Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) by country
Percentage of female population age 50-54 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)
Countries reporting
144
Highest
95.1%
Albania
Lowest
0.5%
Niger
Median
37.7%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 95.1% in Albania; the lowest is 0.5% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 37.7%, and the mean is 38.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 179.
Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 2,207.5%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 88.7%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 95.1% | 2010 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Tajikistan | 90.7% | 2010 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Barbados | 88.8% | 2010 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Romania | 86.1% | 2010 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Tonga | 85.3% | 2010 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 6 | Czechia | 84.3% | 2010 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 82.7% | 2010 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Slovakia | 81.5% | 2010 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 79.8% | 2010 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Croatia | 78.5% | 2010 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Armenia | 78.2% | 2010 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 12 | Hungary | 78.2% | 2010 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Serbia | 77.6% | 2010 | up 111.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Belize | 77.0% | 2010 | up 92.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Italy | 75.9% | 2010 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Latvia | 75.7% | 2010 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 74.2% | 2010 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Malta | 74.2% | 2010 | up 141.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Slovenia | 74.0% | 2010 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 73.6% | 2010 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Poland | 70.8% | 2010 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Cuba | 70.0% | 2010 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Switzerland | 68.4% | 2010 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | 67.8% | 2010 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 66.5% | 2010 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 26 | France | 66.4% | 2010 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Mongolia | 64.9% | 2010 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Lithuania | 64.9% | 2010 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Hong Kong, China | 64.8% | 2010 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Netherlands | 64.4% | 2010 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 31 | Denmark | 62.8% | 2010 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Sweden | 62.7% | 2010 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 33 | Norway | 62.4% | 2010 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Botswana | 61.8% | 2010 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Chile | 61.7% | 2010 | up 124.7% | rising |
| 36 | China | 59.0% | 2010 | up 157.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 58.2% | 2010 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Austria | 57.5% | 2010 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 39 | Finland | 57.4% | 2010 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 40 | Guyana | 57.0% | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 41 | Cyprus | 56.6% | 2010 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Jamaica | 56.4% | 2010 | up 81.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Brunei Darussalam | 56.3% | 2010 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Australia | 55.3% | 2010 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 45 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 54.8% | 2010 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 46 | Spain | 54.7% | 2010 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Singapore | 54.3% | 2010 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 48 | South Africa | 54.0% | 2010 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 49 | Japan | 53.9% | 2010 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 50 | Belgium | 53.6% | 2010 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 51 | Estonia | 53.1% | 2010 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 52 | Jordan | 50.9% | 2010 | up 163.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Macau, China | 50.4% | 2010 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Malaysia | 48.9% | 2010 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Luxembourg | 48.5% | 2010 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 56 | Ukraine | 46.6% | 2010 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 57 | Canada | 45.9% | 2010 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.8% | 2010 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Ireland | 45.6% | 2010 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 60 | Ghana | 44.3% | 2010 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Iceland | 43.4% | 2010 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Fiji | 43.4% | 2010 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Greece | 42.7% | 2010 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 64 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 42.1% | 2010 | up 128.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Uruguay | 41.9% | 2010 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 41.2% | 2010 | up 174.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Mauritius | 41.0% | 2010 | up 92.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Kuwait | 40.4% | 2010 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Israel | 40.2% | 2010 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 70 | United States of America | 39.1% | 2010 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 71 | United Arab Emirates | 38.6% | 2010 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Bahrain | 37.7% | 2010 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Colombia | 37.6% | 2010 | up 89.6% | rising |
| 74 | Argentina | 36.7% | 2010 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 75 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 36.5% | 2010 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Brazil | 36.1% | 2010 | up 127.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Philippines | 35.8% | 2010 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 78 | Panama | 34.3% | 2010 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 79 | Viet Nam | 34.1% | 2010 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Mexico | 32.5% | 2010 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 81 | New Zealand | 31.7% | 2010 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 31.3% | 2010 | up 153.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Peru | 31.1% | 2010 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 84 | Qatar | 31.0% | 2010 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Portugal | 30.8% | 2010 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Gabon | 30.4% | 2010 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Russian Federation | 29.3% | 2010 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 28.4% | 2010 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Congo | 27.6% | 2010 | up 420.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Ecuador | 27.2% | 2010 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 91 | El Salvador | 26.3% | 2010 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Namibia | 24.2% | 2010 | up 82.0% | rising |
| 93 | Paraguay | 21.9% | 2010 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Syrian Arab Republic | 21.3% | 2010 | up 180.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Indonesia | 20.6% | 2010 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 20.5% | 2010 | up 106.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Bangladesh | 19.2% | 2010 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Guatemala | 19.0% | 2010 | up 92.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Honduras | 18.0% | 2010 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 17.9% | 2010 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 101 | Eswatini | 17.6% | 2010 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Tunisia | 17.6% | 2010 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Zambia | 17.2% | 2010 | up 537.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Egypt | 16.7% | 2010 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 16.3% | 2010 | up 198.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Lesotho | 16.2% | 2010 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Türkiye | 15.6% | 2010 | up 157.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Haiti | 15.3% | 2010 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Cameroon | 15.2% | 2010 | up 323.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Myanmar | 14.7% | 2010 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Libya | 14.7% | 2010 | up 425.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Uganda | 14.1% | 2010 | up 537.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Togo | 14.0% | 2010 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Thailand | 13.0% | 2010 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 115 | India | 12.5% | 2010 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Kenya | 12.0% | 2010 | up 171.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Pakistan | 10.6% | 2010 | up 116.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 10.5% | 2010 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Benin | 10.0% | 2010 | up 88.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Iraq | 9.9% | 2010 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Mali | 9.2% | 2010 | up 2,207.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Morocco | 8.4% | 2010 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Liberia | 7.8% | 2010 | up 134.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Algeria | 7.2% | 2010 | up 82.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Gambia | 7.1% | 2010 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 126 | Central African Republic | 7.0% | 2010 | up 273.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6.4% | 2010 | up 262.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Sierra Leone | 6.1% | 2010 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Nepal | 6.1% | 2010 | up 113.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.1% | 2010 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Cambodia | 6.0% | 2010 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Senegal | 5.7% | 2010 | up 136.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.6% | 2010 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Rwanda | 4.9% | 2010 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Malawi | 4.1% | 2010 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.0% | 2010 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Sudan | 3.5% | 2010 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Mauritania | 3.4% | 2010 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Burundi | 2.4% | 2010 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Maldives | 1.9% | 2010 | down 88.7% | falling |
| 141 | Mozambique | 1.0% | 2010 | up 229.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Afghanistan | 0.9% | 2010 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Yemen | 0.8% | 2010 | up 1,440.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Niger | 0.5% | 2010 | up 165.0% | volatile |
About this data
Percentage of female population age 50-54 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)