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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female by country

Average years of primary schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 15-19.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
7.92
Ireland
Lowest
1.79
Niger
Median
5.25
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 7.92 in Ireland; the lowest is 1.79 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.25, and the mean is 5.01.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 287.1%), and the largest decrease in Hungary (down 50.1%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 7.92 2010 up 37.7% falling
2 Australia 6.99 2010 up 17.9% rising
2 Botswana 6.99 2010 up 0.4% rising
4 Trinidad and Tobago 6.97 2010 up 2.8% rising
5 Iceland 6.87 2010 up 16.6% rising
6 Norway 6.82 2010 up 13.7% falling
7 Zimbabwe 6.81 2010 up 4.6% rising
8 Zambia 6.8 2010 up 18.3% rising
9 Maldives 6.79 2010 up 64.8% rising
10 South Africa 6.77 2010 up 6.8% rising
11 Tanzania 6.18 2010 up 35.8% rising
12 Denmark 6 2010 up 0.8% flat
12 Finland 6 2010 up 4.5% rising
12 Hong Kong 6 2010 up 0.8% rising
12 South Korea 6 2010 up 0.2% rising
12 Poland 6 2010 down 23.7% rising
17 Belize 5.99 2010 down 24.9% flat
17 Barbados 5.99 2010 up 0.2% rising
17 Cyprus 5.99 2010 up 0.8% rising
17 Libya 5.99 2010 up 7.5% volatile
17 Macao 5.99 2010 up 21.0% rising
17 Netherlands 5.99 2010 up 0.5% flat
23 Portugal 5.98 2010 unchanged rising
23 United States 5.98 2010 down 0.2% flat
25 Canada 5.97 2010 unchanged flat
25 Spain 5.97 2010 up 26.8% rising
25 Estonia 5.97 2010 down 0.2% rising
25 United Kingdom 5.97 2010 up 1.0% flat
25 Greece 5.97 2010 up 1.2% rising
25 Malta 5.97 2010 up 0.2% rising
25 Saudi Arabia 5.97 2010 up 23.9% rising
25 Tonga 5.97 2010 up 1.0% rising
33 Israel 5.96 2010 down 19.4% rising
34 Argentina 5.94 2010 down 12.9% rising
34 Cuba 5.94 2010 up 1.2% rising
34 Japan 5.94 2010 down 0.3% flat
34 Uruguay 5.94 2010 up 3.1% rising
38 Mauritius 5.93 2010 up 9.8% rising
39 Jordan 5.92 2010 up 8.4% rising
39 Philippines 5.92 2010 up 4.4% rising
41 Chile 5.91 2010 up 1.7% rising
42 Belgium 5.9 2010 down 0.5% flat
42 Fiji 5.9 2010 up 1.4% rising
44 United Arab Emirates 5.89 2010 up 2.8% volatile
45 Qatar 5.88 2010 up 12.9% rising
45 Singapore 5.88 2010 up 2.1% rising
47 Luxembourg 5.87 2010 up 11.4% rising
48 Malaysia 5.86 2010 up 0.9% rising
49 Thailand 5.85 2010 up 3.7% rising
50 Mexico 5.84 2010 up 4.7% rising
50 Peru 5.84 2010 up 3.5% rising
52 Tunisia 5.83 2010 up 15.4% rising
53 Indonesia 5.82 2010 up 10.9% rising
53 Venezuela 5.82 2010 up 20.5% rising
55 Costa Rica 5.81 2010 up 2.3% rising
56 Guyana 5.8 2010 up 6.4% rising
57 Dominican Republic 5.74 2010 down 1.0% rising
58 New Zealand 5.72 2010 down 4.3% falling
58 Turkey 5.72 2010 up 28.3% rising
60 Ecuador 5.7 2010 up 10.9% rising
60 Sweden 5.7 2010 down 1.9% flat
62 Paraguay 5.69 2010 up 6.0% rising
63 Switzerland 5.67 2010 up 49.6% falling
63 Mauritania 5.67 2010 up 70.8% rising
65 Honduras 5.59 2010 up 6.9% rising
66 Panama 5.57 2010 down 0.5% rising
67 Bahrain 5.55 2010 up 0.2% rising
68 Bolivia 5.54 2010 down 22.7% rising
69 Lesotho 5.45 2010 down 0.7% rising
70 Jamaica 5.39 2010 down 6.3% rising
71 Syria 5.3 2010 up 29.9% rising
72 Gabon 5.25 2010 down 5.2% rising
72 Namibia 5.25 2010 up 14.6% rising
74 Ghana 5.24 2010 up 46.8% rising
75 Algeria 5.2 2010 up 8.8% volatile
76 Nicaragua 5.11 2010 up 20.2% rising
77 Bangladesh 5 2010 up 33.7% volatile
77 France 5 2010 up 2.2% rising
79 Italy 4.99 2010 up 0.6% rising
80 China 4.98 2010 up 1.8% rising
81 Czechia 4.97 2010 down 37.8% falling
82 Colombia 4.96 2010 up 13.2% rising
82 Iran 4.96 2010 up 3.1% rising
84 Sri Lanka 4.95 2010 up 2.7% falling
85 Togo 4.94 2010 up 20.2% volatile
86 Myanmar 4.9 2010 up 19.5% rising
87 El Salvador 4.88 2010 down 28.0% rising
88 Iraq 4.86 2010 up 8.5% volatile
89 Uganda 4.85 2010 up 6.6% rising
90 Brunei 4.79 2010 up 0.6% rising
91 Guatemala 4.78 2010 up 36.2% rising
91 Eswatini 4.78 2010 down 8.8% rising
93 Cambodia 4.75 2010 up 43.1% rising
94 Morocco 4.68 2010 up 90.2% volatile
95 Rwanda 4.66 2010 down 4.1% volatile
96 Egypt 4.56 2010 down 11.5% volatile
97 India 4.45 2010 up 27.5% rising
98 Nepal 4.4 2010 up 53.8% volatile
99 Malawi 4.38 2010 up 12.6% rising
100 Congo 4.36 2010 up 0.5% rising
101 Gambia 4.24 2010 up 80.4% volatile
102 Burundi 4.05 2010 up 33.7% volatile
103 Benin 4.01 2010 up 72.8% volatile
104 Lithuania 4 2010 down 19.4% rising
104 Tajikistan 4 2010 up 0.3% rising
106 Croatia 3.99 2010 up 5.0% falling
106 Kazakhstan 3.99 2010 up 0.3% rising
106 Slovenia 3.99 2010 up 0.3% falling
109 Kenya 3.98 2010 down 12.9% rising
110 Hungary 3.97 2010 down 50.1% falling
110 Kyrgyzstan 3.97 2010 up 2.1% rising
110 Slovakia 3.97 2010 down 47.8% falling
113 Moldova 3.96 2010 up 3.4% rising
114 Albania 3.95 2010 down 49.8% rising
115 Brazil 3.94 2010 down 42.3% volatile
115 Serbia 3.94 2010 up 4.5% falling
117 Austria 3.91 2010 up 0.5% rising
117 Haiti 3.91 2010 up 49.8% rising
117 Latvia 3.91 2010 down 1.8% rising
120 Mongolia 3.89 2010 up 41.5% flat
121 Bulgaria 3.87 2010 down 47.4% falling
122 Romania 3.84 2010 down 48.4% falling
123 Cameroon 3.82 2010 down 4.7% rising
124 Germany 3.81 2010 up 3.3% rising
125 Kuwait 3.76 2010 up 15.3% rising
126 Laos 3.69 2010 up 15.3% rising
127 Cote d'Ivoire 3.65 2010 up 18.1% rising
128 Papua New Guinea 3.56 2010 up 9.2% rising
129 Sierra Leone 3.5 2010 up 78.6% volatile
130 Liberia 3.37 2010 up 117.4% rising
131 Yemen 3.33 2010 up 99.4% volatile
132 Senegal 3.22 2010 up 113.2% rising
133 Pakistan 3.17 2010 up 43.4% rising
134 Armenia 3 2010 up 0.3% falling
134 Ukraine 3 2010 down 39.5% flat
136 Russia 2.98 2010 down 39.8% rising
137 Sudan 2.83 2010 down 0.4% volatile
138 Mozambique 2.71 2010 up 287.1% rising
139 Mali 2.6 2010 up 114.9% volatile
140 Afghanistan 2.45 2010 up 27.6% volatile
141 Central African Republic 2.38 2010 up 4.8% volatile
142 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.33 2010 up 24.6% rising
143 Vietnam 2.1 2010 down 40.0% falling
144 Niger 1.79 2010 up 92.5% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, 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
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Average years of primary schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 15-19.