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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education by country

Percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
92.4%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
4.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 92.4% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.6%, and the mean is 18.6%.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 123 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 3,444.4%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 92.4% 2010 down 6.1% falling
2 Niger 85.9% 2010 down 8.1% falling
3 Afghanistan 85.4% 2010 down 4.6% falling
4 Gambia 84.7% 2010 down 4.8% falling
5 Mozambique 84.0% 2010 down 8.3% falling
6 Mali 80.3% 2010 down 5.9% falling
7 Burundi 75.2% 2010 down 5.5% falling
8 Benin 73.6% 2010 down 6.6% falling
9 Sierra Leone 73.0% 2010 down 9.9% falling
10 Liberia 71.2% 2010 down 12.5% falling
11 Nepal 70.3% 2010 down 16.7% falling
12 Senegal 69.9% 2010 down 8.1% rising
13 Pakistan 69.4% 2010 down 15.0% falling
14 Central African Republic 62.6% 2010 down 13.0% falling
15 India 62.6% 2010 down 13.6% falling
16 Papua New Guinea 62.4% 2010 up 3.3% falling
17 Morocco 60.1% 2010 down 20.4% falling
18 Sudan 59.6% 2010 down 27.0% falling
19 Rwanda 58.4% 2010 down 7.2% falling
20 Togo 57.8% 2010 down 18.5% falling
21 Mauritania 57.4% 2010 down 12.0% falling
22 Côte d'Ivoire 56.3% 2010 down 23.1% falling
23 Bangladesh 52.0% 2010 down 5.7% falling
24 Egypt 49.0% 2010 down 28.2% falling
25 Eswatini 49.0% 2010 down 0.6% falling
26 Malawi 45.5% 2010 down 15.5% falling
27 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 43.6% 2010 down 20.2% falling
28 Haiti 41.3% 2010 down 30.0% falling
29 Ghana 40.2% 2010 up 6.3% falling
30 Lao People's Democratic Republic 39.4% 2010 down 18.5% falling
31 Guatemala 37.5% 2010 down 14.1% falling
32 Algeria 37.2% 2010 down 31.7% falling
33 Bahrain 34.7% 2010 up 15.5% falling
34 Congo 33.1% 2010 down 21.1% falling
35 Myanmar 32.1% 2010 down 25.8% falling
36 Cambodia 30.4% 2010 down 22.4% falling
37 Uganda 29.1% 2010 down 31.9% falling
38 Iraq 28.6% 2010 down 56.8% falling
39 Saudi Arabia 27.9% 2010 down 45.9% falling
40 Tunisia 26.9% 2010 down 44.6% falling
41 Maldives 26.2% 2010 down 55.0% falling
42 Tanzania, United Republic of 23.8% 2010 down 37.7% falling
43 Syrian Arab Republic 21.6% 2010 up 5.8% falling
44 Brunei Darussalam 20.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
45 Libya 19.8% 2010 down 65.0% falling
46 Nicaragua 19.5% 2010 down 47.2% falling
47 Kenya 19.4% 2010 down 51.8% falling
48 Iran, Islamic Republic of 17.0% 2010 down 54.0% falling
49 Zambia 14.6% 2010 down 49.9% falling
50 Gabon 14.2% 2010 down 25.2% volatile
51 Namibia 14.0% 2010 down 28.2% falling
52 Cameroon 13.9% 2010 down 43.3% falling
53 Honduras 12.1% 2010 down 27.6% volatile
54 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.8% 2010 down 26.6% volatile
55 Botswana 9.8% 2010 down 59.4% falling
56 Türkiye 9.2% 2010 down 68.9% falling
57 United Arab Emirates 9.0% 2010 down 68.1% volatile
58 Brazil 7.7% 2010 down 50.2% volatile
59 Kuwait 7.0% 2010 down 79.0% volatile
60 Norway 6.8% 2010 up 2,725.0% volatile
61 Jordan 6.1% 2010 down 76.4% falling
62 Luxembourg 5.9% 2010 down 21.2% volatile
63 Dominican Republic 5.8% 2010 — volatile
63 Singapore 5.8% 2010 down 56.3% volatile
65 Indonesia 5.6% 2010 down 80.5% falling
66 Viet Nam 5.5% 2010 down 45.3% volatile
67 Panama 5.5% 2010 down 7.5% falling
68 Guyana 5.3% 2010 unchanged volatile
69 Ecuador 5.1% 2010 down 71.6% falling
70 Peru 4.8% 2010 down 68.6% volatile
71 Mexico 4.7% 2010 down 52.9% volatile
72 Zimbabwe 4.6% 2010 down 70.8% volatile
73 Jamaica 4.5% 2010 down 17.9% volatile
74 Sri Lanka 4.4% 2010 down 48.1% volatile
75 Malaysia 4.3% 2010 down 59.5% volatile
76 Colombia 4.0% 2010 down 59.2% volatile
77 El Salvador 3.7% 2010 down 85.5% falling
78 South Africa 3.7% 2010 down 79.6% volatile
79 Denmark 3.4% 2010 up 232.4% volatile
80 Austria 3.2% 2010 up 3,444.4% volatile
81 Paraguay 3.1% 2010 down 65.7% volatile
82 Belgium 3.1% 2010 down 16.7% rising
83 Qatar 3.0% 2010 down 92.3% falling
84 Lesotho 2.9% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
85 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.8% 2010 down 69.8% volatile
86 Costa Rica 2.7% 2010 down 25.9% volatile
87 Philippines 2.6% 2010 down 66.5% volatile
88 China 2.3% 2010 down 75.9% volatile
89 Cuba 2.2% 2010 down 43.0% volatile
90 Mongolia 2.2% 2010 down 9.1% volatile
91 Iceland 2.2% 2010 up 1,725.0% volatile
92 Portugal 2.2% 2010 up 23.3% volatile
93 Israel 1.9% 2010 down 23.4% volatile
94 Germany 1.8% 2010 down 37.7% volatile
95 Fiji 1.8% 2010 down 71.7% volatile
96 Mauritius 1.7% 2010 down 70.3% volatile
97 Bulgaria 1.7% 2010 up 98.8% volatile
98 Thailand 1.2% 2010 down 90.9% volatile
99 Switzerland 1.2% 2010 down 86.9% volatile
100 Sweden 1.2% 2010 up 39.5% rising
101 Italy 1.2% 2010 down 25.6% volatile
102 Albania 1.2% 2010 up 237.1% volatile
103 Spain 1.0% 2010 down 84.7% volatile
104 Macau, China 0.9% 2010 down 62.8% volatile
105 Chile 0.9% 2010 down 73.5% volatile
106 Argentina 0.7% 2010 down 72.5% volatile
107 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% 2010 down 5.3% volatile
108 Tonga 0.7% 2010 down 41.0% volatile
109 Romania 0.7% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
110 France 0.6% 2010 down 69.2% volatile
110 Greece 0.6% 2010 down 74.7% volatile
112 Hong Kong, China 0.6% 2010 down 95.6% volatile
112 Ireland 0.6% 2010 down 79.8% falling
114 Australia 0.5% 2010 down 44.7% falling
115 Serbia 0.5% 2010 down 65.0% volatile
116 Croatia 0.5% 2010 down 55.2% volatile
117 Russian Federation 0.4% 2010 up 90.0% volatile
118 Uruguay 0.4% 2010 down 75.3% volatile
119 Cyprus 0.4% 2010 down 61.3% volatile
120 Slovakia 0.3% 2010 down 81.5% volatile
121 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 37.3% volatile
122 Republic of Korea 0.3% 2010 down 67.0% volatile
122 Ukraine 0.3% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
124 Hungary 0.2% 2010 down 62.7% falling
125 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 4.2% volatile
126 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2010 down 89.8% volatile
127 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 5.0% volatile
128 Slovenia 0.2% 2010 down 64.0% volatile
129 Canada 0.2% 2010 down 62.2% volatile
129 Estonia 0.2% 2010 up 30.8% volatile
131 Armenia 0.2% 2010 up 14.3% volatile
131 Malta 0.2% 2010 down 99.3% volatile
133 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 96.6% falling
133 Latvia 0.1% 2010 up 25.0% volatile
133 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 70.6% volatile
133 United States of America 0.1% 2010 down 51.6% falling
137 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 75.0% falling
138 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
139 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 33.3% volatile
140 Barbados 0.0% 2010 unchanged 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% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 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 40-44 with no education