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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
6.68
Tajikistan
Lowest
0.07
Mozambique
Median
2.88
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 6.68 in Tajikistan; the lowest is 0.07 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.88, and the mean is 2.82.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 95.

Over the past decade 139 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 575.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 13.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tajikistan 6.68 2010 up 1.8% rising
2 Germany 6.57 2010 up 64.7% volatile
3 Kazakhstan 6.56 2010 up 12.1% volatile
4 Kyrgyzstan 6.47 2010 up 23.7% rising
5 Moldova 6.04 2010 up 24.3% rising
6 Switzerland 5.72 2010 up 71.8% rising
6 United States 5.72 2010 up 5.3% rising
8 Finland 5.64 2010 up 50.8% volatile
9 Estonia 5.38 2010 up 12.1% volatile
10 United Kingdom 5.37 2010 up 56.6% rising
11 Mongolia 5.32 2010 up 21.2% volatile
12 Canada 5.18 2010 up 18.5% rising
13 Sweden 5.17 2010 up 5.3% rising
14 Israel 5.08 2010 up 3.0% rising
15 Armenia 5.02 2010 up 6.4% rising
16 Denmark 4.92 2010 up 8.4% rising
17 France 4.82 2010 up 17.6% volatile
18 Austria 4.73 2010 up 17.4% rising
19 Ukraine 4.71 2010 up 9.5% rising
20 Latvia 4.69 2010 up 17.8% rising
21 Norway 4.66 2010 up 31.3% volatile
22 Hong Kong 4.65 2010 up 31.4% volatile
23 Tonga 4.64 2010 up 55.2% rising
24 Russia 4.63 2010 up 2.9% rising
25 Australia 4.59 2010 up 0.2% rising
25 Lithuania 4.59 2010 up 9.3% rising
27 Bulgaria 4.58 2010 up 29.0% rising
28 Japan 4.55 2010 up 16.1% rising
29 Netherlands 4.5 2010 up 8.7% rising
30 Slovenia 4.44 2010 up 31.8% volatile
31 South Korea 4.31 2010 up 20.1% volatile
32 Italy 4.28 2010 up 23.3% volatile
33 Luxembourg 4.21 2010 up 28.0% rising
34 Ireland 4.18 2010 up 12.7% rising
35 Singapore 4.16 2010 up 19.9% volatile
36 Iceland 4.15 2010 up 22.4% volatile
37 Belgium 4.11 2010 up 10.5% rising
38 United Arab Emirates 4.04 2010 up 14.1% volatile
38 Cyprus 4.04 2010 up 21.3% volatile
40 Malaysia 3.94 2010 up 36.3% volatile
41 Jamaica 3.91 2010 up 23.0% volatile
42 Cuba 3.85 2010 up 13.6% volatile
43 Spain 3.77 2010 up 26.1% volatile
43 New Zealand 3.77 2010 up 3.3% rising
45 Croatia 3.75 2010 up 80.3% volatile
46 Malta 3.7 2010 up 6.0% rising
47 Chile 3.67 2010 up 20.3% rising
47 Guyana 3.67 2010 up 19.5% volatile
49 Czechia 3.66 2010 up 6.7% volatile
50 Serbia 3.61 2010 up 97.3% volatile
51 Slovakia 3.58 2010 up 57.0% volatile
52 Brunei 3.56 2010 up 7.9% volatile
53 Barbados 3.55 2010 up 13.8% rising
54 Qatar 3.49 2010 up 22.9% volatile
55 Belize 3.44 2010 up 50.2% volatile
55 Kuwait 3.44 2010 up 4.9% rising
57 Jordan 3.34 2010 up 30.5% volatile
58 Greece 3.33 2010 up 26.6% rising
58 Hungary 3.33 2010 up 25.7% volatile
60 Gabon 3.32 2010 up 28.7% volatile
61 Panama 3.29 2010 up 13.1% rising
62 Trinidad and Tobago 3.27 2010 up 40.9% volatile
63 South Africa 3.24 2010 up 64.5% volatile
64 Sri Lanka 3.17 2010 up 3.3% volatile
65 Poland 3.15 2010 up 12.5% volatile
66 Romania 3.13 2010 up 16.8% volatile
67 Colombia 3.12 2010 up 41.8% volatile
68 Iran 3.1 2010 up 67.6% volatile
69 Mauritius 3.06 2010 up 81.1% volatile
70 Libya 3.03 2010 up 73.1% volatile
71 Albania 2.96 2010 up 6.5% rising
72 Venezuela 2.95 2010 up 63.9% volatile
73 Botswana 2.8 2010 up 20.2% volatile
74 Macao 2.79 2010 up 60.3% volatile
75 Mexico 2.78 2010 up 25.2% volatile
76 Dominican Republic 2.76 2010 up 57.7% volatile
77 Bahrain 2.69 2010 up 3.1% volatile
78 Peru 2.66 2010 up 2.3% volatile
79 Saudi Arabia 2.61 2010 up 49.1% volatile
80 Vietnam 2.6 2010 up 114.9% volatile
81 Argentina 2.58 2010 up 22.9% rising
82 Fiji 2.47 2010 up 16.5% volatile
82 Philippines 2.47 2010 up 10.8% rising
84 Uruguay 2.41 2010 up 13.7% rising
85 Ghana 2.35 2010 up 22.4% volatile
86 Brazil 2.26 2010 up 32.9% volatile
87 Ecuador 2.23 2010 up 10.9% volatile
88 Portugal 2.19 2010 up 9.0% volatile
89 Egypt 2.16 2010 up 61.2% volatile
90 Costa Rica 1.99 2010 up 8.2% volatile
91 Paraguay 1.96 2010 up 43.1% volatile
92 Zimbabwe 1.94 2010 up 20.5% volatile
93 Tunisia 1.88 2010 up 67.9% volatile
94 Indonesia 1.84 2010 up 132.9% volatile
95 Nicaragua 1.82 2010 up 33.8% volatile
96 Congo 1.81 2010 down 4.7% volatile
97 Bolivia 1.77 2010 down 0.6% rising
97 Thailand 1.77 2010 up 132.9% volatile
99 China 1.71 2010 up 31.5% volatile
100 Algeria 1.7 2010 up 44.1% volatile
101 Bangladesh 1.69 2010 up 81.7% volatile
102 Turkey 1.49 2010 up 56.8% volatile
103 Syria 1.48 2010 up 42.3% volatile
104 India 1.44 2010 up 20.0% volatile
105 Iraq 1.42 2010 up 37.9% volatile
106 Namibia 1.38 2010 up 23.2% rising
106 El Salvador 1.38 2010 up 29.0% volatile
108 Kenya 1.35 2010 up 82.4% volatile
109 Honduras 1.33 2010 up 16.7% volatile
110 Myanmar 1.28 2010 up 37.6% volatile
111 Morocco 1.27 2010 up 41.1% volatile
111 Maldives 1.27 2010 up 62.8% falling
113 Cameroon 1.25 2010 up 43.7% volatile
114 Pakistan 1.18 2010 up 53.2% volatile
115 Guatemala 1.02 2010 up 29.1% volatile
116 Lesotho 1.01 2010 down 12.9% volatile
117 Uganda 1 2010 up 203.0% volatile
118 Laos 0.95 2010 up 61.0% volatile
119 Zambia 0.93 2010 up 38.8% volatile
120 Haiti 0.83 2010 up 25.8% volatile
121 Liberia 0.81 2010 up 47.3% volatile
122 Cote d'Ivoire 0.8 2010 up 56.9% volatile
122 Gambia 0.8 2010 up 77.8% volatile
124 Nepal 0.78 2010 up 62.5% volatile
125 Eswatini 0.75 2010 down 13.8% volatile
126 Togo 0.74 2010 up 15.6% volatile
127 Benin 0.69 2010 up 46.8% volatile
128 Sudan 0.61 2010 up 27.1% volatile
129 Central African Republic 0.59 2010 up 37.2% volatile
130 Sierra Leone 0.57 2010 up 58.3% volatile
131 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.56 2010 up 21.7% volatile
132 Mali 0.54 2010 up 575.0% volatile
133 Cambodia 0.49 2010 up 69.0% volatile
134 Mauritania 0.44 2010 up 63.0% volatile
135 Yemen 0.43 2010 up 230.8% volatile
136 Malawi 0.42 2010 up 121.1% volatile
136 Rwanda 0.42 2010 up 61.5% volatile
138 Papua New Guinea 0.4 2010 unchanged volatile
139 Senegal 0.39 2010 up 39.3% volatile
140 Burundi 0.28 2010 up 86.7% volatile
141 Afghanistan 0.25 2010 up 19.0% volatile
141 Tanzania 0.25 2010 up 31.6% volatile
143 Niger 0.15 2010 up 66.7% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.07 2010 up 40.0% volatile

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