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What is the ratio of women to men with less than upper secondary education?

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Values among 41 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Population with less than upper secondary attainment, age group 25-64, ratio women/men
Year:	2019
Unit:	Ratio
Direction:	Deviation from optimum
Source 1:	Eurostat Online Database
Data for:	AUT, BEL, BGR, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ITA, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, NLD, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: Population by educational attainment level, sex and age (%) - main indicators [edat_lfse_03] URL: https://appsso.eurostat.ec.e… extracted July 6th, 2020
Source 2:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	AUS, CAN, CHL, ISR, KOR, MEX, NZL, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2018), CAN (2018), CHL (2017), ISR (2018), KOR (2018), MEX (2018), NZL (2018), USA (2018)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Educational attainment and labour-force status URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted July 6th, 2020
Source 3:	UNESCO Online Database
Data for:	JPN
Exceptions:	JPN (2010)
Annotation:	Unesco: Dataset: Education URL: http://data.uis.unesco.org/I… extracted July 6th, 2020

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	0
Maximum:	0.82625
/	Optimum/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Optimum:	1
Distance:	Distance=(absolute value(optimum- value for calculation)-minimum)/ (maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult). For JPN, the indicator value was calculated using data on educational attainment: at least completed upper secondary (ISCED 3 or higher), population 25+ years (value for share of population with less than upper secondary attainment = 100-value for share of population with at least upper secondary attainment).

Top group

Score

Educational Attainment by Gender

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Chile

9.9

0.99

France

9.9

0.99

Netherlands

9.9

1.01

Greece

9.8

1.02

Malta

9.8

0.98

Mexico

9.8

1.02

Bulgaria

9.6

0.96

Luxembourg

9.6

1.04

Australia

9.5

1.05

9.5

0.95

New Zealand

9.3

0.94

Norway

9.1

0.92

Israel

9.0

0.91

Slovenia

9.0

1.09

Upper middle group

Poland

8.9

0.90

Italy

8.7

0.88

Belgium

8.6

0.87

Cyprus

8.5

0.86

Spain

8.5

0.86

Germany

8.4

1.15

Japan

8.4

1.15

Romania

8.4

1.15

USA

8.4

0.85

Portugal

8.3

0.84

Iceland

8.1

0.83

Denmark

8.0

0.82

Switzerland

8.0

1.18

Slovakia

7.9

1.19

Sweden

7.9

0.81

Turkey

7.9

1.19

Hungary

7.8

1.20

Ireland

7.1

0.73

Canada

6.8

0.71

Lower middle group

Croatia

5.8

1.39

Finland

5.8

0.61

Czechia

5.6

1.40

Latvia

5.3

0.57

Lithuania

5.3

0.57

Estonia

5.1

0.55

Austria

4.7

1.49

South Korea

3.9

1.56

Bottom group

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