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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 30-34, total by country

Average years of secondary schooling, 30-34, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 30-34.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.39
Germany
Lowest
0.27
Papua New Guinea
Median
3.42
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 30-34, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.39 in Germany; the lowest is 0.27 in Papua New Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.42, and the mean is 3.48.

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

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 160.0%), and the largest decrease in Papua New Guinea (down 74.8%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 30-34, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 8.39 2010 up 15.1% volatile
2 Slovenia 7.72 2010 up 112.7% volatile
3 Croatia 7.56 2010 up 143.1% volatile
4 Serbia 7.22 2010 up 159.7% volatile
5 Austria 7.08 2010 up 25.5% rising
6 Kazakhstan 6.93 2010 up 0.4% rising
7 Kyrgyzstan 6.8 2010 up 10.4% rising
8 Tajikistan 6.65 2010 down 13.3% rising
9 Switzerland 6.49 2010 up 30.6% rising
10 Hong Kong, China 6.47 2010 up 13.5% rising
11 Republic of Moldova 6.41 2010 up 0.6% rising
12 France 6.38 2010 up 18.6% volatile
13 Italy 6.36 2010 up 15.0% volatile
14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.14 2010 up 54.3% rising
15 Republic of Korea 5.94 2010 up 2.6% rising
16 Tonga 5.78 2010 up 73.1% rising
17 United States of America 5.75 2010 up 0.7% rising
18 Singapore 5.74 2010 up 13.4% volatile
19 Malta 5.69 2010 down 3.6% volatile
20 Canada 5.67 2010 up 9.9% rising
21 Mongolia 5.65 2010 down 4.9% volatile
22 Finland 5.6 2010 up 20.4% rising
22 Japan 5.6 2010 up 2.8% rising
24 Luxembourg 5.57 2010 up 22.4% rising
25 Estonia 5.49 2010 down 4.0% rising
26 Sweden 5.44 2010 down 0.2% rising
27 Netherlands 5.4 2010 up 7.1% rising
28 Spain 5.36 2010 up 16.0% volatile
29 Belgium 5.28 2010 up 3.1% rising
30 Malaysia 5.26 2010 up 19.0% volatile
31 Cyprus 5.25 2010 up 0.6% rising
32 Iceland 5.23 2010 up 13.9% rising
33 Denmark 5.21 2010 down 2.4% rising
33 Sri Lanka 5.21 2010 up 74.2% volatile
35 New Zealand 5.1 2010 up 40.5% rising
36 Greece 4.96 2010 up 9.5% rising
36 Jamaica 4.96 2010 up 23.1% volatile
38 Russian Federation 4.78 2010 up 23.8% rising
39 Chile 4.73 2010 up 27.8% rising
39 Lithuania 4.73 2010 up 24.5% rising
41 Norway 4.69 2010 down 5.8% rising
42 Armenia 4.66 2010 up 22.3% falling
43 Ukraine 4.65 2010 up 21.7% rising
44 Ireland 4.63 2010 up 11.8% rising
45 Australia 4.55 2010 down 19.5% rising
46 Mauritius 4.27 2010 up 63.0% rising
47 Fiji 4.26 2010 up 59.0% volatile
48 Latvia 4.16 2010 up 28.0% rising
49 Colombia 4.09 2010 up 47.7% volatile
50 Trinidad and Tobago 4.05 2010 up 15.7% volatile
51 Cuba 4.04 2010 down 21.2% volatile
51 South Africa 4.04 2010 up 54.8% volatile
53 Guyana 3.93 2010 up 29.7% volatile
53 Macau, China 3.93 2010 up 57.8% volatile
55 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3.9 2010 up 40.3% volatile
56 Botswana 3.89 2010 up 20.4% volatile
56 Czechia 3.89 2010 up 1.3% rising
58 Jordan 3.84 2010 down 4.2% volatile
59 Panama 3.83 2010 up 6.7% rising
60 Slovakia 3.77 2010 up 8.6% rising
61 Poland 3.75 2010 up 4.2% rising
62 Hungary 3.73 2010 up 6.9% volatile
62 Viet Nam 3.73 2010 up 131.7% volatile
64 Barbados 3.63 2010 up 2.5% rising
65 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.6 2010 up 81.8% volatile
66 Israel 3.59 2010 down 35.5% rising
66 Portugal 3.59 2010 up 40.8% volatile
68 Egypt 3.57 2010 up 43.4% volatile
69 Brunei Darussalam 3.5 2010 down 14.4% rising
70 Libya 3.45 2010 up 43.8% volatile
71 Saudi Arabia 3.44 2010 up 37.6% rising
72 Peru 3.43 2010 up 4.9% rising
73 Romania 3.42 2010 down 3.7% volatile
74 China 3.4 2010 up 47.2% volatile
75 United Arab Emirates 3.38 2010 down 3.2% rising
76 Gabon 3.31 2010 up 5.8% volatile
77 Mexico 3.3 2010 up 11.1% volatile
78 Thailand 3.25 2010 up 160.0% volatile
79 Ghana 3.17 2010 down 4.5% volatile
79 India 3.17 2010 up 50.2% volatile
81 Argentina 3.16 2010 up 15.3% rising
82 Dominican Republic 3.05 2010 up 35.0% volatile
83 Ecuador 2.99 2010 up 12.8% volatile
84 Tunisia 2.94 2010 up 43.4% volatile
85 Bahrain 2.93 2010 up 5.4% volatile
86 Uruguay 2.92 2010 up 9.4% rising
87 Kuwait 2.82 2010 down 12.4% rising
88 Indonesia 2.79 2010 up 156.0% volatile
89 Albania 2.78 2010 down 1.8% rising
90 Qatar 2.75 2010 up 1.1% rising
91 Türkiye 2.72 2010 up 54.5% volatile
92 Bangladesh 2.71 2010 up 116.8% volatile
93 Algeria 2.6 2010 up 20.9% volatile
93 Philippines 2.6 2010 up 8.8% rising
95 Bulgaria 2.59 2010 up 16.7% volatile
95 Iraq 2.59 2010 up 9.3% volatile
95 Paraguay 2.59 2010 up 57.0% volatile
98 Belize 2.58 2010 down 7.2% volatile
99 Maldives 2.53 2010 up 86.0% falling
100 Costa Rica 2.46 2010 up 13.4% volatile
101 Zimbabwe 2.42 2010 down 22.7% volatile
102 Pakistan 2.34 2010 up 35.3% volatile
103 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.23 2010 up 4.2% rising
104 Haiti 2.16 2010 up 20.0% volatile
104 Morocco 2.16 2010 up 28.6% volatile
106 Cameroon 2.13 2010 up 22.4% volatile
107 Kenya 2.01 2010 up 36.7% volatile
108 Nicaragua 1.94 2010 up 3.2% volatile
109 Congo 1.86 2010 down 37.4% volatile
110 Syrian Arab Republic 1.81 2010 up 64.5% volatile
111 Zambia 1.73 2010 up 16.1% volatile
112 Côte d'Ivoire 1.68 2010 up 34.4% volatile
113 Brazil 1.66 2010 up 62.7% rising
114 Namibia 1.62 2010 up 3.8% rising
115 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.58 2010 up 20.6% volatile
116 Togo 1.57 2010 up 1.9% volatile
117 Honduras 1.56 2010 up 1.3% volatile
118 Liberia 1.55 2010 up 10.7% volatile
119 Gambia 1.54 2010 up 79.1% volatile
120 Benin 1.51 2010 up 15.3% volatile
121 Uganda 1.46 2010 up 100.0% volatile
122 Central African Republic 1.37 2010 up 0.7% volatile
123 Nepal 1.34 2010 up 4.7% volatile
124 El Salvador 1.31 2010 down 29.6% volatile
125 Myanmar 1.28 2010 up 29.3% rising
126 Guatemala 1.26 2010 up 7.7% volatile
127 Lesotho 1.21 2010 down 28.0% volatile
128 Yemen 1.15 2010 up 69.1% volatile
129 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1 2010 down 45.4% volatile
130 Cambodia 0.98 2010 up 46.3% volatile
131 Mauritania 0.97 2010 unchanged volatile
132 Sierra Leone 0.95 2010 down 8.7% volatile
133 Afghanistan 0.93 2010 up 72.2% volatile
134 Sudan 0.8 2010 unchanged volatile
135 Eswatini 0.7 2010 down 35.8% rising
136 Senegal 0.68 2010 up 25.9% volatile
137 Rwanda 0.53 2010 up 76.7% volatile
138 Burundi 0.52 2010 up 92.6% volatile
139 Mali 0.45 2010 up 104.5% volatile
139 Malawi 0.45 2010 up 25.0% volatile
141 Niger 0.39 2010 up 5.4% volatile
142 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.36 2010 up 5.9% volatile
143 Mozambique 0.28 2010 up 100.0% volatile
144 Papua New Guinea 0.27 2010 down 74.8% volatile

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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 30-34, 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, 30-34, total is the average years of secondary education completed among people age 30-34.