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Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, female by country

Average years of secondary schooling, 40-44, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 40-44.

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.31
Germany
Lowest
0.07
Mozambique
Median
2.91
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, 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 2.91, and the mean is 3.06.

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

Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 533.3%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 42.0%).

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 8.31 2010 up 21.7% volatile
2 Tajikistan 7.6 2010 up 2.0% volatile
3 Kazakhstan 6.96 2010 up 1.2% volatile
4 Kyrgyzstan 6.86 2010 up 11.0% volatile
5 Republic of Moldova 6.74 2010 up 6.1% volatile
6 Mongolia 6.32 2010 up 38.9% volatile
7 Switzerland 6.28 2010 up 46.0% rising
8 Israel 6.17 2010 up 16.9% rising
9 France 6.09 2010 up 29.6% volatile
10 Hong Kong 6.06 2010 up 57.4% volatile
11 Italy 6.01 2010 up 16.2% volatile
12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.94 2010 up 66.9% rising
13 United States 5.77 2010 up 0.2% rising
14 Estonia 5.74 2010 down 0.9% volatile
14 Republic of Korea 5.74 2010 up 26.7% volatile
16 Canada 5.67 2010 up 15.5% rising
17 Finland 5.66 2010 up 20.9% volatile
18 Sweden 5.6 2010 up 2.8% rising
19 Japan 5.57 2010 up 0.9% rising
20 Malta 5.54 2010 up 22.0% volatile
21 Austria 5.51 2010 up 11.8% volatile
22 Australia 5.41 2010 down 1.8% rising
23 Denmark 5.35 2010 up 1.1% rising
24 Cuba 5.27 2010 up 6.9% volatile
25 Spain 5.22 2010 up 27.3% volatile
26 Netherlands 5.21 2010 up 8.3% rising
27 Cyprus 5.2 2010 up 19.0% volatile
28 Belgium 5.18 2010 up 16.1% rising
29 Norway 5.11 2010 up 9.2% volatile
30 Singapore 5.09 2010 up 29.5% volatile
31 Luxembourg 5 2010 up 25.3% rising
32 Iceland 4.89 2010 up 22.2% volatile
33 Greece 4.82 2010 up 36.9% rising
34 Tonga 4.8 2010 up 45.0% rising
35 Malaysia 4.71 2010 up 43.6% volatile
36 Ireland 4.5 2010 up 17.8% rising
37 Trinidad and Tobago 4.44 2010 up 70.1% volatile
38 Chile 4.27 2010 up 29.4% rising
39 Jamaica 4.24 2010 up 17.5% volatile
40 Belize 4.05 2010 up 69.5% volatile
41 United Arab Emirates 3.96 2010 up 26.5% volatile
42 Brunei Darussalam 3.94 2010 up 26.3% volatile
43 Lithuania 3.9 2010 down 38.3% volatile
43 Russian Federation 3.9 2010 down 38.7% rising
45 Czechia 3.89 2010 up 6.3% volatile
46 Slovakia 3.87 2010 up 24.8% volatile
47 Armenia 3.85 2010 down 38.5% rising
47 Ukraine 3.85 2010 down 39.1% rising
49 Jordan 3.77 2010 up 52.0% volatile
50 New Zealand 3.74 2010 up 5.6% flat
50 Panama 3.74 2010 up 6.2% volatile
50 Slovenia 3.74 2010 up 8.7% volatile
53 Poland 3.71 2010 up 10.1% volatile
54 Barbados 3.7 2010 up 4.2% rising
55 Mauritius 3.68 2010 up 75.2% volatile
56 South Africa 3.65 2010 up 83.4% volatile
57 Croatia 3.64 2010 up 29.1% volatile
58 Hungary 3.62 2010 up 8.4% volatile
59 Gabon 3.59 2010 up 28.7% volatile
59 Qatar 3.59 2010 up 26.0% volatile
61 Romania 3.58 2010 up 8.5% volatile
62 Colombia 3.55 2010 up 62.8% volatile
62 Serbia 3.55 2010 up 47.9% volatile
64 Guyana 3.51 2010 up 1.4% volatile
65 Dominican Republic 3.44 2010 up 84.9% volatile
65 Kuwait 3.44 2010 up 0.9% volatile
67 Botswana 3.39 2010 up 32.4% volatile
68 Latvia 3.31 2010 down 40.5% rising
69 Mexico 3.04 2010 up 41.4% volatile
70 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.99 2010 up 62.5% volatile
71 Uruguay 2.96 2010 up 19.8% rising
72 Albania 2.94 2010 down 14.0% volatile
73 Congo 2.88 2010 up 89.5% volatile
74 Macao 2.86 2010 up 49.7% volatile
74 Peru 2.86 2010 up 15.8% volatile
76 Viet Nam 2.73 2010 up 173.0% volatile
77 Zimbabwe 2.7 2010 up 84.9% volatile
78 Bulgaria 2.67 2010 up 21.4% volatile
79 Argentina 2.66 2010 up 4.3% volatile
80 Iran 2.65 2010 up 34.5% volatile
81 Ecuador 2.63 2010 up 12.9% volatile
82 Ghana 2.58 2010 down 6.9% volatile
83 Portugal 2.52 2010 down 7.4% volatile
84 Philippines 2.5 2010 up 52.4% rising
85 Libya 2.49 2010 up 88.6% volatile
86 Paraguay 2.34 2010 up 118.7% volatile
87 Bahrain 2.3 2010 down 11.2% volatile
88 Sri Lanka 2.29 2010 down 16.4% rising
89 El Salvador 2.28 2010 up 113.1% volatile
90 Egypt 2.2 2010 up 129.2% volatile
90 Fiji 2.2 2010 up 1.4% volatile
92 Saudi Arabia 2.19 2010 up 79.5% volatile
93 Indonesia 2.17 2010 up 149.4% volatile
94 Nicaragua 2.08 2010 up 54.1% volatile
95 Costa Rica 2 2010 down 7.8% volatile
95 Tunisia 2 2010 up 90.5% volatile
97 China 1.85 2010 up 28.5% volatile
98 Kenya 1.68 2010 up 166.7% volatile
98 Syria 1.68 2010 up 7.0% volatile
100 Iraq 1.66 2010 up 102.4% volatile
101 Thailand 1.64 2010 up 164.5% volatile
102 Türkiye 1.58 2010 up 83.7% volatile
103 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.54 2010 down 33.9% rising
103 Namibia 1.54 2010 up 27.3% rising
105 Brazil 1.49 2010 down 30.7% volatile
106 Honduras 1.48 2010 up 26.5% volatile
107 Algeria 1.42 2010 up 84.4% volatile
108 Cameroon 1.37 2010 up 59.3% volatile
108 Morocco 1.37 2010 up 82.7% volatile
110 Myanmar 1.27 2010 up 33.7% volatile
111 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.21 2010 up 317.2% volatile
112 Lesotho 1.19 2010 up 15.5% volatile
113 Zambia 1.17 2010 up 85.7% volatile
114 India 1.16 2010 up 41.5% volatile
115 Pakistan 1.1 2010 up 59.4% volatile
116 Haiti 1.07 2010 up 62.1% volatile
117 Bangladesh 1.06 2010 up 10.4% volatile
118 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.02 2010 up 175.7% volatile
118 Uganda 1.02 2010 up 292.3% volatile
120 Guatemala 1.01 2010 up 11.0% volatile
121 Central African Republic 0.86 2010 up 83.0% volatile
121 Liberia 0.86 2010 up 56.4% volatile
123 Togo 0.82 2010 up 20.6% volatile
124 Benin 0.77 2010 up 32.8% volatile
125 Nepal 0.75 2010 up 150.0% volatile
126 Côte d'Ivoire 0.71 2010 up 51.1% volatile
127 Sudan 0.7 2010 up 180.0% volatile
128 Papua New Guinea 0.66 2010 up 17.9% volatile
129 Eswatini 0.62 2010 down 33.3% volatile
130 Mali 0.57 2010 up 533.3% volatile
131 Cambodia 0.54 2010 up 63.6% volatile
131 Mauritania 0.54 2010 up 134.8% volatile
131 Sierra Leone 0.54 2010 up 54.3% volatile
134 Gambia 0.49 2010 up 25.6% volatile
135 Maldives 0.4 2010 down 42.0% falling
136 Senegal 0.39 2010 up 21.9% volatile
137 Rwanda 0.34 2010 up 47.8% volatile
138 Afghanistan 0.27 2010 up 28.6% volatile
139 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.25 2010 up 19.0% volatile
140 Burundi 0.2 2010 up 42.9% volatile
141 Malawi 0.18 2010 down 18.2% volatile
142 Yemen 0.16 2010 up 300.0% volatile
143 Niger 0.11 2010 up 120.0% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.07 2010 up 40.0% volatile

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, 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, 40-44, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 40-44.