Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary by country
Percentage of female population age 55-59 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary
Countries reporting
144
Highest
71.7%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
14.2%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584
What the numbers show
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 71.7% in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.2%, and the mean is 20.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,587.
Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 3,365.0%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 54.5%).
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 71.7% | 2010 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Czechia | 70.8% | 2010 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Slovakia | 68.5% | 2010 | up 145.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 65.0% | 2010 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Armenia | 65.0% | 2010 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 64.9% | 2010 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Lithuania | 61.5% | 2010 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Tajikistan | 60.5% | 2010 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Germany | 58.9% | 2010 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 56.6% | 2010 | up 147.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Switzerland | 55.6% | 2010 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 12 | Hungary | 53.5% | 2010 | up 107.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Norway | 50.0% | 2010 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Japan | 49.3% | 2010 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Slovenia | 48.8% | 2010 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Sweden | 48.7% | 2010 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 48.3% | 2010 | up 165.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Estonia | 47.2% | 2010 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Mongolia | 45.1% | 2010 | up 144.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Croatia | 43.5% | 2010 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Latvia | 42.0% | 2010 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Romania | 41.4% | 2010 | up 99.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Serbia | 40.9% | 2010 | up 250.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Ukraine | 39.7% | 2010 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Finland | 38.9% | 2010 | up 157.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Denmark | 37.6% | 2010 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 37.1% | 2010 | up 840.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Albania | 37.0% | 2010 | up 248.0% | volatile |
| 29 | United States of America | 35.9% | 2010 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 30 | Iceland | 34.5% | 2010 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Singapore | 34.2% | 2010 | up 85.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Canada | 34.0% | 2010 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 33 | France | 33.6% | 2010 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Republic of Korea | 33.3% | 2010 | up 113.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Netherlands | 32.4% | 2010 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Guyana | 31.0% | 2010 | up 146.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Austria | 30.1% | 2010 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 29.2% | 2010 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Cyprus | 28.8% | 2010 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Belgium | 28.5% | 2010 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Israel | 28.4% | 2010 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 42 | Tonga | 27.5% | 2010 | up 383.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Cuba | 26.7% | 2010 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 44 | South Africa | 26.4% | 2010 | up 196.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.3% | 2010 | up 198.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Hong Kong, China | 26.0% | 2010 | up 81.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 25.8% | 2010 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 48 | Barbados | 25.6% | 2010 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Argentina | 25.6% | 2010 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 25.3% | 2010 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Chile | 25.1% | 2010 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 52 | Russian Federation | 24.8% | 2010 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Brunei Darussalam | 24.8% | 2010 | up 221.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Jamaica | 23.1% | 2010 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Australia | 22.9% | 2010 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 56 | Greece | 22.8% | 2010 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 57 | Bahrain | 22.6% | 2010 | up 160.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Mauritius | 22.3% | 2010 | up 257.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Ireland | 22.0% | 2010 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 60 | Belize | 21.7% | 2010 | up 167.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Fiji | 20.5% | 2010 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Kuwait | 18.6% | 2010 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 18.5% | 2010 | up 224.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Peru | 18.1% | 2010 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Macau, China | 17.5% | 2010 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Panama | 17.4% | 2010 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 67 | Gabon | 16.5% | 2010 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 16.5% | 2010 | up 100.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Uruguay | 15.7% | 2010 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Malaysia | 15.7% | 2010 | up 169.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Brazil | 14.8% | 2010 | up 88.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Qatar | 14.3% | 2010 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | 14.1% | 2010 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Spain | 13.9% | 2010 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Philippines | 13.8% | 2010 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 76 | Jordan | 13.5% | 2010 | up 224.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 12.5% | 2010 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Colombia | 12.0% | 2010 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Botswana | 11.7% | 2010 | up 148.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Paraguay | 11.6% | 2010 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Ecuador | 11.3% | 2010 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Libya | 10.9% | 2010 | up 473.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Zambia | 10.3% | 2010 | up 626.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Honduras | 9.9% | 2010 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 85 | El Salvador | 9.7% | 2010 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Ghana | 9.7% | 2010 | up 126.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Saudi Arabia | 9.6% | 2010 | up 225.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Viet Nam | 9.4% | 2010 | up 114.9% | volatile |
| 89 | New Zealand | 9.2% | 2010 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Guatemala | 9.1% | 2010 | up 69.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Egypt | 9.1% | 2010 | up 111.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 9.0% | 2010 | up 201.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Bangladesh | 8.9% | 2010 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Mexico | 8.6% | 2010 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Namibia | 8.1% | 2010 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 8.0% | 2010 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 97 | China | 7.9% | 2010 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Congo | 7.8% | 2010 | up 680.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Indonesia | 7.6% | 2010 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Myanmar | 7.1% | 2010 | up 80.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Uganda | 6.9% | 2010 | up 3,365.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Cameroon | 6.8% | 2010 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 103 | India | 6.6% | 2010 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.4% | 2010 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Tunisia | 6.3% | 2010 | up 119.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.1% | 2010 | up 492.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Portugal | 5.9% | 2010 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Malta | 5.8% | 2010 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 109 | Algeria | 5.5% | 2010 | up 309.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Türkiye | 5.3% | 2010 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Thailand | 4.9% | 2010 | up 152.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Liberia | 4.5% | 2010 | up 148.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Lesotho | 4.4% | 2010 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Morocco | 4.3% | 2010 | up 123.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | 4.2% | 2010 | up 494.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Pakistan | 3.8% | 2010 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Iraq | 3.6% | 2010 | up 94.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Mali | 3.6% | 2010 | up 1,685.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Zimbabwe | 3.1% | 2010 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 120 | Haiti | 2.2% | 2010 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 121 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.8% | 2010 | up 258.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Eswatini | 1.8% | 2010 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 123 | Sudan | 1.8% | 2010 | up 260.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.7% | 2010 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Benin | 1.6% | 2010 | up 111.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 1.5% | 2010 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 127 | Rwanda | 1.5% | 2010 | up 2,840.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Togo | 1.5% | 2010 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Nepal | 1.3% | 2010 | up 416.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Gambia | 1.1% | 2010 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Kenya | 1.1% | 2010 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Central African Republic | 1.0% | 2010 | up 405.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Cambodia | 1.0% | 2010 | up 2,425.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Burundi | 1.0% | 2010 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Malawi | 1.0% | 2010 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Senegal | 0.6% | 2010 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Mozambique | 0.6% | 2010 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Mauritania | 0.5% | 2010 | up 260.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Maldives | 0.5% | 2010 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.4% | 2010 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Afghanistan | 0.3% | 2010 | up 230.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Niger | 0.3% | 2010 | up 230.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.2% | 2010 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2010 | unchanged | rising |
About this data
Percentage of female population age 55-59 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary