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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with no education by country

Percentage of female population age 50-54 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
98.4%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
7.4%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 98.4% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.4%, and the mean is 24.2%.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 125 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 50-54 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 98.4% 2010 down 1.5% flat
2 Niger 93.5% 2010 down 4.5% flat
3 Mozambique 91.6% 2010 down 4.9% flat
4 Afghanistan 89.5% 2010 down 5.6% falling
5 Gambia 89.0% 2010 down 4.0% falling
6 Nepal 84.4% 2010 down 7.9% falling
7 Mali 82.6% 2010 down 14.4% falling
8 Liberia 81.9% 2010 down 11.4% falling
9 Sudan 81.7% 2010 down 9.9% falling
10 Sierra Leone 81.0% 2010 down 11.7% falling
11 Burundi 79.6% 2010 down 6.5% falling
12 Benin 78.8% 2010 down 7.1% falling
13 Pakistan 78.1% 2010 down 11.3% falling
14 Morocco 75.6% 2010 down 11.0% falling
15 Senegal 74.3% 2010 down 13.2% rising
16 Côte d'Ivoire 73.2% 2010 down 14.9% falling
17 India 72.4% 2010 down 9.2% falling
18 Central African Republic 72.0% 2010 down 16.2% falling
19 Togo 68.8% 2010 down 15.6% falling
20 Egypt 68.2% 2010 down 13.0% falling
21 Iraq 66.1% 2010 down 20.9% falling
22 Mauritania 65.2% 2010 down 7.1% falling
23 Rwanda 62.9% 2010 down 18.9% falling
24 Eswatini 61.7% 2010 up 1.0% falling
25 Papua New Guinea 60.4% 2010 down 19.9% falling
26 Haiti 59.0% 2010 down 19.2% falling
27 Maldives 58.3% 2010 down 12.9% rising
28 Algeria 57.2% 2010 down 25.7% falling
29 Libya 56.6% 2010 down 31.1% falling
30 Bangladesh 55.1% 2010 down 7.8% falling
31 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 54.7% 2010 down 30.8% falling
32 Malawi 53.9% 2010 down 11.5% falling
33 Saudi Arabia 51.6% 2010 down 32.1% falling
34 Lao People's Democratic Republic 48.4% 2010 down 29.5% falling
35 Guatemala 46.4% 2010 down 13.5% falling
36 Bahrain 44.0% 2010 down 15.5% falling
37 Myanmar 43.2% 2010 down 26.6% falling
38 Ghana 43.1% 2010 down 31.8% falling
39 Congo 41.9% 2010 down 45.2% falling
40 Cambodia 40.2% 2010 down 32.0% falling
41 Syrian Arab Republic 40.0% 2010 down 23.7% falling
42 Tunisia 39.7% 2010 down 47.3% falling
43 Uganda 39.2% 2010 down 28.0% falling
44 Tanzania, United Republic of 38.2% 2010 down 36.2% falling
45 Kenya 36.8% 2010 down 39.7% falling
46 Nicaragua 30.8% 2010 down 33.4% falling
47 Zambia 29.1% 2010 down 51.1% falling
48 Iran, Islamic Republic of 26.1% 2010 down 53.7% falling
49 Cameroon 24.6% 2010 down 66.1% falling
50 Botswana 24.2% 2010 down 29.6% falling
51 Malta 21.9% 2010 up 258.5% volatile
52 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 20.4% 2010 down 28.2% falling
53 Brunei Darussalam 20.1% 2010 up 9.2% falling
54 United Arab Emirates 19.7% 2010 down 57.6% falling
55 Namibia 19.5% 2010 down 37.1% falling
56 Gabon 19.0% 2010 down 46.2% falling
57 Jordan 17.8% 2010 down 66.8% falling
58 Honduras 16.8% 2010 down 43.6% falling
59 Singapore 16.7% 2010 down 48.5% volatile
60 Türkiye 15.8% 2010 down 66.0% falling
61 Zimbabwe 15.7% 2010 down 36.7% falling
62 Kuwait 15.0% 2010 down 67.1% falling
63 Viet Nam 14.9% 2010 up 19.1% volatile
64 Indonesia 13.3% 2010 down 53.6% falling
65 Brazil 12.8% 2010 down 50.5% falling
66 Dominican Republic 10.7% 2010 up 15,142.9% volatile
67 South Africa 10.2% 2010 down 60.7% volatile
68 Malaysia 10.1% 2010 down 51.4% falling
69 Ecuador 10.0% 2010 down 55.6% falling
70 Mexico 9.6% 2010 down 47.8% falling
71 Peru 9.0% 2010 down 67.0% falling
72 Qatar 7.6% 2010 down 87.5% falling
73 Panama 7.3% 2010 down 31.9% falling
74 Luxembourg 7.0% 2010 up 93.3% volatile
75 Colombia 6.8% 2010 down 58.2% falling
76 Lesotho 6.5% 2010 down 28.0% volatile
77 Sri Lanka 6.2% 2010 down 44.7% volatile
78 El Salvador 5.9% 2010 down 83.5% falling
79 Fiji 5.8% 2010 down 53.0% volatile
80 Mauritius 5.6% 2010 down 70.4% falling
81 Jamaica 5.5% 2010 down 25.5% volatile
82 Guyana 5.3% 2010 unchanged volatile
83 China 5.2% 2010 down 74.7% volatile
83 Paraguay 5.2% 2010 down 43.6% volatile
85 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.9% 2010 down 65.0% volatile
86 Belgium 4.4% 2010 down 10.1% rising
87 Macau, China 4.3% 2010 down 36.5% volatile
88 Portugal 4.0% 2010 up 18.2% volatile
89 Cuba 4.0% 2010 down 65.9% falling
90 Thailand 3.6% 2010 down 74.8% volatile
91 Norway 3.5% 2010 up 566.0% volatile
92 Philippines 3.5% 2010 down 54.4% volatile
93 Mongolia 3.1% 2010 down 17.4% volatile
94 Costa Rica 3.1% 2010 down 58.3% falling
95 Israel 2.5% 2010 down 59.0% volatile
96 Denmark 2.3% 2010 up 339.6% volatile
97 Hong Kong, China 2.2% 2010 down 92.1% volatile
98 Germany 1.8% 2010 down 71.2% volatile
99 Italy 1.7% 2010 down 47.6% volatile
100 Bulgaria 1.7% 2010 up 77.1% volatile
101 Argentina 1.6% 2010 down 61.7% volatile
102 Chile 1.3% 2010 down 88.2% volatile
103 Albania 1.2% 2010 up 108.8% volatile
104 Switzerland 1.1% 2010 down 87.7% volatile
105 Republic of Korea 1.1% 2010 down 77.7% volatile
106 Spain 1.1% 2010 down 93.2% volatile
107 France 1.0% 2010 down 35.6% volatile
108 Serbia 1.0% 2010 down 48.7% volatile
109 Tonga 0.9% 2010 down 35.7% volatile
110 Australia 0.9% 2010 down 25.0% rising
110 Romania 0.9% 2010 down 34.1% volatile
112 Sweden 0.8% 2010 up 24.6% falling
113 Greece 0.8% 2010 down 86.9% volatile
114 Croatia 0.7% 2010 down 62.6% volatile
115 Ireland 0.6% 2010 down 90.0% falling
116 Uruguay 0.5% 2010 down 78.2% volatile
117 Hungary 0.4% 2010 down 32.3% volatile
117 United States of America 0.4% 2010 up 29.4% falling
119 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4% 2010 down 75.3% volatile
120 Canada 0.3% 2010 down 57.5% falling
121 Russian Federation 0.3% 2010 up 50.0% volatile
122 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3% 2010 down 90.7% volatile
123 Republic of Moldova 0.3% 2010 down 80.0% volatile
124 Slovenia 0.2% 2010 down 64.3% volatile
125 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 84.9% volatile
126 Kyrgyzstan 0.2% 2010 down 80.0% volatile
127 Cyprus 0.2% 2010 down 96.7% volatile
127 Tajikistan 0.2% 2010 down 53.5% volatile
127 Ukraine 0.2% 2010 down 33.3% volatile
130 Armenia 0.1% 2010 down 36.4% volatile
131 Czechia 0.1% 2010 down 70.5% falling
131 Estonia 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
133 Iceland 0.1% 2010 down 42.9% falling
133 Latvia 0.1% 2010 down 20.0% volatile
133 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 87.8% volatile
136 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
137 Austria 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
137 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 50-54 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 50-54 with no education