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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.99
Czechia
Lowest
0.01
Yemen
Median
3.93
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.99 in Czechia; the lowest is 0.01 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.93, and the mean is 3.87.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 899.

Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 245.8%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 45.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 8.99 2010 up 0.3% rising
1 Slovak Republic 8.99 2010 up 6.3% rising
3 Belize 7.98 2010 up 9.5% rising
4 Hungary 7.96 2010 up 0.9% rising
4 Slovenia 7.96 2010 up 0.9% rising
6 Croatia 7.92 2010 up 6.6% rising
7 Serbia 7.83 2010 up 26.1% rising
8 Romania 7.64 2010 up 19.2% rising
9 Poland 6.99 2010 up 4.2% rising
10 Norway 6.86 2010 down 1.4% flat
11 Trinidad and Tobago 6.67 2010 up 6.4% rising
12 Argentina 6.21 2010 up 5.6% rising
13 Fiji 6.18 2010 up 9.2% rising
14 Estonia 5.99 2010 up 0.2% rising
15 Netherlands 5.95 2010 up 2.9% flat
15 United States of America 5.95 2010 up 0.3% rising
17 Malta 5.91 2010 up 30.2% rising
18 Switzerland 5.9 2010 down 12.6% rising
19 Greece 5.88 2010 up 32.1% rising
19 Japan 5.88 2010 up 2.1% rising
19 Sweden 5.88 2010 up 4.4% rising
22 Canada 5.87 2010 up 6.5% rising
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.8 2010 up 9.0% rising
23 Tonga 5.8 2010 up 7.4% rising
25 Cyprus 5.79 2010 up 31.6% rising
26 Israel 5.76 2010 up 13.6% rising
27 Australia 5.74 2010 up 1.8% rising
27 Ireland 5.74 2010 up 8.7% falling
29 Barbados 5.67 2010 up 2.7% rising
29 Korea 5.67 2010 up 15.7% volatile
31 Iceland 5.65 2010 up 2.9% rising
32 Luxembourg 5.59 2010 down 0.7% rising
33 Belgium 5.55 2010 up 5.1% flat
34 Uruguay 5.41 2010 up 12.5% rising
35 Hong Kong (China) 5.38 2010 up 65.5% rising
36 Sri Lanka 5.35 2010 up 9.4% rising
37 Chile 5.29 2010 up 24.5% rising
38 Cuba 5.17 2010 up 20.5% rising
39 Guyana 5.09 2010 up 5.8% rising
40 South Africa 5.04 2010 up 27.0% rising
41 Costa Rica 4.99 2010 up 23.2% rising
42 Brunei Darussalam 4.94 2010 up 37.6% volatile
43 Qatar 4.91 2010 up 192.3% volatile
44 China (People’s Republic of) 4.89 2010 up 40.1% volatile
45 Panama 4.87 2010 up 18.2% rising
46 France 4.86 2010 up 9.0% rising
47 Jamaica 4.79 2010 up 8.1% rising
48 Italy 4.76 2010 up 8.2% rising
49 Malaysia 4.73 2010 up 38.7% rising
50 Spain 4.66 2010 down 7.9% rising
51 Colombia 4.4 2010 up 50.2% rising
52 Paraguay 4.32 2010 up 29.3% rising
53 United Arab Emirates 4.29 2010 up 104.3% volatile
54 Macau (China) 4.24 2010 up 7.6% rising
55 El Salvador 4.22 2010 up 67.5% rising
56 Indonesia 4.16 2010 up 14.6% volatile
57 Jordan 4.12 2010 up 110.2% volatile
58 Botswana 4.05 2010 up 35.5% rising
59 Finland 4 2010 up 8.4% falling
59 Lithuania 4 2010 up 6.1% rising
59 Singapore 4 2010 up 47.6% volatile
62 Armenia 3.99 2010 up 1.0% rising
62 Latvia 3.99 2010 up 1.5% rising
64 Kazakhstan 3.98 2010 up 9.9% rising
64 Ukraine 3.98 2010 up 2.6% rising
66 Republic of Moldova 3.97 2010 up 18.9% rising
66 Mauritius 3.97 2010 up 34.6% rising
66 Tajikistan 3.97 2010 up 3.1% rising
69 Kyrgyzstan 3.96 2010 up 12.2% rising
70 Russia 3.95 2010 up 3.4% rising
70 Viet Nam 3.95 2010 up 13.8% rising
72 Albania 3.93 2010 up 3.4% rising
72 Bulgaria 3.93 2010 up 5.9% rising
74 Denmark 3.92 2010 up 3.2% falling
75 Germany 3.9 2010 down 45.1% rising
75 Dominican Republic 3.9 2010 up 2.1% rising
77 Lesotho 3.89 2010 up 19.3% rising
78 Türkiye 3.86 2010 up 70.8% volatile
79 Austria 3.85 2010 up 2.4% falling
80 Namibia 3.83 2010 up 26.4% rising
80 Peru 3.83 2010 up 29.4% rising
82 New Zealand 3.81 2010 down 42.0% falling
83 Ecuador 3.78 2010 up 13.5% rising
84 Iran 3.72 2010 up 87.9% volatile
84 Zambia 3.72 2010 up 17.7% rising
86 Mongolia 3.61 2010 up 13.5% volatile
87 Mexico 3.56 2010 up 33.8% rising
88 Portugal 3.45 2010 up 20.2% rising
89 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.44 2010 up 57.1% rising
90 Ghana 3.37 2010 up 77.4% volatile
91 Philippines 3.34 2010 up 6.0% rising
92 Honduras 3.33 2010 up 34.3% rising
93 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.3 2010 up 28.4% rising
94 Zimbabwe 3.22 2010 up 22.4% rising
95 Bahrain 3.1 2010 up 85.6% volatile
96 Uganda 2.91 2010 up 50.8% volatile
97 Cambodia 2.9 2010 up 82.4% volatile
98 Kuwait 2.85 2010 up 82.7% volatile
98 Tunisia 2.85 2010 up 187.9% volatile
100 Syrian Arab Republic 2.73 2010 up 35.8% volatile
101 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.72 2010 down 14.5% rising
102 Brazil 2.71 2010 up 27.8% rising
103 Nicaragua 2.7 2010 up 26.8% rising
104 Thailand 2.54 2010 up 41.9% rising
105 Saudi Arabia 2.44 2010 unchanged rising
106 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.42 2010 up 40.7% volatile
107 Guatemala 2.35 2010 up 18.1% rising
108 Bangladesh 2.34 2010 up 15.3% rising
109 Gabon 2.2 2010 up 80.3% volatile
110 Congo 2.11 2010 up 102.9% volatile
111 Cameroon 2.08 2010 up 51.8% volatile
112 Libya 2.04 2010 up 70.0% volatile
113 India 2.01 2010 up 62.1% rising
114 Egypt 1.98 2010 up 32.0% volatile
115 Togo 1.94 2010 up 63.0% volatile
116 Myanmar 1.87 2010 up 41.7% volatile
117 Mauritania 1.77 2010 up 7.9% rising
118 Malawi 1.75 2010 up 25.9% rising
118 Rwanda 1.75 2010 up 65.1% volatile
120 Iraq 1.66 2010 up 245.8% volatile
120 Eswatini 1.66 2010 up 9.2% rising
122 Papua New Guinea 1.64 2010 up 124.7% volatile
123 Pakistan 1.55 2010 up 78.2% volatile
124 Côte d'Ivoire 1.53 2010 up 106.8% volatile
124 Algeria 1.53 2010 up 118.6% volatile
126 Haiti 1.52 2010 up 16.0% rising
127 Burundi 1.51 2010 up 34.8% volatile
128 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.48 2010 up 43.7% volatile
129 Central African Republic 1.47 2010 up 83.8% volatile
130 Benin 1.35 2010 up 57.0% rising
130 Kenya 1.35 2010 down 19.6% rising
130 Liberia 1.35 2010 up 68.8% rising
133 Senegal 1.29 2010 up 65.4% falling
134 Morocco 1.15 2010 up 98.3% volatile
135 Maldives 1.13 2010 up 17.7% falling
136 Nepal 1.01 2010 up 98.0% volatile
137 Afghanistan 0.95 2010 up 163.9% volatile
138 Sierra Leone 0.93 2010 up 144.7% rising
139 Gambia 0.74 2010 up 12.1% volatile
140 Sudan 0.73 2010 up 40.4% rising
141 Mali 0.57 2010 up 235.3% volatile
142 Mozambique 0.43 2010 up 43.3% rising
143 Niger 0.39 2010 down 9.3% rising
144 Yemen 0.01 2010 unchanged rising

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Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of primary schooling, 60-64, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 60-64.