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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 45-49, female by country

Average years of primary schooling, 45-49, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 45-49.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.99
Czechia
Lowest
0.2
Yemen
Median
4.79
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 45-49, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.99 in Czechia; the lowest is 0.2 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.79, and the mean is 4.57.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 45.

Over the past decade 130 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 14.3%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 45-49, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 8.99 2010 up 0.3% rising
2 Slovakia 8.97 2010 up 4.5% rising
3 Belize 7.99 2010 up 6.5% rising
3 Lithuania 7.99 2010 up 101.8% rising
3 Latvia 7.99 2010 up 100.3% rising
3 Poland 7.99 2010 up 15.5% rising
7 Armenia 7.98 2010 up 100.0% rising
7 Ukraine 7.98 2010 up 101.0% rising
9 Russia 7.97 2010 up 100.3% rising
10 Slovenia 7.96 2010 up 0.3% rising
11 Hungary 7.95 2010 up 0.3% rising
12 Croatia 7.94 2010 up 1.8% rising
13 Serbia 7.92 2010 up 0.6% rising
14 Albania 7.9 2010 up 15.0% rising
15 Bulgaria 7.85 2010 up 0.9% rising
16 Ireland 7.83 2010 up 3.6% rising
17 Romania 7.82 2010 up 2.2% rising
18 New Zealand 7.76 2010 up 1.4% flat
19 Fiji 7.46 2010 up 6.0% rising
20 Sri Lanka 7.17 2010 up 4.8% rising
21 Trinidad and Tobago 6.85 2010 up 3.9% rising
22 Denmark 6.84 2010 down 1.6% rising
23 Norway 6.75 2010 down 3.0% flat
24 Argentina 6.71 2010 up 7.9% rising
25 Finland 6 2010 up 4.5% rising
26 Estonia 5.99 2010 unchanged rising
27 Cyprus 5.97 2010 up 2.6% rising
28 Japan 5.96 2010 up 1.5% rising
28 South Korea 5.96 2010 up 1.7% rising
28 Malta 5.96 2010 up 9.8% rising
28 Netherlands 5.96 2010 up 1.4% flat
28 United States 5.96 2010 unchanged rising
33 Canada 5.95 2010 up 1.9% rising
34 Greece 5.93 2010 up 3.1% rising
34 Sweden 5.93 2010 unchanged rising
36 Switzerland 5.91 2010 up 13.0% falling
37 United Kingdom 5.89 2010 up 5.2% rising
37 Tonga 5.89 2010 up 2.8% rising
39 Hong Kong 5.87 2010 up 32.2% rising
40 Australia 5.86 2010 up 2.4% rising
41 Barbados 5.83 2010 up 2.5% rising
41 Spain 5.83 2010 up 10.8% rising
43 Israel 5.78 2010 up 0.5% rising
44 Portugal 5.76 2010 up 1.6% rising
45 Uruguay 5.73 2010 up 3.1% rising
46 Iceland 5.71 2010 down 0.7% rising
47 South Africa 5.65 2010 up 28.4% rising
48 Cuba 5.64 2010 up 11.7% rising
49 Chile 5.62 2010 up 7.3% rising
50 Belgium 5.59 2010 down 0.7% rising
51 Jamaica 5.53 2010 up 8.6% rising
52 Lesotho 5.51 2010 up 11.3% rising
53 Luxembourg 5.46 2010 down 0.5% rising
54 Costa Rica 5.43 2010 up 6.9% rising
55 Venezuela 5.4 2010 up 18.7% volatile
56 Philippines 5.39 2010 up 9.3% rising
57 Panama 5.31 2010 up 8.8% rising
58 Singapore 5.27 2010 up 17.4% volatile
59 Botswana 5.23 2010 up 27.6% volatile
59 China 5.23 2010 up 21.6% volatile
61 Guyana 5.21 2010 unchanged rising
62 United Arab Emirates 5.13 2010 up 33.2% volatile
63 Malaysia 5.1 2010 up 19.4% volatile
64 Qatar 4.97 2010 up 60.8% volatile
65 France 4.91 2010 up 2.1% rising
65 Italy 4.91 2010 up 2.5% rising
67 Peru 4.89 2010 up 11.4% rising
68 Thailand 4.87 2010 up 37.2% volatile
69 Mexico 4.86 2010 up 21.2% rising
69 Mauritius 4.86 2010 up 42.1% rising
71 Ecuador 4.85 2010 up 23.4% rising
72 Gabon 4.8 2010 up 11.6% volatile
73 Brunei 4.79 2010 up 4.4% volatile
74 Bolivia 4.77 2010 up 42.8% rising
75 Macao 4.75 2010 up 14.7% rising
76 Namibia 4.71 2010 up 27.0% rising
77 Paraguay 4.7 2010 up 9.8% rising
78 Jordan 4.69 2010 up 62.3% volatile
79 Colombia 4.66 2010 up 18.6% rising
80 Dominican Republic 4.6 2010 up 7.0% rising
81 Vietnam 4.45 2010 up 26.4% rising
82 Iran 4.43 2010 up 56.0% volatile
83 Indonesia 4.4 2010 up 27.5% volatile
84 El Salvador 4.32 2010 up 31.7% rising
85 Congo 4.22 2010 up 41.1% volatile
86 Zambia 4.19 2010 down 7.1% volatile
87 Turkey 4.02 2010 up 22.2% volatile
88 Kazakhstan 4 2010 up 1.3% rising
89 Kyrgyzstan 3.99 2010 up 2.6% rising
89 Moldova 3.99 2010 up 2.0% rising
89 Tajikistan 3.99 2010 up 0.8% rising
92 Cameroon 3.96 2010 up 41.9% volatile
92 Honduras 3.96 2010 up 12.2% rising
94 Germany 3.92 2010 up 4.0% falling
95 Saudi Arabia 3.9 2010 up 56.0% volatile
96 Tanzania 3.86 2010 up 65.7% volatile
97 Austria 3.84 2010 up 0.5% rising
98 Mongolia 3.83 2010 up 6.7% volatile
99 Nicaragua 3.76 2010 up 37.7% rising
100 Libya 3.64 2010 up 63.2% volatile
101 Zimbabwe 3.54 2010 up 26.9% rising
102 Bahrain 3.47 2010 down 3.3% volatile
103 Kenya 3.42 2010 up 77.2% volatile
104 Brazil 3.38 2010 up 15.4% rising
105 Ghana 3.27 2010 down 6.6% volatile
106 Syria 3.26 2010 up 74.3% volatile
107 Algeria 3.13 2010 up 62.2% volatile
107 Tunisia 3.13 2010 up 38.5% volatile
109 Laos 3.02 2010 up 61.5% volatile
110 Uganda 2.95 2010 up 61.2% volatile
111 Kuwait 2.91 2010 up 22.8% volatile
112 Guatemala 2.86 2010 up 37.5% rising
113 Egypt 2.6 2010 up 51.2% volatile
114 Eswatini 2.39 2010 down 14.3% rising
115 Malawi 2.33 2010 up 99.1% volatile
116 Haiti 2.32 2010 up 98.3% volatile
117 Cambodia 2.27 2010 up 5.1% volatile
118 Myanmar 2.25 2010 up 21.6% volatile
119 Iraq 2.21 2010 up 50.3% volatile
120 Bangladesh 2.2 2010 up 12.2% volatile
121 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.01 2010 up 84.4% volatile
122 Mauritania 1.98 2010 up 48.9% rising
123 Sudan 1.97 2010 up 189.7% volatile
124 Rwanda 1.82 2010 up 80.2% volatile
125 Papua New Guinea 1.81 2010 up 49.6% volatile
126 Togo 1.73 2010 up 44.2% volatile
127 Cote d'Ivoire 1.63 2010 up 46.8% volatile
128 Morocco 1.52 2010 up 72.7% volatile
129 India 1.46 2010 up 32.7% volatile
130 Central African Republic 1.43 2010 up 113.4% volatile
130 Maldives 1.43 2010 up 2.9% falling
132 Sierra Leone 1.33 2010 up 60.2% volatile
133 Liberia 1.27 2010 up 71.6% volatile
133 Senegal 1.27 2010 up 30.9% falling
135 Burundi 1.17 2010 up 46.2% volatile
136 Benin 1.14 2010 up 48.1% volatile
137 Pakistan 1.05 2010 down 8.7% volatile
138 Mali 0.95 2010 up 115.9% volatile
139 Nepal 0.83 2010 up 76.6% volatile
140 Mozambique 0.65 2010 up 103.1% rising
141 Gambia 0.64 2010 up 56.1% volatile
142 Afghanistan 0.54 2010 up 145.5% volatile
143 Niger 0.47 2010 up 161.1% volatile
144 Yemen 0.2 2010 up 300.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 45-49, 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, 45-49, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 45-49.