Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) by country
Percentage of female population age 35-39 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)
Countries reporting
144
Highest
95.5%
Albania
Lowest
0.3%
Papua New Guinea
Median
43.7%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 95.5% in Albania; the lowest is 0.3% in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 43.7%, and the mean is 44.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 318.
Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 1,203.3%), and the largest decrease in Papua New Guinea (down 97.4%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 95.5% | 2010 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Barbados | 93.8% | 2010 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 3 | Tajikistan | 93.0% | 2010 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 4 | Tonga | 89.1% | 2010 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 5 | Botswana | 85.2% | 2010 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Romania | 83.2% | 2010 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Czechia | 81.8% | 2010 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 81.8% | 2010 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 81.0% | 2010 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 10 | Slovakia | 79.9% | 2010 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 11 | Latvia | 79.5% | 2010 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 12 | Serbia | 79.3% | 2010 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Malta | 78.3% | 2010 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Cuba | 78.3% | 2010 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Italy | 77.0% | 2010 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Belize | 77.0% | 2010 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Croatia | 75.3% | 2010 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Hungary | 74.3% | 2010 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Armenia | 74.0% | 2010 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 20 | South Africa | 73.5% | 2010 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 21 | Guyana | 71.3% | 2010 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Austria | 71.2% | 2010 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 23 | Germany | 71.1% | 2010 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 70.9% | 2010 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Hong Kong, China | 70.8% | 2010 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 26 | China | 69.5% | 2010 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Mongolia | 68.8% | 2010 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Jordan | 68.6% | 2010 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Jamaica | 66.3% | 2010 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 66.2% | 2010 | up 111.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Congo | 66.1% | 2010 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Chile | 65.7% | 2010 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 65.2% | 2010 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Viet Nam | 64.7% | 2010 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Slovenia | 64.6% | 2010 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 36 | Malaysia | 64.0% | 2010 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Poland | 63.9% | 2010 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 38 | Netherlands | 62.2% | 2010 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 62.2% | 2010 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 40 | Switzerland | 62.0% | 2010 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 41 | Macau, China | 61.0% | 2010 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Fiji | 61.0% | 2010 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Libya | 61.0% | 2010 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Mauritius | 60.5% | 2010 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Bahrain | 59.2% | 2010 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Lithuania | 58.7% | 2010 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 58.4% | 2010 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 48 | France | 58.2% | 2010 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Denmark | 56.8% | 2010 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 50 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 56.4% | 2010 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 51 | Sweden | 55.6% | 2010 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 52 | Brunei Darussalam | 55.4% | 2010 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Estonia | 54.6% | 2010 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 54 | Cyprus | 54.1% | 2010 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 55 | Egypt | 53.3% | 2010 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Spain | 52.2% | 2010 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 51.4% | 2010 | up 127.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Australia | 50.8% | 2010 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 59 | Norway | 50.4% | 2010 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 60 | Ukraine | 50.0% | 2010 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 49.2% | 2010 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Belgium | 49.2% | 2010 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 63 | Argentina | 48.9% | 2010 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 64 | Finland | 48.6% | 2010 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 65 | Uruguay | 47.9% | 2010 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 66 | Greece | 47.9% | 2010 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 67 | Republic of Korea | 47.1% | 2010 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Mexico | 47.0% | 2010 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Japan | 46.8% | 2010 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 70 | Philippines | 46.6% | 2010 | up 90.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Ghana | 45.1% | 2010 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Brazil | 43.9% | 2010 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 43.4% | 2010 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Luxembourg | 43.2% | 2010 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 75 | Kuwait | 43.0% | 2010 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Colombia | 42.0% | 2010 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 77 | Gabon | 41.8% | 2010 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 41.3% | 2010 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Namibia | 41.1% | 2010 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 80 | El Salvador | 39.4% | 2010 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Israel | 38.9% | 2010 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 82 | Portugal | 38.1% | 2010 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Peru | 37.5% | 2010 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 84 | Singapore | 36.9% | 2010 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Ireland | 36.9% | 2010 | down 37.2% | rising |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 36.5% | 2010 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Indonesia | 35.9% | 2010 | up 122.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Panama | 35.4% | 2010 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 89 | Canada | 34.8% | 2010 | down 47.7% | flat |
| 90 | Ecuador | 34.8% | 2010 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 91 | Iceland | 32.8% | 2010 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 32.7% | 2010 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Thailand | 32.0% | 2010 | up 140.9% | volatile |
| 94 | United States of America | 30.7% | 2010 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 95 | Qatar | 30.2% | 2010 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Syrian Arab Republic | 29.9% | 2010 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Zambia | 27.7% | 2010 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Cameroon | 27.6% | 2010 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Tunisia | 27.3% | 2010 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Paraguay | 27.3% | 2010 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 101 | Haiti | 26.9% | 2010 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 26.6% | 2010 | up 109.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Algeria | 26.6% | 2010 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Lesotho | 26.0% | 2010 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 24.9% | 2010 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Honduras | 24.4% | 2010 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Russian Federation | 24.3% | 2010 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 108 | Kenya | 24.0% | 2010 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 109 | India | 23.9% | 2010 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 23.4% | 2010 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 22.7% | 2010 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 111 | Iraq | 22.7% | 2010 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Türkiye | 21.0% | 2010 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Guatemala | 20.7% | 2010 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Eswatini | 20.4% | 2010 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 116 | New Zealand | 20.4% | 2010 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 117 | Myanmar | 19.5% | 2010 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Uganda | 19.2% | 2010 | up 379.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Togo | 18.4% | 2010 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Gambia | 18.2% | 2010 | up 157.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Nepal | 17.8% | 2010 | up 131.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Maldives | 17.7% | 2010 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 123 | Sudan | 16.9% | 2010 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Morocco | 16.8% | 2010 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Pakistan | 15.2% | 2010 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Liberia | 13.7% | 2010 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Central African Republic | 13.0% | 2010 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.7% | 2010 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.1% | 2010 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Cambodia | 10.1% | 2010 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Sierra Leone | 10.0% | 2010 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Mali | 9.8% | 2010 | up 268.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Rwanda | 9.7% | 2010 | up 98.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Mauritania | 9.5% | 2010 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Benin | 8.8% | 2010 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Yemen | 8.0% | 2010 | up 1,203.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Malawi | 7.8% | 2010 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Senegal | 6.0% | 2010 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 5.8% | 2010 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Burundi | 5.8% | 2010 | up 138.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Afghanistan | 3.6% | 2010 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Niger | 2.2% | 2010 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Mozambique | 1.6% | 2010 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3% | 2010 | down 97.4% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of female population age 35-39 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)