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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total by country

Average years of primary schooling, 25-29, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 25-29.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
7.99
Belize
Lowest
1.3
Mali
Median
5.18
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 7.99 in Belize; the lowest is 1.3 in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.18, and the mean is 5.06.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 150.0%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 62.5%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belize 7.99 2010 up 0.1% rising
1 Hungary 7.99 2010 up 0.4% rising
1 Poland 7.99 2010 up 0.4% rising
4 Czechia 7.98 2010 down 10.9% rising
4 Slovakia 7.98 2010 down 8.6% flat
6 Israel 7.91 2010 up 34.3% rising
7 Albania 7.85 2010 down 0.8% rising
8 Romania 7.76 2010 up 100.5% rising
9 Bulgaria 7.74 2010 up 99.0% rising
10 El Salvador 7.56 2010 up 14.5% rising
11 Brazil 7.5 2010 up 11.6% volatile
12 Botswana 6.96 2010 up 0.7% volatile
13 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 6.95 2010 up 0.1% rising
14 Trinidad and Tobago 6.94 2010 down 0.1% rising
15 Argentina 6.91 2010 up 3.1% rising
16 South Africa 6.75 2010 up 12.3% rising
17 Zimbabwe 6.37 2010 up 35.0% rising
18 Finland 6 2010 up 1.7% rising
19 Barbados 5.99 2010 up 1.2% rising
19 Cyprus 5.99 2010 up 0.8% rising
19 Hong Kong (China) 5.99 2010 up 1.7% rising
19 Malawi 5.99 2010 up 58.5% rising
23 Australia 5.98 2010 up 0.8% rising
23 Estonia 5.98 2010 unchanged flat
23 Japan 5.98 2010 up 0.3% rising
23 Korea 5.98 2010 down 0.2% rising
23 Malta 5.98 2010 up 1.0% rising
23 Netherlands 5.98 2010 up 0.7% rising
23 United States of America 5.98 2010 up 0.3% flat
30 Canada 5.97 2010 up 0.3% rising
30 Switzerland 5.97 2010 up 10.6% flat
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.97 2010 up 2.1% rising
33 Ireland 5.96 2010 up 3.1% falling
33 Tonga 5.96 2010 up 1.2% rising
35 Greece 5.95 2010 up 1.4% rising
36 Singapore 5.94 2010 up 2.9% rising
37 Jamaica 5.9 2010 up 5.2% rising
38 Portugal 5.89 2010 down 0.8% rising
39 Zambia 5.88 2010 up 4.8% rising
40 Uruguay 5.87 2010 up 1.7% rising
41 Chile 5.86 2010 up 3.0% rising
42 Cuba 5.85 2010 up 1.4% rising
42 Jordan 5.85 2010 up 9.6% rising
44 Fiji 5.79 2010 down 24.2% rising
44 New Zealand 5.79 2010 down 1.0% falling
46 Iceland 5.78 2010 up 0.3% rising
46 Malaysia 5.78 2010 up 3.8% rising
48 Philippines 5.75 2010 up 5.3% rising
49 Sweden 5.74 2010 down 1.9% rising
50 Peru 5.73 2010 up 6.3% rising
51 Thailand 5.7 2010 down 4.4% rising
52 Indonesia 5.69 2010 up 40.1% rising
53 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.68 2010 up 10.1% rising
54 Mexico 5.65 2010 up 5.6% rising
55 Luxembourg 5.64 2010 up 4.6% flat
56 Belgium 5.62 2010 down 4.3% flat
56 Ecuador 5.62 2010 up 17.8% rising
58 Costa Rica 5.59 2010 up 2.6% rising
58 Panama 5.59 2010 up 0.9% rising
60 Guyana 5.54 2010 up 4.3% rising
60 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.54 2010 up 5.7% rising
62 Denmark 5.5 2010 down 6.8% rising
62 Paraguay 5.5 2010 up 8.1% rising
64 Saudi Arabia 5.49 2010 up 12.3% rising
65 Kenya 5.45 2010 down 2.2% rising
66 Mauritius 5.43 2010 up 9.0% rising
67 Gabon 5.4 2010 up 6.7% rising
68 Dominican Republic 5.39 2010 up 7.8% rising
69 Tunisia 5.36 2010 up 16.5% volatile
70 United Arab Emirates 5.26 2010 up 4.4% rising
71 Lesotho 5.22 2010 up 2.2% rising
72 Namibia 5.18 2010 down 2.8% rising
72 Norway 5.18 2010 down 13.5% falling
72 Syrian Arab Republic 5.18 2010 up 32.8% rising
75 Algeria 5.14 2010 up 6.0% volatile
75 Egypt 5.14 2010 up 21.2% volatile
77 Qatar 5.05 2010 up 31.2% rising
78 Eswatini 5.01 2010 up 25.9% rising
79 Honduras 5 2010 up 8.5% rising
80 Lithuania 4.98 2010 down 36.9% rising
80 Ukraine 4.98 2010 down 37.2% rising
82 Macau (China) 4.97 2010 up 2.1% rising
82 Russia 4.97 2010 down 37.6% rising
84 France 4.96 2010 up 1.6% rising
84 Italy 4.96 2010 up 0.2% rising
86 Spain 4.94 2010 up 2.9% rising
86 Libya 4.94 2010 down 2.6% rising
88 Colombia 4.9 2010 up 11.9% rising
89 China (People’s Republic of) 4.88 2010 down 12.7% rising
89 Cameroon 4.88 2010 down 2.2% rising
89 Sri Lanka 4.88 2010 down 12.7% rising
92 Uganda 4.84 2010 up 16.3% rising
93 Türkiye 4.74 2010 up 3.9% rising
94 Maldives 4.7 2010 up 46.9% rising
95 Brunei Darussalam 4.66 2010 down 3.3% rising
96 Papua New Guinea 4.64 2010 up 20.2% volatile
97 Iraq 4.57 2010 down 9.1% volatile
98 Iran 4.53 2010 up 10.0% rising
99 Bahrain 4.5 2010 down 1.3% rising
100 Ghana 4.48 2010 up 11.7% rising
101 Nicaragua 4.4 2010 up 13.7% rising
102 Rwanda 4.32 2010 up 64.3% volatile
103 Viet Nam 4.22 2010 down 2.1% rising
104 Guatemala 4.03 2010 up 14.5% rising
105 Kazakhstan 4 2010 up 0.3% rising
106 Kyrgyzstan 3.99 2010 up 1.3% rising
106 Myanmar 3.99 2010 up 21.6% volatile
108 Croatia 3.98 2010 up 0.5% falling
108 Latvia 3.98 2010 down 50.1% rising
108 Mauritania 3.98 2010 up 29.2% rising
108 Slovenia 3.98 2010 unchanged falling
112 Austria 3.97 2010 up 5.6% rising
112 Republic of Moldova 3.97 2010 up 0.3% rising
114 Serbia 3.96 2010 unchanged falling
114 Tajikistan 3.96 2010 down 0.8% rising
116 Afghanistan 3.93 2010 up 73.1% volatile
116 Germany 3.93 2010 up 2.3% falling
118 Cambodia 3.91 2010 up 14.3% rising
119 Bangladesh 3.88 2010 up 39.1% rising
120 Togo 3.84 2010 down 5.4% volatile
121 India 3.81 2010 up 20.6% rising
122 Congo 3.73 2010 up 6.9% rising
123 Côte d'Ivoire 3.72 2010 up 5.7% volatile
124 Nepal 3.55 2010 up 150.0% volatile
125 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.39 2010 up 7.3% rising
126 Haiti 3.38 2010 down 2.3% volatile
127 Sudan 3.22 2010 up 1.9% volatile
128 Morocco 3.19 2010 up 3.2% volatile
129 Liberia 3.07 2010 up 5.9% volatile
130 Kuwait 3.06 2010 up 5.9% rising
131 Pakistan 3.04 2010 up 42.7% rising
132 Central African Republic 3.02 2010 down 2.3% volatile
133 Burundi 3 2010 up 21.5% rising
134 Armenia 2.99 2010 down 62.5% rising
135 Yemen 2.96 2010 up 45.1% volatile
136 Mongolia 2.77 2010 down 5.1% rising
137 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.67 2010 down 12.5% rising
138 Sierra Leone 2.66 2010 up 6.4% volatile
139 Gambia 2.45 2010 up 8.4% volatile
140 Benin 2.3 2010 up 10.6% volatile
141 Senegal 2.21 2010 up 24.9% flat
142 Niger 1.44 2010 up 5.9% volatile
143 Mozambique 1.37 2010 up 25.7% rising
144 Mali 1.3 2010 up 17.1% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25-29, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of primary schooling, 25-29, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 25-29.