Lesotho vs Spain: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female

Lesotho
5.4
in 2010
Spain
5.5
in 2010
Lesotho rank
50th
Spain rank
47th

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female over time

  • Lesotho
  • Spain
0246196019852010

How they compare

Spain currently reports 5.5 against 5.4 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.1.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 50th and Spain ranks 47th of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 3.33 2.68 0.645 Lesotho
1970s 3.92 4.3 0.38 Spain
1980s 4.46 4.47 0.015 Spain
1990s 5.04 4.61 0.44 Lesotho
2000s 5.61 5.25 0.35 Lesotho
2010s 5.4 5.5 0.1 Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female, Lesotho or Spain?
Spain, at 5.5 against 5.4 in Lesotho as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female between Lesotho and Spain?
0.1, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Spain?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Lesotho and Spain rank globally for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female?
Lesotho ranks 50th and Spain ranks 47th of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Lesotho vs Spain: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-average-years-of-primary-schooling-age-15-female/lesotho/spain/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-average-years-of-primary-schooling-age-15-female/lesotho/spain/">Lesotho vs Spain: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female
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
Last refreshed

Average years of primary schooling, 15+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 15.