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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, female by country

Average years of primary schooling, 30-34, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 30-34.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
9
Czechia
Lowest
0.95
Niger
Median
5.14
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 9 in Czechia; the lowest is 0.95 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.14, and the mean is 4.88.

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

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 270.0%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 49.9%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 9 2010 up 0.4% rising
2 Slovakia 8.95 2010 up 2.5% rising
3 Belize 7.99 2010 up 3.6% rising
3 Poland 7.99 2010 up 0.3% rising
5 Hungary 7.98 2010 up 0.4% rising
6 Albania 7.87 2010 down 0.6% rising
6 Israel 7.87 2010 up 34.3% rising
8 Romania 7.81 2010 down 0.1% rising
9 Bulgaria 7.77 2010 down 0.5% rising
10 Brazil 7.38 2010 up 7.6% volatile
11 El Salvador 7.26 2010 up 18.6% volatile
12 Botswana 6.99 2010 up 11.5% volatile
13 Trinidad and Tobago 6.92 2010 up 0.3% rising
14 Argentina 6.82 2010 up 2.6% rising
15 South Africa 6.66 2010 up 16.8% rising
16 Zimbabwe 6.56 2010 up 47.4% rising
17 Bolivia 6.25 2010 down 1.7% rising
18 Finland 6 2010 up 1.7% rising
19 Estonia 5.99 2010 unchanged flat
19 Japan 5.99 2010 up 0.3% rising
19 Malta 5.99 2010 up 1.0% rising
22 Barbados 5.98 2010 up 1.5% rising
22 Canada 5.98 2010 up 0.5% rising
22 Hong Kong 5.98 2010 up 3.6% rising
22 South Korea 5.98 2010 unchanged rising
22 Netherlands 5.98 2010 up 1.2% flat
27 Cyprus 5.97 2010 up 0.3% rising
27 Greece 5.97 2010 up 1.4% rising
27 United States 5.97 2010 up 0.2% flat
30 Australia 5.96 2010 up 1.0% rising
30 Ireland 5.96 2010 down 22.8% flat
32 Switzerland 5.95 2010 up 10.2% falling
32 Tonga 5.95 2010 up 1.4% rising
34 United Kingdom 5.94 2010 up 2.1% rising
35 Lesotho 5.93 2010 up 3.0% rising
36 Portugal 5.91 2010 down 0.3% rising
37 Iceland 5.9 2010 up 2.6% rising
37 New Zealand 5.9 2010 down 24.6% falling
37 Uruguay 5.9 2010 up 3.3% rising
40 Singapore 5.89 2010 up 5.0% rising
41 Chile 5.86 2010 up 6.7% rising
42 Cuba 5.84 2010 up 1.0% rising
43 Sweden 5.83 2010 down 1.0% rising
44 Sri Lanka 5.79 2010 down 20.5% rising
45 Belgium 5.78 2010 down 0.9% rising
46 Thailand 5.76 2010 up 8.9% rising
47 Fiji 5.75 2010 down 23.8% rising
47 Philippines 5.75 2010 up 4.7% rising
49 Malaysia 5.74 2010 up 5.9% rising
49 Venezuela 5.74 2010 up 10.6% rising
51 Jordan 5.73 2010 up 12.4% volatile
52 Jamaica 5.67 2010 up 1.1% rising
53 Zambia 5.66 2010 up 10.3% rising
54 Gabon 5.61 2010 up 16.1% rising
54 Luxembourg 5.61 2010 up 2.9% flat
56 Indonesia 5.58 2010 up 47.6% rising
57 Namibia 5.57 2010 up 6.3% rising
58 Denmark 5.56 2010 down 19.3% rising
59 Mexico 5.52 2010 up 4.2% rising
59 Panama 5.52 2010 unchanged rising
61 Ecuador 5.51 2010 up 15.8% rising
62 Costa Rica 5.5 2010 unchanged rising
63 Peru 5.46 2010 up 9.2% rising
64 Guyana 5.45 2010 up 4.6% rising
65 United Arab Emirates 5.43 2010 up 9.0% volatile
66 Mauritius 5.34 2010 up 11.7% rising
67 Dominican Republic 5.33 2010 up 2.9% rising
68 Paraguay 5.3 2010 up 7.1% rising
69 Qatar 5.23 2010 up 30.4% rising
70 Norway 5.21 2010 down 13.0% falling
71 Cameroon 5.15 2010 up 16.0% volatile
71 Saudi Arabia 5.15 2010 up 32.1% volatile
73 Libya 5.13 2010 up 8.5% volatile
74 Tanzania 5.05 2010 up 0.8% volatile
75 Lithuania 5 2010 down 36.9% rising
76 Armenia 4.99 2010 down 37.5% rising
77 Latvia 4.98 2010 down 37.7% rising
77 Russia 4.98 2010 down 37.5% rising
77 Ukraine 4.98 2010 down 37.5% rising
80 Kenya 4.96 2010 down 1.0% volatile
80 Macao 4.96 2010 up 4.2% rising
82 Italy 4.95 2010 up 0.2% rising
83 France 4.94 2010 up 1.9% rising
84 Spain 4.93 2010 up 3.1% rising
85 Syria 4.89 2010 up 38.9% volatile
86 Colombia 4.88 2010 up 13.5% rising
87 Honduras 4.87 2010 up 9.9% rising
87 Tunisia 4.87 2010 up 36.4% volatile
89 China 4.81 2010 down 9.8% rising
90 Brunei 4.79 2010 up 0.2% rising
91 Iraq 4.68 2010 up 22.2% volatile
92 Turkey 4.61 2010 up 15.0% rising
93 Algeria 4.55 2010 up 37.0% volatile
94 Vietnam 4.54 2010 up 9.7% rising
95 Iran 4.47 2010 up 18.3% volatile
96 Egypt 4.42 2010 up 47.3% volatile
97 Nicaragua 4.36 2010 up 14.4% rising
98 Rwanda 4.23 2010 up 99.5% volatile
99 Bahrain 4.18 2010 down 6.1% volatile
100 Uganda 4.08 2010 up 23.3% volatile
101 Maldives 4.07 2010 up 34.8% rising
102 Myanmar 4.05 2010 up 71.6% volatile
103 Kazakhstan 4 2010 up 0.3% rising
104 Kyrgyzstan 3.99 2010 up 1.0% rising
104 Slovenia 3.99 2010 down 49.9% falling
104 Tajikistan 3.99 2010 unchanged rising
107 Croatia 3.98 2010 down 49.4% flat
107 Moldova 3.98 2010 up 0.3% rising
109 Serbia 3.97 2010 down 49.9% rising
110 Germany 3.92 2010 up 2.1% falling
111 Ghana 3.82 2010 up 7.3% volatile
112 Austria 3.77 2010 unchanged rising
113 Papua New Guinea 3.72 2010 up 64.6% volatile
114 Guatemala 3.59 2010 up 19.7% rising
115 Malawi 3.49 2010 up 24.6% volatile
116 Eswatini 3.41 2010 down 8.6% rising
117 Congo 3.29 2010 down 16.7% volatile
118 Cambodia 3.23 2010 up 27.2% volatile
119 Kuwait 3.18 2010 up 22.8% rising
120 Cote d'Ivoire 3.12 2010 up 37.4% volatile
121 Haiti 3.1 2010 up 18.8% volatile
121 Laos 3.1 2010 down 3.4% volatile
123 Bangladesh 3.04 2010 up 28.8% volatile
124 India 2.95 2010 up 62.1% volatile
125 Mongolia 2.9 2010 down 0.7% rising
126 Burundi 2.8 2010 up 124.0% volatile
127 Togo 2.67 2010 down 1.1% volatile
128 Sudan 2.64 2010 up 9.1% volatile
129 Central African Republic 2.62 2010 up 32.3% volatile
130 Mauritania 2.55 2010 up 0.8% rising
131 Morocco 2.46 2010 up 23.6% volatile
132 Nepal 2.28 2010 up 76.7% volatile
133 Sierra Leone 2.17 2010 up 36.5% volatile
134 Liberia 2.09 2010 up 18.1% volatile
135 Pakistan 1.99 2010 up 61.8% volatile
136 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.95 2010 down 22.9% volatile
137 Benin 1.74 2010 up 22.5% volatile
138 Gambia 1.7 2010 up 86.8% volatile
139 Senegal 1.68 2010 up 61.5% rising
140 Yemen 1.48 2010 up 270.0% volatile
141 Afghanistan 1.26 2010 up 37.0% volatile
142 Mozambique 1.19 2010 up 80.3% volatile
143 Mali 1.02 2010 up 15.9% volatile
144 Niger 0.95 2010 up 33.8% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, female
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, 30-34, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 30-34.