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

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

Countries reporting
144
Highest
8.38
Germany
Lowest
0.14
Mozambique
Median
2.97
Years covered
51
1960–2010
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 40-44, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 8.38 in Germany; the lowest is 0.14 in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.97, and the mean is 3.15.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 60.

Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 580.0%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 41.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 8.38 2010 up 17.2% volatile
2 Tajikistan 7.67 2010 up 1.1% rising
3 Kazakhstan 6.96 2010 up 1.3% volatile
4 Kyrgyzstan 6.85 2010 up 11.9% volatile
5 Republic of Moldova 6.7 2010 up 6.5% volatile
6 Switzerland 6.37 2010 up 37.3% rising
7 Hong Kong, China 6.16 2010 up 53.6% rising
8 Israel 6.15 2010 up 18.5% rising
9 Mongolia 6.14 2010 up 40.5% volatile
10 France 6.09 2010 up 25.1% volatile
11 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.99 2010 up 65.9% rising
12 Austria 5.86 2010 up 5.8% rising
13 Italy 5.85 2010 up 14.3% volatile
14 Republic of Korea 5.78 2010 up 18.7% volatile
15 United States of America 5.74 2010 down 0.2% rising
16 Estonia 5.63 2010 down 0.9% volatile
17 Canada 5.62 2010 up 15.4% rising
18 Malta 5.6 2010 up 17.2% volatile
19 Sweden 5.56 2010 up 5.7% rising
20 Finland 5.55 2010 up 25.0% rising
21 Japan 5.45 2010 up 0.7% rising
22 Australia 5.38 2010 down 2.0% rising
23 Denmark 5.32 2010 up 1.1% rising
24 Cyprus 5.27 2010 up 18.2% volatile
25 Netherlands 5.18 2010 up 6.8% rising
26 Luxembourg 5.15 2010 up 24.7% rising
27 Singapore 5.14 2010 up 26.3% volatile
28 Cuba 5.13 2010 up 3.4% volatile
29 Belgium 5.12 2010 up 15.3% rising
30 Spain 5.07 2010 up 21.9% volatile
31 Norway 5.03 2010 up 7.2% volatile
32 Greece 4.74 2010 up 29.9% rising
33 Malaysia 4.72 2010 up 31.1% volatile
33 Tonga 4.72 2010 up 40.1% rising
35 Iceland 4.62 2010 up 22.2% volatile
36 Ireland 4.41 2010 up 17.6% rising
37 Trinidad and Tobago 4.38 2010 up 75.9% volatile
38 Chile 4.26 2010 up 26.8% rising
39 Brunei Darussalam 4.12 2010 up 32.9% volatile
40 Belize 4.08 2010 up 70.0% volatile
41 Jamaica 4.05 2010 up 18.8% volatile
42 Czechia 3.9 2010 up 4.0% rising
43 Lithuania 3.88 2010 down 38.2% rising
43 Slovakia 3.88 2010 up 19.8% rising
45 Russian Federation 3.87 2010 down 38.8% rising
46 Jordan 3.82 2010 up 30.4% volatile
46 Ukraine 3.82 2010 down 39.2% rising
48 Armenia 3.81 2010 down 38.7% rising
49 Mauritius 3.8 2010 up 61.7% volatile
50 Slovenia 3.73 2010 up 6.6% rising
51 South Africa 3.68 2010 up 79.5% volatile
52 Poland 3.67 2010 up 8.6% volatile
53 Croatia 3.65 2010 up 24.1% volatile
54 Hungary 3.64 2010 up 6.4% volatile
55 Romania 3.6 2010 up 5.9% volatile
56 New Zealand 3.59 2010 up 3.8% flat
57 Serbia 3.58 2010 up 38.8% volatile
58 Panama 3.56 2010 up 4.4% volatile
59 Barbados 3.55 2010 up 3.5% rising
60 Colombia 3.43 2010 up 54.5% volatile
61 United Arab Emirates 3.31 2010 up 10.7% volatile
62 Latvia 3.26 2010 down 41.0% rising
63 Dominican Republic 3.25 2010 up 112.4% volatile
64 Botswana 3.23 2010 up 29.2% volatile
65 Ghana 3.16 2010 down 7.1% volatile
66 Gabon 3.14 2010 up 46.0% volatile
66 Zimbabwe 3.14 2010 up 52.4% volatile
68 Mexico 3.12 2010 up 31.6% volatile
69 Peru 3.09 2010 up 11.2% volatile
70 Guyana 3.04 2010 up 1.3% volatile
71 Kuwait 3 2010 down 9.1% rising
72 Albania 2.97 2010 down 16.1% rising
72 Congo 2.97 2010 up 28.0% volatile
74 Macau, China 2.96 2010 up 44.4% volatile
75 Viet Nam 2.95 2010 up 134.1% volatile
76 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2.9 2010 up 19.3% volatile
77 Qatar 2.85 2010 up 12.6% rising
78 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.77 2010 up 56.5% volatile
79 Uruguay 2.76 2010 up 7.4% rising
80 Bulgaria 2.67 2010 up 24.2% volatile
81 Argentina 2.6 2010 up 7.4% rising
82 Ecuador 2.57 2010 up 9.4% volatile
83 Egypt 2.5 2010 up 65.6% volatile
83 Saudi Arabia 2.5 2010 up 26.3% rising
85 Indonesia 2.48 2010 up 127.5% volatile
86 Libya 2.4 2010 up 42.0% volatile
86 Philippines 2.4 2010 up 41.2% rising
86 Tunisia 2.4 2010 up 44.6% volatile
89 Iraq 2.38 2010 up 75.0% volatile
90 Portugal 2.33 2010 down 15.0% volatile
91 Paraguay 2.32 2010 up 114.8% volatile
91 El Salvador 2.32 2010 up 91.7% volatile
93 Sri Lanka 2.25 2010 down 17.0% rising
94 Fiji 2.15 2010 down 3.2% volatile
95 India 2.11 2010 up 21.3% volatile
96 Kenya 2.05 2010 up 70.8% volatile
97 Costa Rica 2.03 2010 down 5.1% volatile
98 China 2.01 2010 up 13.6% volatile
98 Türkiye 2.01 2010 up 46.7% volatile
100 Bahrain 1.99 2010 down 21.7% volatile
100 Nicaragua 1.99 2010 up 30.1% volatile
102 Syrian Arab Republic 1.93 2010 up 31.3% volatile
103 Pakistan 1.9 2010 up 35.7% volatile
104 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.85 2010 up 193.7% volatile
105 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.8 2010 down 35.0% rising
105 Haiti 1.8 2010 up 136.8% volatile
107 Thailand 1.76 2010 up 122.8% volatile
108 Cameroon 1.75 2010 up 35.7% volatile
109 Algeria 1.73 2010 up 41.8% volatile
110 Liberia 1.7 2010 up 27.8% volatile
111 Morocco 1.68 2010 up 61.5% volatile
112 Namibia 1.56 2010 up 23.8% rising
113 Honduras 1.54 2010 up 30.5% volatile
114 Zambia 1.5 2010 up 37.6% volatile
115 Brazil 1.4 2010 down 32.7% volatile
116 Togo 1.39 2010 unchanged volatile
117 Central African Republic 1.37 2010 up 37.0% volatile
118 Uganda 1.35 2010 up 193.5% volatile
119 Benin 1.32 2010 up 24.5% volatile
120 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.31 2010 up 67.9% volatile
121 Nepal 1.28 2010 up 66.2% volatile
122 Bangladesh 1.25 2010 up 8.7% volatile
122 Côte d'Ivoire 1.25 2010 up 34.4% volatile
124 Lesotho 1.09 2010 up 12.4% volatile
125 Papua New Guinea 1.08 2010 up 14.9% volatile
126 Guatemala 1.05 2010 up 4.0% volatile
127 Sierra Leone 1.04 2010 up 57.6% volatile
128 Myanmar 1 2010 up 11.1% rising
129 Mauritania 0.97 2010 up 73.2% volatile
130 Cambodia 0.91 2010 up 82.0% volatile
131 Gambia 0.86 2010 up 24.6% volatile
132 Sudan 0.8 2010 up 48.1% volatile
133 Eswatini 0.72 2010 down 20.0% rising
134 Yemen 0.68 2010 up 580.0% volatile
135 Senegal 0.64 2010 up 10.3% volatile
136 Maldives 0.6 2010 down 25.9% falling
137 Afghanistan 0.55 2010 down 21.4% volatile
138 Mali 0.5 2010 up 78.6% volatile
139 Niger 0.37 2010 up 117.6% volatile
140 Malawi 0.36 2010 down 21.7% volatile
141 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.34 2010 unchanged volatile
142 Rwanda 0.3 2010 up 25.0% volatile
143 Burundi 0.28 2010 up 40.0% volatile
144 Mozambique 0.14 2010 up 16.7% volatile

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