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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female by country

Average years of primary schooling, 25+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 25.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.9
Czechia
Lowest
0.67
Niger
Median
4.74
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.9 in Czechia; the lowest is 0.67 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.74, and the mean is 4.46.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 9.1%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 8.9 2010 down 0.6% rising
2 Slovakia 8.85 2010 up 4.6% rising
3 Belize 7.99 2010 up 5.3% rising
4 Hungary 7.97 2010 up 0.9% rising
5 Poland 7.4 2010 up 6.0% rising
6 Romania 6.95 2010 up 5.8% rising
7 Slovenia 6.82 2010 down 9.1% rising
8 Trinidad and Tobago 6.7 2010 up 2.0% rising
9 Croatia 6.68 2010 down 3.0% rising
10 New Zealand 6.62 2010 down 2.1% flat
11 Fiji 6.59 2010 down 5.2% rising
11 Ireland 6.59 2010 up 4.3% rising
13 Albania 6.56 2010 up 11.2% rising
13 Argentina 6.56 2010 up 6.5% rising
15 Switzerland 6.42 2010 up 12.8% flat
16 Serbia 6.34 2010 down 2.5% rising
17 Norway 6.27 2010 down 7.2% falling
18 Israel 6.12 2010 up 9.1% rising
19 Bulgaria 6 2010 up 18.8% rising
20 Estonia 5.98 2010 up 0.2% rising
21 Netherlands 5.95 2010 up 1.7% flat
21 United States 5.95 2010 up 0.2% rising
23 Sri Lanka 5.93 2010 up 0.3% rising
24 South Africa 5.91 2010 up 22.6% rising
25 Japan 5.9 2010 up 1.4% rising
26 Canada 5.87 2010 up 2.4% rising
26 United Kingdom 5.87 2010 up 4.1% rising
28 Australia 5.86 2010 up 1.9% rising
28 Tonga 5.86 2010 up 3.0% rising
30 Barbados 5.81 2010 up 4.1% rising
30 El Salvador 5.81 2010 up 44.5% rising
30 Sweden 5.81 2010 up 0.7% rising
33 Botswana 5.77 2010 up 12.5% volatile
34 Malta 5.73 2010 up 13.7% rising
35 Iceland 5.7 2010 up 1.4% rising
36 Cyprus 5.67 2010 up 14.1% rising
37 Greece 5.62 2010 up 15.2% rising
38 South Korea 5.57 2010 up 5.5% rising
39 Uruguay 5.52 2010 up 2.4% rising
40 Spain 5.51 2010 up 10.6% rising
41 Luxembourg 5.5 2010 up 1.5% rising
42 Belgium 5.48 2010 down 0.4% flat
43 Jamaica 5.46 2010 up 5.4% rising
44 Denmark 5.44 2010 up 4.0% rising
45 Chile 5.42 2010 up 9.3% rising
46 Hong Kong 5.39 2010 up 24.8% rising
47 Lithuania 5.3 2010 up 8.6% rising
48 Guyana 5.25 2010 up 4.0% rising
49 Finland 5.24 2010 up 12.0% rising
49 Lesotho 5.24 2010 up 0.8% rising
51 Cuba 5.23 2010 up 7.8% rising
52 Philippines 5.22 2010 up 12.0% rising
52 Russia 5.22 2010 up 5.2% rising
54 Panama 5.16 2010 up 3.4% rising
55 Costa Rica 5.15 2010 up 1.6% rising
55 Ukraine 5.15 2010 up 8.0% rising
57 United Arab Emirates 5.13 2010 up 15.0% volatile
57 Armenia 5.13 2010 down 3.4% rising
59 Brazil 5.11 2010 up 28.1% rising
59 Latvia 5.11 2010 up 3.4% rising
61 Germany 5.1 2010 down 2.3% rising
62 Malaysia 5.03 2010 up 12.5% rising
62 Qatar 5.03 2010 up 44.5% volatile
64 Venezuela 4.99 2010 up 20.2% rising
65 Jordan 4.93 2010 up 27.4% volatile
66 France 4.88 2010 up 4.3% rising
66 Zambia 4.88 2010 up 19.0% rising
68 Namibia 4.86 2010 up 14.1% rising
69 Thailand 4.85 2010 up 37.8% rising
70 China 4.81 2010 up 13.4% rising
71 Paraguay 4.78 2010 up 20.7% rising
72 Ecuador 4.74 2010 up 13.7% rising
72 Mexico 4.74 2010 up 14.2% rising
74 Zimbabwe 4.73 2010 up 35.9% rising
75 Gabon 4.72 2010 up 19.2% volatile
75 Singapore 4.72 2010 up 11.1% rising
77 Dominican Republic 4.7 2010 up 3.1% rising
78 Peru 4.69 2010 up 13.8% rising
79 Bolivia 4.65 2010 up 6.4% rising
80 Indonesia 4.64 2010 up 39.3% volatile
81 Colombia 4.61 2010 up 18.5% rising
82 Brunei 4.58 2010 up 3.2% rising
83 Macao 4.57 2010 up 11.7% rising
84 Italy 4.52 2010 up 2.0% rising
85 Portugal 4.5 2010 up 11.7% rising
86 Mauritius 4.47 2010 up 18.6% rising
87 Kenya 4.27 2010 up 30.6% volatile
88 Vietnam 4.21 2010 up 14.4% rising
89 Tanzania 4.18 2010 up 14.8% volatile
90 Iran 4.1 2010 up 28.1% volatile
91 Saudi Arabia 4.08 2010 up 29.1% volatile
92 Honduras 4.04 2010 up 8.0% rising
93 Libya 3.97 2010 up 35.0% volatile
94 Cameroon 3.96 2010 up 29.4% volatile
94 Tajikistan 3.96 2010 up 1.5% rising
96 Kazakhstan 3.95 2010 up 3.9% rising
97 Kyrgyzstan 3.92 2010 up 3.2% rising
97 Turkey 3.92 2010 up 22.5% volatile
99 Nicaragua 3.9 2010 up 21.9% rising
100 Moldova 3.89 2010 up 10.8% rising
101 Austria 3.81 2010 up 1.3% flat
102 Syria 3.77 2010 up 28.2% volatile
103 Bahrain 3.71 2010 down 1.3% volatile
104 Tunisia 3.46 2010 up 41.2% volatile
105 Uganda 3.44 2010 up 37.6% volatile
106 Iraq 3.32 2010 up 36.6% volatile
107 Ghana 3.3 2010 up 17.0% volatile
108 Algeria 3.28 2010 up 35.0% volatile
109 Mongolia 3.17 2010 down 2.2% rising
110 Eswatini 3.07 2010 up 3.0% rising
111 Congo 3.05 2010 up 7.4% volatile
111 Egypt 3.05 2010 up 47.3% volatile
113 Malawi 3 2010 up 55.4% volatile
114 Guatemala 2.99 2010 up 22.5% rising
114 Kuwait 2.99 2010 up 23.0% rising
116 Rwanda 2.88 2010 up 76.7% volatile
117 Myanmar 2.84 2010 up 39.2% volatile
118 Maldives 2.77 2010 up 39.2% rising
119 Laos 2.74 2010 up 23.4% volatile
120 Papua New Guinea 2.7 2010 up 42.9% volatile
121 Bangladesh 2.64 2010 up 24.5% volatile
121 Cambodia 2.64 2010 up 34.7% volatile
123 Mauritania 2.25 2010 up 24.3% rising
124 Cote d'Ivoire 2.24 2010 up 46.4% volatile
125 Haiti 2.21 2010 up 18.8% volatile
126 Togo 2.07 2010 up 19.7% volatile
127 Burundi 1.94 2010 up 68.7% volatile
128 India 1.93 2010 up 6.0% volatile
129 Sudan 1.8 2010 up 45.2% volatile
130 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.75 2010 up 12.2% volatile
130 Morocco 1.75 2010 up 37.8% volatile
132 Central African Republic 1.74 2010 up 39.2% volatile
133 Liberia 1.65 2010 up 37.5% volatile
134 Sierra Leone 1.57 2010 up 35.3% volatile
135 Pakistan 1.5 2010 up 56.2% volatile
136 Nepal 1.42 2010 up 105.8% volatile
137 Senegal 1.34 2010 up 42.6% falling
138 Benin 1.33 2010 up 30.4% volatile
139 Gambia 1.17 2010 up 56.0% volatile
140 Mali 0.99 2010 up 80.0% volatile
141 Afghanistan 0.81 2010 up 68.8% volatile
141 Yemen 0.81 2010 up 200.0% volatile
143 Mozambique 0.71 2010 up 51.1% rising
144 Niger 0.67 2010 up 52.3% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, 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, 25+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 25.