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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25-29, female by country

Average years of secondary schooling, 25-29, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 25-29.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.42
Germany
Lowest
0.1
Mozambique
Median
3.83
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25-29, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.42 in Germany; the lowest is 0.1 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.83, and the mean is 3.74.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 84.

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 436.4%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 53.6%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25-29, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 8.42 2010 up 21.2% volatile
2 Slovenia 7.89 2010 up 4.4% volatile
3 Croatia 7.75 2010 up 22.6% volatile
4 Serbia 7.5 2010 up 31.3% volatile
5 Latvia 7.2 2010 up 118.8% rising
6 Kazakhstan 6.92 2010 up 0.3% rising
7 Austria 6.91 2010 up 4.1% rising
8 Kyrgyzstan 6.81 2010 up 8.4% rising
9 Italy 6.75 2010 up 8.9% volatile
10 Armenia 6.65 2010 up 73.6% flat
11 Hong Kong 6.59 2010 up 7.3% rising
12 Tajikistan 6.55 2010 down 2.7% rising
13 Sri Lanka 6.51 2010 up 10.0% volatile
14 France 6.45 2010 up 12.4% volatile
15 Republic of Moldova 6.42 2010 up 1.9% rising
16 Switzerland 6.4 2010 up 30.9% rising
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.23 2010 up 38.4% rising
18 Tonga 6.17 2010 up 74.3% rising
19 Malta 6 2010 unchanged volatile
20 Republic of Korea 5.96 2010 up 1.0% volatile
20 Malaysia 5.96 2010 up 23.9% volatile
22 Mongolia 5.94 2010 down 3.9% rising
23 Luxembourg 5.92 2010 up 26.5% rising
24 Iceland 5.87 2010 up 17.6% rising
25 United States 5.86 2010 up 1.7% rising
26 Singapore 5.81 2010 up 7.4% volatile
27 Japan 5.75 2010 up 1.8% rising
28 Canada 5.74 2010 up 9.1% rising
29 Finland 5.63 2010 up 14.7% rising
30 Jamaica 5.61 2010 up 12.0% volatile
31 Spain 5.55 2010 up 5.5% volatile
32 Estonia 5.48 2010 down 3.5% rising
33 Cyprus 5.45 2010 up 1.7% rising
34 Sweden 5.44 2010 down 2.3% rising
35 Netherlands 5.42 2010 up 5.0% rising
36 Greece 5.36 2010 up 9.4% rising
37 Belgium 5.29 2010 down 2.2% rising
38 Libya 5.2 2010 up 53.4% volatile
39 Chile 5.17 2010 up 21.1% rising
40 Denmark 4.95 2010 down 6.8% rising
41 Guyana 4.89 2010 up 19.9% volatile
41 Mauritius 4.89 2010 up 71.6% volatile
43 Lithuania 4.86 2010 up 34.3% rising
44 Russian Federation 4.85 2010 up 26.3% rising
45 Cuba 4.83 2010 down 9.2% volatile
46 Iran 4.78 2010 up 53.2% volatile
47 Fiji 4.76 2010 up 51.6% volatile
48 Jordan 4.71 2010 up 27.6% volatile
48 New Zealand 4.71 2010 down 6.7% rising
50 Australia 4.7 2010 up 2.0% rising
50 Ireland 4.7 2010 up 6.6% rising
52 Norway 4.67 2010 down 10.7% rising
53 Colombia 4.65 2010 up 50.5% volatile
54 Bangladesh 4.59 2010 up 273.2% volatile
55 Portugal 4.5 2010 up 37.6% volatile
56 United Arab Emirates 4.47 2010 up 3.2% volatile
57 Gabon 4.41 2010 up 14.5% volatile
58 Brunei Darussalam 4.37 2010 up 21.4% rising
59 Trinidad and Tobago 4.34 2010 up 22.3% volatile
59 Ukraine 4.34 2010 up 15.1% flat
61 South Africa 4.29 2010 up 45.9% volatile
62 Panama 4.26 2010 up 13.9% rising
63 Macao 4.25 2010 up 39.8% volatile
64 Barbados 4.18 2010 up 10.6% rising
65 Saudi Arabia 4.12 2010 up 39.2% volatile
66 Thailand 4.09 2010 up 143.5% volatile
67 Maldives 3.97 2010 up 236.4% rising
68 Egypt 3.95 2010 up 34.8% volatile
69 Slovakia 3.87 2010 up 10.3% rising
70 Czechia 3.85 2010 unchanged rising
70 Poland 3.85 2010 up 4.3% rising
72 Tunisia 3.84 2010 up 80.3% volatile
73 Kuwait 3.82 2010 up 0.5% rising
74 Qatar 3.78 2010 up 9.6% rising
75 Dominican Republic 3.77 2010 up 61.1% volatile
76 Israel 3.76 2010 down 37.9% rising
76 Viet Nam 3.76 2010 up 111.2% volatile
78 Hungary 3.75 2010 up 6.2% volatile
79 Botswana 3.73 2010 up 4.5% volatile
80 Bahrain 3.69 2010 down 10.2% volatile
81 Mexico 3.66 2010 up 27.1% volatile
82 Argentina 3.63 2010 up 17.5% rising
82 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.63 2010 up 64.3% volatile
84 China 3.61 2010 up 53.0% volatile
85 Ecuador 3.54 2010 up 33.6% volatile
86 Peru 3.53 2010 up 11.0% rising
87 Ghana 3.47 2010 up 69.3% volatile
88 Romania 3.45 2010 down 50.6% volatile
89 Bulgaria 3.42 2010 down 34.4% rising
90 Uruguay 3.29 2010 up 11.1% rising
91 Paraguay 3.17 2010 up 66.8% volatile
92 Indonesia 3.08 2010 up 254.0% volatile
93 Philippines 3.03 2010 up 15.2% rising
94 India 2.99 2010 up 86.9% volatile
95 Costa Rica 2.9 2010 up 28.3% volatile
96 Albania 2.88 2010 up 1.4% rising
97 Türkiye 2.79 2010 up 72.2% volatile
98 Belize 2.72 2010 down 0.7% rising
99 Algeria 2.6 2010 up 3.2% volatile
100 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.48 2010 up 15.9% rising
101 Nicaragua 2.36 2010 up 8.3% volatile
102 Myanmar 2.18 2010 up 63.9% volatile
103 Zimbabwe 2.13 2010 down 24.7% volatile
104 Honduras 2.01 2010 up 32.2% volatile
105 Syria 1.99 2010 up 121.1% volatile
106 Brazil 1.98 2010 up 66.4% rising
107 Pakistan 1.95 2010 up 62.5% volatile
108 Morocco 1.94 2010 up 19.0% volatile
109 Iraq 1.89 2010 up 17.4% volatile
110 Namibia 1.84 2010 up 0.5% rising
111 Cameroon 1.79 2010 up 11.2% volatile
112 Gambia 1.78 2010 up 102.3% volatile
113 Lesotho 1.74 2010 down 11.2% volatile
114 Kenya 1.66 2010 up 29.7% volatile
115 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.62 2010 up 38.5% volatile
116 Haiti 1.58 2010 up 18.8% volatile
117 Congo 1.46 2010 down 51.2% volatile
118 El Salvador 1.45 2010 up 36.8% rising
119 Nepal 1.41 2010 up 17.5% volatile
119 Uganda 1.41 2010 up 143.1% volatile
121 Eswatini 1.39 2010 up 11.2% volatile
122 Côte d'Ivoire 1.26 2010 up 34.0% volatile
123 Guatemala 1.23 2010 up 0.8% volatile
124 Benin 1.17 2010 up 74.6% volatile
124 Togo 1.17 2010 up 17.0% volatile
126 Sierra Leone 1.15 2010 up 94.9% volatile
127 Zambia 1.1 2010 down 2.7% volatile
128 Liberia 1.09 2010 up 47.3% volatile
129 Yemen 1.01 2010 up 129.5% volatile
130 Malawi 0.89 2010 up 242.3% volatile
131 Cambodia 0.87 2010 up 102.3% volatile
132 Central African Republic 0.86 2010 up 6.2% volatile
133 Sudan 0.75 2010 down 7.4% volatile
134 Mauritania 0.74 2010 up 45.1% volatile
135 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.66 2010 up 11.9% volatile
136 Rwanda 0.63 2010 up 8.6% volatile
137 Senegal 0.61 2010 up 24.5% rising
138 Mali 0.59 2010 up 436.4% volatile
139 Burundi 0.53 2010 up 76.7% volatile
140 Papua New Guinea 0.48 2010 up 152.6% volatile
141 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.37 2010 up 19.4% volatile
142 Niger 0.23 2010 up 35.3% volatile
143 Afghanistan 0.13 2010 down 53.6% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.1 2010 up 42.9% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25-29, 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, 25-29, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 25-29.