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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
6.9
Germany
Lowest
0.17
Mozambique
Median
2.9
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 25+, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 6.9 in Germany; the lowest is 0.17 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.9, and the mean is 2.95.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 41.

Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 152.6%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 11.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 6.9 2010 up 47.1% volatile
2 Kazakhstan 6.69 2010 up 10.0% volatile
3 Tajikistan 6.65 2010 down 2.6% rising
4 Kyrgyzstan 6.55 2010 up 21.5% rising
5 Moldova 6.18 2010 up 21.4% rising
6 Switzerland 5.94 2010 up 52.7% rising
7 United States 5.71 2010 up 5.5% rising
8 Finland 5.6 2010 up 49.7% rising
9 United Kingdom 5.5 2010 up 57.1% rising
10 Austria 5.47 2010 up 13.0% rising
11 Estonia 5.33 2010 up 10.6% rising
12 Mongolia 5.22 2010 up 18.1% volatile
13 Canada 5.18 2010 up 18.0% rising
14 Sweden 5.15 2010 up 5.3% rising
15 Israel 5.09 2010 up 4.1% rising
16 Denmark 5.05 2010 up 6.5% rising
17 France 5.03 2010 up 16.4% volatile
18 Armenia 5.02 2010 up 5.7% rising
19 Hong Kong 4.84 2010 up 30.8% rising
20 Ukraine 4.72 2010 up 5.8% rising
21 Netherlands 4.69 2010 up 7.1% rising
22 South Korea 4.68 2010 up 13.9% volatile
22 Norway 4.68 2010 up 25.8% volatile
24 Latvia 4.64 2010 up 19.0% rising
24 Tonga 4.64 2010 up 50.2% rising
26 Australia 4.63 2010 down 0.6% rising
26 Lithuania 4.63 2010 up 8.7% rising
26 Russia 4.63 2010 up 1.5% rising
26 Slovenia 4.63 2010 up 29.3% volatile
30 Japan 4.61 2010 up 14.7% rising
31 Luxembourg 4.6 2010 up 25.0% rising
32 Bulgaria 4.52 2010 up 27.7% rising
33 Italy 4.49 2010 up 21.0% volatile
34 Singapore 4.36 2010 up 16.9% volatile
35 Belgium 4.24 2010 up 10.4% rising
35 Cyprus 4.24 2010 up 18.4% volatile
37 Croatia 4.11 2010 up 67.1% volatile
37 Ireland 4.11 2010 up 12.9% rising
39 Malaysia 4.08 2010 up 29.5% volatile
40 Malta 4.03 2010 up 6.1% rising
41 Iceland 4 2010 up 22.3% rising
42 Serbia 3.99 2010 up 83.0% volatile
43 Cuba 3.93 2010 up 12.0% volatile
44 Spain 3.92 2010 up 23.7% volatile
45 Jamaica 3.78 2010 up 23.9% volatile
46 Czechia 3.76 2010 up 4.7% rising
47 Chile 3.73 2010 up 19.2% rising
48 Brunei 3.68 2010 up 8.2% volatile
48 Slovakia 3.68 2010 up 41.0% rising
50 New Zealand 3.6 2010 down 2.2% rising
51 Jordan 3.53 2010 up 17.3% volatile
52 Greece 3.5 2010 up 22.8% rising
53 Barbados 3.44 2010 up 12.4% rising
54 Hungary 3.43 2010 up 20.4% volatile
55 Belize 3.41 2010 up 48.3% volatile
56 United Arab Emirates 3.37 2010 up 3.4% volatile
57 Romania 3.36 2010 up 13.1% volatile
58 Mauritius 3.34 2010 up 67.8% volatile
59 Guyana 3.32 2010 up 21.6% volatile
60 South Africa 3.3 2010 up 60.2% rising
61 Iran 3.28 2010 up 45.1% volatile
62 Poland 3.26 2010 up 10.9% volatile
62 Trinidad and Tobago 3.26 2010 up 40.5% volatile
64 Sri Lanka 3.21 2010 up 2.9% rising
65 Panama 3.15 2010 up 12.1% rising
66 Albania 3.14 2010 up 3.3% rising
67 Colombia 3.09 2010 up 39.8% volatile
68 Kuwait 3.02 2010 down 5.6% rising
69 Peru 2.95 2010 up 2.4% rising
70 Botswana 2.93 2010 up 22.6% volatile
71 Ghana 2.91 2010 up 15.0% volatile
71 Vietnam 2.91 2010 up 104.9% volatile
73 Mexico 2.89 2010 up 20.9% volatile
74 Macao 2.84 2010 up 49.5% volatile
75 Qatar 2.81 2010 up 12.0% rising
76 Saudi Arabia 2.77 2010 up 25.9% rising
76 Venezuela 2.77 2010 up 57.4% rising
78 Gabon 2.75 2010 up 26.1% volatile
79 Dominican Republic 2.63 2010 up 75.3% volatile
80 Egypt 2.59 2010 up 46.3% volatile
81 Argentina 2.56 2010 up 24.3% rising
82 Bahrain 2.54 2010 down 3.1% volatile
83 Libya 2.53 2010 up 42.1% volatile
84 Fiji 2.49 2010 up 14.7% volatile
85 Philippines 2.4 2010 up 7.6% rising
86 Uruguay 2.3 2010 up 4.1% rising
87 India 2.25 2010 up 26.4% volatile
88 Ecuador 2.23 2010 up 10.4% volatile
89 Zimbabwe 2.22 2010 up 8.8% volatile
90 Tunisia 2.2 2010 up 40.1% volatile
91 Brazil 2.16 2010 up 32.5% volatile
91 Portugal 2.16 2010 up 2.4% volatile
93 Indonesia 2.1 2010 up 110.0% volatile
94 Congo 2.05 2010 down 3.8% volatile
95 Paraguay 2.02 2010 up 37.4% rising
96 Iraq 2 2010 up 27.4% volatile
97 Bolivia 1.97 2010 down 5.7% rising
97 Costa Rica 1.97 2010 up 7.7% volatile
99 China 1.92 2010 up 22.3% volatile
99 Turkey 1.92 2010 up 36.2% volatile
101 Pakistan 1.9 2010 up 35.7% volatile
102 Bangladesh 1.89 2010 up 65.8% volatile
103 Thailand 1.88 2010 up 111.2% volatile
104 Algeria 1.84 2010 up 19.5% volatile
105 Nicaragua 1.78 2010 up 24.5% volatile
106 Haiti 1.77 2010 up 42.7% volatile
107 Syria 1.72 2010 up 53.6% volatile
108 Cameroon 1.64 2010 up 33.3% volatile
109 Kenya 1.57 2010 up 37.7% volatile
109 Morocco 1.57 2010 up 31.9% volatile
111 El Salvador 1.44 2010 up 24.1% volatile
112 Liberia 1.42 2010 up 25.7% volatile
112 Namibia 1.42 2010 up 21.4% rising
114 Maldives 1.41 2010 up 58.4% falling
115 Togo 1.34 2010 up 8.9% volatile
116 Honduras 1.3 2010 up 13.0% volatile
117 Uganda 1.28 2010 up 137.0% volatile
118 Cote d'Ivoire 1.26 2010 up 32.6% volatile
119 Benin 1.25 2010 up 42.0% volatile
120 Zambia 1.23 2010 up 21.8% volatile
121 Laos 1.22 2010 up 41.9% volatile
122 Nepal 1.14 2010 up 25.3% volatile
123 Gambia 1.13 2010 up 52.7% volatile
124 Myanmar 1.08 2010 up 35.0% rising
125 Central African Republic 1.06 2010 up 27.7% volatile
126 Guatemala 1.04 2010 up 20.9% volatile
127 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.99 2010 up 12.5% volatile
128 Lesotho 0.94 2010 down 11.3% volatile
129 Sierra Leone 0.91 2010 up 37.9% volatile
130 Eswatini 0.83 2010 down 3.5% rising
130 Yemen 0.83 2010 up 124.3% volatile
132 Cambodia 0.81 2010 up 55.8% volatile
133 Mauritania 0.78 2010 up 39.3% volatile
134 Afghanistan 0.76 2010 up 43.4% volatile
135 Sudan 0.72 2010 up 12.5% volatile
136 Malawi 0.62 2010 up 63.2% volatile
137 Senegal 0.6 2010 up 22.4% volatile
138 Papua New Guinea 0.59 2010 down 7.8% volatile
139 Mali 0.48 2010 up 152.6% volatile
140 Rwanda 0.44 2010 up 51.7% volatile
141 Burundi 0.36 2010 up 63.6% volatile
142 Tanzania 0.34 2010 up 25.9% volatile
143 Niger 0.31 2010 up 29.2% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.17 2010 up 70.0% volatile

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