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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary by country

Percentage of female population age 35-39 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
47.9%
Singapore
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
7.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 47.9% in Singapore; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.6%, and the mean is 11.5%.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 719.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 47.9% 2010 up 199.9% volatile
2 Republic of Korea 47.2% 2010 up 123.8% volatile
3 Ireland 40.7% 2010 up 83.0% volatile
4 Canada 38.2% 2010 up 132.6% volatile
5 United States of America 37.0% 2010 up 31.2% rising
6 Greece 36.9% 2010 up 71.0% volatile
7 Ukraine 34.4% 2010 down 7.5% volatile
8 Israel 34.2% 2010 up 27.3% volatile
9 Japan 32.8% 2010 up 24.5% volatile
10 Estonia 31.5% 2010 up 1.5% volatile
11 Australia 30.3% 2010 up 59.1% volatile
12 Iceland 29.1% 2010 up 76.5% volatile
13 Lithuania 28.9% 2010 up 77.5% volatile
14 Cyprus 28.7% 2010 up 17.5% volatile
15 Russian Federation 28.5% 2010 up 16.8% volatile
16 New Zealand 28.3% 2010 up 11.9% volatile
17 Belgium 27.4% 2010 up 32.0% volatile
18 Sweden 27.1% 2010 up 36.8% volatile
19 Denmark 26.6% 2010 up 33.6% volatile
20 Spain 25.6% 2010 up 42.1% volatile
21 Luxembourg 25.5% 2010 up 118.7% volatile
22 Mongolia 25.3% 2010 up 71.0% volatile
23 Slovenia 24.6% 2010 up 59.6% volatile
24 Norway 23.9% 2010 up 30.6% volatile
25 Qatar 23.8% 2010 up 63.4% volatile
26 Bulgaria 23.0% 2010 up 45.3% volatile
27 Switzerland 22.8% 2010 up 108.8% volatile
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 22.4% 2010 up 42.1% volatile
29 Hungary 22.0% 2010 up 43.7% volatile
30 Netherlands 21.7% 2010 up 47.2% volatile
31 Panama 21.6% 2010 up 16.5% volatile
32 Kazakhstan 20.0% 2010 up 36.5% volatile
33 United Arab Emirates 19.3% 2010 up 22.7% volatile
34 Poland 19.2% 2010 up 78.9% volatile
35 Costa Rica 18.4% 2010 up 17.3% volatile
36 Hong Kong, China 18.4% 2010 up 45.9% volatile
37 Armenia 17.4% 2010 up 21.5% rising
38 Colombia 17.2% 2010 up 75.1% volatile
39 Macau, China 17.0% 2010 up 238.5% volatile
40 Croatia 16.7% 2010 up 84.9% volatile
41 Germany 16.5% 2010 up 23.9% volatile
42 Peru 16.1% 2010 down 30.5% volatile
43 Malta 15.8% 2010 up 110.7% volatile
44 Jamaica 15.1% 2010 up 25.7% volatile
45 Gabon 14.7% 2010 up 4.0% volatile
46 Finland 14.2% 2010 down 7.7% volatile
47 France 14.2% 2010 up 52.5% volatile
48 Saudi Arabia 14.1% 2010 up 42.2% volatile
49 Latvia 13.9% 2010 down 15.1% rising
50 Serbia 13.7% 2010 up 9.0% volatile
51 Mexico 13.5% 2010 up 50.3% volatile
52 Thailand 13.2% 2010 up 143.4% volatile
53 Kyrgyzstan 12.8% 2010 up 3.0% rising
54 Republic of Moldova 12.6% 2010 up 16.9% rising
55 Austria 12.6% 2010 up 44.9% volatile
56 Sri Lanka 12.3% 2010 up 3.5% volatile
57 Italy 12.1% 2010 up 48.3% volatile
58 Nicaragua 11.7% 2010 up 7.1% volatile
59 Fiji 10.9% 2010 up 83.5% volatile
60 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.3% 2010 up 55.4% volatile
61 Brazil 10.2% 2010 up 49.9% volatile
62 Slovakia 10.0% 2010 up 43.6% volatile
63 Romania 10.0% 2010 up 37.1% volatile
64 Chile 9.6% 2010 down 4.9% volatile
65 Czechia 9.2% 2010 up 27.2% volatile
66 Paraguay 8.8% 2010 up 51.8% volatile
67 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.6% 2010 up 89.2% volatile
68 Trinidad and Tobago 8.5% 2010 up 105.1% volatile
69 Kuwait 8.3% 2010 down 11.3% volatile
70 Cuba 8.2% 2010 down 19.1% volatile
71 Ecuador 7.7% 2010 down 35.5% volatile
72 Philippines 7.7% 2010 down 8.2% rising
73 Portugal 7.5% 2010 up 24.7% volatile
74 Bahrain 7.2% 2010 down 51.7% volatile
75 Uruguay 7.0% 2010 up 76.0% volatile
76 Brunei Darussalam 6.8% 2010 up 100.9% volatile
77 Morocco 6.7% 2010 up 69.2% volatile
78 Iraq 6.3% 2010 up 6.4% volatile
79 Tunisia 6.0% 2010 up 72.1% volatile
80 Türkiye 6.0% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
81 Algeria 6.0% 2010 up 56.1% volatile
82 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.8% 2010 up 28.3% volatile
83 Dominican Republic 5.7% 2010 up 12.8% volatile
84 Indonesia 5.5% 2010 up 259.5% volatile
85 Kenya 5.3% 2010 up 144.0% volatile
86 Viet Nam 5.2% 2010 up 122.0% volatile
87 India 5.1% 2010 up 82.9% volatile
88 El Salvador 5.0% 2010 down 34.3% volatile
89 Egypt 4.9% 2010 up 146.5% volatile
90 Belize 4.7% 2010 unchanged volatile
91 Malaysia 4.6% 2010 up 119.4% volatile
92 Tajikistan 4.1% 2010 down 19.9% rising
93 Tonga 4.0% 2010 down 38.0% volatile
94 Honduras 3.9% 2010 up 29.4% volatile
95 Argentina 3.8% 2010 down 32.7% volatile
96 Libya 3.6% 2010 up 104.5% volatile
97 Syrian Arab Republic 3.4% 2010 up 95.5% volatile
98 Côte d'Ivoire 3.3% 2010 up 55.4% volatile
99 Botswana 3.3% 2010 up 16.6% volatile
100 Bangladesh 3.1% 2010 up 22.9% volatile
101 Afghanistan 3.0% 2010 up 42.0% volatile
102 Myanmar 2.9% 2010 up 46.0% volatile
103 Pakistan 2.8% 2010 down 31.1% volatile
104 Liberia 2.2% 2010 up 45.1% volatile
105 Mauritius 2.1% 2010 up 211.8% volatile
106 China 2.0% 2010 down 23.8% volatile
106 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.0% 2010 down 38.3% volatile
108 Jordan 1.9% 2010 down 33.9% volatile
109 Namibia 1.9% 2010 down 40.3% rising
110 Lesotho 1.8% 2010 up 47.1% volatile
110 Papua New Guinea 1.8% 2010 up 573.1% volatile
112 Mali 1.7% 2010 up 719.0% volatile
113 Nepal 1.7% 2010 up 94.2% volatile
114 Uganda 1.6% 2010 down 27.1% volatile
115 Sudan 1.5% 2010 up 604.8% volatile
116 Gambia 1.3% 2010 up 36.1% volatile
117 Albania 1.3% 2010 down 70.0% volatile
118 Ghana 1.1% 2010 down 43.0% volatile
119 Haiti 1.1% 2010 up 118.0% volatile
120 Barbados 1.0% 2010 down 2.0% volatile
121 Senegal 1.0% 2010 up 172.2% volatile
122 Congo 0.9% 2010 up 3.4% volatile
123 Benin 0.8% 2010 up 32.8% volatile
124 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.8% 2010 up 54.7% volatile
125 Yemen 0.8% 2010 up 271.4% volatile
126 Zambia 0.8% 2010 down 48.0% volatile
127 Mauritania 0.7% 2010 up 61.9% volatile
128 Central African Republic 0.6% 2010 down 29.9% volatile
129 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.6% 2010 up 185.0% volatile
130 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2010 down 43.5% rising
131 Cambodia 0.5% 2010 up 327.3% volatile
132 Niger 0.4% 2010 up 53.8% volatile
133 Sierra Leone 0.4% 2010 up 164.3% volatile
134 Cameroon 0.4% 2010 up 350.0% volatile
135 South Africa 0.3% 2010 down 32.6% rising
136 Burundi 0.2% 2010 down 13.8% volatile
137 Malawi 0.2% 2010 up 4.3% volatile
137 Togo 0.2% 2010 down 67.1% volatile
139 Rwanda 0.2% 2010 up 214.3% volatile
140 Maldives 0.2% 2010 down 20.0% volatile
141 Guyana 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
142 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 down 14.3% volatile
143 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 97.7% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of female population age 35-39 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary