8.9% falling
4 Mali 80.3% 2010 down 1.7% falling
5 Mozambique 79.8% 2010 down 5.0% falling
6 Benin 72.5% 2010 down 8.0% falling
7 Gambia 72.1% 2010 down 19.0% falling
8 Senegal 69.9% 2010 down 6.0% rising
9 Pakistan 69.4% 2010 down 9.6% falling
10 Liberia 67.0% 2010 down 10.8% falling
11 Burundi 64.5% 2010 down 19.0% falling
12 Nepal 62.2% 2010 down 22.5% falling
13 Sierra Leone 61.7% 2010 down 20.2% falling
14 Togo 57.8% 2010 down 12.2% falling
15 Sudan 56.0% 2010 down 16.4% falling
16 Central African Republic 55.6% 2010 down 22.7% falling
17 Mauritania 55.4% 2010 down 15.0% falling
18 Rwanda 52.2% 2010 down 11.9% falling
19 Morocco 52.1% 2010 down 24.2% falling
20 India 49.1% 2010 down 29.4% falling
21 Bangladesh 47.3% 2010 down 14.1% falling
22 Eswatini 44.2% 2010 down 0.4% falling
23 Côte d'Ivoire 43.4% 2010 down 36.4% falling
24 Papua New Guinea 42.0% 2010 down 39.9% falling
25 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 41.1% 2010 down 16.4% falling
26 Malawi 40.9% 2010 down 24.1% falling
27 Ghana 40.2% 2010 up 6.3% falling
28 Egypt 39.8% 2010 down 26.8% falling
29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 36.7% 2010 down 9.7% falling
30 Haiti 33.6% 2010 down 29.1% falling
31 Congo 32.1% 2010 up 37.2% falling
32 Guatemala 30.7% 2010 down 29.7% falling
33 Cambodia 30.4% 2010 down 33.1% falling
34 Tunisia 26.9% 2010 down 26.6% falling
35 Maldives 26.2% 2010 down 55.0% falling
36 Bahrain 26.1% 2010 up 2.8% falling
37 Uganda 24.1% 2010 down 43.7% falling
38 Tanzania, United Republic of 23.1% 2010 down 39.4% falling
39 Algeria 22.9% 2010 down 39.1% falling
40 Syrian Arab Republic 21.6% 2010 up 5.8% falling
41 Brunei Darussalam 20.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
42 Myanmar 20.0% 2010 down 42.0% falling
43 Kenya 19.4% 2010 down 40.1% falling
44 Libya 18.9% 2010 down 37.5% falling
45 Nicaragua 18.4% 2010 down 40.7% falling
46 Saudi Arabia 14.7% 2010 down 47.2% falling
47 Zambia 14.6% 2010 down 49.9% falling
48 Iran, Islamic Republic of 14.1% 2010 down 51.8% falling
49 Honduras 12.1% 2010 down 19.9% volatile
50 Namibia 11.8% 2010 down 39.5% falling
51 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.8% 2010 down 26.6% volatile
52 Iraq 10.7% 2010 down 82.5% falling
53 Türkiye 9.2% 2010 down 47.4% volatile
54 Cameroon 8.3% 2010 down 61.5% volatile
55 Gabon 7.9% 2010 down 44.3% volatile
56 Luxembourg 7.5% 2010 up 7.5% volatile
57 Kuwait 7.0% 2010 down 75.3% volatile
58 Norway 6.8% 2010 up 3,128.6% volatile
59 Viet Nam 6.6% 2010 up 3.0% volatile
60 Jordan 6.1% 2010 down 77.2% volatile
61 Brazil 6.0% 2010 down 30.9% volatile
62 Dominican Republic 5.8% 2010 — volatile
63 United Arab Emirates 5.6% 2010 down 66.6% volatile
63 Indonesia 5.6% 2010 down 80.5% falling
65 Panama 5.5% 2010 down 7.5% volatile
66 Ecuador 5.1% 2010 down 71.6% falling
67 Peru 4.8% 2010 down 51.3% volatile
68 Mexico 4.7% 2010 down 52.9% volatile
69 Jamaica 4.5% 2010 down 9.8% volatile
70 Sri Lanka 4.4% 2010 down 48.1% volatile
71 Malaysia 4.3% 2010 down 59.5% volatile
72 Guyana 4.1% 2010 down 22.8% volatile
73 Colombia 4.0% 2010 down 31.1% volatile
74 Austria 4.0% 2010 up 325.5% volatile
75 El Salvador 3.7% 2010 down 81.3% volatile
76 South Africa 3.7% 2010 down 79.6% volatile
77 Denmark 3.4% 2010 up 226.0% volatile
78 Iceland 3.3% 2010 up 92.9% volatile
79 Belgium 3.2% 2010 up 12.5% volatile
80 Singapore 3.2% 2010 down 61.0% volatile
81 Paraguay 3.1% 2010 down 49.5% volatile
82 Qatar 3.0% 2010 down 90.8% falling
83 Lesotho 2.9% 2010 down 21.7% volatile
84 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.8% 2010 down 69.8% volatile
85 Costa Rica 2.7% 2010 down 7.8% volatile
86 Philippines 2.6% 2010 down 66.5% volatile
87 Zimbabwe 2.5% 2010 down 84.1% volatile
88 China 2.3% 2010 down 55.1% volatile
89 Portugal 2.2% 2010 up 56.1% volatile
90 Israel 1.9% 2010 up 15.9% volatile
91 Bulgaria 1.9% 2010 up 128.0% volatile
92 Cuba 1.8% 2010 down 53.9% volatile
93 Thailand 1.8% 2010 down 86.8% volatile
94 Mongolia 1.7% 2010 down 28.8% volatile
95 Germany 1.7% 2010 down 40.1% volatile
96 Fiji 1.5% 2010 down 57.3% volatile
97 Switzerland 1.4% 2010 down 84.6% volatile
98 Sweden 1.2% 2010 down 20.0% rising
99 Italy 1.2% 2010 down 25.6% volatile
100 Albania 1.2% 2010 up 237.1% volatile
101 France 1.0% 2010 down 20.3% volatile
101 Mauritius 1.0% 2010 down 83.0% volatile
103 Spain 1.0% 2010 down 76.5% volatile
104 Chile 0.9% 2010 down 59.8% volatile
105 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% 2010 down 5.3% volatile
106 Tonga 0.7% 2010 down 1.4% volatile
107 Romania 0.7% 2010 down 48.9% volatile
108 Ireland 0.6% 2010 down 77.7% falling
109 Greece 0.6% 2010 down 69.5% volatile
110 Hong Kong, China 0.6% 2010 down 91.6% volatile
111 Macau, China 0.6% 2010 down 77.2% volatile
112 Serbia 0.5% 2010 down 57.6% volatile
113 Croatia 0.5% 2010 down 55.2% volatile
114 Australia 0.4% 2010 down 44.0% falling
115 Russian Federation 0.4% 2010 up 33.3% volatile
116 Uruguay 0.4% 2010 down 67.3% volatile
117 Cyprus 0.4% 2010 down 51.4% volatile
118 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 82.6% volatile
119 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 37.3% volatile
120 Ukraine 0.3% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
121 Argentina 0.3% 2010 down 89.8% volatile
122 Hungary 0.2% 2010 down 64.2% falling
123 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 11.5% volatile
124 United States of America 0.2% 2010 down 29.0% falling
125 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2010 down 89.8% volatile
125 Slovenia 0.2% 2010 down 47.5% volatile
127 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2010 down 54.5% volatile
127 Latvia 0.2% 2010 up 66.7% volatile
129 Canada 0.2% 2010 down 62.2% volatile
129 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 15.0% volatile
131 Estonia 0.2% 2010 up 23.1% volatile
131 Malta 0.2% 2010 down 86.2% volatile
133 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 96.6% falling
133 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 70.6% volatile
135 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 up 40.0% volatile
136 Armenia 0.1% 2010 down 21.4% volatile
136 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 71.8% falling
138 Botswana 0.1% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
139 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 33.3% volatile
140 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
141 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Kazakhstan 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile
141 Netherlands 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with no education
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 35-39 with no education