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

Percentage of female population age 45-49 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
77.8%
Tajikistan
Lowest
0.3%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Median
21.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 77.8% in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0.3% in Tanzania, United Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.9%, and the mean is 26.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 243.

Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 1,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Sri Lanka (down 62.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tajikistan 77.8% 2010 up 28.6% volatile
2 Kyrgyzstan 74.8% 2010 up 39.8% volatile
3 Czechia 73.8% 2010 up 11.9% volatile
4 Armenia 72.7% 2010 up 11.8% rising
5 Slovakia 71.9% 2010 up 49.1% volatile
6 Republic of Moldova 71.0% 2010 up 45.3% volatile
7 Kazakhstan 70.0% 2010 down 3.7% volatile
8 Poland 63.9% 2010 down 7.3% volatile
9 Lithuania 62.9% 2010 down 11.2% volatile
10 Romania 62.1% 2010 up 48.3% volatile
11 Germany 61.3% 2010 up 35.3% volatile
12 Hungary 57.7% 2010 up 25.3% volatile
13 Croatia 55.8% 2010 up 63.3% volatile
14 Switzerland 55.2% 2010 up 44.9% rising
15 Slovenia 55.2% 2010 up 10.5% volatile
16 Serbia 55.0% 2010 up 142.1% volatile
17 Mongolia 55.0% 2010 up 50.6% volatile
18 Bulgaria 53.7% 2010 up 58.8% volatile
19 Sweden 53.4% 2010 up 5.3% rising
20 Republic of Korea 52.8% 2010 up 48.8% volatile
21 Japan 49.2% 2010 up 3.4% volatile
22 Estonia 48.0% 2010 up 1.0% volatile
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46.9% 2010 up 548.3% volatile
24 Albania 45.0% 2010 up 65.1% volatile
25 Cyprus 44.2% 2010 up 38.4% volatile
26 Hong Kong, China 43.9% 2010 up 106.2% volatile
27 Tonga 43.3% 2010 up 285.2% volatile
28 Latvia 43.1% 2010 up 7.7% volatile
29 Finland 43.0% 2010 up 59.1% volatile
30 Trinidad and Tobago 43.0% 2010 up 176.2% volatile
31 Netherlands 42.6% 2010 up 15.9% volatile
32 France 42.5% 2010 up 25.5% volatile
33 Brunei Darussalam 42.4% 2010 up 79.4% volatile
34 Denmark 42.4% 2010 up 9.6% volatile
35 Mauritius 41.8% 2010 up 294.6% volatile
36 Ukraine 41.2% 2010 up 4.2% rising
37 Austria 40.7% 2010 up 17.8% volatile
38 Singapore 40.5% 2010 up 6.2% volatile
39 Italy 40.4% 2010 up 64.8% volatile
40 Cuba 40.1% 2010 up 50.3% volatile
41 South Africa 38.8% 2010 up 276.2% volatile
42 Norway 38.7% 2010 up 11.7% volatile
43 Jamaica 36.5% 2010 up 65.7% volatile
44 Belgium 35.1% 2010 up 21.8% volatile
45 United Arab Emirates 34.5% 2010 up 28.0% volatile
46 United States of America 34.2% 2010 down 8.5% falling
47 Chile 34.2% 2010 up 24.2% rising
48 Canada 34.0% 2010 up 6.6% rising
49 Israel 33.1% 2010 up 28.4% rising
50 Greece 32.3% 2010 up 5.3% rising
51 Guyana 32.2% 2010 up 8.7% volatile
52 Luxembourg 31.4% 2010 up 18.2% rising
53 Fiji 31.2% 2010 up 18.8% volatile
54 Iceland 31.1% 2010 down 13.8% volatile
55 Malaysia 29.6% 2010 up 95.0% volatile
56 Australia 29.0% 2010 down 44.5% rising
57 Ireland 28.7% 2010 down 0.4% rising
58 Argentina 27.9% 2010 up 22.4% rising
59 Bahrain 27.7% 2010 up 6.3% volatile
60 Macau, China 27.6% 2010 up 104.2% volatile
61 Barbados 26.8% 2010 up 4.6% volatile
62 Jordan 26.6% 2010 up 150.8% volatile
63 Peru 26.1% 2010 up 52.5% volatile
64 Belize 25.5% 2010 up 123.9% volatile
65 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 25.5% 2010 up 199.3% volatile
66 Botswana 25.4% 2010 up 116.7% volatile
67 Iran, Islamic Republic of 25.0% 2010 up 86.4% volatile
68 Panama 24.2% 2010 up 47.9% volatile
69 Kuwait 23.3% 2010 up 5.9% volatile
70 Qatar 22.5% 2010 up 32.5% volatile
71 Spain 22.5% 2010 up 63.6% volatile
72 Russian Federation 22.2% 2010 down 27.8% volatile
73 Gabon 21.7% 2010 up 37.3% volatile
74 Brazil 21.4% 2010 up 48.5% volatile
75 Dominican Republic 20.6% 2010 up 308.7% volatile
76 Costa Rica 20.0% 2010 up 42.3% volatile
77 Philippines 19.7% 2010 up 46.1% rising
78 Colombia 19.7% 2010 up 22.4% volatile
79 Uruguay 19.5% 2010 down 9.8% volatile
80 Ecuador 19.4% 2010 up 103.8% volatile
81 Libya 18.7% 2010 up 71.4% volatile
82 China 18.3% 2010 up 121.1% volatile
83 Viet Nam 17.8% 2010 up 214.1% volatile
84 Egypt 17.8% 2010 up 104.5% volatile
85 Saudi Arabia 16.6% 2010 up 73.4% volatile
86 New Zealand 15.6% 2010 up 2.2% volatile
87 Sri Lanka 15.5% 2010 down 62.5% volatile
88 Myanmar 14.7% 2010 up 112.3% volatile
89 El Salvador 14.6% 2010 up 95.1% volatile
90 Nicaragua 13.5% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
91 Paraguay 13.4% 2010 up 38.2% volatile
92 Mexico 13.3% 2010 up 42.1% volatile
93 Namibia 12.9% 2010 up 59.3% rising
94 Algeria 12.5% 2010 up 109.0% volatile
95 Syrian Arab Republic 12.5% 2010 up 269.7% volatile
96 Portugal 12.2% 2010 up 3.0% volatile
97 Iraq 12.1% 2010 up 249.1% volatile
98 Thailand 11.8% 2010 up 349.6% volatile
99 Congo 11.7% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
100 Malta 11.4% 2010 down 45.2% rising
101 Indonesia 11.1% 2010 up 35.2% volatile
102 Honduras 11.0% 2010 up 2.0% volatile
103 Zambia 11.0% 2010 up 8.4% volatile
104 Cameroon 10.9% 2010 up 69.1% volatile
105 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.9% 2010 down 28.8% volatile
106 Ghana 10.8% 2010 down 28.5% volatile
107 Türkiye 10.3% 2010 up 68.7% volatile
108 Bangladesh 10.2% 2010 up 14.1% volatile
109 Guatemala 10.0% 2010 up 35.4% volatile
110 Tunisia 9.3% 2010 up 21.3% volatile
111 Lesotho 9.0% 2010 down 48.3% volatile
112 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8.9% 2010 up 406.9% volatile
113 India 8.4% 2010 up 26.2% volatile
114 Liberia 8.3% 2010 up 102.9% volatile
115 Kenya 6.6% 2010 up 247.9% volatile
116 Morocco 6.6% 2010 up 59.2% volatile
117 Papua New Guinea 6.6% 2010 up 65.2% volatile
118 Zimbabwe 6.5% 2010 up 111.7% rising
119 Pakistan 6.3% 2010 up 3.9% volatile
120 Haiti 6.0% 2010 up 174.2% volatile
121 Sudan 5.0% 2010 up 177.8% volatile
122 Benin 4.9% 2010 up 201.8% volatile
123 Mali 4.5% 2010 up 750.9% volatile
124 Central African Republic 3.9% 2010 up 305.2% volatile
125 Nepal 3.3% 2010 up 152.7% volatile
126 Rwanda 2.8% 2010 up 96.5% volatile
127 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.6% 2010 up 550.0% volatile
128 Uganda 2.3% 2010 up 573.5% volatile
129 Eswatini 2.2% 2010 down 58.1% volatile
130 Sierra Leone 2.1% 2010 up 43.5% rising
131 Malawi 2.0% 2010 up 105.2% volatile
132 Mauritania 1.9% 2010 up 269.2% volatile
133 Côte d'Ivoire 1.9% 2010 up 9.9% volatile
134 Togo 1.8% 2010 down 9.3% volatile
135 Maldives 1.5% 2010 up 97.4% volatile
136 Afghanistan 1.4% 2010 up 364.5% volatile
137 Burundi 1.4% 2010 up 45.3% volatile
138 Gambia 1.2% 2010 up 7.3% rising
139 Cambodia 1.1% 2010 up 5.7% volatile
140 Senegal 0.9% 2010 down 56.4% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.8% 2010 up 60.4% volatile
142 Niger 0.8% 2010 up 161.3% volatile
143 Yemen 0.3% 2010 up 1,600.0% volatile
144 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2010 up 45.5% volatile

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