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

Percentage of female population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
35.7%
Ukraine
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
6.1%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 35.7% in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.1%, and the mean is 8.9%.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,414.3%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ukraine 35.7% 2010 up 6.9% volatile
2 United States of America 32.2% 2010 up 12.9% rising
3 Estonia 31.4% 2010 up 23.6% volatile
4 Israel 29.9% 2010 up 8.3% volatile
5 Ireland 29.7% 2010 up 92.5% volatile
6 Canada 28.2% 2010 up 93.0% volatile
7 Greece 26.4% 2010 up 81.9% volatile
8 Japan 26.2% 2010 up 99.9% volatile
9 Russian Federation 26.2% 2010 up 22.2% volatile
10 New Zealand 26.1% 2010 up 10.6% volatile
11 Republic of Korea 25.0% 2010 up 175.7% volatile
12 Australia 24.2% 2010 up 31.2% volatile
13 Lithuania 23.6% 2010 up 47.8% volatile
14 Denmark 22.6% 2010 up 33.2% volatile
15 Sweden 21.9% 2010 up 7.6% volatile
16 Mongolia 21.1% 2010 up 68.1% volatile
17 Singapore 21.1% 2010 up 196.2% volatile
18 Cyprus 20.5% 2010 up 20.6% volatile
19 Qatar 20.0% 2010 up 48.8% volatile
20 Kazakhstan 19.2% 2010 up 35.8% volatile
21 Panama 19.2% 2010 up 13.3% volatile
22 Belgium 19.1% 2010 up 31.5% volatile
23 Norway 19.0% 2010 up 44.1% volatile
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18.5% 2010 up 21.3% volatile
25 Switzerland 17.8% 2010 up 112.9% volatile
26 Hungary 17.6% 2010 up 41.1% volatile
27 United Arab Emirates 17.5% 2010 up 49.9% volatile
28 Bulgaria 17.4% 2010 up 4.3% volatile
29 Netherlands 17.4% 2010 up 40.5% volatile
30 Slovenia 16.7% 2010 up 48.2% volatile
31 Iceland 16.5% 2010 up 99.2% volatile
32 Costa Rica 16.2% 2010 up 9.6% volatile
33 Finland 15.8% 2010 up 6.9% volatile
34 Latvia 15.7% 2010 up 4.0% volatile
35 Spain 15.2% 2010 up 50.1% volatile
36 Germany 14.7% 2010 up 20.7% volatile
37 Peru 14.7% 2010 down 18.5% volatile
38 Luxembourg 14.2% 2010 up 49.6% volatile
39 Armenia 13.7% 2010 down 16.2% rising
40 Gabon 13.6% 2010 up 27.6% volatile
41 Colombia 13.4% 2010 up 60.6% volatile
42 Kyrgyzstan 12.9% 2010 down 4.1% volatile
43 Serbia 12.4% 2010 up 31.5% volatile
44 Croatia 12.2% 2010 up 60.0% volatile
45 Mexico 12.1% 2010 up 146.9% volatile
46 Poland 11.8% 2010 up 52.0% volatile
47 Jamaica 11.6% 2010 down 2.2% volatile
48 Republic of Moldova 11.3% 2010 up 12.8% volatile
49 Nicaragua 11.1% 2010 up 63.3% volatile
50 Cuba 10.1% 2010 up 18.4% volatile
51 Austria 9.9% 2010 up 40.1% volatile
52 Brazil 9.6% 2010 up 41.9% volatile
53 Saudi Arabia 9.5% 2010 up 89.5% volatile
54 Slovakia 9.4% 2010 up 40.4% volatile
55 Bahrain 9.0% 2010 down 35.4% volatile
56 Kuwait 9.0% 2010 down 2.5% volatile
57 France 8.9% 2010 up 28.0% volatile
57 Philippines 8.9% 2010 up 7.4% rising
59 Thailand 8.9% 2010 up 221.6% volatile
60 Hong Kong, China 8.6% 2010 up 44.4% volatile
61 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8.6% 2010 up 59.0% volatile
62 Sri Lanka 8.4% 2010 up 33.6% volatile
63 Czechia 8.1% 2010 up 50.8% volatile
64 Italy 7.9% 2010 up 19.6% volatile
65 Chile 7.3% 2010 down 16.1% volatile
65 Ecuador 7.3% 2010 down 19.4% volatile
67 Uruguay 6.8% 2010 up 63.8% volatile
68 Romania 6.8% 2010 up 13.4% volatile
69 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6.7% 2010 up 30.6% volatile
70 Malta 6.7% 2010 up 32.7% volatile
71 Trinidad and Tobago 6.3% 2010 up 37.2% volatile
72 Fiji 6.3% 2010 up 24.5% volatile
73 Paraguay 6.0% 2010 up 30.0% volatile
74 Macau, China 5.9% 2010 up 62.8% volatile
75 Iraq 5.7% 2010 up 48.2% volatile
76 Argentina 5.5% 2010 down 17.9% volatile
77 Dominican Republic 5.0% 2010 up 3.3% volatile
78 Tajikistan 4.9% 2010 down 16.6% volatile
79 El Salvador 4.8% 2010 up 20.1% volatile
80 Portugal 4.6% 2010 up 7.5% volatile
81 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.5% 2010 up 18.3% volatile
82 Algeria 3.9% 2010 up 150.6% volatile
83 Türkiye 3.8% 2010 down 1.0% volatile
84 Indonesia 3.8% 2010 up 158.5% volatile
84 Morocco 3.8% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
86 Honduras 3.8% 2010 up 31.7% volatile
87 Belize 3.7% 2010 down 17.8% volatile
88 Tonga 3.3% 2010 down 50.2% volatile
89 Brunei Darussalam 3.2% 2010 down 56.1% volatile
90 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.2% 2010 up 160.7% volatile
91 Viet Nam 3.1% 2010 up 52.2% volatile
92 Namibia 3.0% 2010 up 54.8% volatile
93 Kenya 3.0% 2010 up 257.1% volatile
94 Malaysia 2.8% 2010 up 116.2% volatile
95 Tunisia 2.8% 2010 up 47.4% volatile
96 Botswana 2.7% 2010 up 28.4% volatile
97 India 2.7% 2010 up 23.9% volatile
98 Syrian Arab Republic 2.7% 2010 up 81.6% volatile
99 Bangladesh 2.4% 2010 down 8.4% volatile
100 Mali 2.1% 2010 up 1,414.3% volatile
101 Pakistan 2.1% 2010 down 47.3% volatile
102 Côte d'Ivoire 2.0% 2010 up 49.6% volatile
103 Afghanistan 2.0% 2010 up 130.7% volatile
104 Liberia 1.9% 2010 up 75.2% volatile
105 Egypt 1.9% 2010 down 15.2% volatile
105 Myanmar 1.9% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
107 Jordan 1.8% 2010 down 20.2% volatile
108 Libya 1.7% 2010 down 73.0% volatile
109 Lesotho 1.5% 2010 up 65.2% volatile
110 Zambia 1.4% 2010 down 0.7% volatile
111 Barbados 1.0% 2010 up 44.8% volatile
112 Gambia 0.9% 2010 up 34.8% volatile
113 China 0.9% 2010 down 32.6% volatile
114 Congo 0.9% 2010 down 35.0% volatile
114 Togo 0.9% 2010 up 107.0% volatile
116 Zimbabwe 0.9% 2010 up 66.0% rising
117 Ghana 0.8% 2010 down 67.9% volatile
118 Central African Republic 0.8% 2010 up 50.9% volatile
118 Nepal 0.8% 2010 up 56.6% volatile
120 Mauritius 0.8% 2010 up 54.7% volatile
121 Senegal 0.8% 2010 up 81.0% volatile
122 Benin 0.6% 2010 unchanged volatile
123 Uganda 0.6% 2010 down 64.3% volatile
124 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5% 2010 up 78.6% volatile
125 Haiti 0.5% 2010 up 14.0% volatile
126 Mauritania 0.4% 2010 up 192.9% volatile
127 Albania 0.4% 2010 down 92.2% volatile
128 Maldives 0.3% 2010 up 466.7% volatile
128 South Africa 0.3% 2010 unchanged rising
130 Burundi 0.3% 2010 up 170.0% volatile
131 Papua New Guinea 0.3% 2010 up 333.3% volatile
132 Niger 0.2% 2010 up 78.6% volatile
133 Malawi 0.2% 2010 up 10.0% volatile
134 Cambodia 0.2% 2010 up 42.9% volatile
134 Sudan 0.2% 2010 down 41.2% volatile
134 Yemen 0.2% 2010 up 566.7% volatile
137 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.2% 2010 up 26.7% volatile
138 Guyana 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
138 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 down 6.7% volatile
138 Sierra Leone 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
141 Cameroon 0.1% 2010 up 14.3% volatile
142 Rwanda 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
143 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 98.0% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of female population age 45-49 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary