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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
6.84
Germany
Lowest
0.33
Mozambique
Median
3.1
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15+, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 6.84 in Germany; the lowest is 0.33 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.1, and the mean is 3.1.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 153.8%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 27.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 6.84 2010 up 51.0% volatile
2 Kazakhstan 6.61 2010 up 6.6% rising
3 Kyrgyzstan 6.26 2010 up 21.6% rising
4 Tajikistan 6.12 2010 down 5.0% rising
5 Republic of Moldova 6.02 2010 up 16.4% rising
6 Switzerland 5.78 2010 up 57.9% rising
7 United States of America 5.61 2010 up 6.7% rising
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.53 2010 up 53.6% rising
9 Finland 5.42 2010 up 55.7% rising
10 Armenia 5.29 2010 up 8.6% rising
11 Austria 5.26 2010 up 10.0% rising
12 Mongolia 5.21 2010 up 17.6% rising
13 Estonia 5.14 2010 up 10.5% rising
14 Canada 5.11 2010 up 16.7% rising
14 France 5.11 2010 up 13.8% volatile
16 Hong Kong, China 5.1 2010 up 26.6% rising
17 Sweden 5.04 2010 up 3.3% rising
18 Latvia 4.98 2010 up 25.4% rising
19 Denmark 4.91 2010 up 4.0% rising
20 Lithuania 4.9 2010 up 21.6% rising
21 Ukraine 4.87 2010 up 10.7% rising
22 Republic of Korea 4.85 2010 up 9.0% rising
23 Israel 4.84 2010 up 15.8% rising
23 Slovenia 4.84 2010 up 19.5% volatile
25 Tonga 4.78 2010 up 43.1% rising
26 Russian Federation 4.71 2010 up 5.1% rising
27 Japan 4.69 2010 up 11.1% rising
28 Netherlands 4.61 2010 up 7.0% rising
29 Norway 4.6 2010 up 23.0% volatile
30 Australia 4.59 2010 up 0.7% rising
31 Italy 4.58 2010 up 17.4% rising
31 Malaysia 4.58 2010 up 21.2% volatile
33 Luxembourg 4.48 2010 up 23.4% rising
34 Singapore 4.46 2010 up 14.9% rising
35 Bulgaria 4.43 2010 up 42.0% rising
36 Serbia 4.35 2010 up 80.5% volatile
37 Cyprus 4.27 2010 up 12.7% rising
37 Iceland 4.27 2010 up 24.5% rising
39 Slovakia 4.24 2010 up 72.4% volatile
40 Belgium 4.23 2010 up 7.4% rising
40 Malta 4.23 2010 up 2.7% rising
42 Croatia 4.13 2010 up 46.5% volatile
43 Cuba 4.1 2010 up 15.8% volatile
44 Ireland 4.04 2010 up 10.7% rising
45 Spain 3.97 2010 up 19.9% volatile
46 Jamaica 3.93 2010 up 14.6% volatile
47 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.88 2010 up 31.1% volatile
48 Chile 3.81 2010 up 14.8% rising
48 Mauritius 3.81 2010 up 67.8% rising
50 Czechia 3.79 2010 up 8.0% rising
51 Jordan 3.77 2010 up 14.2% volatile
52 Romania 3.76 2010 up 29.7% rising
53 Sri Lanka 3.73 2010 down 5.3% rising
54 Brunei Darussalam 3.67 2010 up 11.6% rising
55 Greece 3.61 2010 up 16.1% rising
56 New Zealand 3.6 2010 down 10.0% rising
57 United Arab Emirates 3.53 2010 up 7.3% volatile
58 Hungary 3.51 2010 up 21.9% volatile
59 Guyana 3.5 2010 up 15.1% rising
59 Trinidad and Tobago 3.5 2010 up 32.6% volatile
61 Barbados 3.49 2010 up 11.5% rising
62 Colombia 3.48 2010 up 40.3% rising
63 Belize 3.41 2010 up 56.4% volatile
64 Albania 3.4 2010 up 21.0% rising
65 South Africa 3.38 2010 up 55.8% volatile
66 Poland 3.32 2010 up 23.9% rising
67 Panama 3.27 2010 up 10.8% rising
68 Gabon 3.26 2010 up 32.0% volatile
69 Botswana 3.18 2010 up 9.7% volatile
69 Mexico 3.18 2010 up 20.9% volatile
71 Saudi Arabia 3.16 2010 up 33.3% rising
72 Macau, China 3.12 2010 up 57.6% volatile
73 Fiji 3.09 2010 up 13.6% volatile
74 Peru 3.08 2010 down 0.3% rising
75 Kuwait 3.04 2010 down 4.1% rising
76 Egypt 2.94 2010 up 28.4% volatile
76 Viet Nam 2.94 2010 up 83.8% volatile
78 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.91 2010 up 50.8% rising
79 Ghana 2.87 2010 up 9.5% rising
80 Qatar 2.83 2010 up 12.3% rising
81 Libya 2.76 2010 up 23.8% volatile
82 Dominican Republic 2.73 2010 up 43.7% volatile
83 Bahrain 2.69 2010 down 3.9% volatile
84 India 2.67 2010 up 28.4% volatile
85 Argentina 2.66 2010 up 22.6% rising
85 Tunisia 2.66 2010 up 37.1% volatile
87 Philippines 2.5 2010 up 9.2% rising
88 Iraq 2.43 2010 up 33.5% volatile
89 Bangladesh 2.4 2010 up 47.2% volatile
90 Portugal 2.35 2010 down 7.1% volatile
90 Uruguay 2.35 2010 up 2.2% rising
92 China 2.3 2010 up 16.8% volatile
92 Indonesia 2.3 2010 up 123.3% volatile
94 Brazil 2.27 2010 up 41.0% rising
94 Türkiye 2.27 2010 up 26.8% volatile
96 Thailand 2.26 2010 up 69.9% volatile
97 Ecuador 2.25 2010 up 3.2% rising
98 Paraguay 2.22 2010 up 38.8% rising
99 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.2 2010 down 5.2% rising
100 Pakistan 2.16 2010 up 29.3% volatile
101 Congo 2.12 2010 up 4.4% volatile
101 Algeria 2.12 2010 up 21.8% volatile
103 Maldives 2.1 2010 up 50.0% rising
104 Costa Rica 2.08 2010 up 5.6% rising
105 Nicaragua 2.02 2010 up 27.8% rising
106 Zimbabwe 1.95 2010 down 10.1% volatile
107 Syrian Arab Republic 1.92 2010 up 111.0% volatile
108 Morocco 1.86 2010 up 29.2% volatile
108 Togo 1.86 2010 up 25.7% volatile
110 Haiti 1.83 2010 up 22.8% volatile
111 Cameroon 1.8 2010 up 24.1% volatile
112 Benin 1.74 2010 up 61.1% volatile
113 Honduras 1.59 2010 up 25.2% volatile
114 El Salvador 1.56 2010 up 31.1% volatile
115 Zambia 1.53 2010 up 51.5% volatile
116 Gambia 1.51 2010 up 48.0% volatile
117 Sierra Leone 1.49 2010 up 86.2% volatile
118 Kenya 1.47 2010 up 22.5% volatile
118 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.47 2010 up 42.7% volatile
120 Myanmar 1.37 2010 up 52.2% rising
121 Namibia 1.34 2010 up 11.7% rising
122 Nepal 1.33 2010 up 37.1% volatile
123 Côte d'Ivoire 1.29 2010 up 20.6% rising
124 Liberia 1.21 2010 up 16.3% rising
124 Uganda 1.21 2010 up 132.7% volatile
126 Yemen 1.2 2010 up 71.4% volatile
127 Central African Republic 1.11 2010 up 19.4% volatile
128 Eswatini 1.09 2010 up 16.0% rising
129 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.02 2010 up 15.9% volatile
130 Afghanistan 1 2010 up 53.8% volatile
131 Lesotho 0.98 2010 down 27.9% volatile
132 Cambodia 0.97 2010 up 86.5% rising
133 Guatemala 0.95 2010 unchanged rising
134 Mauritania 0.86 2010 up 28.4% volatile
135 Rwanda 0.68 2010 up 70.0% volatile
136 Papua New Guinea 0.66 2010 up 26.9% rising
137 Malawi 0.65 2010 up 85.7% volatile
138 Mali 0.59 2010 up 145.8% volatile
138 Senegal 0.59 2010 up 34.1% rising
140 Sudan 0.58 2010 down 1.7% volatile
141 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.57 2010 up 128.0% volatile
142 Burundi 0.53 2010 up 82.8% volatile
143 Niger 0.42 2010 up 50.0% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.33 2010 up 153.8% volatile

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