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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
90.2%
Czechia
Lowest
0.1%
Yemen
Median
26.5%
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 90.2% in Czechia; the lowest is 0.1% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 26.5%, and the mean is 32.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,804.

Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 6,650.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 93.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 90.2% 2010 down 2.4% volatile
2 Slovakia 86.9% 2010 up 73.0% volatile
3 Tajikistan 84.8% 2010 up 29.4% volatile
4 Barbados 82.9% 2010 up 11.1% volatile
5 Hungary 82.5% 2010 up 3.4% volatile
6 Republic of Moldova 82.0% 2010 up 84.1% volatile
7 Romania 81.9% 2010 up 69.3% volatile
8 Albania 80.3% 2010 up 144.9% volatile
9 Slovenia 79.7% 2010 up 4.0% rising
10 Latvia 79.3% 2010 up 4.0% volatile
11 Germany 77.3% 2010 up 60.6% volatile
12 Belize 76.2% 2010 up 117.1% volatile
13 Serbia 75.9% 2010 up 337.1% volatile
14 Kyrgyzstan 75.6% 2010 up 125.8% volatile
15 Tonga 74.8% 2010 up 79.1% rising
16 Switzerland 73.8% 2010 up 77.6% rising
17 Croatia 73.7% 2010 up 97.7% volatile
18 Kazakhstan 73.5% 2010 up 24.2% volatile
19 Bulgaria 73.2% 2010 up 142.4% volatile
20 Armenia 72.8% 2010 up 4.7% rising
21 Lithuania 71.7% 2010 up 23.6% volatile
22 Norway 71.6% 2010 up 47.8% volatile
23 Finland 70.5% 2010 up 173.8% volatile
24 Denmark 68.7% 2010 up 33.8% volatile
25 Poland 64.9% 2010 up 62.9% volatile
26 Netherlands 64.6% 2010 up 0.1% volatile
27 Japan 64.3% 2010 up 8.6% volatile
28 Sweden 60.1% 2010 up 35.4% rising
29 Estonia 59.0% 2010 down 5.4% volatile
30 Guyana 57.0% 2010 up 126.2% volatile
31 Cuba 56.7% 2010 up 42.6% volatile
32 Sri Lanka 55.1% 2010 up 6.7% volatile
33 Australia 53.8% 2010 down 17.9% rising
34 Mongolia 53.6% 2010 up 55.5% volatile
35 Italy 53.3% 2010 up 59.0% volatile
36 France 52.9% 2010 up 47.0% volatile
37 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 52.3% 2010 up 133.1% rising
38 Belgium 52.0% 2010 up 12.8% rising
39 Canada 50.0% 2010 down 20.0% rising
40 Iceland 49.7% 2010 up 46.5% volatile
41 Ukraine 49.1% 2010 down 7.7% volatile
42 Chile 48.8% 2010 up 77.8% rising
43 Austria 48.0% 2010 up 32.4% rising
44 Republic of Korea 45.7% 2010 up 103.3% volatile
45 Brunei Darussalam 45.5% 2010 up 195.5% volatile
46 Luxembourg 45.0% 2010 up 14.6% rising
47 South Africa 44.0% 2010 up 40.4% rising
48 Hong Kong, China 43.8% 2010 up 148.7% volatile
49 Botswana 41.3% 2010 up 112.3% volatile
50 Ireland 41.1% 2010 down 0.3% rising
51 Singapore 40.7% 2010 up 110.1% volatile
52 United States of America 37.9% 2010 down 31.4% rising
53 Cyprus 36.5% 2010 up 71.7% volatile
54 Israel 36.1% 2010 up 55.7% rising
55 Ghana 36.1% 2010 up 193.9% volatile
56 Macau, China 36.0% 2010 up 46.2% volatile
57 Uruguay 35.6% 2010 up 53.5% volatile
58 Spain 34.9% 2010 up 47.7% volatile
59 Viet Nam 34.1% 2010 up 126.4% volatile
60 Russian Federation 34.1% 2010 down 24.4% volatile
61 Malta 33.5% 2010 up 64.3% rising
62 Kuwait 32.4% 2010 up 188.3% volatile
63 China 31.9% 2010 up 164.7% volatile
64 Jamaica 31.1% 2010 up 39.4% volatile
65 Greece 30.0% 2010 up 62.0% rising
66 Trinidad and Tobago 29.0% 2010 up 57.0% volatile
67 Malaysia 28.9% 2010 up 139.9% volatile
68 Panama 28.6% 2010 up 35.7% rising
69 Iran, Islamic Republic of 27.6% 2010 up 135.2% volatile
70 Argentina 27.5% 2010 up 7.0% rising
71 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 27.0% 2010 up 143.4% volatile
72 New Zealand 26.6% 2010 up 25.5% falling
73 Colombia 26.4% 2010 up 85.0% rising
74 Brazil 25.9% 2010 up 141.4% volatile
75 Jordan 25.9% 2010 up 285.4% volatile
76 United Arab Emirates 25.8% 2010 up 140.0% volatile
77 Philippines 25.1% 2010 up 2.5% rising
78 Qatar 23.8% 2010 up 165.2% volatile
79 Peru 22.9% 2010 up 62.5% rising
80 Mauritius 22.6% 2010 up 83.9% volatile
81 Dominican Republic 21.6% 2010 up 210.8% volatile
82 Mexico 21.4% 2010 up 71.9% volatile
83 Bahrain 20.7% 2010 up 231.9% volatile
84 Costa Rica 18.6% 2010 up 39.9% rising
85 Fiji 18.0% 2010 down 32.6% volatile
86 El Salvador 17.2% 2010 up 130.2% volatile
87 Gabon 16.7% 2010 up 146.8% volatile
88 Paraguay 16.5% 2010 up 133.4% volatile
89 Portugal 16.2% 2010 up 57.7% volatile
90 Bangladesh 16.0% 2010 up 38.0% volatile
91 Indonesia 15.2% 2010 down 6.2% volatile
92 Honduras 15.1% 2010 up 58.0% volatile
93 Guatemala 14.7% 2010 up 101.0% volatile
94 Ecuador 14.0% 2010 up 14.5% rising
95 Namibia 13.3% 2010 up 43.1% rising
96 Zimbabwe 12.4% 2010 up 87.9% volatile
97 Tunisia 11.9% 2010 up 416.5% volatile
98 Nicaragua 11.3% 2010 up 89.6% volatile
99 Syrian Arab Republic 11.0% 2010 up 245.7% volatile
100 Eswatini 10.6% 2010 up 15.0% volatile
101 Uganda 10.6% 2010 up 1,689.8% volatile
102 Myanmar 10.3% 2010 up 123.9% volatile
103 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.2% 2010 down 24.4% rising
104 Togo 9.2% 2010 up 250.6% volatile
105 Türkiye 9.2% 2010 up 153.4% volatile
106 Haiti 9.1% 2010 up 89.6% rising
107 India 8.7% 2010 up 76.8% volatile
108 Egypt 8.6% 2010 up 99.8% volatile
109 Lesotho 7.7% 2010 up 109.8% volatile
109 Thailand 7.7% 2010 up 213.4% volatile
111 Morocco 7.4% 2010 up 91.5% volatile
112 Iraq 7.1% 2010 up 614.0% volatile
113 Mali 6.8% 2010 up 6,650.0% volatile
114 Papua New Guinea 6.6% 2010 up 376.3% volatile
115 Cambodia 6.5% 2010 up 339.2% volatile
116 Pakistan 6.2% 2010 up 85.7% volatile
117 Saudi Arabia 5.5% 2010 unchanged rising
118 Benin 5.3% 2010 up 112.0% volatile
118 Congo 5.3% 2010 up 488.9% volatile
120 Gambia 4.7% 2010 up 6.5% rising
121 Senegal 4.0% 2010 up 325.8% volatile
122 Cameroon 3.6% 2010 up 300.0% volatile
123 Liberia 3.4% 2010 up 30.5% rising
124 Côte d'Ivoire 3.4% 2010 up 231.7% volatile
125 Sierra Leone 2.9% 2010 up 124.6% rising
126 Nepal 2.9% 2010 up 166.4% volatile
127 Libya 2.8% 2010 up 250.0% volatile
128 Rwanda 2.7% 2010 up 2,600.0% volatile
128 Zambia 2.7% 2010 unchanged volatile
130 Malawi 2.4% 2010 up 162.6% volatile
131 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.2% 2010 up 322.6% volatile
132 Algeria 2.1% 2010 up 117.2% volatile
133 Central African Republic 1.9% 2010 up 376.9% volatile
134 Burundi 1.8% 2010 unchanged volatile
134 Kenya 1.8% 2010 up 30.0% rising
136 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.8% 2010 up 190.2% volatile
137 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.6% 2010 up 220.0% volatile
138 Mauritania 1.0% 2010 up 233.3% volatile
138 Sudan 1.0% 2010 up 100.0% volatile
140 Maldives 0.7% 2010 down 93.1% volatile
141 Afghanistan 0.6% 2010 up 200.0% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.3% 2010 up 93.8% volatile
143 Niger 0.2% 2010 up 100.0% rising
144 Yemen 0.1% 2010 unchanged rising

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Secondary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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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 secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)