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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary schooling. Completed Primary by country

Percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary schooling. Completed Primary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
61.1%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
9.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary schooling. Completed Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 61.1% in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.4%, and the mean is 12.7%.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 932.3%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 61.1% 2010 up 39.9% volatile
2 Türkiye 55.9% 2010 up 23.7% volatile
3 Costa Rica 40.8% 2010 up 15.4% rising
4 Cameroon 40.7% 2010 up 28.1% volatile
5 Portugal 39.8% 2010 down 29.3% rising
6 Lesotho 36.6% 2010 up 44.4% volatile
7 Indonesia 34.9% 2010 up 19.6% volatile
8 Uruguay 33.8% 2010 up 1.6% rising
9 Argentina 33.7% 2010 up 4.3% flat
10 Ecuador 33.2% 2010 up 36.8% rising
11 Zambia 32.4% 2010 up 44.5% volatile
12 Paraguay 32.2% 2010 down 0.4% rising
13 Syrian Arab Republic 32.1% 2010 up 430.2% volatile
14 Colombia 31.5% 2010 up 21.1% rising
15 Honduras 31.3% 2010 up 22.0% volatile
16 Myanmar 29.6% 2010 up 43.6% volatile
17 Libya 28.0% 2010 up 305.7% volatile
18 Namibia 26.4% 2010 up 3.9% volatile
19 Iraq 25.6% 2010 up 170.9% volatile
20 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 25.4% 2010 down 24.4% volatile
21 Papua New Guinea 24.9% 2010 up 41.8% volatile
22 Tunisia 24.4% 2010 up 43.5% volatile
23 Sudan 24.3% 2010 up 90.7% volatile
24 Brazil 24.0% 2010 down 19.0% rising
25 Kenya 23.9% 2010 up 30.2% volatile
26 Lao People's Democratic Republic 23.8% 2010 up 4.2% volatile
27 Rwanda 23.0% 2010 up 167.2% volatile
28 Iran, Islamic Republic of 22.5% 2010 up 27.6% volatile
29 Mauritania 21.8% 2010 up 33.8% rising
30 Guyana 21.8% 2010 unchanged falling
31 Trinidad and Tobago 21.8% 2010 down 44.2% falling
32 Bangladesh 21.1% 2010 up 4.2% volatile
33 Panama 20.8% 2010 up 6.7% falling
34 Algeria 19.8% 2010 up 73.1% volatile
35 Côte d'Ivoire 19.7% 2010 up 104.7% volatile
36 Zimbabwe 19.7% 2010 down 19.9% volatile
37 Togo 19.3% 2010 up 119.0% volatile
38 Fiji 19.0% 2010 up 30.3% volatile
39 Peru 18.9% 2010 up 47.9% rising
40 Mexico 18.7% 2010 down 19.6% rising
41 Gabon 17.9% 2010 down 3.1% rising
42 Cambodia 17.8% 2010 up 82.9% volatile
43 Maldives 17.7% 2010 up 131.8% rising
44 Morocco 17.6% 2010 up 95.7% volatile
45 Philippines 17.5% 2010 down 35.1% rising
46 Austria 17.1% 2010 down 22.0% falling
47 Viet Nam 17.0% 2010 down 50.7% rising
48 Macau, China 16.5% 2010 down 44.9% falling
49 Iceland 16.3% 2010 down 39.6% falling
50 Belize 16.0% 2010 down 63.7% falling
51 Saudi Arabia 15.4% 2010 up 36.5% rising
52 China 15.0% 2010 down 27.9% volatile
53 New Zealand 14.9% 2010 down 24.4% flat
54 Central African Republic 14.8% 2010 up 40.2% volatile
55 Guatemala 14.7% 2010 up 14.0% rising
56 Nicaragua 14.3% 2010 up 16.0% rising
57 Burundi 13.5% 2010 up 45.3% volatile
58 Greece 13.0% 2010 down 60.6% falling
59 India 12.7% 2010 up 82.8% volatile
60 El Salvador 12.1% 2010 down 29.6% rising
61 Dominican Republic 12.1% 2010 down 35.1% rising
62 Eswatini 11.8% 2010 up 41.8% rising
63 Luxembourg 11.1% 2010 down 41.0% falling
64 Malaysia 10.8% 2010 down 47.1% volatile
65 Qatar 10.8% 2010 up 220.8% volatile
66 Jordan 10.8% 2010 down 29.3% volatile
67 Thailand 10.5% 2010 up 34.1% volatile
68 Sri Lanka 10.3% 2010 up 9.9% rising
69 Pakistan 10.2% 2010 up 67.0% volatile
70 Malawi 9.8% 2010 up 29.0% volatile
71 Senegal 9.6% 2010 up 103.8% falling
72 Sierra Leone 9.4% 2010 up 38.4% volatile
73 Benin 9.4% 2010 up 71.6% volatile
73 Mozambique 9.4% 2010 up 146.6% volatile
75 Mauritius 9.2% 2010 down 26.9% rising
76 Liberia 8.6% 2010 up 85.8% volatile
77 Ghana 8.6% 2010 up 19.0% volatile
78 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8.4% 2010 down 49.9% falling
79 Uganda 8.3% 2010 down 47.9% volatile
80 United Arab Emirates 8.2% 2010 up 43.4% volatile
81 Niger 8.0% 2010 up 163.5% volatile
82 Hong Kong, China 7.8% 2010 down 64.1% rising
83 Poland 7.1% 2010 down 38.1% volatile
84 Cuba 6.9% 2010 down 15.5% falling
85 Brunei Darussalam 6.8% 2010 down 49.0% volatile
86 Jamaica 6.8% 2010 down 38.6% falling
87 Spain 6.7% 2010 down 60.2% falling
88 Israel 6.5% 2010 down 60.6% falling
89 Nepal 6.2% 2010 up 83.4% volatile
90 Cyprus 6.1% 2010 down 67.9% falling
91 Chile 6.0% 2010 down 61.6% falling
92 South Africa 5.8% 2010 down 28.3% volatile
93 Kuwait 5.6% 2010 up 41.4% volatile
94 Botswana 5.3% 2010 up 1.9% volatile
95 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.9% 2010 down 62.3% rising
96 France 4.5% 2010 down 70.7% falling
97 Haiti 4.3% 2010 up 29.6% rising
98 Gambia 4.2% 2010 up 186.4% volatile
99 Netherlands 4.2% 2010 down 42.6% volatile
100 Bahrain 4.0% 2010 down 4.5% rising
101 Japan 4.0% 2010 down 9.0% volatile
102 Ireland 3.7% 2010 down 51.1% volatile
103 Barbados 3.7% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
104 Italy 3.6% 2010 down 62.0% volatile
105 Singapore 3.6% 2010 down 60.4% volatile
106 Tonga 3.5% 2010 down 83.5% falling
107 Mali 3.5% 2010 down 19.2% volatile
108 Egypt 3.4% 2010 down 46.4% volatile
109 Malta 3.2% 2010 up 932.3% volatile
110 Yemen 3.1% 2010 up 668.3% volatile
111 Belgium 2.5% 2010 down 61.4% volatile
112 Mongolia 2.3% 2010 down 53.8% volatile
113 Bulgaria 2.2% 2010 down 86.4% falling
114 Switzerland 2.0% 2010 down 88.9% falling
115 Sweden 2.0% 2010 up 11.3% volatile
116 Australia 1.9% 2010 down 26.1% volatile
117 Germany 1.8% 2010 down 86.4% volatile
118 Albania 1.4% 2010 down 65.7% volatile
118 United States of America 1.4% 2010 down 10.9% volatile
120 Republic of Korea 1.2% 2010 down 88.8% volatile
121 Armenia 1.1% 2010 down 13.5% volatile
122 Tajikistan 1.0% 2010 down 34.5% volatile
123 Congo 1.0% 2010 down 91.6% volatile
124 Hungary 0.8% 2010 down 59.5% volatile
125 Serbia 0.7% 2010 down 97.6% volatile
126 Afghanistan 0.6% 2010 down 5.0% volatile
127 Canada 0.6% 2010 down 55.6% volatile
128 Croatia 0.5% 2010 down 97.0% volatile
128 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% 2010 down 93.3% volatile
130 Ukraine 0.5% 2010 up 4.7% volatile
131 Latvia 0.4% 2010 up 21.2% volatile
132 Estonia 0.4% 2010 down 15.2% volatile
133 Russian Federation 0.4% 2010 up 15.6% volatile
134 Norway 0.4% 2010 down 96.6% volatile
135 Romania 0.3% 2010 down 41.7% volatile
135 Slovenia 0.3% 2010 down 87.3% volatile
137 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 98.8% volatile
138 Lithuania 0.1% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
139 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 75.6% volatile
140 Republic of Moldova 0.0% 2010 down 96.9% volatile
141 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 88.9% volatile
141 Denmark 0.0% 2010 unchanged volatile
143 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0% 2010 — volatile
143 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary schooling. 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 40-44 with primary schooling. Completed Primary