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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with no education by country

Percentage of female population age 55-59 with no education

Countries reporting
144
Highest
98.9%
Yemen
Lowest
0.0%
Netherlands
Median
12.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with no education is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 98.9% in Yemen; the lowest is 0.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.9%, and the mean is 28.6%.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 284.8%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with no education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 98.9% 2010 down 1.0% flat
2 Niger 96.3% 2010 down 1.6% flat
3 Afghanistan 94.8% 2010 down 3.9% flat
4 Gambia 92.6% 2010 down 0.4% falling
5 Mozambique 91.6% 2010 down 4.9% flat
6 Nepal 88.6% 2010 down 5.9% falling
7 Liberia 86.5% 2010 down 7.3% falling
8 Mali 86.2% 2010 down 10.7% falling
9 Sierra Leone 86.0% 2010 down 8.8% falling
10 Central African Republic 85.8% 2010 down 6.5% falling
11 Pakistan 85.6% 2010 down 5.1% falling
12 Burundi 85.2% 2010 up 8.2% falling
13 Benin 84.8% 2010 down 7.4% falling
14 Senegal 82.0% 2010 down 5.2% rising
15 Sudan 81.7% 2010 down 9.9% falling
16 Morocco 80.8% 2010 down 13.2% falling
17 Togo 80.2% 2010 down 5.1% falling
18 Côte d'Ivoire 77.5% 2010 down 16.6% falling
19 Rwanda 77.5% 2010 down 14.7% falling
20 India 75.4% 2010 down 10.3% falling
21 Papua New Guinea 74.5% 2010 down 16.0% falling
22 Haiti 73.1% 2010 down 11.7% falling
23 Iraq 71.1% 2010 down 21.9% falling
24 Mauritania 70.2% 2010 down 0.2% falling
25 Egypt 68.2% 2010 down 13.0% falling
26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 67.1% 2010 down 22.4% falling
27 Eswatini 66.9% 2010 up 3.0% falling
28 Maldives 66.9% 2010 down 10.0% rising
29 Kenya 65.7% 2010 down 15.6% falling
30 Tunisia 63.5% 2010 down 22.7% falling
31 Malawi 60.9% 2010 down 13.0% falling
32 Syrian Arab Republic 60.1% 2010 down 5.5% falling
33 Tanzania, United Republic of 59.8% 2010 down 20.1% falling
34 Bangladesh 59.8% 2010 down 11.5% falling
35 Lao People's Democratic Republic 59.1% 2010 down 26.2% falling
36 Algeria 57.2% 2010 down 30.4% falling
37 Libya 56.6% 2010 down 31.1% falling
38 Ghana 52.6% 2010 down 34.5% falling
39 Saudi Arabia 51.6% 2010 down 32.1% falling
40 Bahrain 49.9% 2010 down 31.4% falling
41 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 49.6% 2010 up 9.7% falling
42 Uganda 49.5% 2010 down 29.2% falling
43 Guatemala 48.9% 2010 down 20.7% falling
44 Cambodia 45.3% 2010 down 39.7% falling
45 Myanmar 43.2% 2010 down 26.6% falling
46 Jordan 42.4% 2010 down 44.4% falling
47 Congo 41.9% 2010 down 45.2% falling
48 Cameroon 41.0% 2010 down 43.4% falling
49 Iran, Islamic Republic of 39.8% 2010 down 40.4% falling
50 Nicaragua 35.4% 2010 down 29.1% falling
51 Botswana 34.3% 2010 down 24.4% falling
52 Kuwait 31.4% 2010 down 40.8% falling
53 Namibia 31.0% 2010 down 25.9% falling
54 Türkiye 29.7% 2010 down 36.1% falling
55 Zambia 29.1% 2010 down 51.1% falling
56 Honduras 28.5% 2010 down 22.5% falling
57 Ecuador 25.8% 2010 down 4.6% falling
58 Zimbabwe 24.9% 2010 down 27.5% falling
59 Singapore 24.3% 2010 down 52.3% falling
60 Indonesia 24.0% 2010 down 16.0% falling
61 Peru 20.9% 2010 down 31.5% falling
62 Malaysia 20.1% 2010 down 55.1% falling
63 United Arab Emirates 19.7% 2010 down 57.6% falling
64 Gabon 19.0% 2010 down 46.2% falling
65 Qatar 18.7% 2010 down 72.4% falling
66 Brunei Darussalam 18.4% 2010 down 64.3% falling
67 South Africa 18.2% 2010 down 48.2% falling
68 Mexico 18.1% 2010 down 33.5% falling
69 Dominican Republic 16.1% 2010 — volatile
70 Brazil 16.0% 2010 down 44.4% falling
71 Viet Nam 14.9% 2010 down 24.6% falling
72 China 13.8% 2010 down 55.6% volatile
73 Panama 12.0% 2010 down 16.6% falling
74 Colombia 12.0% 2010 down 26.0% falling
75 Mauritius 11.9% 2010 down 70.5% falling
76 Cuba 11.6% 2010 down 57.4% flat
77 Lesotho 10.7% 2010 up 18.0% volatile
78 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 10.2% 2010 down 60.3% falling
79 Portugal 9.7% 2010 up 27.9% volatile
80 Sri Lanka 9.1% 2010 down 52.4% volatile
81 Paraguay 8.8% 2010 down 4.1% falling
82 Hong Kong, China 8.1% 2010 down 79.0% falling
83 Belgium 6.6% 2010 up 14.3% volatile
84 El Salvador 6.5% 2010 down 83.9% falling
85 Costa Rica 6.4% 2010 down 42.0% falling
86 Jamaica 5.9% 2010 down 17.8% volatile
87 Fiji 5.8% 2010 down 53.9% volatile
88 Macau, China 5.5% 2010 down 71.6% falling
89 Guyana 5.3% 2010 down 18.5% volatile
90 Philippines 5.0% 2010 down 34.3% volatile
91 Luxembourg 4.7% 2010 up 29.7% volatile
92 Thailand 4.0% 2010 down 77.0% volatile
93 Mongolia 3.9% 2010 down 70.8% volatile
94 Israel 3.9% 2010 down 45.2% falling
95 Italy 3.7% 2010 down 62.6% falling
96 Chile 3.7% 2010 down 65.6% falling
97 France 2.8% 2010 down 55.2% volatile
98 Republic of Korea 2.5% 2010 down 81.0% volatile
99 Spain 2.4% 2010 down 89.7% volatile
100 Albania 2.2% 2010 down 2.6% volatile
101 Germany 2.1% 2010 down 70.4% volatile
102 Norway 1.8% 2010 up 284.8% volatile
103 Bulgaria 1.7% 2010 up 23.7% volatile
104 Serbia 1.6% 2010 down 57.6% volatile
105 Trinidad and Tobago 1.6% 2010 down 66.6% volatile
106 Argentina 1.6% 2010 down 72.6% falling
107 Uruguay 1.4% 2010 down 42.7% volatile
108 Greece 1.4% 2010 down 89.6% volatile
109 Switzerland 1.4% 2010 down 86.1% volatile
110 Denmark 1.4% 2010 up 115.9% volatile
111 Croatia 1.2% 2010 down 84.2% volatile
112 Malta 1.2% 2010 down 86.7% volatile
113 Romania 1.1% 2010 down 44.2% volatile
114 Australia 1.0% 2010 down 30.2% rising
115 Ireland 0.9% 2010 down 86.5% falling
116 Kyrgyzstan 0.8% 2010 down 71.7% volatile
117 Tonga 0.8% 2010 down 61.5% volatile
118 Cyprus 0.7% 2010 down 95.1% volatile
118 Sweden 0.7% 2010 down 21.3% volatile
120 Canada 0.6% 2010 down 52.5% falling
121 Iceland 0.5% 2010 unchanged falling
122 Slovenia 0.5% 2010 down 48.9% volatile
123 Tajikistan 0.4% 2010 down 80.0% volatile
124 Republic of Moldova 0.4% 2010 down 93.8% volatile
124 United States of America 0.4% 2010 down 33.9% volatile
126 Hungary 0.4% 2010 down 61.1% volatile
127 Russian Federation 0.3% 2010 down 25.0% volatile
128 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2010 down 91.5% volatile
129 Armenia 0.2% 2010 down 72.5% volatile
130 Ukraine 0.2% 2010 down 77.8% volatile
131 Belize 0.2% 2010 down 98.2% falling
132 Estonia 0.1% 2010 down 7.1% volatile
133 Latvia 0.1% 2010 down 42.1% volatile
133 New Zealand 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
135 Japan 0.1% 2010 down 23.1% volatile
135 Poland 0.1% 2010 down 96.2% volatile
137 Austria 0.1% 2010 down 10.0% volatile
138 Slovakia 0.1% 2010 down 95.4% volatile
139 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 90.9% volatile
140 Barbados 0.0% 2010 down 66.7% 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% falling

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 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 55-59 with no education