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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
6.57
Germany
Lowest
0.23
Mozambique
Median
3.12
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 6.57 in Germany; the lowest is 0.23 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.12, and the mean is 3.01.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.

Over the past decade 138 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 392.3%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 26.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 6.57 2010 up 67.6% volatile
2 Kazakhstan 6.51 2010 up 8.0% volatile
3 Tajikistan 6.47 2010 up 3.4% rising
4 Kyrgyzstan 6.23 2010 up 22.4% rising
5 Moldova 5.94 2010 up 18.8% rising
6 United States 5.63 2010 up 6.4% rising
7 Switzerland 5.61 2010 up 75.3% rising
8 Finland 5.47 2010 up 55.8% rising
9 United Kingdom 5.43 2010 up 53.0% rising
10 Mongolia 5.34 2010 up 17.9% volatile
11 Armenia 5.32 2010 up 9.5% rising
12 Estonia 5.21 2010 up 11.1% rising
13 Canada 5.11 2010 up 16.7% rising
14 Sweden 5.07 2010 up 3.3% rising
15 Latvia 4.99 2010 up 23.5% rising
16 France 4.94 2010 up 14.6% volatile
17 Hong Kong 4.92 2010 up 25.5% rising
18 Israel 4.86 2010 up 13.3% rising
19 Lithuania 4.84 2010 up 20.4% rising
20 Denmark 4.82 2010 up 5.9% rising
20 Ukraine 4.82 2010 up 12.4% rising
22 Tonga 4.8 2010 up 44.1% rising
23 Russia 4.7 2010 up 5.9% rising
24 Slovenia 4.69 2010 up 22.5% volatile
25 Austria 4.65 2010 up 13.7% rising
26 Japan 4.63 2010 up 12.1% rising
27 Norway 4.6 2010 up 28.1% volatile
28 Australia 4.57 2010 up 1.3% rising
29 South Korea 4.52 2010 up 12.4% volatile
30 Malaysia 4.5 2010 up 24.0% volatile
31 Bulgaria 4.49 2010 up 41.6% rising
32 Netherlands 4.47 2010 up 8.5% rising
33 Italy 4.41 2010 up 19.2% volatile
34 Iceland 4.4 2010 up 23.6% rising
35 Singapore 4.26 2010 up 17.0% volatile
36 United Arab Emirates 4.13 2010 up 11.9% volatile
36 Belgium 4.13 2010 up 7.3% rising
36 Cyprus 4.13 2010 up 14.1% rising
36 Luxembourg 4.13 2010 up 24.8% rising
40 Ireland 4.11 2010 up 10.5% rising
40 Slovakia 4.11 2010 up 86.0% volatile
42 Jamaica 4.04 2010 up 12.8% volatile
43 Cuba 4.02 2010 up 15.9% volatile
44 Serbia 3.97 2010 up 90.9% volatile
45 Malta 3.95 2010 up 2.6% rising
46 Guyana 3.87 2010 up 13.2% volatile
47 Spain 3.86 2010 up 21.0% volatile
48 Croatia 3.8 2010 up 56.4% volatile
49 Chile 3.78 2010 up 15.6% rising
49 Iran 3.78 2010 up 42.1% volatile
51 New Zealand 3.77 2010 down 5.5% rising
52 Sri Lanka 3.72 2010 down 4.9% volatile
53 Jordan 3.71 2010 up 26.2% volatile
54 Czechia 3.7 2010 up 9.1% volatile
55 Barbados 3.64 2010 up 13.8% rising
56 Mauritius 3.62 2010 up 75.7% rising
57 Brunei 3.61 2010 up 12.8% rising
58 Qatar 3.57 2010 up 21.8% rising
59 Colombia 3.53 2010 up 41.2% volatile
59 Gabon 3.53 2010 up 22.6% volatile
59 Romania 3.53 2010 up 31.7% volatile
62 Trinidad and Tobago 3.52 2010 up 31.3% volatile
63 Libya 3.51 2010 up 31.0% volatile
64 Belize 3.46 2010 up 58.0% volatile
64 Greece 3.46 2010 up 17.7% rising
66 Hungary 3.43 2010 up 26.1% volatile
66 Panama 3.43 2010 up 11.7% rising
68 Kuwait 3.42 2010 up 2.7% rising
69 South Africa 3.39 2010 up 58.4% volatile
70 Albania 3.24 2010 up 22.3% rising
71 Poland 3.22 2010 up 23.4% rising
72 Mexico 3.12 2010 up 23.8% volatile
72 Saudi Arabia 3.12 2010 up 47.9% volatile
72 Venezuela 3.12 2010 up 53.7% volatile
75 Macao 3.11 2010 up 64.6% volatile
76 Fiji 3.1 2010 up 14.0% volatile
77 Botswana 3.08 2010 up 8.8% volatile
78 Dominican Republic 2.91 2010 up 29.3% volatile
79 Bahrain 2.89 2010 up 0.3% volatile
80 Peru 2.87 2010 up 0.7% rising
81 Argentina 2.71 2010 up 21.0% rising
82 Vietnam 2.68 2010 up 86.1% volatile
83 Egypt 2.63 2010 up 39.2% volatile
83 Philippines 2.63 2010 up 11.9% rising
85 Uruguay 2.49 2010 up 8.3% rising
86 Tunisia 2.47 2010 up 52.5% volatile
87 Ghana 2.43 2010 up 19.1% volatile
88 Brazil 2.4 2010 up 43.7% volatile
89 Portugal 2.38 2010 down 3.6% volatile
90 Bangladesh 2.37 2010 up 66.9% volatile
91 Ecuador 2.29 2010 up 4.6% rising
92 Paraguay 2.23 2010 up 45.8% volatile
93 Thailand 2.19 2010 up 78.0% volatile
94 Costa Rica 2.15 2010 up 7.0% rising
95 Algeria 2.14 2010 up 36.3% volatile
96 China 2.1 2010 up 22.8% volatile
96 Indonesia 2.1 2010 up 138.6% volatile
98 Nicaragua 2.09 2010 up 32.3% volatile
99 India 2.07 2010 up 26.2% volatile
100 Maldives 2.04 2010 up 53.4% rising
101 Iraq 2.03 2010 up 57.4% volatile
102 Bolivia 2.02 2010 down 2.9% rising
103 Congo 1.92 2010 up 6.1% volatile
104 Turkey 1.9 2010 up 41.8% volatile
105 Zimbabwe 1.84 2010 down 3.2% volatile
106 Syria 1.76 2010 up 100.0% volatile
107 Honduras 1.66 2010 up 32.8% volatile
108 Morocco 1.63 2010 up 43.0% volatile
109 Pakistan 1.61 2010 up 53.3% volatile
110 Myanmar 1.56 2010 up 45.8% volatile
111 El Salvador 1.52 2010 up 33.3% volatile
112 Cameroon 1.5 2010 up 36.4% volatile
113 Zambia 1.39 2010 up 75.9% volatile
114 Kenya 1.31 2010 up 45.6% volatile
115 Laos 1.29 2010 up 61.2% volatile
116 Benin 1.28 2010 up 103.2% volatile
116 Namibia 1.28 2010 up 8.5% rising
118 Togo 1.24 2010 up 47.6% volatile
119 Gambia 1.23 2010 up 73.2% volatile
120 Nepal 1.15 2010 up 82.5% volatile
121 Sierra Leone 1.13 2010 up 126.0% volatile
122 Lesotho 1.11 2010 down 26.5% volatile
123 Uganda 1.08 2010 up 191.9% volatile
124 Eswatini 1.05 2010 up 12.9% volatile
125 Yemen 0.98 2010 up 180.0% volatile
126 Guatemala 0.94 2010 up 6.8% rising
127 Cote d'Ivoire 0.9 2010 up 38.5% volatile
128 Haiti 0.86 2010 up 11.7% volatile
129 Liberia 0.76 2010 up 26.7% volatile
130 Central African Republic 0.7 2010 up 29.6% volatile
130 Cambodia 0.7 2010 up 118.8% volatile
132 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.67 2010 up 34.0% volatile
132 Rwanda 0.67 2010 up 81.1% volatile
134 Mali 0.64 2010 up 392.3% volatile
135 Afghanistan 0.63 2010 up 186.4% volatile
136 Mauritania 0.6 2010 up 62.2% volatile
137 Malawi 0.55 2010 up 161.9% volatile
138 Papua New Guinea 0.52 2010 up 48.6% rising
138 Sudan 0.52 2010 up 6.1% volatile
138 Tanzania 0.52 2010 up 173.7% volatile
141 Burundi 0.46 2010 up 100.0% volatile
142 Senegal 0.4 2010 up 42.9% rising
143 Niger 0.31 2010 up 121.4% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.23 2010 up 360.0% volatile

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