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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Completed Primary by country

Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Completed Primary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
55.2%
Türkiye
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
10.0%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary schooling. Completed Primary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 55.2% in Türkiye; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.0%, and the mean is 13.0%.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 387.7%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Türkiye 55.2% 2010 up 22.2% volatile
2 Portugal 52.9% 2010 down 11.3% rising
3 Tanzania, United Republic of 43.7% 2010 up 182.7% volatile
4 Trinidad and Tobago 42.1% 2010 down 15.2% rising
5 Costa Rica 38.5% 2010 up 16.3% rising
6 Colombia 37.8% 2010 up 45.3% rising
7 Uruguay 36.3% 2010 up 9.1% rising
8 Cameroon 34.0% 2010 up 57.2% volatile
9 Argentina 33.7% 2010 down 5.1% rising
10 Indonesia 33.6% 2010 up 32.9% volatile
11 Ecuador 32.6% 2010 up 52.0% rising
12 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 31.7% 2010 down 8.1% volatile
13 Paraguay 31.3% 2010 down 3.0% volatile
14 Zambia 29.6% 2010 up 32.1% volatile
15 Brazil 29.0% 2010 down 1.8% rising
16 Greece 28.4% 2010 down 29.0% rising
17 Lesotho 26.1% 2010 up 131.8% volatile
18 Namibia 25.4% 2010 up 22.1% volatile
19 Honduras 25.4% 2010 up 33.4% volatile
20 Myanmar 25.3% 2010 up 39.5% volatile
21 Zimbabwe 24.6% 2010 up 4.4% volatile
22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 24.1% 2010 up 42.6% volatile
23 Philippines 23.6% 2010 down 7.1% rising
24 Syrian Arab Republic 23.3% 2010 up 360.3% volatile
25 Macau, China 23.2% 2010 down 35.2% falling
26 Mexico 23.0% 2010 down 0.1% rising
27 Hong Kong, China 22.9% 2010 up 1.6% rising
28 Panama 22.4% 2010 down 5.5% flat
29 Tunisia 22.2% 2010 up 72.0% volatile
30 Guyana 21.8% 2010 unchanged falling
31 Malaysia 21.8% 2010 down 24.2% volatile
32 Sudan 21.4% 2010 up 81.2% volatile
33 Iceland 21.2% 2010 down 7.5% falling
34 Peru 20.9% 2010 up 50.5% rising
35 Austria 20.5% 2010 down 26.6% falling
36 Bangladesh 20.2% 2010 up 9.6% volatile
37 Algeria 19.8% 2010 up 77.6% volatile
38 New Zealand 19.2% 2010 down 27.8% falling
39 China 19.1% 2010 down 22.9% volatile
40 Iran, Islamic Republic of 19.0% 2010 up 22.3% volatile
41 Fiji 19.0% 2010 up 10.1% volatile
42 Libya 18.8% 2010 up 172.2% volatile
43 Kenya 18.2% 2010 up 161.5% volatile
44 Papua New Guinea 18.2% 2010 up 151.5% volatile
45 Mauritania 17.7% 2010 up 33.1% rising
46 Belize 17.4% 2010 down 62.9% falling
47 Spain 17.2% 2010 down 21.9% falling
48 El Salvador 16.9% 2010 down 0.6% volatile
49 Luxembourg 16.2% 2010 down 29.0% falling
50 Gabon 15.8% 2010 down 3.1% rising
51 Jordan 15.5% 2010 up 18.5% volatile
52 Saudi Arabia 15.4% 2010 up 36.5% rising
53 Viet Nam 14.9% 2010 down 49.7% rising
54 Sri Lanka 14.9% 2010 up 28.5% rising
55 Rwanda 14.9% 2010 up 337.9% volatile
56 Cyprus 14.8% 2010 down 52.1% rising
57 Guatemala 14.7% 2010 up 37.2% rising
58 Malta 14.1% 2010 down 58.7% volatile
59 Nicaragua 13.3% 2010 up 9.4% rising
60 Qatar 12.7% 2010 up 387.7% volatile
61 Côte d'Ivoire 12.4% 2010 up 76.7% volatile
62 Morocco 12.2% 2010 up 126.6% volatile
63 Central African Republic 11.4% 2010 up 114.0% volatile
64 Thailand 11.4% 2010 up 102.5% volatile
65 Togo 11.0% 2010 up 86.2% volatile
66 Poland 10.8% 2010 down 38.0% falling
67 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10.3% 2010 down 55.5% falling
68 Dominican Republic 10.2% 2010 down 36.7% rising
69 Italy 10.2% 2010 down 65.4% falling
70 Burundi 10.1% 2010 up 68.7% volatile
71 India 10.1% 2010 up 87.0% volatile
72 Maldives 10.0% 2010 up 77.7% rising
73 Mauritius 10.0% 2010 down 7.9% rising
74 South Africa 10.0% 2010 up 25.1% volatile
75 Senegal 9.9% 2010 up 128.6% falling
76 Cambodia 9.7% 2010 down 10.8% volatile
77 Eswatini 9.1% 2010 up 21.4% rising
78 Chile 9.0% 2010 down 42.2% falling
79 Israel 8.9% 2010 down 49.0% falling
80 Uganda 8.7% 2010 down 20.2% volatile
81 Cuba 8.5% 2010 down 28.7% falling
82 France 8.3% 2010 down 58.6% falling
83 Sierra Leone 8.2% 2010 up 67.3% volatile
84 Mozambique 8.2% 2010 up 146.4% volatile
85 United Arab Emirates 8.2% 2010 up 31.2% volatile
86 Ireland 8.0% 2010 down 42.0% falling
87 Botswana 7.9% 2010 up 12.7% volatile
88 Jamaica 7.7% 2010 down 51.9% falling
89 Malawi 7.6% 2010 up 52.4% volatile
90 Netherlands 7.6% 2010 down 40.6% volatile
91 Pakistan 7.3% 2010 down 8.7% volatile
92 Tonga 7.1% 2010 down 64.4% flat
93 Kuwait 6.8% 2010 up 69.7% volatile
94 Egypt 6.6% 2010 up 20.6% volatile
95 Ghana 6.5% 2010 down 2.5% volatile
96 Congo 6.5% 2010 down 43.0% volatile
97 Liberia 6.3% 2010 up 98.7% volatile
98 Belgium 6.0% 2010 down 28.9% volatile
99 Benin 5.9% 2010 up 41.5% volatile
100 Republic of Korea 5.4% 2010 down 75.6% falling
101 Singapore 5.4% 2010 down 37.9% volatile
102 Iraq 5.2% 2010 down 32.6% volatile
103 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.8% 2010 down 52.9% rising
104 Niger 4.4% 2010 up 223.7% volatile
105 Nepal 4.3% 2010 up 67.5% volatile
106 Bahrain 4.2% 2010 up 2.2% rising
107 Japan 4.2% 2010 down 66.8% volatile
108 Haiti 4.2% 2010 up 75.1% rising
109 Barbados 4.1% 2010 down 30.5% volatile
110 Australia 3.3% 2010 down 28.0% volatile
111 Mongolia 3.2% 2010 down 70.8% volatile
112 Serbia 3.1% 2010 down 92.7% rising
113 Albania 3.0% 2010 down 86.3% volatile
114 Croatia 2.7% 2010 down 90.3% volatile
115 Bulgaria 2.3% 2010 down 89.3% falling
116 Switzerland 2.2% 2010 down 89.0% falling
117 Sweden 2.0% 2010 down 22.3% volatile
118 Mali 2.0% 2010 down 26.3% volatile
119 Gambia 1.9% 2010 up 174.3% volatile
120 Yemen 1.7% 2010 up 266.0% volatile
121 Germany 1.5% 2010 down 89.7% volatile
122 Tajikistan 1.5% 2010 down 69.3% volatile
123 United States of America 1.4% 2010 down 11.2% volatile
124 Hungary 1.3% 2010 down 37.4% volatile
125 Armenia 1.3% 2010 down 50.8% volatile
126 Canada 0.8% 2010 down 63.5% volatile
127 Slovenia 0.8% 2010 down 79.7% volatile
128 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% 2010 down 94.5% volatile
129 Afghanistan 0.5% 2010 up 80.0% volatile
130 Estonia 0.4% 2010 down 69.2% volatile
131 Ukraine 0.4% 2010 down 59.8% volatile
132 Norway 0.4% 2010 down 97.5% volatile
133 Romania 0.4% 2010 down 43.3% volatile
134 Latvia 0.4% 2010 down 29.4% volatile
135 Russian Federation 0.3% 2010 down 19.0% volatile
136 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2010 down 93.4% volatile
137 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
138 Brunei Darussalam 0.1% 2010 down 99.3% volatile
139 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2010 down 94.8% volatile
140 Lithuania 0.0% 2010 down 93.2% volatile
141 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 87.5% volatile
141 Denmark 0.0% 2010 down 98.1% volatile
143 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0% 2010 — volatile
143 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 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 45-49 with primary schooling. Completed Primary