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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
80.7%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
22.8%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 80.7% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 22.8%, and the mean is 26.5%.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 1,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 80.7% 2010 up 5.4% volatile
2 Lesotho 80.2% 2010 down 1.0% rising
3 El Salvador 72.8% 2010 up 56.9% rising
4 Paraguay 67.7% 2010 down 5.1% rising
5 Portugal 65.2% 2010 down 9.9% rising
6 Zimbabwe 62.0% 2010 up 6.1% rising
7 Trinidad and Tobago 60.1% 2010 down 16.1% falling
8 Malta 60.0% 2010 up 3.7% rising
9 Indonesia 57.9% 2010 up 9.1% volatile
10 Türkiye 56.6% 2010 up 29.0% volatile
11 Costa Rica 56.5% 2010 down 8.7% falling
12 Ecuador 56.3% 2010 up 10.5% rising
13 Mauritius 56.1% 2010 up 19.8% rising
14 Dominican Republic 54.5% 2010 down 34.6% rising
15 China 53.6% 2010 up 14.2% volatile
16 Namibia 52.8% 2010 up 11.5% rising
17 Uruguay 52.2% 2010 down 10.4% falling
18 Greece 52.2% 2010 down 5.9% rising
19 Honduras 52.0% 2010 up 7.7% rising
20 Zambia 51.6% 2010 up 39.3% rising
21 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 51.4% 2010 down 8.1% rising
22 Mexico 50.8% 2010 down 5.0% rising
23 Philippines 50.2% 2010 up 9.4% falling
24 Macau, China 50.1% 2010 up 3.3% flat
25 Colombia 48.9% 2010 down 16.1% rising
26 Viet Nam 48.0% 2010 down 23.3% rising
27 Spain 48.0% 2010 up 31.8% rising
28 Cambodia 47.8% 2010 up 118.5% volatile
29 Brazil 47.6% 2010 down 6.2% rising
30 Argentina 47.3% 2010 down 21.1% falling
31 Cameroon 46.5% 2010 up 95.4% volatile
32 Malaysia 46.4% 2010 up 11.7% volatile
33 Cyprus 44.1% 2010 up 2.2% flat
34 Fiji 43.8% 2010 down 3.9% flat
35 Hong Kong, China 43.6% 2010 up 67.6% rising
36 Peru 43.0% 2010 up 13.8% rising
37 Panama 41.7% 2010 down 11.7% falling
38 Nicaragua 41.3% 2010 up 3.7% rising
39 Qatar 39.0% 2010 up 497.5% volatile
40 Myanmar 38.9% 2010 up 32.0% rising
41 Tanzania, United Republic of 37.5% 2010 up 52.6% rising
42 Guyana 37.5% 2010 down 45.0% falling
43 Uganda 37.3% 2010 up 32.0% volatile
44 New Zealand 36.7% 2010 down 23.9% falling
45 Austria 36.6% 2010 down 13.6% falling
46 Malawi 36.5% 2010 up 26.1% rising
47 Guatemala 36.4% 2010 up 22.9% volatile
48 Lao People's Democratic Republic 36.3% 2010 up 96.2% volatile
49 Gabon 35.0% 2010 down 16.8% rising
50 Jamaica 34.2% 2010 down 37.4% falling
51 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 33.5% 2010 down 3.7% volatile
52 Chile 33.3% 2010 down 35.8% falling
53 Italy 33.0% 2010 down 35.2% falling
54 Algeria 32.8% 2010 up 121.2% volatile
55 South Africa 32.3% 2010 up 15.4% rising
56 Maldives 31.3% 2010 up 156.8% rising
57 Kenya 30.8% 2010 up 55.1% volatile
58 Iceland 30.4% 2010 down 41.9% falling
59 Luxembourg 29.4% 2010 down 29.5% falling
60 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 29.3% 2010 up 135.9% volatile
61 Mauritania 28.6% 2010 down 2.2% rising
62 Congo 27.9% 2010 up 59.4% volatile
63 Sri Lanka 27.8% 2010 up 20.0% falling
64 Jordan 26.8% 2010 up 105.5% volatile
65 Republic of Korea 26.5% 2010 down 43.3% volatile
66 France 26.5% 2010 down 24.4% falling
67 Ireland 26.3% 2010 down 20.8% falling
68 Syrian Arab Republic 26.3% 2010 down 17.8% volatile
69 Kuwait 25.7% 2010 up 70.6% volatile
70 Brunei Darussalam 25.3% 2010 down 4.9% volatile
71 Saudi Arabia 24.7% 2010 up 49.3% rising
72 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 23.4% 2010 down 53.9% falling
73 Tunisia 22.3% 2010 up 112.1% volatile
74 Iran, Islamic Republic of 22.2% 2010 up 42.9% volatile
75 Poland 21.6% 2010 down 40.3% falling
76 Botswana 21.2% 2010 down 36.0% flat
77 Cuba 20.6% 2010 down 26.0% falling
78 Tonga 20.5% 2010 down 52.8% falling
79 Bangladesh 20.4% 2010 up 12.4% volatile
80 Rwanda 19.7% 2010 up 120.3% volatile
81 United Arab Emirates 19.7% 2010 up 26.5% volatile
82 Libya 19.5% 2010 up 137.5% volatile
83 Belize 18.3% 2010 down 64.2% falling
84 Mongolia 17.8% 2010 down 60.0% volatile
85 Papua New Guinea 17.7% 2010 up 80.3% volatile
86 Belgium 17.7% 2010 down 29.2% falling
87 Haiti 17.2% 2010 up 42.1% rising
88 Albania 17.1% 2010 down 72.5% rising
89 Eswatini 16.8% 2010 down 17.5% rising
90 Iraq 16.6% 2010 up 418.1% volatile
91 Barbados 16.1% 2010 down 34.0% falling
92 Japan 15.8% 2010 down 49.5% falling
93 Côte d'Ivoire 15.1% 2010 up 198.4% volatile
94 Netherlands 15.1% 2010 down 23.3% volatile
95 Israel 14.6% 2010 down 42.6% falling
96 Singapore 14.4% 2010 down 16.1% volatile
97 Australia 14.4% 2010 up 6.1% volatile
98 Sudan 14.3% 2010 up 78.8% volatile
99 Senegal 13.3% 2010 up 19.4% falling
100 Burundi 12.8% 2010 down 33.0% volatile
101 Egypt 11.8% 2010 up 4.5% volatile
102 Central African Republic 11.5% 2010 up 53.7% rising
103 India 10.5% 2010 up 39.1% rising
104 Ghana 10.5% 2010 up 96.8% volatile
105 Togo 10.1% 2010 down 10.5% volatile
106 Romania 10.0% 2010 down 70.5% falling
107 Sierra Leone 9.2% 2010 up 162.0% volatile
108 Serbia 9.1% 2010 down 84.5% falling
109 Benin 9.0% 2010 up 60.7% rising
110 Croatia 8.9% 2010 down 81.4% falling
111 Bahrain 8.6% 2010 down 1.5% volatile
112 Morocco 8.4% 2010 up 203.2% volatile
113 Sweden 8.3% 2010 down 51.1% volatile
114 Mozambique 7.2% 2010 up 117.3% falling
115 Nepal 6.8% 2010 up 72.9% volatile
116 Pakistan 6.2% 2010 up 52.5% volatile
117 Tajikistan 6.1% 2010 down 78.0% falling
118 Liberia 6.1% 2010 up 102.0% rising
119 Canada 4.8% 2010 down 63.8% volatile
120 Mali 4.3% 2010 up 43.3% volatile
121 Kyrgyzstan 4.0% 2010 down 90.4% falling
122 Switzerland 3.8% 2010 down 88.2% falling
123 Bulgaria 3.7% 2010 down 91.9% falling
124 Afghanistan 3.3% 2010 up 266.7% volatile
125 Slovenia 3.1% 2010 down 62.4% volatile
126 Niger 2.9% 2010 up 61.1% rising
127 Armenia 2.8% 2010 down 78.6% volatile
128 United States of America 2.2% 2010 down 25.7% volatile
129 Germany 2.0% 2010 down 92.3% volatile
130 Republic of Moldova 1.9% 2010 down 94.0% falling
131 Gambia 1.6% 2010 up 1.9% rising
131 Russian Federation 1.6% 2010 down 65.5% volatile
133 Hungary 1.5% 2010 down 85.3% volatile
134 Estonia 1.5% 2010 down 83.3% volatile
135 Denmark 1.4% 2010 down 93.3% volatile
136 Ukraine 1.2% 2010 down 89.0% volatile
137 Yemen 1.0% 2010 up 1,900.0% volatile
138 Lithuania 1.0% 2010 down 92.7% volatile
139 Latvia 0.6% 2010 down 86.1% volatile
140 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 98.8% volatile
141 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2010 down 98.6% volatile
142 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 99.5% volatile
143 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 81.8% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Primary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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 primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)