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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, female by country

Average years of secondary schooling, 20-24, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 20-24.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.13
Germany
Lowest
0.46
Mozambique
Median
4.1
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.13 in Germany; the lowest is 0.46 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.1, and the mean is 4.03.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 475.0%), and the largest decrease in New Zealand (down 61.1%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 8.13 2010 up 32.8% rising
2 Slovakia 7.78 2010 up 124.9% volatile
3 Slovenia 7.76 2010 up 1.6% volatile
4 Lithuania 7.67 2010 up 70.1% rising
5 Serbia 7.61 2010 up 27.7% volatile
6 Latvia 7.44 2010 up 75.9% rising
7 Italy 6.99 2010 up 6.9% rising
7 Romania 6.99 2010 up 119.8% volatile
9 Hong Kong 6.83 2010 up 7.9% rising
10 Kyrgyzstan 6.81 2010 up 12.2% rising
11 Sri Lanka 6.74 2010 up 8.7% volatile
12 Armenia 6.65 2010 up 39.4% flat
13 Austria 6.61 2010 down 6.5% rising
14 Kazakhstan 6.55 2010 down 4.9% rising
14 Republic of Moldova 6.55 2010 up 5.8% rising
16 France 6.52 2010 up 2.4% rising
17 Tajikistan 6.44 2010 down 2.1% rising
18 Mongolia 6.39 2010 up 12.3% rising
19 Switzerland 6.3 2010 up 42.5% rising
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.3 2010 up 31.0% rising
21 Tonga 6.28 2010 up 41.8% rising
22 Iceland 6.23 2010 up 15.6% rising
22 Malaysia 6.23 2010 up 14.5% volatile
24 Malta 6.22 2010 down 2.7% rising
25 Republic of Korea 5.97 2010 up 0.3% rising
26 United States 5.92 2010 up 1.9% rising
27 Singapore 5.81 2010 up 4.7% volatile
28 Fiji 5.77 2010 up 24.1% volatile
29 Mauritius 5.72 2010 up 71.8% volatile
30 Jamaica 5.64 2010 up 8.9% volatile
30 Japan 5.64 2010 down 2.1% rising
32 Canada 5.61 2010 up 6.9% rising
32 Cyprus 5.61 2010 up 4.9% rising
34 Estonia 5.56 2010 up 1.6% rising
35 Greece 5.5 2010 up 9.3% rising
36 Finland 5.49 2010 up 15.1% rising
37 Spain 5.47 2010 up 3.0% volatile
38 Guyana 5.46 2010 up 23.3% volatile
39 Ukraine 5.44 2010 up 15.5% flat
40 Cuba 5.43 2010 up 27.8% rising
41 Sweden 5.42 2010 down 2.0% rising
42 Belgium 5.39 2010 down 2.5% rising
43 Netherlands 5.38 2010 up 4.1% rising
44 Chile 5.36 2010 up 18.1% rising
45 Iran 5.35 2010 up 21.6% volatile
45 Macao 5.35 2010 up 64.1% volatile
47 Libya 5.34 2010 up 16.3% volatile
48 Australia 5.26 2010 up 12.2% rising
49 Saudi Arabia 5.15 2010 up 39.6% volatile
50 Denmark 5.14 2010 down 1.3% rising
50 Luxembourg 5.14 2010 up 8.7% rising
52 Jordan 5.06 2010 up 21.1% volatile
53 Colombia 4.94 2010 up 38.8% volatile
54 Russian Federation 4.85 2010 up 0.8% rising
55 Norway 4.83 2010 down 3.4% rising
56 Bangladesh 4.82 2010 up 100.8% volatile
57 Ireland 4.76 2010 up 7.0% rising
58 Gabon 4.71 2010 up 13.8% rising
59 Trinidad and Tobago 4.67 2010 up 25.2% volatile
60 United Arab Emirates 4.63 2010 up 6.4% rising
61 Barbados 4.56 2010 up 20.0% rising
62 Brunei Darussalam 4.54 2010 up 34.7% rising
63 Portugal 4.53 2010 unchanged volatile
63 Tunisia 4.53 2010 up 61.8% volatile
65 Panama 4.5 2010 up 15.4% rising
66 Maldives 4.39 2010 up 65.7% rising
67 South Africa 4.37 2010 up 44.7% volatile
68 Thailand 4.31 2010 up 94.1% volatile
69 Kuwait 4.3 2010 up 24.6% rising
70 Dominican Republic 4.28 2010 up 17.9% volatile
71 Egypt 4.2 2010 up 34.2% volatile
72 Mexico 4.11 2010 up 33.0% volatile
73 Bahrain 4.08 2010 down 8.3% volatile
74 Viet Nam 4.07 2010 up 33.4% volatile
75 Qatar 4.06 2010 up 3.8% rising
76 Peru 3.93 2010 up 10.4% rising
77 Croatia 3.92 2010 down 44.5% volatile
78 India 3.9 2010 up 51.2% volatile
79 China 3.88 2010 up 2.1% volatile
80 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.85 2010 up 28.3% rising
81 Czechia 3.83 2010 unchanged rising
81 Poland 3.83 2010 up 3.2% rising
83 Israel 3.81 2010 up 7.9% rising
83 Türkiye 3.81 2010 up 75.6% volatile
85 Paraguay 3.72 2010 up 57.6% volatile
86 Hungary 3.67 2010 up 2.2% rising
87 Botswana 3.6 2010 down 6.5% volatile
88 Indonesia 3.54 2010 up 124.1% volatile
89 Bulgaria 3.46 2010 up 65.6% rising
89 Uruguay 3.46 2010 up 12.0% rising
91 Argentina 3.45 2010 up 8.8% rising
92 Iraq 3.43 2010 up 75.0% volatile
93 Ghana 3.36 2010 up 46.7% volatile
94 Ecuador 3.33 2010 up 22.4% rising
95 Algeria 3.28 2010 up 24.2% volatile
96 Costa Rica 3.15 2010 up 23.0% rising
97 Albania 3.14 2010 up 19.4% rising
98 Philippines 3.13 2010 up 11.0% rising
99 Belize 2.94 2010 up 42.0% rising
100 Morocco 2.8 2010 up 53.8% volatile
101 Nicaragua 2.77 2010 up 35.1% volatile
102 Myanmar 2.75 2010 up 75.2% volatile
103 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.66 2010 up 7.7% rising
104 Honduras 2.59 2010 up 65.0% volatile
105 Syria 2.58 2010 up 145.7% volatile
106 Pakistan 2.53 2010 up 58.1% volatile
107 Togo 2.5 2010 up 157.7% volatile
108 Sierra Leone 2.49 2010 up 295.2% volatile
109 Gambia 2.38 2010 up 100.0% volatile
110 Benin 2.28 2010 up 145.2% volatile
111 New Zealand 2.25 2010 down 61.1% rising
112 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.19 2010 up 63.4% volatile
113 Brazil 2.03 2010 up 28.5% rising
114 Yemen 2.02 2010 up 192.8% volatile
115 Zimbabwe 2 2010 down 12.3% volatile
116 Cameroon 1.97 2010 up 15.9% volatile
117 Guatemala 1.96 2010 up 50.8% volatile
118 Congo 1.89 2010 up 16.0% volatile
118 Nepal 1.89 2010 up 64.3% volatile
120 Lesotho 1.77 2010 down 19.2% volatile
121 Namibia 1.75 2010 up 0.6% rising
122 Kenya 1.72 2010 up 39.8% volatile
123 Haiti 1.64 2010 up 13.1% volatile
124 Uganda 1.61 2010 up 143.9% volatile
125 El Salvador 1.54 2010 up 14.9% rising
126 Eswatini 1.5 2010 up 114.3% volatile
127 Côte d'Ivoire 1.42 2010 up 25.7% volatile
128 Cambodia 1.38 2010 up 245.0% volatile
129 Zambia 1.33 2010 down 6.3% volatile
130 Mauritania 1.02 2010 up 82.1% volatile
131 Liberia 1 2010 up 14.9% volatile
132 Afghanistan 0.96 2010 up 123.3% volatile
133 Rwanda 0.95 2010 up 86.3% volatile
134 Senegal 0.9 2010 up 95.7% volatile
135 Central African Republic 0.89 2010 up 6.0% volatile
136 Mali 0.87 2010 up 443.8% volatile
137 Malawi 0.78 2010 up 151.6% volatile
138 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.77 2010 up 148.4% volatile
139 Papua New Guinea 0.76 2010 up 245.5% volatile
140 Burundi 0.74 2010 up 89.7% volatile
141 Sudan 0.73 2010 down 6.4% volatile
142 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.71 2010 up 12.7% volatile
143 Niger 0.49 2010 up 113.0% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.46 2010 up 475.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 20-24, 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, 20-24, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 20-24.