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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
Percentage of female population age 45-49 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary