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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female by country

Average years of secondary schooling, 35-39, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 35-39.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.31
Germany
Lowest
0.07
Mozambique
Median
3.33
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.31 in Germany; the lowest is 0.07 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.33, and the mean is 3.28.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 119.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 780.0%), and the largest decrease in Papua New Guinea (down 68.9%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 8.31 2010 up 18.7% volatile
2 Slovenia 7.48 2010 up 107.2% volatile
3 Croatia 7.27 2010 up 157.8% volatile
4 Romania 7.16 2010 up 113.1% volatile
5 Serbia 7.09 2010 up 168.6% volatile
6 Kazakhstan 6.91 2010 up 0.1% volatile
7 Kyrgyzstan 6.86 2010 up 11.0% rising
8 Republic of Moldova 6.74 2010 up 4.7% rising
9 Tajikistan 6.73 2010 down 9.7% rising
10 Austria 6.57 2010 up 26.3% volatile
11 Mongolia 6.37 2010 up 40.0% volatile
12 Switzerland 6.28 2010 up 38.9% rising
13 Bulgaria 6.26 2010 up 179.5% volatile
14 Israel 6.12 2010 up 8.1% rising
15 France 6.09 2010 up 12.8% volatile
16 Hong Kong 6.06 2010 up 22.9% volatile
17 Italy 6.01 2010 up 16.2% volatile
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6 2010 up 58.7% rising
19 Republic of Korea 5.91 2010 up 11.7% volatile
20 Estonia 5.74 2010 down 0.9% rising
21 United States 5.73 2010 down 0.5% rising
22 Canada 5.67 2010 up 15.5% rising
23 Finland 5.66 2010 up 18.4% rising
24 Japan 5.64 2010 up 2.2% rising
25 Sweden 5.6 2010 up 0.4% rising
26 Malta 5.54 2010 down 4.3% volatile
27 Singapore 5.46 2010 up 21.6% volatile
28 Denmark 5.35 2010 up 1.5% rising
29 Cuba 5.32 2010 up 7.9% volatile
30 Spain 5.22 2010 up 11.3% volatile
31 Netherlands 5.21 2010 up 8.3% rising
32 Cyprus 5.2 2010 up 5.1% volatile
33 Belgium 5.18 2010 up 7.0% rising
34 Norway 5.11 2010 up 4.3% volatile
35 Luxembourg 5.07 2010 up 21.6% rising
36 Iceland 5 2010 up 13.9% rising
36 Jamaica 5 2010 up 25.6% volatile
38 Greece 4.82 2010 up 17.3% rising
39 Tonga 4.8 2010 up 24.0% rising
40 Malaysia 4.71 2010 up 43.6% volatile
41 Sri Lanka 4.68 2010 up 70.8% volatile
42 Ireland 4.5 2010 up 10.6% rising
43 Australia 4.46 2010 down 18.0% rising
44 New Zealand 4.43 2010 up 25.1% flat
45 Chile 4.27 2010 up 11.5% rising
46 United Arab Emirates 4.24 2010 up 11.9% volatile
47 Guyana 4.08 2010 up 17.9% volatile
48 Belize 4.05 2010 up 69.5% volatile
49 Mauritius 4.04 2010 up 92.4% volatile
50 Lithuania 3.9 2010 up 34.5% rising
51 Czechia 3.89 2010 up 2.9% volatile
52 Russian Federation 3.87 2010 up 32.1% rising
52 Slovakia 3.87 2010 up 18.0% volatile
54 Gabon 3.85 2010 up 8.8% volatile
55 Armenia 3.83 2010 up 33.4% rising
56 Barbados 3.79 2010 up 6.8% rising
56 Ukraine 3.79 2010 up 30.7% rising
58 Jordan 3.77 2010 up 20.8% volatile
59 Panama 3.74 2010 up 6.2% volatile
60 Trinidad and Tobago 3.72 2010 up 41.4% volatile
61 Poland 3.71 2010 up 7.2% volatile
62 Bahrain 3.67 2010 up 30.1% volatile
63 South Africa 3.65 2010 up 83.4% volatile
64 Hungary 3.62 2010 up 8.4% volatile
65 Brunei Darussalam 3.59 2010 down 13.5% volatile
65 Qatar 3.59 2010 up 14.7% volatile
67 Botswana 3.57 2010 up 39.5% volatile
68 Colombia 3.55 2010 up 25.0% volatile
69 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.52 2010 up 92.3% volatile
70 Kuwait 3.44 2010 up 1.8% volatile
71 Macao 3.4 2010 up 78.0% volatile
72 Libya 3.39 2010 up 109.3% volatile
73 Latvia 3.28 2010 up 34.4% rising
74 Argentina 3.09 2010 up 21.2% volatile
75 Mexico 3.04 2010 up 41.4% volatile
76 Congo 2.99 2010 up 10.3% volatile
76 Iran 2.99 2010 up 40.4% volatile
78 Saudi Arabia 2.96 2010 up 35.2% volatile
78 Uruguay 2.96 2010 up 17.9% rising
80 Albania 2.94 2010 up 7.7% rising
81 Egypt 2.92 2010 up 82.5% volatile
82 Dominican Republic 2.91 2010 up 56.5% volatile
83 Viet Nam 2.89 2010 up 91.4% volatile
84 Peru 2.86 2010 down 1.4% volatile
85 Zimbabwe 2.83 2010 up 93.8% volatile
86 Fiji 2.64 2010 up 0.8% volatile
87 Ecuador 2.63 2010 up 12.9% volatile
88 Portugal 2.52 2010 down 22.0% volatile
89 Philippines 2.51 2010 up 53.0% rising
90 Thailand 2.46 2010 up 186.0% volatile
91 Paraguay 2.34 2010 up 56.0% volatile
92 Algeria 2.28 2010 up 51.0% volatile
93 Ghana 2.23 2010 down 19.5% volatile
94 Nicaragua 2.18 2010 up 24.6% volatile
95 Indonesia 2.17 2010 up 149.4% volatile
96 Costa Rica 2 2010 down 15.3% volatile
96 Tunisia 2 2010 up 42.9% volatile
98 China 1.85 2010 down 6.1% volatile
99 Namibia 1.83 2010 up 51.2% rising
100 Kenya 1.68 2010 up 100.0% volatile
100 Syria 1.68 2010 up 7.0% volatile
102 Morocco 1.62 2010 up 55.8% volatile
103 Cameroon 1.61 2010 up 49.1% volatile
104 India 1.6 2010 up 75.8% volatile
104 Iraq 1.6 2010 up 8.1% volatile
106 Türkiye 1.58 2010 up 29.5% volatile
107 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.54 2010 down 1.3% rising
108 Brazil 1.49 2010 down 43.6% volatile
109 Honduras 1.48 2010 up 9.6% volatile
110 Haiti 1.33 2010 up 51.1% volatile
110 Myanmar 1.33 2010 up 10.8% volatile
112 Bangladesh 1.23 2010 up 28.1% volatile
113 Lesotho 1.19 2010 down 38.0% volatile
113 Nepal 1.19 2010 up 197.5% volatile
115 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.17 2010 up 58.1% volatile
116 El Salvador 1.14 2010 down 23.0% volatile
117 Zambia 1.13 2010 up 36.1% volatile
118 Pakistan 1.1 2010 up 18.3% volatile
119 Uganda 1.02 2010 up 183.3% volatile
120 Guatemala 1.01 2010 up 11.0% volatile
121 Côte d'Ivoire 0.94 2010 up 67.9% volatile
122 Liberia 0.89 2010 up 27.1% volatile
123 Gambia 0.88 2010 up 125.6% volatile
124 Maldives 0.82 2010 up 18.8% falling
124 Togo 0.82 2010 down 5.7% volatile
126 Sudan 0.81 2010 up 62.0% volatile
127 Central African Republic 0.8 2010 up 70.2% volatile
128 Eswatini 0.71 2010 down 26.0% volatile
129 Benin 0.67 2010 up 9.8% volatile
130 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.59 2010 down 10.6% volatile
130 Sierra Leone 0.59 2010 up 47.5% volatile
132 Mali 0.57 2010 up 307.1% volatile
132 Rwanda 0.57 2010 up 103.6% volatile
134 Cambodia 0.54 2010 up 80.0% volatile
135 Mauritania 0.51 2010 up 121.7% volatile
136 Yemen 0.44 2010 up 780.0% volatile
137 Senegal 0.39 2010 up 34.5% volatile
138 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.31 2010 up 47.6% volatile
139 Burundi 0.3 2010 up 114.3% volatile
140 Afghanistan 0.28 2010 down 6.7% volatile
141 Malawi 0.26 2010 up 18.2% volatile
142 Papua New Guinea 0.19 2010 down 68.9% volatile
143 Niger 0.17 2010 up 54.5% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.07 2010 up 16.7% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 35-39, 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, 35-39, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 35-39.