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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of female population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
69.9%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
17.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 69.9% in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.0%, and the mean is 21.8%.

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei Darussalam (up 12,333.3%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 69.9% 2010 up 22.3% volatile
2 Lesotho 68.7% 2010 up 18.8% falling
3 Cameroon 63.6% 2010 up 7.6% volatile
4 Türkiye 60.8% 2010 up 3.1% rising
5 Cambodia 58.8% 2010 up 22.2% volatile
6 Honduras 57.9% 2010 up 0.1% rising
7 Iraq 57.6% 2010 up 537.4% volatile
8 Zambia 56.6% 2010 up 9.8% rising
9 Myanmar 56.3% 2010 up 28.2% rising
10 Papua New Guinea 54.8% 2010 up 201.8% volatile
11 Uganda 54.5% 2010 up 8.7% rising
12 Costa Rica 54.4% 2010 up 25.5% falling
13 Maldives 53.8% 2010 up 146.4% rising
14 Paraguay 53.6% 2010 down 19.2% falling
15 Malawi 51.1% 2010 up 22.5% rising
16 Indonesia 50.7% 2010 down 4.4% rising
17 El Salvador 49.9% 2010 up 8.7% rising
18 Thailand 49.9% 2010 down 25.7% rising
19 Kenya 49.0% 2010 down 2.0% volatile
20 Guatemala 48.6% 2010 up 23.1% rising
21 Ecuador 46.4% 2010 up 23.1% falling
22 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 46.2% 2010 up 7.3% rising
23 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 45.5% 2010 up 30.1% volatile
24 Namibia 44.4% 2010 down 14.3% rising
25 Syrian Arab Republic 43.7% 2010 up 29.3% volatile
26 Algeria 42.0% 2010 up 7.5% volatile
27 Côte d'Ivoire 39.9% 2010 up 84.6% volatile
28 Portugal 39.8% 2010 down 19.2% falling
29 Kuwait 38.2% 2010 up 79.1% volatile
30 Uruguay 38.0% 2010 down 5.4% falling
31 Haiti 37.9% 2010 up 17.8% volatile
32 Rwanda 37.8% 2010 up 5.7% volatile
33 Tunisia 37.2% 2010 down 1.7% volatile
34 Nicaragua 36.9% 2010 up 8.5% rising
35 Brazil 36.2% 2010 down 23.7% flat
36 Peru 35.5% 2010 up 25.7% falling
37 Eswatini 35.3% 2010 up 23.1% rising
38 Mauritania 34.1% 2010 up 10.6% rising
39 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33.7% 2010 down 19.5% volatile
40 Mauritius 33.3% 2010 down 36.3% flat
41 Qatar 32.9% 2010 up 298.7% volatile
42 New Zealand 32.6% 2010 up 27.7% rising
43 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 32.4% 2010 down 33.0% falling
44 Argentina 32.0% 2010 down 22.5% falling
45 Iran, Islamic Republic of 31.8% 2010 up 12.2% volatile
46 Colombia 31.5% 2010 down 23.9% falling
47 Zimbabwe 30.5% 2010 down 40.9% falling
48 Central African Republic 30.5% 2010 up 53.3% volatile
49 Mexico 30.0% 2010 down 33.5% falling
50 Gabon 29.4% 2010 up 7.3% rising
51 Burundi 29.3% 2010 up 67.2% volatile
52 Saudi Arabia 28.7% 2010 down 3.3% rising
53 Dominican Republic 28.2% 2010 down 56.2% falling
54 Sierra Leone 27.9% 2010 up 78.8% volatile
55 Panama 27.4% 2010 down 3.5% falling
56 Philippines 25.5% 2010 down 44.4% falling
57 China 25.2% 2010 down 20.6% falling
58 Sudan 25.1% 2010 up 15.1% volatile
59 Guyana 24.4% 2010 down 34.8% falling
60 Togo 23.5% 2010 up 39.7% volatile
61 Bangladesh 23.4% 2010 up 5.9% volatile
62 Trinidad and Tobago 23.1% 2010 down 45.8% falling
63 Senegal 22.8% 2010 up 10.2% falling
64 Fiji 22.0% 2010 up 44.7% volatile
65 Morocco 21.6% 2010 up 54.8% volatile
66 Viet Nam 21.4% 2010 down 61.9% rising
67 Iceland 20.2% 2010 down 26.4% falling
68 India 19.6% 2010 up 59.0% rising
69 Mozambique 18.4% 2010 up 28.7% rising
70 United Arab Emirates 17.8% 2010 up 24.1% volatile
71 Nepal 17.6% 2010 up 61.9% volatile
72 Benin 17.5% 2010 up 69.9% volatile
73 South Africa 16.4% 2010 down 39.2% falling
74 Belize 16.2% 2010 down 63.5% falling
75 Liberia 16.1% 2010 up 59.1% volatile
76 Malaysia 16.0% 2010 down 45.9% flat
77 Sri Lanka 15.9% 2010 up 8.7% falling
78 Libya 15.0% 2010 down 59.4% volatile
79 Brunei Darussalam 14.9% 2010 up 12,333.3% falling
80 Niger 14.7% 2010 up 93.3% volatile
81 Jordan 14.3% 2010 up 14.6% rising
81 Macau, China 14.3% 2010 down 66.8% falling
83 Ghana 13.1% 2010 down 3.7% rising
84 Greece 13.1% 2010 down 43.9% falling
85 Pakistan 12.1% 2010 up 51.2% rising
86 Luxembourg 11.2% 2010 down 49.5% falling
87 Chile 11.1% 2010 down 59.1% falling
88 Botswana 10.1% 2010 up 0.5% volatile
89 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9.7% 2010 down 36.6% volatile
90 Cuba 9.2% 2010 down 27.7% volatile
91 Spain 8.4% 2010 down 45.0% falling
92 Israel 7.9% 2010 down 45.2% falling
93 Hong Kong, China 7.8% 2010 down 53.9% falling
94 Gambia 7.8% 2010 up 201.2% volatile
95 Jamaica 7.8% 2010 down 41.7% volatile
96 Mali 7.4% 2010 down 51.7% volatile
97 Afghanistan 7.2% 2010 up 15.6% volatile
98 Poland 7.2% 2010 down 23.6% volatile
99 Bahrain 6.7% 2010 down 36.5% rising
100 Cyprus 6.7% 2010 down 38.8% volatile
101 Austria 5.9% 2010 down 78.2% volatile
102 Netherlands 5.2% 2010 down 37.9% volatile
103 Yemen 5.2% 2010 up 73.5% volatile
104 France 4.9% 2010 down 61.4% volatile
105 Barbados 4.8% 2010 down 51.0% volatile
106 Ireland 4.7% 2010 down 25.3% volatile
107 Belgium 4.5% 2010 down 19.3% volatile
107 Tonga 4.5% 2010 down 69.0% volatile
109 Japan 3.9% 2010 down 31.1% volatile
110 Italy 3.6% 2010 down 62.0% volatile
111 Malta 3.4% 2010 down 30.1% volatile
112 Australia 3.3% 2010 down 57.0% volatile
113 Singapore 3.2% 2010 down 74.6% volatile
114 Bulgaria 2.9% 2010 down 84.7% volatile
115 Mongolia 2.8% 2010 down 70.6% volatile
116 United States of America 2.5% 2010 up 11.5% volatile
117 Sweden 2.5% 2010 up 123.2% volatile
118 Switzerland 2.4% 2010 down 88.3% volatile
119 Germany 2.3% 2010 down 85.2% volatile
120 Romania 1.9% 2010 down 29.3% volatile
121 Albania 1.5% 2010 down 72.0% volatile
122 Armenia 1.3% 2010 down 8.5% volatile
123 Canada 1.2% 2010 down 60.1% volatile
124 Tajikistan 1.0% 2010 down 45.3% volatile
125 Hungary 0.9% 2010 down 62.8% volatile
126 Ukraine 0.9% 2010 up 58.2% volatile
127 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2010 down 11.9% volatile
127 Serbia 0.7% 2010 down 97.0% falling
129 Latvia 0.7% 2010 up 61.0% volatile
130 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2010 down 93.6% volatile
131 Russian Federation 0.6% 2010 up 22.0% volatile
132 Croatia 0.6% 2010 down 96.8% volatile
133 Estonia 0.5% 2010 down 7.7% volatile
134 Republic of Korea 0.4% 2010 down 90.6% volatile
135 Norway 0.4% 2010 down 95.2% volatile
136 Slovenia 0.3% 2010 down 62.2% volatile
137 Lithuania 0.3% 2010 up 23.1% volatile
138 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 98.3% volatile
139 Congo 0.1% 2010 down 99.7% volatile
139 Egypt 0.1% 2010 down 99.6% volatile
139 Republic of Moldova 0.1% 2010 down 96.7% volatile
142 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 88.9% volatile
142 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 35-39 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 35-39 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)