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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, female by country

Average years of primary schooling, 55-59, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 55-59.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
9
Czechia
Lowest
0.05
Yemen
Median
4
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 9 in Czechia; the lowest is 0.05 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 4, and the mean is 3.94.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 180.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 428.6%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 45.5%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 9 2010 up 0.4% rising
2 Slovakia 8.99 2010 up 6.9% rising
3 Belize 7.98 2010 up 9.6% rising
4 Hungary 7.96 2010 up 0.9% rising
5 Slovenia 7.95 2010 up 0.5% rising
6 Croatia 7.89 2010 up 9.4% rising
7 Serbia 7.87 2010 up 25.7% rising
8 Bulgaria 7.84 2010 up 106.9% rising
9 Ireland 7.67 2010 up 43.9% rising
10 New Zealand 7.64 2010 up 16.5% falling
11 Romania 7.55 2010 up 14.7% rising
12 Poland 6.99 2010 up 3.2% rising
13 Denmark 6.89 2010 up 78.0% flat
13 Fiji 6.89 2010 up 12.2% rising
15 Norway 6.88 2010 down 1.3% flat
16 Sri Lanka 6.87 2010 up 49.7% rising
17 Albania 6.83 2010 up 85.1% volatile
18 Trinidad and Tobago 6.59 2010 up 8.0% rising
19 Argentina 6.5 2010 up 10.5% rising
20 Finland 6 2010 up 60.4% flat
21 Estonia 5.99 2010 up 0.2% rising
22 United States 5.96 2010 up 0.3% rising
23 Netherlands 5.95 2010 up 1.7% flat
24 Sweden 5.9 2010 up 1.2% rising
25 Switzerland 5.89 2010 down 14.4% rising
26 Canada 5.88 2010 up 3.7% rising
26 Japan 5.88 2010 up 2.3% rising
28 Greece 5.84 2010 up 16.3% rising
29 United Kingdom 5.82 2010 up 6.8% rising
30 South Korea 5.81 2010 up 13.5% volatile
31 Tonga 5.8 2010 up 5.3% rising
32 Iceland 5.75 2010 up 3.2% rising
33 Cyprus 5.73 2010 up 19.9% rising
34 Barbados 5.69 2010 up 3.1% rising
35 Israel 5.68 2010 up 5.0% rising
36 Australia 5.67 2010 down 0.2% rising
37 Malta 5.54 2010 up 1.5% rising
38 Spain 5.51 2010 down 4.3% rising
38 Luxembourg 5.51 2010 up 0.9% rising
40 Uruguay 5.45 2010 up 4.4% rising
41 Belgium 5.43 2010 down 0.4% flat
42 Portugal 5.24 2010 up 69.6% rising
43 Chile 5.23 2010 up 25.4% rising
44 Guyana 5.21 2010 up 9.0% rising
45 Jamaica 5.18 2010 up 12.1% rising
46 Hong Kong 5.14 2010 up 53.9% volatile
47 Cuba 5.05 2010 up 27.8% rising
48 Philippines 5.03 2010 up 61.7% rising
49 Costa Rica 4.97 2010 up 15.6% rising
50 Venezuela 4.92 2010 up 97.6% volatile
51 South Africa 4.87 2010 up 28.5% rising
52 Panama 4.83 2010 up 7.1% rising
53 France 4.81 2010 up 6.2% rising
54 Italy 4.77 2010 up 12.2% rising
55 Brunei 4.59 2010 up 85.1% volatile
56 Zambia 4.51 2010 up 131.3% volatile
57 United Arab Emirates 4.45 2010 up 54.0% volatile
58 Lesotho 4.41 2010 up 1.6% rising
59 Colombia 4.4 2010 up 29.8% rising
60 Gabon 4.39 2010 up 38.1% volatile
61 Thailand 4.38 2010 up 140.7% volatile
62 Singapore 4.35 2010 up 63.5% volatile
63 China 4.34 2010 up 31.9% volatile
64 Macao 4.3 2010 up 22.2% rising
65 Malaysia 4.29 2010 up 63.7% volatile
66 Paraguay 4.17 2010 down 2.6% rising
67 Botswana 4.13 2010 up 36.3% rising
68 Qatar 4.11 2010 up 128.3% volatile
69 Mexico 4.09 2010 up 47.1% rising
70 Peru 4.08 2010 up 43.2% rising
71 El Salvador 4.06 2010 up 55.0% rising
72 Kazakhstan 4 2010 up 6.7% rising
72 Lithuania 4 2010 up 2.3% rising
74 Armenia 3.99 2010 up 1.3% rising
74 Latvia 3.99 2010 up 0.5% rising
74 Ukraine 3.99 2010 up 1.8% rising
77 Russia 3.98 2010 up 1.3% rising
78 Moldova 3.97 2010 up 16.8% rising
79 Tajikistan 3.96 2010 up 5.3% rising
80 Kyrgyzstan 3.95 2010 up 9.7% rising
81 Mauritius 3.92 2010 up 68.2% rising
82 Germany 3.91 2010 down 45.5% rising
83 Austria 3.82 2010 up 1.1% falling
84 Dominican Republic 3.77 2010 down 2.6% rising
85 Namibia 3.71 2010 up 26.6% rising
85 Vietnam 3.71 2010 up 18.2% rising
87 Mongolia 3.68 2010 up 23.9% volatile
88 Indonesia 3.66 2010 up 11.2% volatile
89 Ecuador 3.55 2010 up 1.7% rising
90 Iran 3.41 2010 up 86.3% volatile
91 Honduras 3.26 2010 up 19.0% rising
92 Turkey 3.21 2010 up 36.0% volatile
93 Jordan 3.09 2010 up 151.2% volatile
94 Nicaragua 3.04 2010 up 40.7% rising
95 Brazil 2.99 2010 up 27.8% rising
95 Congo 2.99 2010 up 182.1% volatile
97 Cameroon 2.91 2010 up 131.0% volatile
98 Bahrain 2.85 2010 up 93.9% volatile
99 Zimbabwe 2.8 2010 up 28.4% rising
100 Ghana 2.7 2010 up 147.7% volatile
101 Saudi Arabia 2.5 2010 up 123.2% rising
102 Kuwait 2.41 2010 up 43.5% volatile
103 Tanzania 2.33 2010 up 89.4% volatile
104 Guatemala 2.27 2010 up 35.1% volatile
105 Libya 2.23 2010 up 153.4% volatile
106 Cambodia 2.18 2010 up 124.7% volatile
107 Bolivia 2.12 2010 down 14.9% rising
108 Syria 2.05 2010 up 83.0% volatile
109 Uganda 2.04 2010 up 85.5% volatile
110 Bangladesh 1.96 2010 up 24.8% volatile
110 Laos 1.96 2010 up 122.7% volatile
112 Algeria 1.92 2010 up 149.4% volatile
112 Myanmar 1.92 2010 up 46.6% volatile
112 Eswatini 1.92 2010 down 3.0% rising
115 Tunisia 1.89 2010 up 110.0% volatile
116 Egypt 1.75 2010 up 57.7% volatile
117 Kenya 1.55 2010 up 66.7% volatile
118 Iraq 1.51 2010 up 214.6% volatile
119 Mauritania 1.4 2010 up 8.5% rising
120 Papua New Guinea 1.22 2010 up 171.1% volatile
121 Haiti 1.17 2010 up 62.5% rising
121 Malawi 1.17 2010 up 41.0% rising
123 Cote d'Ivoire 1.14 2010 up 235.3% volatile
124 India 1.1 2010 up 61.8% rising
125 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.09 2010 up 147.7% volatile
126 Togo 1.04 2010 up 46.5% volatile
127 Rwanda 1.01 2010 up 188.6% volatile
128 Maldives 1 2010 down 7.4% falling
129 Senegal 0.9 2010 up 57.9% falling
130 Morocco 0.88 2010 up 183.9% volatile
131 Sierra Leone 0.85 2010 up 142.9% volatile
132 Burundi 0.83 2010 down 25.9% volatile
133 Benin 0.79 2010 up 92.7% volatile
134 Mali 0.74 2010 up 428.6% volatile
135 Liberia 0.73 2010 up 102.8% rising
136 Pakistan 0.7 2010 up 45.8% volatile
137 Central African Republic 0.69 2010 up 86.5% rising
138 Sudan 0.68 2010 up 106.1% volatile
139 Nepal 0.47 2010 up 104.3% volatile
140 Gambia 0.41 2010 up 5.1% rising
141 Mozambique 0.34 2010 up 142.9% falling
142 Afghanistan 0.22 2010 up 266.7% volatile
143 Niger 0.18 2010 up 80.0% rising
144 Yemen 0.05 2010 up 400.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, 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, 55-59, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 55-59.