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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, female by country

Average years of primary schooling, 60-64, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 60-64.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
9
Czechia
Lowest
0.01
Yemen
Median
3.79
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 9 in Czechia; the lowest is 0.01 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.79, and the mean is 3.58.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 900.

Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 1,116.7%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 44.3%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 9 2010 up 0.7% rising
2 Slovakia 8.99 2010 up 7.8% 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 1.0% rising
6 Croatia 7.89 2010 up 9.6% rising
7 Serbia 7.74 2010 up 34.8% rising
8 Romania 7.55 2010 up 25.0% rising
9 Poland 6.99 2010 up 4.8% rising
10 Norway 6.88 2010 down 1.1% flat
11 Trinidad and Tobago 6.59 2010 up 8.2% rising
12 Argentina 6.08 2010 up 3.4% rising
13 Estonia 5.99 2010 up 0.2% rising
14 Netherlands 5.95 2010 up 2.2% flat
14 United States 5.95 2010 up 0.3% rising
16 Malta 5.92 2010 up 36.4% rising
17 Switzerland 5.9 2010 down 9.8% rising
17 Sweden 5.9 2010 up 4.6% rising
19 Canada 5.88 2010 up 7.1% rising
19 Japan 5.88 2010 up 2.4% rising
21 Fiji 5.84 2010 up 12.3% rising
21 Greece 5.84 2010 up 46.7% rising
23 Tonga 5.8 2010 up 7.2% rising
24 United Kingdom 5.78 2010 up 7.6% rising
25 Ireland 5.76 2010 up 10.6% falling
26 Cyprus 5.73 2010 up 53.2% rising
27 Australia 5.7 2010 up 2.3% rising
28 Barbados 5.69 2010 up 3.1% rising
29 Iceland 5.68 2010 up 3.3% rising
29 Israel 5.68 2010 up 18.3% rising
31 Luxembourg 5.55 2010 down 0.4% rising
32 South Korea 5.52 2010 up 26.9% volatile
33 Belgium 5.5 2010 up 4.8% flat
34 Uruguay 5.45 2010 up 12.8% rising
35 Chile 5.23 2010 up 25.4% rising
36 Guyana 5.21 2010 up 9.0% rising
37 Sri Lanka 5.15 2010 up 12.2% rising
38 Hong Kong 5.14 2010 up 104.0% volatile
39 Cuba 5.05 2010 up 27.8% rising
40 Costa Rica 4.97 2010 up 23.6% rising
41 Jamaica 4.88 2010 up 10.9% rising
42 South Africa 4.87 2010 up 28.5% rising
43 France 4.85 2010 up 9.2% rising
44 Panama 4.83 2010 up 17.5% rising
45 Italy 4.7 2010 up 10.6% rising
46 Spain 4.59 2010 down 3.8% rising
47 Brunei 4.53 2010 up 85.7% volatile
48 Lesotho 4.41 2010 up 20.5% rising
49 Colombia 4.4 2010 up 51.2% rising
50 China 4.34 2010 up 76.4% volatile
51 Malaysia 4.29 2010 up 63.7% volatile
52 Paraguay 4.17 2010 up 30.3% rising
53 Botswana 4.12 2010 up 36.4% rising
54 Qatar 4.11 2010 up 372.4% volatile
55 El Salvador 4.06 2010 up 80.4% rising
56 Finland 4 2010 up 8.7% falling
56 Lithuania 4 2010 up 6.7% rising
58 Armenia 3.99 2010 up 1.3% rising
58 Latvia 3.99 2010 up 1.5% rising
60 Macao 3.98 2010 up 13.1% rising
60 Ukraine 3.98 2010 up 3.1% rising
62 Kazakhstan 3.97 2010 up 11.8% rising
62 Moldova 3.97 2010 up 24.1% volatile
64 Russia 3.96 2010 up 3.9% rising
64 Tajikistan 3.96 2010 up 5.3% rising
66 Kyrgyzstan 3.95 2010 up 15.8% rising
67 Denmark 3.92 2010 up 3.7% falling
68 Albania 3.91 2010 up 6.0% rising
69 Bulgaria 3.9 2010 up 6.6% rising
70 Germany 3.89 2010 down 44.3% rising
71 New Zealand 3.82 2010 down 41.8% falling
72 Austria 3.8 2010 up 3.0% falling
73 Dominican Republic 3.77 2010 up 0.3% rising
74 Namibia 3.71 2010 up 26.6% rising
75 Vietnam 3.68 2010 up 19.1% volatile
76 Indonesia 3.66 2010 up 11.2% volatile
77 Mongolia 3.56 2010 up 20.7% volatile
78 Ecuador 3.55 2010 up 9.9% rising
78 Singapore 3.55 2010 up 74.0% volatile
80 Mexico 3.41 2010 up 35.9% rising
81 Mauritius 3.4 2010 up 45.9% rising
81 Peru 3.4 2010 up 37.7% rising
83 Philippines 3.35 2010 up 7.7% rising
84 Gabon 3.29 2010 up 56.7% volatile
84 Portugal 3.29 2010 up 29.5% rising
86 Venezuela 3.28 2010 up 32.3% rising
87 Honduras 3.26 2010 up 38.7% rising
88 Turkey 3.21 2010 up 124.5% volatile
89 United Arab Emirates 3.19 2010 up 136.3% volatile
89 Iran 3.19 2010 up 121.5% volatile
91 Jordan 3.09 2010 up 212.1% volatile
92 Zimbabwe 2.8 2010 up 28.4% rising
93 Ghana 2.69 2010 up 146.8% volatile
94 Brazil 2.68 2010 up 30.1% rising
95 Nicaragua 2.64 2010 up 34.0% rising
96 Thailand 2.43 2010 up 48.2% volatile
97 Kuwait 2.41 2010 up 173.9% volatile
98 Zambia 2.4 2010 up 23.1% volatile
99 Tanzania 2.33 2010 up 89.4% volatile
100 Cambodia 2.18 2010 up 263.3% volatile
101 Bolivia 2.12 2010 down 14.9% rising
102 Uganda 2.04 2010 up 85.5% volatile
103 Bangladesh 1.96 2010 up 24.8% volatile
104 Bahrain 1.92 2010 up 156.0% volatile
105 Guatemala 1.91 2010 up 13.7% rising
106 Tunisia 1.87 2010 up 392.1% volatile
107 Syria 1.71 2010 up 52.7% volatile
108 Kenya 1.55 2010 up 74.2% volatile
109 Laos 1.47 2010 up 119.4% volatile
110 Eswatini 1.42 2010 down 8.4% rising
111 Mauritania 1.38 2010 up 8.7% rising
112 Myanmar 1.36 2010 up 61.9% volatile
113 Cameroon 1.32 2010 up 109.5% volatile
114 Haiti 1.17 2010 up 62.5% rising
114 Malawi 1.17 2010 up 41.0% rising
114 Papua New Guinea 1.17 2010 up 160.0% volatile
117 Egypt 1.13 2010 up 63.8% volatile
118 Saudi Arabia 1.12 2010 unchanged rising
119 Congo 1.06 2010 up 265.5% volatile
120 Rwanda 1.01 2010 up 188.6% volatile
120 Togo 1.01 2010 up 80.4% volatile
122 Maldives 0.96 2010 up 11.6% falling
123 Senegal 0.9 2010 up 130.8% falling
124 Algeria 0.89 2010 up 178.1% volatile
124 India 0.89 2010 up 85.4% rising
124 Iraq 0.89 2010 up 394.4% volatile
127 Libya 0.88 2010 up 203.4% volatile
128 Burundi 0.82 2010 down 25.5% volatile
129 Benin 0.78 2010 up 90.2% volatile
130 Mali 0.73 2010 up 1,116.7% volatile
131 Cote d'Ivoire 0.71 2010 up 222.7% volatile
132 Pakistan 0.7 2010 up 84.2% volatile
133 Central African Republic 0.69 2010 up 91.7% rising
133 Morocco 0.69 2010 up 122.6% volatile
135 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.68 2010 up 134.5% volatile
136 Sierra Leone 0.51 2010 up 168.4% rising
137 Liberia 0.49 2010 up 48.5% rising
138 Gambia 0.41 2010 up 5.1% rising
139 Nepal 0.34 2010 up 112.5% volatile
140 Sudan 0.33 2010 up 83.3% volatile
141 Afghanistan 0.22 2010 up 266.7% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.15 2010 up 66.7% falling
143 Niger 0.1 2010 up 42.9% rising
144 Yemen 0.01 2010 unchanged rising

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, 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, 60-64, female is the average years of primary education completed among females age 60-64.