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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
65.4%
Russian Federation
Lowest
0.0%
Guatemala
Median
7.2%
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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 65.4% in Russian Federation; the lowest is 0.0% in Guatemala.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.2%, and the mean is 10.9%.

Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 2,690.0%), 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 Russian Federation 65.4% 2010 up 17.2% volatile
2 United States of America 58.5% 2010 up 16.7% volatile
3 Ukraine 49.4% 2010 up 47.7% volatile
4 Israel 45.4% 2010 up 11.1% volatile
5 Canada 44.6% 2010 up 105.9% volatile
6 Estonia 39.4% 2010 up 37.0% volatile
7 New Zealand 36.6% 2010 up 19.4% volatile
8 Ireland 31.6% 2010 up 108.2% volatile
9 Sweden 30.9% 2010 up 14.0% volatile
10 Australia 30.8% 2010 up 48.2% volatile
11 Finland 29.5% 2010 up 22.7% volatile
12 Denmark 28.3% 2010 up 137.9% volatile
13 Lithuania 27.3% 2010 up 64.4% volatile
14 Bulgaria 27.1% 2010 up 40.1% volatile
15 Norway 26.3% 2010 up 33.0% volatile
16 Kazakhstan 25.5% 2010 up 100.6% volatile
17 Armenia 24.1% 2010 up 47.4% rising
18 Belgium 23.7% 2010 up 34.4% volatile
19 Latvia 22.2% 2010 up 44.4% volatile
20 United Arab Emirates 22.0% 2010 up 73.1% volatile
21 Switzerland 21.0% 2010 up 111.0% volatile
22 Netherlands 20.4% 2010 up 39.7% volatile
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 20.3% 2010 up 19.8% volatile
24 Japan 19.9% 2010 up 131.1% volatile
25 Philippines 19.7% 2010 down 10.5% volatile
26 Kyrgyzstan 19.6% 2010 up 47.8% volatile
27 Cyprus 18.7% 2010 up 56.7% volatile
28 Germany 18.6% 2010 up 40.4% volatile
29 Costa Rica 18.5% 2010 up 80.1% volatile
30 Qatar 18.5% 2010 up 78.0% volatile
31 Mongolia 18.0% 2010 up 139.4% volatile
32 France 17.9% 2010 up 41.4% volatile
33 Panama 17.7% 2010 up 19.2% volatile
34 Luxembourg 17.6% 2010 up 76.2% volatile
35 Jamaica 17.4% 2010 up 64.5% volatile
36 Slovenia 16.7% 2010 up 28.7% volatile
37 Greece 16.4% 2010 up 114.1% volatile
38 Croatia 16.2% 2010 up 138.0% volatile
39 Republic of Moldova 15.7% 2010 up 55.1% volatile
40 Gabon 15.7% 2010 up 160.2% volatile
41 Hungary 15.6% 2010 up 69.8% volatile
42 Spain 14.7% 2010 up 87.1% volatile
43 Argentina 14.5% 2010 up 68.8% volatile
44 Chile 14.2% 2010 up 43.3% volatile
45 Serbia 13.4% 2010 up 24.1% volatile
46 Poland 13.4% 2010 up 21.1% volatile
47 Iceland 13.2% 2010 up 107.4% volatile
48 Peru 13.2% 2010 down 9.5% volatile
49 Slovakia 12.8% 2010 up 29.7% volatile
50 Colombia 12.7% 2010 up 125.2% volatile
51 Austria 12.1% 2010 up 88.6% volatile
52 Republic of Korea 11.7% 2010 up 118.8% volatile
53 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11.4% 2010 up 69.1% volatile
54 Cuba 11.2% 2010 up 109.3% volatile
55 Uruguay 10.8% 2010 up 71.9% rising
56 Brunei Darussalam 10.8% 2010 up 66.2% volatile
57 Singapore 10.6% 2010 up 91.4% volatile
58 Kuwait 10.6% 2010 up 27.1% volatile
59 Brazil 10.4% 2010 up 69.6% volatile
60 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.4% 2010 up 222.4% volatile
61 Italy 10.0% 2010 up 78.4% volatile
62 Mexico 9.7% 2010 up 141.4% volatile
63 Czechia 9.7% 2010 down 2.6% volatile
64 Bahrain 9.7% 2010 up 84.9% volatile
65 Trinidad and Tobago 9.3% 2010 up 100.9% volatile
66 Libya 9.2% 2010 up 35.1% volatile
67 Portugal 8.9% 2010 up 46.1% volatile
68 Tajikistan 8.7% 2010 up 85.1% volatile
69 Sri Lanka 8.0% 2010 up 32.7% volatile
70 Dominican Republic 7.9% 2010 up 16.1% volatile
71 Saudi Arabia 7.4% 2010 up 276.1% volatile
72 Nicaragua 7.3% 2010 up 171.3% volatile
73 Fiji 7.1% 2010 up 36.9% volatile
74 Romania 7.1% 2010 down 2.9% volatile
75 Paraguay 7.0% 2010 up 7.3% volatile
76 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.7% 2010 up 2.9% volatile
77 Thailand 6.6% 2010 up 309.9% volatile
78 Iraq 5.6% 2010 up 182.9% volatile
79 South Africa 5.5% 2010 down 0.5% volatile
80 Belize 5.4% 2010 up 18.3% volatile
81 Malta 5.3% 2010 up 6.8% volatile
82 Macau, China 4.9% 2010 down 36.7% volatile
83 Jordan 4.9% 2010 up 143.6% volatile
84 Malaysia 4.5% 2010 up 193.5% volatile
85 Hong Kong, China 4.5% 2010 down 41.2% volatile
86 Türkiye 4.5% 2010 up 25.1% volatile
87 Honduras 4.5% 2010 up 86.2% volatile
88 Ecuador 4.0% 2010 down 50.1% volatile
89 Tonga 4.0% 2010 down 34.9% volatile
90 Bangladesh 3.8% 2010 up 42.2% volatile
91 El Salvador 3.5% 2010 up 6.9% volatile
92 Egypt 3.3% 2010 up 94.1% volatile
93 India 3.2% 2010 up 65.1% volatile
94 Botswana 3.1% 2010 up 63.7% volatile
95 Myanmar 3.1% 2010 up 138.5% volatile
96 Viet Nam 3.0% 2010 up 69.1% volatile
97 Indonesia 2.9% 2010 up 35.0% volatile
98 Namibia 2.9% 2010 up 81.2% rising
99 Algeria 2.8% 2010 up 211.0% volatile
100 Morocco 2.8% 2010 up 833.3% volatile
101 Mali 2.8% 2010 up 2,690.0% volatile
102 Syrian Arab Republic 2.6% 2010 up 105.4% volatile
103 Congo 2.6% 2010 up 225.0% volatile
104 Uganda 2.6% 2010 up 112.4% volatile
105 Tunisia 2.4% 2010 up 79.1% volatile
106 Zambia 2.1% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
107 Côte d'Ivoire 2.0% 2010 up 322.9% volatile
108 Pakistan 2.0% 2010 up 45.3% volatile
109 Mauritius 1.9% 2010 up 282.0% volatile
110 Liberia 1.8% 2010 up 110.5% rising
111 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.8% 2010 up 260.0% volatile
112 Kenya 1.7% 2010 up 397.1% volatile
113 Afghanistan 1.3% 2010 up 333.3% volatile
114 Lesotho 1.3% 2010 up 51.2% volatile
115 Gambia 1.0% 2010 up 3.0% volatile
116 Barbados 1.0% 2010 up 20.7% volatile
117 Benin 0.9% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
118 Ghana 0.9% 2010 down 58.8% volatile
119 Central African Republic 0.8% 2010 up 156.2% volatile
120 Nepal 0.8% 2010 up 90.2% volatile
120 Zimbabwe 0.8% 2010 up 56.0% rising
122 Senegal 0.7% 2010 up 94.1% volatile
123 China 0.6% 2010 down 61.3% volatile
124 Haiti 0.6% 2010 up 100.0% rising
125 Sudan 0.5% 2010 up 66.7% volatile
126 Togo 0.5% 2010 up 20.0% volatile
127 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4% 2010 up 425.0% volatile
128 Cambodia 0.4% 2010 up 485.7% volatile
129 Maldives 0.3% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
130 Albania 0.3% 2010 down 88.1% volatile
131 Papua New Guinea 0.3% 2010 up 650.0% volatile
132 Malawi 0.2% 2010 up 47.1% volatile
133 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.2% 2010 up 340.0% volatile
133 Mozambique 0.2% 2010 up 83.3% volatile
135 Guyana 0.2% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
135 Mauritania 0.2% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
135 Niger 0.2% 2010 up 100.0% rising
138 Sierra Leone 0.2% 2010 up 80.0% volatile
139 Burundi 0.1% 2010 down 51.6% volatile
140 Cameroon 0.1% 2010 down 50.0% volatile
140 Rwanda 0.1% 2010 unchanged volatile
142 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
143 Eswatini 0.0% 2010 down 97.6% volatile
144 Guatemala 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with tertiary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)
Unit
Incomplete and 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. Total (Incomplete and Completed Tertiary)