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Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) by country

Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)

Countries reporting
144
Highest
83.2%
Thailand
Lowest
0.0%
Finland
Median
20.9%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 83.2% in Thailand; the lowest is 0.0% in Finland.

The median across all reporting countries is 20.9%, and the mean is 26.1%.

Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 1,211.8%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 100.0%).

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 83.2% 2010 up 13.3% volatile
2 Lesotho 80.2% 2010 up 5.0% rising
3 El Salvador 72.8% 2010 up 71.8% rising
4 Paraguay 67.7% 2010 down 2.1% rising
5 Portugal 65.2% 2010 up 4.5% rising
6 Fiji 65.1% 2010 up 30.2% rising
7 Argentina 62.0% 2010 up 3.3% falling
8 Zimbabwe 62.0% 2010 up 6.1% rising
9 Trinidad and Tobago 60.1% 2010 down 16.9% falling
10 Malta 60.0% 2010 up 5.8% rising
11 Indonesia 57.9% 2010 up 9.1% volatile
12 Türkiye 56.6% 2010 up 92.5% volatile
13 Costa Rica 56.5% 2010 down 11.2% falling
14 Ecuador 56.3% 2010 up 11.3% rising
15 Mauritius 55.4% 2010 up 18.3% rising
16 Dominican Republic 54.5% 2010 down 37.8% rising
17 China 53.6% 2010 up 36.6% volatile
18 Namibia 52.8% 2010 up 11.5% rising
19 Uruguay 52.2% 2010 down 22.1% falling
20 Greece 52.2% 2010 up 7.7% rising
21 Honduras 52.0% 2010 up 18.1% rising
22 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 51.4% 2010 down 8.8% rising
23 Mexico 50.8% 2010 down 2.8% rising
24 Philippines 50.2% 2010 up 9.4% flat
25 Macau, China 50.0% 2010 up 3.2% rising
26 Colombia 48.9% 2010 down 15.5% rising
27 Viet Nam 48.0% 2010 down 24.1% rising
28 Spain 48.0% 2010 up 27.0% rising
29 Cambodia 47.8% 2010 up 240.8% volatile
30 Jamaica 47.2% 2010 down 22.2% falling
31 Malaysia 46.4% 2010 up 11.7% volatile
32 Cyprus 44.1% 2010 up 1.1% rising
33 Hong Kong, China 43.6% 2010 up 95.6% rising
34 Peru 43.0% 2010 up 14.5% rising
35 Iceland 43.0% 2010 down 28.8% falling
36 Nicaragua 42.5% 2010 up 7.9% rising
37 Gabon 42.0% 2010 up 14.6% volatile
38 Panama 41.7% 2010 down 13.7% flat
39 Brazil 40.5% 2010 down 19.1% rising
40 Austria 39.9% 2010 down 33.3% falling
41 Republic of Korea 39.2% 2010 down 20.4% volatile
42 Qatar 39.0% 2010 up 1,211.8% volatile
43 Tanzania, United Republic of 37.5% 2010 up 52.6% rising
44 Guyana 37.5% 2010 down 45.0% falling
45 Uganda 37.3% 2010 up 32.0% volatile
46 Zambia 37.0% 2010 unchanged rising
47 New Zealand 36.7% 2010 down 24.7% falling
48 Malawi 36.5% 2010 up 26.1% rising
49 Luxembourg 34.0% 2010 down 36.8% falling
50 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 33.5% 2010 down 3.7% volatile
51 Chile 33.3% 2010 down 35.8% falling
52 Italy 33.0% 2010 down 35.2% falling
53 Maldives 32.4% 2010 up 202.9% rising
54 South Africa 32.3% 2010 up 15.4% rising
55 Kenya 30.8% 2010 up 53.5% volatile
56 Myanmar 29.5% 2010 up 31.1% rising
57 Lao People's Democratic Republic 28.6% 2010 up 95.6% volatile
57 Mauritania 28.6% 2010 down 2.2% rising
59 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 28.5% 2010 down 52.8% falling
60 Sri Lanka 27.8% 2010 up 20.0% flat
61 France 27.4% 2010 down 45.8% falling
62 Guatemala 26.9% 2010 down 9.1% volatile
63 Jordan 26.8% 2010 up 135.3% volatile
64 Ireland 26.4% 2010 down 30.1% falling
65 Syrian Arab Republic 26.3% 2010 down 17.8% volatile
66 Kuwait 25.7% 2010 up 103.6% volatile
67 Brunei Darussalam 25.3% 2010 down 4.9% volatile
68 Cameroon 23.8% 2010 up 77.6% volatile
69 Mongolia 23.2% 2010 down 48.0% volatile
70 Tunisia 22.3% 2010 up 347.2% volatile
71 Poland 21.6% 2010 down 54.3% falling
72 Botswana 21.2% 2010 down 36.0% rising
73 Cuba 20.6% 2010 down 26.0% falling
74 Tonga 20.5% 2010 down 61.0% falling
75 Bangladesh 20.4% 2010 up 12.4% volatile
76 Rwanda 19.7% 2010 up 120.3% volatile
77 United Arab Emirates 19.6% 2010 up 45.4% volatile
78 Belgium 19.1% 2010 down 42.8% falling
79 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 19.0% 2010 up 132.3% volatile
80 Belize 18.3% 2010 down 64.6% falling
80 Iran, Islamic Republic of 18.3% 2010 up 55.1% volatile
82 Papua New Guinea 17.9% 2010 up 82.3% volatile
83 Congo 17.5% 2010 up 173.0% volatile
84 Algeria 17.4% 2010 up 161.2% volatile
85 Haiti 17.2% 2010 up 42.1% rising
86 Albania 17.1% 2010 down 72.5% volatile
87 Saudi Arabia 16.6% 2010 unchanged rising
88 Barbados 16.1% 2010 down 34.0% falling
89 Japan 15.8% 2010 down 50.9% falling
90 Netherlands 15.1% 2010 down 23.3% volatile
91 Israel 14.6% 2010 down 50.2% falling
92 Australia 14.3% 2010 down 7.1% volatile
93 Eswatini 14.3% 2010 down 20.8% rising
94 Singapore 13.7% 2010 down 10.5% volatile
95 Senegal 13.3% 2010 up 56.9% falling
96 Burundi 12.8% 2010 down 33.0% volatile
97 Central African Republic 11.5% 2010 up 53.7% rising
98 Egypt 11.3% 2010 up 21.4% volatile
99 Ghana 10.5% 2010 up 96.8% volatile
100 Togo 10.1% 2010 up 7.1% volatile
101 Romania 10.0% 2010 down 76.6% falling
102 Côte d'Ivoire 9.4% 2010 up 186.3% volatile
103 Serbia 9.1% 2010 down 86.4% falling
104 Benin 9.0% 2010 up 60.7% rising
105 Croatia 8.9% 2010 down 81.7% falling
106 India 8.8% 2010 up 73.2% rising
107 Sweden 8.3% 2010 down 77.9% falling
108 Libya 8.2% 2010 up 183.1% volatile
109 Sudan 8.0% 2010 up 73.9% volatile
110 Bahrain 7.1% 2010 up 14.0% volatile
111 Iraq 6.8% 2010 up 279.4% volatile
112 Pakistan 6.2% 2010 up 73.4% volatile
113 Denmark 6.1% 2010 down 84.2% falling
114 Tajikistan 6.1% 2010 down 78.0% falling
115 Morocco 5.7% 2010 up 105.4% volatile
116 Sierra Leone 5.2% 2010 up 243.3% rising
117 Nepal 5.0% 2010 up 69.3% volatile
118 Canada 4.8% 2010 down 75.4% falling
119 Liberia 4.6% 2010 up 60.8% rising
120 Mali 4.3% 2010 up 207.1% volatile
121 Bulgaria 4.2% 2010 down 92.1% falling
122 Kyrgyzstan 4.0% 2010 down 91.9% falling
123 Switzerland 4.0% 2010 down 89.4% falling
124 Russian Federation 3.4% 2010 down 75.0% volatile
125 Afghanistan 3.3% 2010 up 266.7% volatile
125 Mozambique 3.3% 2010 up 57.1% falling
127 Kazakhstan 3.3% 2010 down 88.2% volatile
128 Slovenia 3.1% 2010 down 76.0% falling
129 Armenia 2.8% 2010 down 78.6% falling
130 United States of America 2.3% 2010 down 28.1% volatile
131 Republic of Moldova 1.9% 2010 down 94.8% flat
132 Niger 1.8% 2010 up 28.6% rising
133 Gambia 1.6% 2010 up 1.9% rising
134 Hungary 1.5% 2010 down 85.3% volatile
135 Estonia 1.5% 2010 down 83.3% volatile
136 Germany 1.4% 2010 down 95.8% volatile
137 Latvia 1.4% 2010 down 84.9% volatile
138 Ukraine 1.2% 2010 down 88.9% volatile
139 Lithuania 1.0% 2010 down 96.0% falling
140 Norway 0.3% 2010 down 99.2% volatile
141 Slovakia 0.2% 2010 down 99.5% falling
142 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising
143 Czechia 0.0% 2010 down 87.1% volatile
144 Finland 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 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 60-64 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)