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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
7.92
Ireland
Lowest
2.21
Viet Nam
Median
5.22
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 7.92 in Ireland; the lowest is 2.21 in Viet Nam.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.22, 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 101 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 229.5%), and the largest decrease in Hungary (down 50.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 7.92 2010 up 42.4% falling
2 Australia 6.99 2010 up 17.5% rising
3 Botswana 6.98 2010 up 0.3% rising
4 Trinidad and Tobago 6.97 2010 up 2.8% rising
5 Iceland 6.91 2010 up 18.3% rising
6 Norway 6.79 2010 up 13.2% falling
7 Zambia 6.7 2010 up 25.7% rising
8 Maldives 6.69 2010 up 64.0% rising
9 South Africa 6.67 2010 up 7.1% rising
10 Zimbabwe 6.58 2010 up 1.7% rising
11 Tanzania, United Republic of 6.01 2010 up 32.4% rising
12 Denmark 6 2010 up 0.8% falling
12 Finland 6 2010 up 4.0% rising
12 Hong Kong, China 6 2010 up 0.8% rising
12 Republic of Korea 6 2010 up 0.2% rising
16 Belize 5.99 2010 down 24.8% flat
16 Cyprus 5.99 2010 up 0.7% rising
16 Netherlands 5.99 2010 up 0.3% flat
16 Poland 5.99 2010 down 23.1% rising
20 Estonia 5.98 2010 up 0.2% rising
20 Malta 5.98 2010 up 0.2% rising
20 Portugal 5.98 2010 unchanged rising
20 United States of America 5.98 2010 down 0.2% flat
24 Canada 5.97 2010 unchanged flat
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.97 2010 up 2.1% flat
24 Macau (China) 5.97 2010 up 21.6% rising
24 Saudi Arabia 5.97 2010 up 17.3% rising
28 Spain 5.96 2010 up 27.6% rising
28 Greece 5.96 2010 up 1.0% rising
28 Israel 5.96 2010 down 18.9% rising
28 Tonga 5.96 2010 up 1.0% rising
32 Japan 5.94 2010 down 0.3% flat
33 United Arab Emirates 5.93 2010 up 5.5% volatile
33 Cuba 5.93 2010 up 2.2% rising
35 Jordan 5.92 2010 up 7.8% rising
35 Libya 5.92 2010 up 5.3% rising
37 Argentina 5.9 2010 down 13.0% rising
37 Mauritius 5.9 2010 up 11.1% rising
37 Uruguay 5.9 2010 up 3.0% rising
40 Singapore 5.89 2010 up 2.3% rising
41 Belgium 5.88 2010 down 0.7% flat
42 Barbados 5.87 2010 down 1.7% rising
42 Chile 5.87 2010 up 1.4% rising
44 Fiji 5.86 2010 up 1.0% flat
45 Malaysia 5.85 2010 up 0.9% rising
45 Peru 5.85 2010 up 4.3% rising
45 Thailand 5.85 2010 up 5.0% rising
48 Mexico 5.82 2010 up 4.3% rising
49 Tunisia 5.8 2010 up 10.5% rising
50 Indonesia 5.79 2010 up 12.2% rising
50 Qatar 5.79 2010 up 16.3% rising
52 Türkiye 5.78 2010 up 27.3% rising
53 Philippines 5.77 2010 up 4.2% rising
53 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.77 2010 up 13.8% rising
55 Costa Rica 5.75 2010 up 1.4% rising
55 Luxembourg 5.75 2010 up 8.9% rising
57 Guyana 5.68 2010 up 7.0% rising
58 Ecuador 5.67 2010 up 10.1% rising
59 Switzerland 5.65 2010 up 50.7% falling
59 Paraguay 5.65 2010 up 5.8% rising
59 Sweden 5.65 2010 down 1.6% flat
62 New Zealand 5.64 2010 down 5.7% falling
63 Dominican Republic 5.63 2010 unchanged rising
64 Panama 5.56 2010 down 0.5% rising
65 Bahrain 5.54 2010 up 1.1% rising
65 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.54 2010 down 24.1% rising
65 Gabon 5.54 2010 up 0.4% rising
68 Honduras 5.44 2010 up 3.2% rising
69 Mauritania 5.38 2010 up 36.9% rising
70 Jamaica 5.37 2010 down 6.3% rising
70 Syrian Arab Republic 5.37 2010 up 30.7% rising
72 Ghana 5.24 2010 up 28.4% rising
73 Togo 5.21 2010 up 11.6% rising
74 Iraq 5.15 2010 up 5.3% rising
75 Algeria 5.05 2010 down 1.4% rising
76 Bangladesh 5 2010 up 33.0% rising
77 Italy 4.99 2010 up 0.6% rising
78 France 4.98 2010 up 2.0% rising
79 Czechia 4.97 2010 down 37.8% falling
80 Colombia 4.95 2010 up 15.1% rising
81 China 4.94 2010 up 1.4% rising
81 Sri Lanka 4.94 2010 up 2.9% falling
83 Lesotho 4.9 2010 unchanged rising
84 Iran, Islamic Republic of 4.87 2010 up 4.7% rising
85 Nicaragua 4.83 2010 up 20.8% rising
86 Brunei Darussalam 4.82 2010 up 3.4% rising
87 Guatemala 4.8 2010 up 29.4% rising
88 El Salvador 4.77 2010 down 29.1% rising
89 Cambodia 4.76 2010 up 31.5% rising
90 Uganda 4.69 2010 up 1.1% rising
91 Rwanda 4.61 2010 unchanged rising
92 India 4.59 2010 up 18.9% rising
93 Namibia 4.55 2010 up 9.4% rising
94 Congo 4.52 2010 up 1.1% rising
94 Morocco 4.52 2010 up 71.2% volatile
96 Myanmar 4.49 2010 up 18.8% rising
97 Benin 4.47 2010 up 50.0% rising
98 Eswatini 4.46 2010 down 11.3% rising
99 Nepal 4.42 2010 up 35.6% volatile
100 Burundi 4.34 2010 up 29.9% rising
101 Egypt 4.31 2010 down 16.6% rising
102 Gambia 4.27 2010 up 57.0% volatile
103 Côte d'Ivoire 4.11 2010 up 12.9% rising
104 Malawi 4.05 2010 down 0.5% rising
105 Cameroon 4 2010 down 5.9% rising
105 Lithuania 4 2010 down 19.4% rising
105 Tajikistan 4 2010 up 0.3% rising
108 Croatia 3.98 2010 up 4.7% falling
109 Hungary 3.97 2010 down 50.0% falling
109 Kazakhstan 3.97 2010 down 0.3% rising
109 Kyrgyzstan 3.97 2010 up 1.3% rising
112 Albania 3.95 2010 down 49.7% rising
112 Slovakia 3.95 2010 down 48.3% falling
114 Serbia 3.94 2010 up 4.8% falling
115 Latvia 3.93 2010 down 1.0% rising
116 Austria 3.92 2010 up 0.5% rising
116 Yemen 3.92 2010 up 31.1% volatile
118 Republic of Moldova 3.91 2010 up 2.6% rising
119 Bulgaria 3.88 2010 down 47.1% falling
119 Kenya 3.88 2010 down 14.9% rising
121 Brazil 3.87 2010 down 44.7% volatile
122 Slovenia 3.85 2010 down 3.3% falling
123 Haiti 3.82 2010 up 18.6% rising
124 Germany 3.81 2010 up 3.0% rising
124 Mongolia 3.81 2010 up 43.2% flat
126 Romania 3.8 2010 down 48.4% falling
127 Sierra Leone 3.76 2010 up 54.1% rising
128 Kuwait 3.73 2010 up 14.1% rising
129 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.71 2010 up 7.2% rising
130 Papua New Guinea 3.62 2010 up 10.0% rising
131 Liberia 3.56 2010 up 55.5% rising
132 Afghanistan 3.55 2010 down 7.3% volatile
133 Pakistan 3.52 2010 up 29.9% rising
134 Senegal 3.39 2010 up 92.6% rising
135 Mozambique 3.13 2010 up 229.5% rising
136 Ukraine 3 2010 down 39.5% flat
137 Sudan 2.98 2010 down 4.2% rising
138 Russian Federation 2.96 2010 down 40.1% rising
139 Armenia 2.93 2010 down 2.0% falling
140 Central African Republic 2.67 2010 down 4.0% volatile
141 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.62 2010 up 6.1% rising
142 Mali 2.35 2010 up 80.8% volatile
143 Niger 2.28 2010 up 56.2% volatile
144 Viet Nam 2.21 2010 down 37.2% falling

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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15-19, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of primary schooling, 15-19, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 15-19.