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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary by country

Percentage of female population age 55-59 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary

Countries reporting
144
Highest
31.4%
Ukraine
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
4.6%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 31.4% in Ukraine; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.6%, and the mean is 6.7%.

Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 2,850.0%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ukraine 31.4% 2010 up 47.3% volatile
2 United States of America 30.1% 2010 up 27.5% rising
3 Israel 27.6% 2010 up 14.8% volatile
4 Estonia 25.0% 2010 up 36.7% volatile
5 Canada 23.5% 2010 up 118.5% volatile
6 Russian Federation 22.4% 2010 up 1.4% volatile
7 New Zealand 22.1% 2010 up 21.6% volatile
8 Ireland 21.7% 2010 up 112.1% volatile
9 Sweden 18.8% 2010 up 17.7% volatile
10 Australia 18.7% 2010 up 53.1% volatile
11 Costa Rica 17.6% 2010 up 80.8% volatile
12 Lithuania 17.3% 2010 up 64.1% volatile
13 Denmark 17.2% 2010 up 145.6% volatile
14 Mongolia 17.0% 2010 up 140.7% volatile
15 Bulgaria 16.9% 2010 up 40.1% volatile
16 Kazakhstan 16.2% 2010 up 100.2% volatile
17 Greece 15.4% 2010 up 122.3% volatile
18 Armenia 15.3% 2010 up 47.2% volatile
19 Finland 14.6% 2010 up 7.4% volatile
20 Latvia 14.1% 2010 up 44.0% volatile
21 Hungary 14.1% 2010 up 65.0% volatile
22 Panama 14.0% 2010 up 14.8% volatile
23 United Arab Emirates 14.0% 2010 up 72.7% volatile
24 Belgium 13.9% 2010 up 44.4% volatile
25 Cyprus 13.8% 2010 up 56.7% volatile
26 Switzerland 12.7% 2010 up 117.8% volatile
27 Kyrgyzstan 12.4% 2010 up 47.4% volatile
28 Netherlands 12.4% 2010 up 44.3% volatile
29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.3% 2010 up 23.7% volatile
30 Norway 12.1% 2010 up 43.8% volatile
31 Japan 12.1% 2010 up 138.6% volatile
32 Qatar 11.7% 2010 up 77.6% volatile
33 Germany 11.3% 2010 up 45.0% volatile
34 Jamaica 11.1% 2010 up 64.2% volatile
35 Luxembourg 10.7% 2010 up 81.7% volatile
36 Slovenia 10.6% 2010 up 28.3% volatile
37 Republic of Korea 10.4% 2010 up 135.2% volatile
38 Croatia 10.3% 2010 up 137.6% volatile
39 Republic of Moldova 10.0% 2010 up 54.8% volatile
40 Peru 10.0% 2010 down 12.5% volatile
41 Gabon 10.0% 2010 up 159.6% volatile
42 Colombia 9.3% 2010 up 125.8% volatile
43 Spain 8.9% 2010 up 93.3% volatile
44 Bahrain 8.8% 2010 up 73.7% volatile
45 Singapore 8.6% 2010 up 103.1% volatile
46 Serbia 8.5% 2010 up 23.8% volatile
47 Cuba 8.5% 2010 up 107.6% volatile
48 Poland 8.1% 2010 up 25.1% volatile
49 Iceland 8.0% 2010 up 114.4% volatile
50 Iran, Islamic Republic of 7.7% 2010 up 196.5% volatile
51 Brazil 7.6% 2010 up 54.6% volatile
52 Philippines 7.5% 2010 down 10.4% rising
53 Argentina 7.4% 2010 up 22.0% volatile
54 Austria 7.3% 2010 up 94.9% volatile
55 Trinidad and Tobago 7.2% 2010 up 98.6% volatile
56 Nicaragua 7.2% 2010 up 172.2% volatile
57 France 7.1% 2010 up 35.5% volatile
58 Mexico 7.0% 2010 up 155.5% volatile
59 Brunei Darussalam 6.9% 2010 up 65.7% volatile
60 Slovakia 6.7% 2010 up 28.2% volatile
61 Kuwait 6.7% 2010 up 26.9% volatile
62 Uruguay 6.4% 2010 up 51.7% volatile
63 Chile 6.2% 2010 up 27.5% volatile
64 Italy 6.1% 2010 up 84.5% volatile
65 Libya 5.8% 2010 up 34.9% volatile
66 Tajikistan 5.5% 2010 up 84.6% volatile
67 Thailand 5.3% 2010 up 289.1% volatile
68 Czechia 5.1% 2010 down 3.8% volatile
69 Sri Lanka 5.1% 2010 up 32.5% volatile
70 Paraguay 4.9% 2010 up 7.2% volatile
71 Saudi Arabia 4.7% 2010 up 276.8% volatile
72 Malta 4.6% 2010 up 8.7% volatile
73 Fiji 4.5% 2010 up 36.7% volatile
74 Romania 4.5% 2010 down 3.2% volatile
75 Hong Kong, China 3.7% 2010 down 37.5% volatile
76 Iraq 3.6% 2010 up 181.9% volatile
77 Belize 3.4% 2010 up 18.4% volatile
78 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.4% 2010 up 85.8% volatile
79 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.4% 2010 up 2.7% volatile
80 Portugal 3.2% 2010 up 48.6% volatile
81 Macau, China 3.1% 2010 down 36.8% volatile
82 Dominican Republic 3.1% 2010 up 16.2% volatile
83 Honduras 2.8% 2010 up 85.6% volatile
84 Türkiye 2.7% 2010 up 29.4% volatile
85 Ecuador 2.6% 2010 down 53.5% volatile
86 Tonga 2.5% 2010 down 35.0% volatile
87 Bangladesh 2.4% 2010 up 41.9% volatile
88 El Salvador 2.4% 2010 up 76.6% volatile
89 Egypt 2.1% 2010 up 94.4% volatile
90 India 2.0% 2010 up 64.5% volatile
91 Botswana 2.0% 2010 up 62.8% volatile
91 Myanmar 2.0% 2010 up 137.3% volatile
93 Viet Nam 1.9% 2010 up 69.4% volatile
94 Indonesia 1.9% 2010 up 34.8% volatile
95 Namibia 1.8% 2010 up 80.4% rising
96 Pakistan 1.8% 2010 up 48.8% volatile
97 Algeria 1.8% 2010 up 210.3% volatile
98 Morocco 1.8% 2010 up 836.8% volatile
99 Mali 1.8% 2010 up 2,850.0% volatile
100 Syrian Arab Republic 1.7% 2010 up 104.9% volatile
101 Malaysia 1.7% 2010 up 219.2% volatile
102 Uganda 1.6% 2010 up 113.0% volatile
103 Jordan 1.6% 2010 up 75.3% volatile
104 Tunisia 1.5% 2010 up 76.7% volatile
105 Congo 1.4% 2010 up 163.5% volatile
106 Liberia 1.4% 2010 up 125.0% rising
107 Zambia 1.3% 2010 up 195.6% volatile
108 Côte d'Ivoire 1.3% 2010 up 330.0% volatile
109 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.1% 2010 up 256.2% volatile
110 Kenya 1.1% 2010 up 386.4% volatile
111 Afghanistan 0.8% 2010 up 336.8% volatile
112 Lesotho 0.8% 2010 up 52.8% volatile
113 Mauritius 0.8% 2010 up 220.8% volatile
114 Gambia 0.7% 2010 up 3.2% volatile
115 Barbados 0.6% 2010 up 21.2% volatile
116 Benin 0.6% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
117 Ghana 0.6% 2010 down 59.0% volatile
118 Central African Republic 0.5% 2010 up 160.0% volatile
119 Nepal 0.5% 2010 up 88.5% volatile
119 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2010 up 53.1% rising
121 Haiti 0.4% 2010 up 90.9% rising
121 Senegal 0.4% 2010 up 90.9% volatile
123 China 0.4% 2010 down 61.5% volatile
124 Sudan 0.3% 2010 up 68.4% volatile
125 Togo 0.3% 2010 up 24.0% volatile
126 Cambodia 0.3% 2010 up 420.0% volatile
126 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% 2010 up 420.0% volatile
128 South Africa 0.2% 2010 down 26.5% rising
129 Albania 0.2% 2010 down 88.3% volatile
130 Malawi 0.2% 2010 up 46.2% volatile
130 Papua New Guinea 0.2% 2010 up 533.3% volatile
132 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.1% 2010 up 366.7% volatile
132 Maldives 0.1% 2010 — volatile
132 Mozambique 0.1% 2010 up 75.0% volatile
135 Guyana 0.1% 2010 up 116.7% volatile
135 Mauritania 0.1% 2010 up 116.7% volatile
135 Niger 0.1% 2010 up 116.7% rising
135 Sierra Leone 0.1% 2010 up 85.7% volatile
139 Burundi 0.1% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
140 Rwanda 0.1% 2010 unchanged falling
141 Cameroon 0.1% 2010 down 53.8% volatile
142 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 97.9% volatile
142 Yemen 0.0% 2010 unchanged rising
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of female population age 55-59 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary