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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.59
Czechia
Lowest
0.97
Niger
Median
4.94
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.59 in Czechia; the lowest is 0.97 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.94, and the mean is 4.66.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 110.5%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 6.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 8.59 2010 down 3.3% rising
2 Slovakia 8.09 2010 down 3.7% rising
3 Hungary 7.71 2010 down 2.5% rising
4 Belize 7.69 2010 down 0.5% rising
5 Poland 7.35 2010 up 2.7% rising
6 Trinidad and Tobago 6.75 2010 up 1.7% rising
7 Ireland 6.64 2010 up 7.3% flat
8 Croatia 6.59 2010 up 2.3% rising
9 Argentina 6.53 2010 up 3.5% rising
10 Romania 6.51 2010 down 3.7% rising
11 Fiji 6.47 2010 down 2.6% rising
11 Slovenia 6.47 2010 down 6.6% rising
13 New Zealand 6.46 2010 down 2.9% falling
14 Albania 6.41 2010 up 0.5% rising
15 Switzerland 6.34 2010 up 14.6% flat
16 Israel 6.28 2010 up 3.8% rising
17 Norway 6.26 2010 down 5.9% falling
18 Botswana 6.23 2010 up 6.9% rising
19 South Africa 6.16 2010 up 17.3% rising
20 Bulgaria 6 2010 up 9.1% rising
21 Estonia 5.98 2010 up 0.2% rising
22 Serbia 5.97 2010 down 1.6% rising
23 United States of America 5.96 2010 up 0.2% rising
24 Australia 5.95 2010 up 3.1% rising
24 Netherlands 5.95 2010 up 1.5% flat
26 Japan 5.91 2010 up 1.0% rising
27 El Salvador 5.9 2010 up 21.1% rising
28 Canada 5.88 2010 up 1.9% rising
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.88 2010 up 3.3% rising
28 Tonga 5.88 2010 up 1.7% rising
31 Barbados 5.84 2010 up 3.5% rising
32 Iceland 5.82 2010 up 2.5% rising
33 Sweden 5.8 2010 up 0.2% rising
34 Malta 5.78 2010 up 10.7% rising
35 Sri Lanka 5.76 2010 unchanged rising
36 Cyprus 5.72 2010 up 11.3% rising
37 Greece 5.66 2010 up 12.1% rising
38 Republic of Korea 5.64 2010 up 4.1% rising
39 Uruguay 5.6 2010 up 2.2% rising
40 Zambia 5.55 2010 up 17.3% rising
41 Luxembourg 5.54 2010 up 2.4% rising
42 Zimbabwe 5.53 2010 up 21.3% rising
43 Belgium 5.52 2010 down 0.5% flat
43 Chile 5.52 2010 up 7.6% rising
43 Jamaica 5.52 2010 up 3.2% rising
46 Denmark 5.51 2010 up 3.8% rising
47 Spain 5.5 2010 up 10.9% rising
48 Hong Kong, China 5.48 2010 up 19.4% rising
49 Philippines 5.45 2010 up 9.2% rising
50 Lesotho 5.4 2010 down 1.1% rising
51 Cuba 5.36 2010 up 6.8% rising
52 Finland 5.35 2010 up 10.5% rising
52 Guyana 5.35 2010 up 3.5% rising
54 Brazil 5.32 2010 up 11.8% rising
55 Jordan 5.27 2010 up 18.2% rising
56 Costa Rica 5.26 2010 up 0.6% rising
57 United Arab Emirates 5.25 2010 up 9.6% volatile
57 Panama 5.25 2010 up 1.9% rising
59 Malaysia 5.24 2010 up 8.3% rising
60 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.2 2010 up 16.9% rising
61 Thailand 5.17 2010 up 31.2% rising
62 Qatar 5.16 2010 up 34.4% rising
63 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.13 2010 down 1.0% rising
64 Namibia 5.11 2010 up 14.1% rising
65 Lithuania 5.09 2010 up 4.5% rising
66 Russian Federation 5.06 2010 up 2.0% rising
67 Paraguay 5.04 2010 up 16.4% rising
68 Mexico 5.01 2010 up 9.4% rising
69 Ecuador 4.99 2010 up 12.4% rising
70 Peru 4.98 2010 up 9.5% rising
71 Dominican Republic 4.97 2010 up 1.4% rising
72 Germany 4.94 2010 down 1.8% rising
72 Latvia 4.94 2010 up 1.6% rising
74 Gabon 4.93 2010 up 9.8% rising
75 China 4.9 2010 up 10.6% rising
75 Indonesia 4.9 2010 up 28.6% rising
75 Ukraine 4.9 2010 up 2.1% rising
78 France 4.89 2010 up 3.8% rising
79 Tanzania, United Republic of 4.87 2010 up 20.2% volatile
80 Macau, China 4.82 2010 up 13.1% rising
81 Singapore 4.81 2010 up 9.3% rising
82 Mauritius 4.75 2010 up 15.6% rising
83 Saudi Arabia 4.7 2010 up 24.7% rising
84 Armenia 4.69 2010 down 6.2% rising
84 Colombia 4.69 2010 up 15.5% rising
86 Portugal 4.68 2010 up 7.8% rising
87 Brunei Darussalam 4.62 2010 up 2.2% rising
88 Italy 4.58 2010 up 1.8% rising
89 Honduras 4.52 2010 up 7.4% rising
90 Libya 4.46 2010 up 15.2% volatile
91 Kenya 4.43 2010 up 14.8% rising
92 Nicaragua 4.33 2010 up 19.9% rising
93 Iran, Islamic Republic of 4.28 2010 up 12.6% volatile
94 Syrian Arab Republic 4.21 2010 up 28.0% volatile
95 Türkiye 4.17 2010 up 17.1% rising
96 Uganda 4.1 2010 up 28.1% volatile
97 Cameroon 4.07 2010 up 14.6% volatile
98 Tunisia 4.03 2010 up 27.1% volatile
99 Bahrain 4.01 2010 down 4.3% rising
100 Tajikistan 3.98 2010 up 1.3% rising
101 Viet Nam 3.97 2010 up 5.0% rising
102 Kazakhstan 3.96 2010 up 2.9% rising
103 Kyrgyzstan 3.94 2010 up 2.6% rising
103 Eswatini 3.94 2010 up 11.9% rising
105 Republic of Moldova 3.9 2010 up 8.3% rising
106 Austria 3.82 2010 up 1.3% flat
106 Algeria 3.82 2010 up 20.9% volatile
108 Maldives 3.81 2010 up 38.0% rising
108 Malawi 3.81 2010 up 50.6% volatile
110 Iraq 3.76 2010 up 20.1% volatile
111 Ghana 3.67 2010 up 18.8% rising
112 Rwanda 3.55 2010 up 37.1% volatile
113 Egypt 3.47 2010 up 18.4% volatile
114 Guatemala 3.38 2010 up 22.5% rising
115 Congo 3.36 2010 up 4.3% rising
116 Myanmar 3.3 2010 up 25.5% volatile
117 Mongolia 3.23 2010 up 3.9% rising
118 Bangladesh 3.22 2010 up 28.3% volatile
119 Cambodia 3.21 2010 up 39.0% rising
120 Mauritania 3.19 2010 up 46.3% rising
121 Kuwait 3.13 2010 up 19.0% rising
122 Papua New Guinea 3.08 2010 up 27.3% volatile
123 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.06 2010 up 19.5% rising
124 Haiti 2.76 2010 up 24.9% volatile
124 Togo 2.76 2010 up 17.9% volatile
126 Côte d'Ivoire 2.7 2010 up 29.2% volatile
127 India 2.57 2010 up 13.7% volatile
128 Burundi 2.46 2010 up 35.9% volatile
129 Nepal 2.3 2010 up 78.3% volatile
130 Morocco 2.29 2010 up 40.5% volatile
131 Liberia 2.22 2010 up 59.7% volatile
132 Sierra Leone 2.18 2010 up 51.4% volatile
133 Sudan 2.08 2010 up 23.1% volatile
134 Benin 2 2010 up 48.1% volatile
134 Central African Republic 2 2010 up 23.5% volatile
136 Pakistan 1.99 2010 up 51.9% volatile
137 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.9 2010 up 12.4% volatile
138 Gambia 1.86 2010 up 63.2% volatile
139 Senegal 1.73 2010 up 58.7% flat
140 Yemen 1.6 2010 up 110.5% volatile
141 Mali 1.38 2010 up 84.0% volatile
142 Afghanistan 1.27 2010 up 69.3% volatile
143 Mozambique 1.18 2010 up 90.3% rising
144 Niger 0.97 2010 up 56.5% volatile

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