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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education by country

Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
96.1%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
6.7%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 96.1% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.7%, and the mean is 22.2%.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 121 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 15,142.9%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 96.1% 2010 down 2.8% flat
2 Niger 90.6% 2010 down 5.9% falling
3 Gambia 89.0% 2010 down 4.0% falling
4 Afghanistan 88.2% 2010 down 7.0% falling
5 Mozambique 84.0% 2010 down 8.3% flat
6 Mali 82.6% 2010 down 7.3% falling
7 Nepal 80.2% 2010 down 9.5% falling
8 Burundi 79.6% 2010 down 6.5% falling
9 Benin 78.8% 2010 down 7.1% falling
10 Pakistan 78.1% 2010 up 2.2% falling
11 Sierra Leone 77.3% 2010 down 10.1% falling
12 Liberia 77.0% 2010 down 11.0% falling
13 Senegal 74.3% 2010 down 4.5% rising
14 Central African Republic 72.0% 2010 down 16.2% falling
15 Papua New Guinea 69.8% 2010 down 6.3% falling
16 India 69.6% 2010 down 7.7% falling
17 Morocco 68.8% 2010 down 14.8% falling
18 Togo 68.8% 2010 down 10.6% falling
19 Côte d'Ivoire 68.2% 2010 down 12.0% falling
20 Sudan 66.9% 2010 down 18.1% falling
21 Mauritania 65.2% 2010 down 7.1% falling
22 Iraq 61.2% 2010 down 13.9% falling
23 Rwanda 59.2% 2010 down 23.6% falling
24 Maldives 58.3% 2010 down 12.9% rising
25 Eswatini 56.9% 2010 up 7.7% falling
26 Bangladesh 55.1% 2010 down 7.8% falling
27 Egypt 54.3% 2010 down 20.4% falling
28 Malawi 53.9% 2010 down 11.5% falling
29 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 49.1% 2010 down 26.9% falling
30 Haiti 47.3% 2010 down 35.2% falling
31 Ghana 43.1% 2010 up 14.0% falling
32 Lao People's Democratic Republic 40.7% 2010 down 31.1% falling
33 Cambodia 40.2% 2010 down 12.5% falling
34 Syrian Arab Republic 40.0% 2010 down 23.7% falling
35 Tunisia 39.7% 2010 down 27.8% falling
36 Uganda 39.2% 2010 down 28.0% falling
37 Bahrain 39.1% 2010 up 6.2% falling
38 Guatemala 38.2% 2010 down 28.8% falling
39 Tanzania, United Republic of 38.2% 2010 down 36.2% falling
40 Algeria 37.2% 2010 down 34.8% falling
41 Kenya 36.8% 2010 down 38.4% falling
42 Myanmar 34.5% 2010 down 20.1% falling
43 Libya 30.3% 2010 down 46.5% falling
44 Zambia 29.1% 2010 unchanged falling
45 Saudi Arabia 27.9% 2010 down 45.9% falling
46 Nicaragua 25.2% 2010 down 39.7% falling
47 Botswana 24.2% 2010 down 29.6% falling
48 Congo 23.4% 2010 down 44.2% falling
49 Iran, Islamic Republic of 23.0% 2010 down 53.3% falling
50 Cameroon 21.5% 2010 down 47.6% falling
51 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 20.4% 2010 down 28.2% falling
52 Brunei Darussalam 20.1% 2010 up 9.2% volatile
53 Namibia 19.5% 2010 down 37.1% falling
54 Jordan 17.8% 2010 down 61.6% falling
55 Honduras 16.8% 2010 down 24.7% falling
56 Türkiye 15.8% 2010 down 46.6% falling
57 Zimbabwe 15.7% 2010 down 36.7% falling
58 Kuwait 15.0% 2010 down 55.8% falling
59 Gabon 14.2% 2010 down 25.2% volatile
60 Indonesia 13.3% 2010 down 53.6% falling
61 Dominican Republic 10.7% 2010 up 15,142.9% volatile
62 Singapore 10.2% 2010 down 49.3% volatile
63 South Africa 10.2% 2010 down 60.7% volatile
64 Malaysia 10.1% 2010 down 51.4% volatile
65 Ecuador 10.0% 2010 down 55.6% falling
66 Mexico 9.6% 2010 down 47.8% falling
67 Brazil 9.2% 2010 down 45.7% falling
68 United Arab Emirates 9.0% 2010 down 70.8% falling
69 Peru 9.0% 2010 down 46.8% falling
70 Qatar 7.6% 2010 down 83.5% falling
71 Panama 7.3% 2010 down 31.9% falling
72 Colombia 6.8% 2010 down 30.9% falling
73 Luxembourg 6.6% 2010 up 37.6% volatile
74 Lesotho 6.5% 2010 down 3.7% volatile
75 Sri Lanka 6.2% 2010 down 44.7% volatile
76 El Salvador 5.9% 2010 down 79.8% falling
77 Viet Nam 5.5% 2010 down 55.7% volatile
78 Guyana 5.3% 2010 unchanged volatile
79 China 5.2% 2010 down 65.5% volatile
79 Paraguay 5.2% 2010 down 43.6% volatile
81 Jamaica 5.0% 2010 down 15.8% volatile
82 Belgium 5.0% 2010 up 12.2% rising
83 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.9% 2010 down 65.0% volatile
84 Portugal 4.0% 2010 up 65.4% volatile
85 Cuba 4.0% 2010 down 65.9% falling
86 Norway 3.5% 2010 up 541.8% volatile
87 Philippines 3.5% 2010 down 54.4% volatile
88 Mauritius 3.1% 2010 down 83.4% volatile
89 Costa Rica 3.1% 2010 down 38.4% volatile
90 Mongolia 3.0% 2010 down 21.8% volatile
91 Thailand 2.6% 2010 down 80.6% volatile
92 Israel 2.5% 2010 down 6.4% volatile
93 Denmark 2.3% 2010 up 288.3% volatile
94 Hong Kong, China 2.2% 2010 down 89.6% volatile
95 Fiji 1.8% 2010 down 73.5% volatile
96 Germany 1.7% 2010 down 47.1% volatile
97 Italy 1.7% 2010 down 47.6% volatile
98 Iceland 1.7% 2010 up 233.3% volatile
99 Bulgaria 1.6% 2010 up 95.2% volatile
100 Macau, China 1.3% 2010 down 80.7% volatile
101 Chile 1.3% 2010 down 61.1% volatile
102 Switzerland 1.2% 2010 down 87.3% volatile
103 Albania 1.2% 2010 up 108.8% volatile
104 France 1.2% 2010 down 15.8% volatile
105 Spain 1.1% 2010 down 89.1% volatile
106 Serbia 1.0% 2010 down 38.6% volatile
107 Ireland 1.0% 2010 down 70.2% falling
108 Austria 0.9% 2010 up 911.1% volatile
109 Tonga 0.9% 2010 down 23.1% volatile
110 Romania 0.9% 2010 down 28.1% volatile
111 Sweden 0.8% 2010 down 2.4% falling
112 Greece 0.8% 2010 down 77.5% volatile
113 Argentina 0.7% 2010 down 82.1% volatile
114 Australia 0.7% 2010 down 30.1% flat
115 Croatia 0.7% 2010 down 62.6% volatile
116 Republic of Korea 0.5% 2010 down 72.3% volatile
116 Uruguay 0.5% 2010 down 64.0% volatile
118 Hungary 0.4% 2010 down 32.3% volatile
119 Slovenia 0.4% 2010 down 28.3% volatile
120 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4% 2010 down 75.3% volatile
121 Russian Federation 0.3% 2010 up 65.0% volatile
122 Canada 0.3% 2010 down 57.5% falling
123 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3% 2010 down 90.3% volatile
124 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 68.7% volatile
124 United States of America 0.3% 2010 down 23.5% falling
126 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 85.7% volatile
127 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 34.3% volatile
128 Cyprus 0.2% 2010 down 89.9% volatile
128 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 53.5% volatile
128 Ukraine 0.2% 2010 unchanged volatile
131 Malta 0.1% 2010 down 96.8% volatile
132 Armenia 0.1% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
133 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 72.3% falling
133 Estonia 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
135 Latvia 0.1% 2010 up 9.1% volatile
135 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 87.8% volatile
137 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
138 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
139 Belize 0.1% 2010 down 98.8% falling
140 Barbados 0.0% 2010 up 100.0% 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 45-49 with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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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 45-49 with no education