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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, female by country

Average years of primary schooling, 20-24, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 20-24.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8
Hungary
Lowest
1.17
Niger
Median
5.45
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8 in Hungary; the lowest is 1.17 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.45, and the mean is 5.07.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 101.3%), and the largest decrease in Slovakia (down 54.5%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hungary 8 2010 up 0.5% rising
2 Belize 7.99 2010 up 0.1% rising
2 Poland 7.99 2010 up 0.3% rising
4 Czechia 7.98 2010 down 11.0% flat
5 Croatia 7.97 2010 up 101.3% falling
6 Brazil 7.93 2010 up 8.8% volatile
7 Israel 7.92 2010 up 0.4% rising
8 Albania 7.88 2010 down 0.3% rising
9 El Salvador 7.77 2010 up 6.7% rising
10 Bulgaria 7.73 2010 up 0.8% rising
11 Bolivia 7.05 2010 up 1.1% rising
12 Trinidad and Tobago 6.97 2010 up 0.4% rising
13 Argentina 6.96 2010 up 2.7% rising
14 Botswana 6.85 2010 down 2.0% rising
15 Zimbabwe 6.84 2010 up 4.3% rising
16 South Africa 6.83 2010 up 9.1% rising
17 Malawi 6.02 2010 up 72.5% volatile
18 Cyprus 6 2010 up 0.5% rising
18 Finland 6 2010 up 1.4% rising
18 Malta 6 2010 up 0.2% rising
21 Australia 5.99 2010 up 0.7% flat
21 Barbados 5.99 2010 up 0.3% rising
21 Switzerland 5.99 2010 up 12.6% flat
21 Hong Kong 5.99 2010 up 1.2% rising
21 Ireland 5.99 2010 up 2.9% falling
21 South Korea 5.99 2010 unchanged rising
21 Netherlands 5.99 2010 up 0.5% flat
21 United States 5.99 2010 up 0.3% flat
29 Japan 5.98 2010 down 0.2% rising
30 Cuba 5.97 2010 up 2.2% rising
30 Estonia 5.97 2010 down 0.2% flat
30 United Kingdom 5.97 2010 up 0.7% rising
33 Greece 5.96 2010 up 1.0% rising
33 Namibia 5.96 2010 up 7.0% rising
33 Tonga 5.96 2010 up 0.7% rising
36 Fiji 5.95 2010 up 3.5% rising
37 Chile 5.94 2010 up 2.8% rising
37 Saudi Arabia 5.94 2010 up 15.3% volatile
37 Singapore 5.94 2010 up 1.7% rising
40 Portugal 5.93 2010 down 0.5% rising
41 Uruguay 5.92 2010 up 1.5% rising
42 Philippines 5.91 2010 up 4.6% rising
43 Jordan 5.9 2010 up 4.4% rising
43 Lesotho 5.9 2010 down 2.2% rising
45 Canada 5.89 2010 down 1.3% flat
46 Malaysia 5.85 2010 up 2.8% rising
47 Thailand 5.84 2010 up 15.9% rising
47 Tanzania 5.84 2010 up 15.6% rising
49 Denmark 5.82 2010 up 3.2% flat
49 Macao 5.82 2010 up 17.6% rising
51 Venezuela 5.81 2010 up 5.1% rising
52 Peru 5.79 2010 up 5.7% rising
53 Iceland 5.78 2010 down 2.2% rising
53 Sweden 5.78 2010 down 1.0% flat
55 Mexico 5.77 2010 up 5.7% rising
56 Indonesia 5.76 2010 up 12.3% rising
57 Mauritius 5.75 2010 up 12.1% rising
58 Jamaica 5.74 2010 up 1.4% rising
58 Luxembourg 5.74 2010 up 7.3% flat
60 Costa Rica 5.73 2010 up 3.6% rising
61 Libya 5.71 2010 up 11.3% volatile
61 Zambia 5.71 2010 up 0.9% rising
63 Belgium 5.69 2010 down 3.7% flat
63 Dominican Republic 5.69 2010 up 1.2% rising
65 Ecuador 5.68 2010 up 16.6% rising
66 Paraguay 5.66 2010 up 7.4% rising
67 Panama 5.65 2010 up 1.8% rising
68 Tunisia 5.62 2010 up 15.6% volatile
69 New Zealand 5.59 2010 down 5.6% falling
70 Norway 5.54 2010 down 7.7% falling
71 Guyana 5.53 2010 up 1.5% rising
72 Kenya 5.48 2010 up 9.6% rising
73 Gabon 5.42 2010 down 2.5% rising
74 Qatar 5.41 2010 up 22.7% rising
75 Honduras 5.4 2010 up 8.4% rising
76 Uganda 5.37 2010 up 32.3% volatile
77 Eswatini 5.32 2010 up 56.0% rising
78 Nicaragua 5.28 2010 up 21.1% rising
79 Algeria 5.25 2010 up 15.4% volatile
80 Syria 5.19 2010 up 31.4% rising
81 United Arab Emirates 5.18 2010 down 4.6% rising
82 Russia 4.98 2010 unchanged rising
83 Italy 4.96 2010 down 0.2% rising
84 Spain 4.95 2010 up 2.1% rising
85 Sri Lanka 4.94 2010 down 13.0% rising
86 China 4.93 2010 up 4.2% rising
86 Colombia 4.93 2010 up 6.9% rising
88 France 4.92 2010 down 0.4% rising
89 Maldives 4.9 2010 up 21.6% rising
90 Mauritania 4.84 2010 up 94.4% rising
91 Brunei 4.72 2010 down 1.5% rising
92 Ghana 4.66 2010 up 30.2% rising
93 Rwanda 4.65 2010 up 9.9% volatile
94 Turkey 4.61 2010 up 1.8% rising
95 Cameroon 4.6 2010 down 8.7% rising
96 Bahrain 4.56 2010 down 10.6% rising
97 Guatemala 4.46 2010 up 31.6% rising
98 Myanmar 4.35 2010 up 9.8% volatile
99 Papua New Guinea 4.32 2010 up 15.8% volatile
100 Iran 4.31 2010 down 4.6% rising
101 Vietnam 4.29 2010 down 4.9% rising
102 Cambodia 4.24 2010 up 44.7% rising
103 Togo 4.22 2010 up 48.1% volatile
104 Iraq 4.17 2010 down 9.3% volatile
105 Bangladesh 4.15 2010 up 36.5% volatile
105 India 4.15 2010 up 40.7% volatile
107 Nepal 4.09 2010 up 79.4% volatile
108 Egypt 4.03 2010 down 8.4% volatile
109 Latvia 4 2010 down 19.7% rising
109 Slovenia 4 2010 up 0.5% falling
109 Tajikistan 4 2010 up 0.3% rising
112 Germany 3.99 2010 up 4.7% rising
112 Kyrgyzstan 3.99 2010 up 1.3% rising
112 Lithuania 3.99 2010 down 18.9% rising
112 Slovakia 3.99 2010 down 54.5% falling
116 Kazakhstan 3.98 2010 down 0.3% rising
116 Moldova 3.98 2010 up 0.3% rising
118 Serbia 3.97 2010 up 0.3% falling
118 Ukraine 3.97 2010 down 20.3% rising
120 Austria 3.96 2010 up 5.0% rising
121 Romania 3.91 2010 down 49.0% falling
122 Haiti 3.81 2010 up 22.9% rising
123 Laos 3.51 2010 up 15.1% rising
124 Kuwait 3.49 2010 up 12.2% rising
125 Cote d'Ivoire 3.43 2010 up 12.1% volatile
126 Morocco 3.36 2010 up 36.6% volatile
127 Congo 3.28 2010 down 0.3% rising
128 Sierra Leone 3.03 2010 up 41.6% volatile
129 Liberia 3.02 2010 up 58.1% volatile
130 Armenia 3 2010 down 39.9% rising
131 Mongolia 2.91 2010 unchanged flat
132 Burundi 2.74 2010 up 0.7% rising
133 Pakistan 2.73 2010 up 56.0% volatile
134 Sudan 2.72 2010 up 3.0% volatile
135 Central African Republic 2.56 2010 unchanged volatile
136 Benin 2.38 2010 up 38.4% volatile
136 Yemen 2.38 2010 up 64.1% volatile
138 Senegal 2.37 2010 up 99.2% rising
139 Gambia 2.33 2010 up 37.1% volatile
140 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.9 2010 down 2.6% rising
141 Mali 1.73 2010 up 76.5% volatile
142 Afghanistan 1.29 2010 up 2.4% volatile
143 Mozambique 1.21 2010 up 5.2% volatile
144 Niger 1.17 2010 up 27.2% volatile

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