Libya vs United States of America: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, female

Libya
2.05
in 2010
United States of America
1.67
in 2010
Libya rank
5th
United States of America rank
8th

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, female over time

  • Libya
  • United States of America
00.511.52196019852010

How they compare

Libya currently reports 2.05 against 1.67 in United States of America, a difference of 0.38.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.2 times United States of America's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United States of America ahead.

Libya ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 8th of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 1 and United States of America in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Libya United States of America Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0.69 0.69 United States of America
1970s 0.01 1.09 1.08 United States of America
1980s 0.165 1.27 1.11 United States of America
1990s 0.13 1.44 1.31 United States of America
2000s 1.39 1.48 0.085 United States of America
2010s 2.05 1.67 0.38 Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, female, Libya or United States of America?
Libya, at 2.05 against 1.67 in United States of America as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, female between Libya and United States of America?
0.38, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and United States of America?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Libya and United States of America rank globally for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, female?
Libya ranks 5th and United States of America ranks 8th 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 tertiary schooling, age 20-24, 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

Libya vs United States of America: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, female. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-average-years-of-tertiary-schooling-age-20-24-female/libya/united-states/

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-tertiary-schooling-age-20-24-female/libya/united-states/">Libya vs United States of America: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 20-24, 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 tertiary schooling, 20-24, female is the average years of tertiary education completed among females age 20-24.