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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female by country

Average years of secondary schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 15-19.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
6.49
Hong Kong
Lowest
0.12
Sudan
Median
3.15
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 6.49 in Hong Kong; the lowest is 0.12 in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.15, and the mean is 3.13.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 54.

Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 3,240.0%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 61.1%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hong Kong 6.49 2010 up 16.9% rising
2 Armenia 6.19 2010 up 5.3% rising
3 Mauritius 6.14 2010 up 91.9% rising
4 Kazakhstan 6.03 2010 down 5.0% volatile
5 Republic of Korea 5.97 2010 up 3.5% rising
6 Malaysia 5.94 2010 up 7.0% volatile
7 Tajikistan 5.82 2010 up 14.3% rising
8 Slovakia 5.77 2010 up 761.2% volatile
9 Sri Lanka 5.71 2010 down 21.6% volatile
10 Latvia 5.7 2010 up 8.8% volatile
11 Russian Federation 5.68 2010 up 47.2% rising
12 Iran 5.64 2010 up 34.0% volatile
13 Singapore 5.63 2010 up 6.8% rising
14 Albania 5.26 2010 up 168.4% rising
15 Tonga 5.22 2010 up 45.0% rising
16 Croatia 5.12 2010 up 109.0% volatile
17 Fiji 5.1 2010 up 24.4% volatile
18 New Zealand 5.07 2010 down 16.3% rising
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.06 2010 up 58.6% rising
20 Japan 5.01 2010 down 3.3% rising
21 Ukraine 4.95 2010 up 32.4% rising
22 France 4.86 2010 up 10.5% volatile
23 Slovenia 4.82 2010 up 3.0% volatile
24 Colombia 4.67 2010 up 54.6% volatile
25 Kyrgyzstan 4.61 2010 up 69.5% rising
25 Serbia 4.61 2010 up 395.7% volatile
27 Belize 4.43 2010 up 166.9% rising
27 Hungary 4.43 2010 up 84.6% volatile
29 Republic of Moldova 4.4 2010 down 9.3% rising
30 Malta 4.39 2010 down 7.6% rising
31 Mongolia 4.37 2010 up 5.3% rising
32 Bangladesh 4.35 2010 up 33.8% volatile
33 United States 4.33 2010 down 14.3% rising
34 Libya 4.31 2010 up 12.2% volatile
34 Thailand 4.31 2010 up 27.1% volatile
36 China 4.25 2010 up 6.8% volatile
37 Cuba 4.2 2010 up 24.3% rising
38 Romania 4.18 2010 up 114.4% rising
39 Bulgaria 4.11 2010 up 608.6% volatile
40 Canada 4.1 2010 up 11.4% rising
41 Czechia 4.08 2010 up 75.1% volatile
41 Germany 4.08 2010 up 768.1% volatile
43 Jordan 4.05 2010 up 23.9% volatile
43 Trinidad and Tobago 4.05 2010 up 21.6% rising
45 Iceland 3.99 2010 up 43.5% rising
46 Australia 3.96 2010 up 9.1% falling
46 Lithuania 3.96 2010 up 91.3% rising
48 United Arab Emirates 3.89 2010 up 11.5% volatile
48 Mexico 3.89 2010 up 26.3% volatile
50 Israel 3.83 2010 up 233.0% falling
51 Spain 3.82 2010 up 24.0% rising
52 Italy 3.73 2010 down 7.4% rising
53 Macao 3.69 2010 up 96.3% volatile
54 Cyprus 3.67 2010 up 0.5% rising
55 India 3.65 2010 up 32.2% volatile
56 Qatar 3.59 2010 up 41.9% rising
57 Tunisia 3.57 2010 up 40.6% volatile
58 Barbados 3.54 2010 up 6.9% rising
59 Jamaica 3.46 2010 down 18.6% rising
60 Sweden 3.45 2010 down 5.7% rising
61 Finland 3.41 2010 up 568.6% volatile
62 Botswana 3.4 2010 down 5.6% volatile
63 Egypt 3.38 2010 up 17.8% volatile
64 Brazil 3.36 2010 up 261.3% volatile
65 Norway 3.35 2010 up 35.6% volatile
66 Greece 3.31 2010 down 11.0% rising
67 Panama 3.28 2010 down 9.9% rising
68 Denmark 3.27 2010 up 0.3% rising
69 Guyana 3.23 2010 down 19.9% rising
70 Gabon 3.22 2010 up 16.2% rising
71 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.16 2010 up 55.7% rising
72 Saudi Arabia 3.15 2010 up 70.3% volatile
73 Netherlands 3.14 2010 up 12.5% rising
74 Switzerland 3.09 2010 up 571.7% falling
75 Peru 3.08 2010 up 6.9% rising
76 Bahrain 3.03 2010 up 2.0% volatile
77 Chile 3.02 2010 down 15.2% rising
77 Portugal 3.02 2010 down 35.3% volatile
77 South Africa 3.02 2010 up 43.8% volatile
80 Argentina 2.99 2010 up 35.9% rising
80 Philippines 2.99 2010 up 27.2% rising
82 Iraq 2.94 2010 up 88.5% volatile
83 Brunei Darussalam 2.93 2010 up 18.1% rising
84 Ghana 2.85 2010 up 36.4% rising
85 Algeria 2.74 2010 up 50.5% volatile
86 Estonia 2.73 2010 down 3.2% volatile
87 Ireland 2.71 2010 down 11.1% rising
88 Belgium 2.69 2010 down 30.1% rising
89 Pakistan 2.66 2010 up 72.7% volatile
89 Togo 2.66 2010 up 86.0% volatile
91 Costa Rica 2.57 2010 up 11.3% rising
92 Indonesia 2.54 2010 up 568.4% volatile
93 Maldives 2.5 2010 up 7.8% rising
94 Dominican Republic 2.46 2010 down 25.2% rising
95 Nicaragua 2.43 2010 up 34.3% volatile
96 Türkiye 2.29 2010 up 6.5% volatile
97 Luxembourg 2.28 2010 up 9.1% volatile
98 Benin 2.26 2010 up 140.4% volatile
99 Paraguay 2.25 2010 up 110.3% volatile
100 Congo 2.23 2010 up 35.2% rising
100 Uruguay 2.23 2010 down 19.2% rising
102 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.2 2010 down 12.4% rising
102 Zambia 2.2 2010 up 286.0% volatile
104 Poland 2.18 2010 up 319.2% volatile
104 Syria 2.18 2010 up 772.0% volatile
106 Honduras 2.15 2010 up 70.6% volatile
106 Morocco 2.15 2010 up 48.3% volatile
108 Austria 2.08 2010 down 9.2% rising
109 Myanmar 2.06 2010 up 67.5% rising
110 Nepal 2.05 2010 up 159.5% volatile
111 Kuwait 2.04 2010 down 35.4% rising
111 El Salvador 2.04 2010 up 158.2% volatile
113 Cameroon 1.88 2010 up 39.3% rising
114 Viet Nam 1.76 2010 up 53.0% falling
115 Gambia 1.73 2010 up 19.3% volatile
116 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.71 2010 up 67.6% volatile
117 Afghanistan 1.67 2010 up 3,240.0% volatile
118 Yemen 1.64 2010 up 137.7% volatile
119 Ecuador 1.6 2010 down 40.5% rising
120 Sierra Leone 1.54 2010 up 60.4% volatile
121 Eswatini 1.33 2010 up 4.7% rising
122 Rwanda 1.22 2010 up 139.2% volatile
123 Zimbabwe 1.21 2010 down 40.7% rising
124 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.15 2010 up 1,337.5% volatile
125 Guatemala 0.96 2010 up 7.9% rising
126 Haiti 0.93 2010 down 7.9% rising
127 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.89 2010 up 81.6% volatile
127 Cambodia 0.89 2010 up 128.2% rising
129 Uganda 0.85 2010 up 203.6% volatile
130 Central African Republic 0.84 2010 up 27.3% volatile
131 Mali 0.83 2010 up 315.0% volatile
132 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8 2010 up 21.2% rising
133 Lesotho 0.79 2010 down 61.1% volatile
134 Papua New Guinea 0.76 2010 up 192.3% falling
135 Mauritania 0.75 2010 up 53.1% rising
136 Burundi 0.73 2010 up 97.3% volatile
137 Kenya 0.64 2010 down 29.7% volatile
138 Namibia 0.63 2010 down 14.9% rising
139 Mozambique 0.61 2010 up 1,425.0% volatile
139 Malawi 0.61 2010 up 335.7% volatile
139 Niger 0.61 2010 up 177.3% volatile
142 Senegal 0.47 2010 up 193.8% rising
143 Liberia 0.37 2010 down 26.0% rising
144 Sudan 0.12 2010 down 53.8% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, 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 secondary schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 15-19.