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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.42
Germany
Lowest
0.27
Mozambique
Median
3.75
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25-29, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.42 in Germany; the lowest is 0.27 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.75, and the mean is 3.72.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 31.

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 198.6%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 51.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 8.42 2010 up 19.1% volatile
2 Slovenia 7.75 2010 up 3.7% volatile
3 Croatia 7.71 2010 up 20.8% volatile
4 Serbia 7.43 2010 up 30.1% volatile
5 Austria 7.03 2010 up 4.8% rising
6 Latvia 6.96 2010 up 114.8% rising
7 Kazakhstan 6.9 2010 up 0.3% rising
8 Kyrgyzstan 6.77 2010 up 9.9% rising
9 Hong Kong, China 6.67 2010 up 11.4% rising
10 Italy 6.62 2010 up 10.5% rising
11 Armenia 6.56 2010 up 74.0% flat
12 Switzerland 6.46 2010 up 29.2% rising
13 France 6.4 2010 up 12.5% volatile
14 Sri Lanka 6.36 2010 up 9.3% volatile
14 Republic of Moldova 6.36 2010 up 2.3% rising
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.28 2010 up 40.5% rising
17 Luxembourg 6.03 2010 up 28.0% rising
18 Republic of Korea 5.95 2010 up 0.8% rising
18 Tonga 5.95 2010 up 69.5% rising
20 Malta 5.87 2010 down 1.8% rising
21 Singapore 5.83 2010 up 7.6% volatile
21 United States of America 5.83 2010 up 2.1% rising
23 Malaysia 5.79 2010 up 21.9% volatile
24 Iceland 5.69 2010 up 16.8% rising
25 Canada 5.68 2010 up 10.1% rising
26 Mongolia 5.61 2010 down 5.6% rising
27 Jamaica 5.6 2010 up 16.9% volatile
28 Japan 5.59 2010 up 1.8% rising
29 Tajikistan 5.58 2010 down 17.6% rising
30 Finland 5.51 2010 up 18.0% rising
31 Cyprus 5.4 2010 up 2.3% rising
32 Sweden 5.36 2010 down 2.9% rising
33 Netherlands 5.35 2010 up 4.3% rising
34 Estonia 5.31 2010 down 3.8% rising
35 Spain 5.27 2010 up 6.0% volatile
36 Belgium 5.25 2010 down 1.5% rising
37 Greece 5.19 2010 up 9.7% rising
38 Chile 5.12 2010 up 21.9% rising
39 Denmark 4.92 2010 down 6.6% rising
40 Russian Federation 4.8 2010 up 26.6% rising
41 Lithuania 4.79 2010 up 33.4% rising
42 Mauritius 4.74 2010 up 62.9% rising
43 Cuba 4.7 2010 down 8.2% volatile
44 Iran, Islamic Republic of 4.69 2010 up 29.6% volatile
45 Ireland 4.66 2010 up 8.4% rising
46 Australia 4.61 2010 down 0.2% rising
46 Jordan 4.61 2010 up 9.5% volatile
48 Norway 4.6 2010 down 11.4% rising
49 Fiji 4.54 2010 up 49.8% volatile
50 Colombia 4.52 2010 up 51.2% volatile
51 Guyana 4.47 2010 up 23.1% volatile
52 Ukraine 4.43 2010 up 18.8% flat
53 Brunei Darussalam 4.34 2010 up 15.7% rising
54 Bangladesh 4.27 2010 up 198.6% volatile
55 Trinidad and Tobago 4.26 2010 up 20.7% volatile
56 Egypt 4.23 2010 up 30.6% volatile
57 Portugal 4.22 2010 up 35.7% volatile
58 South Africa 4.18 2010 up 43.2% volatile
59 Macau, China 4.11 2010 up 37.9% volatile
60 Panama 4.07 2010 up 13.4% rising
61 New Zealand 4.04 2010 down 19.2% rising
62 Saudi Arabia 3.93 2010 up 33.2% rising
63 Maldives 3.9 2010 up 186.8% rising
64 Barbados 3.89 2010 up 8.4% rising
64 Ghana 3.89 2010 up 49.0% volatile
64 Thailand 3.89 2010 up 123.6% volatile
67 Slovakia 3.88 2010 up 10.5% rising
68 Czechia 3.87 2010 up 0.5% rising
69 Viet Nam 3.86 2010 up 112.1% volatile
70 Poland 3.79 2010 up 4.4% rising
71 Botswana 3.78 2010 up 6.8% volatile
72 United Arab Emirates 3.77 2010 down 2.8% rising
73 Peru 3.74 2010 up 11.6% rising
74 Hungary 3.73 2010 up 6.3% volatile
74 Tunisia 3.73 2010 up 52.9% volatile
76 Libya 3.7 2010 up 24.2% volatile
77 Israel 3.69 2010 down 36.2% rising
78 China 3.68 2010 up 44.9% volatile
79 Mexico 3.67 2010 up 23.6% volatile
80 India 3.6 2010 up 48.1% volatile
81 Gabon 3.57 2010 up 3.2% volatile
82 Dominican Republic 3.49 2010 up 80.8% volatile
83 Romania 3.43 2010 down 51.0% volatile
84 Bulgaria 3.42 2010 down 32.3% rising
84 Ecuador 3.42 2010 up 29.1% volatile
86 Argentina 3.36 2010 up 15.9% rising
87 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.31 2010 up 56.9% rising
88 Bahrain 3.28 2010 down 9.9% volatile
89 Türkiye 3.22 2010 up 47.7% volatile
90 Indonesia 3.19 2010 up 195.4% volatile
90 Paraguay 3.19 2010 up 73.4% volatile
92 Kuwait 3.06 2010 down 12.3% rising
93 Uruguay 2.99 2010 up 1.7% rising
94 Albania 2.91 2010 up 3.6% rising
95 Philippines 2.83 2010 up 12.3% rising
96 Costa Rica 2.76 2010 up 25.5% rising
97 Belize 2.67 2010 down 1.1% rising
98 Qatar 2.65 2010 down 4.0% rising
99 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.63 2010 up 10.5% rising
100 Pakistan 2.6 2010 up 26.8% volatile
101 Iraq 2.39 2010 up 9.6% volatile
102 Algeria 2.34 2010 down 17.3% volatile
103 Haiti 2.27 2010 up 10.7% volatile
104 Nicaragua 2.2 2010 up 11.1% rising
105 Gambia 2.16 2010 up 67.4% volatile
105 Zimbabwe 2.16 2010 down 33.5% volatile
107 Cameroon 2.15 2010 up 8.0% volatile
107 Morocco 2.15 2010 up 12.0% volatile
109 Syrian Arab Republic 1.96 2010 up 98.0% rising
110 Benin 1.94 2010 up 74.8% volatile
111 Kenya 1.93 2010 up 12.2% volatile
112 Togo 1.9 2010 up 15.2% volatile
113 Honduras 1.88 2010 up 24.5% volatile
114 Brazil 1.87 2010 up 68.5% rising
115 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.85 2010 up 33.1% volatile
115 Myanmar 1.85 2010 up 81.4% rising
117 Namibia 1.84 2010 up 3.4% rising
118 Côte d'Ivoire 1.73 2010 up 16.1% volatile
119 Uganda 1.69 2010 up 108.6% volatile
120 Yemen 1.64 2010 up 60.8% volatile
121 Congo 1.63 2010 down 39.2% volatile
122 Liberia 1.52 2010 up 24.6% volatile
123 Sierra Leone 1.5 2010 up 64.8% volatile
124 Lesotho 1.48 2010 down 15.9% volatile
124 Nepal 1.48 2010 down 16.9% volatile
124 El Salvador 1.48 2010 up 37.0% rising
127 Guatemala 1.45 2010 up 10.7% volatile
128 Eswatini 1.39 2010 up 11.2% rising
129 Central African Republic 1.35 2010 up 2.3% volatile
130 Cambodia 1.27 2010 up 74.0% volatile
131 Zambia 1.2 2010 down 11.8% volatile
132 Malawi 1.09 2010 up 142.2% volatile
133 Mauritania 1.07 2010 up 23.0% volatile
134 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.05 2010 down 10.3% volatile
135 Afghanistan 1.03 2010 up 98.1% volatile
136 Senegal 0.81 2010 up 15.7% rising
137 Sudan 0.74 2010 down 15.9% rising
138 Rwanda 0.66 2010 up 11.9% volatile
139 Mali 0.63 2010 up 162.5% volatile
140 Burundi 0.56 2010 up 47.4% volatile
141 Papua New Guinea 0.53 2010 up 112.0% volatile
142 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.46 2010 up 24.3% rising
143 Niger 0.39 2010 down 4.9% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.27 2010 up 170.0% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25-29, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
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Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Average years of secondary schooling, 25-29, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 25-29.