Mauritania vs Sierra Leone: Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25-29, total

Mauritania
0.07
in 2010
Sierra Leone
0.08
in 2010
Mauritania rank
124th
Sierra Leone rank
121st

Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25-29, total over time

  • Mauritania
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.08 against 0.07 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.01.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Mauritania ranks 124th and Sierra Leone ranks 121st of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 0.015 0.01 0.005 Mauritania
1970s 0.03 0.01 0.02 Mauritania
1980s 0.055 0.02 0.035 Mauritania
1990s 0.07 0.045 0.025 Mauritania
2000s 0.1 0.05 0.05 Mauritania
2010s 0.07 0.08 0.01 Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25-29, total, Mauritania or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 0.08 against 0.07 in Mauritania as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25-29, total between Mauritania and Sierra Leone?
0.01, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Sierra Leone?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Mauritania and Sierra Leone rank globally for barro-lee: average years of tertiary schooling, age 25-29, total?
Mauritania ranks 124th and Sierra Leone ranks 121st 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 25-29, total. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Barro-Lee: Average years of tertiary schooling, age 25-29, total
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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Average years of tertiary schooling, 25-29, total is the average years of tertiary education completed among people age 25-29.